Kathmandu, Sept. 20 -- UML chairman and former prime minister KP Sharma Oli said on Friday that public and private properties were deliberately destroyed after he resigned from the office.

In his Constitution Day message shared on his social media platforms, Oli spoke for the first time since stepping down as prime minister on September 9. Since his resignation, he had been under military security and emerged in public only on September 18, when he moved to a rented residence in Gundu, Bhaktapur, after his home was torched during the protests.

He claimed the constitution was under attack and said, "After my resignation, Singha Durbar was set on fire, Nepal's map was burned, and attempts were made to erase the nation's identity. Institut...