India, Sept. 9 -- The KP Sharma Oli government's failure to read the growing frustration and anger among Nepal's youth over poor governance and accusations of corruption precipitated the political crisis that may see the army playing a crucial role in finding a way out of the impasse, experts and former diplomats said on Tuesday.

Nepal's so-called Gen Z protest - triggered on Monday by a short-lived shutdown of popular social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram - expanded to target the government over its perceived failings as a crackdown by police left 19 people dead and hundreds injured.

Incensed by the deaths, demonstrators defied curfew on Tuesday, attacked ministers and political leaders, and torched the Parliament as we...