The reason TikTok was banned in Nepal was due to the ongoing communal violence between Hindus and Muslims [0][1].
It's gotten pretty bad - the videos I've seen are very similar to those I saw of Gujarat 2002.
It's also election season in India, so there will be massive blowback in Nepal, as several provinces in Nepal are ethnically the same as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar - two major swing states in Indian elections.
The last time a similarly divisive election happened in Bihar, Nepal ended up getting blockaded [2]
It's gotten pretty bad - the videos I've seen are very similar to those I saw of Gujarat 2002.
It's also election season in India, so there will be massive blowback in Nepal, as several provinces in Nepal are ethnically the same as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar - two major swing states in Indian elections.
The last time a similarly divisive election happened in Bihar, Nepal ended up getting blockaded [2]
[0] - https://apnews.com/article/nepal-lockdown-nepalgunj-hindu-mu...
[1] - https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/nepal-town-impos...
[2] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Nepal_blockade