KATHMANDU: Youth participants at an interaction program raised concern over the way Nepal’s politicians have been engaged in what they said ‘disillusionment’ theory.
Expressing their views at an interaction on ‘Youth, Democracy, and Development’ jointly organized by Institute for Strategic and Socio-Economic Research (ISSR) and Khabarhub, and Pavilion Group at the Pavilion Hall in Kathmandu today, participants said the conduct of the politicians have given them disillusions about politics.
Ashish Lamichhane said youth have grown up through an era of what he described ‘broken promises’ rhetoric.
This, he said, has been one of the reasons why the younger generation does not actually understand the dissimilarity between voting above and versus below the exact line.
Pratibha Panta suggested a provision of internship and fellowship for youths pursuing their higher education.
Earlier, speaking on the occasion, ruling Nepali Communist Party (NCP) lawmaker Ram Kumari Jhakri raised concern over the ‘ideological crisis’ that has gripped the Nepali political arena.
“There has been a state of confusion among the youth when it comes to political ideology and awareness,” Jhakri said alleging the political parties of adopting a ‘corporate culture’ within the party-fold.
She was of the view that merely changing the leadership will not bring about changes. “There has to be an ideological discipline,” she asserted.
Jhakri also raised concern over the lack of employment opportunities, which she argued has compelled the country’s youth to seek for foreign employment job opportunities.
Participants echoed their general impression that youth have become cynical about politics saying that they do not have a whole lot of faith in political figures as they keep on changing their attitude as they fail to fulfill their promises.
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