Today let me share my experience of meeting with our political leaders.
It was 31st of January ’06. It was the last paper of the internal assessment exam. Kalyan Kishore Ghimire , a friend of mine told that he is allowed to meet his father only on Wednesdays and Sundays. His father Krishna Kishore ghimire was abducted in charge of royal crime or so. We could see his father far behind talking with the representatives from British Embassy along with the other diplomats. Other political figures there were Pradip Giri , Bimalendra Nidhi, and so many others. Krishna uncle saw us and came to join us living other people there in the talk. The formal “how, where and what abouts” were exchanged for a while. In that course he even introduced us with many political leaders. I felt like asking some questions which were etched deep inside my heart for a long time. The questions were obvious.
But the armed police officers were keeping a close eye upon us. Still I asked Krishna uncle about the mission, vision and the strategy of the ongoing protest movement of seven party alliance of Nepal. Yes he tried his best to convince me about their vision and the perspective, but I was throwing questions after questions. My question was “What is the role of the youth like us in this movement? Who leads us? How to contribute? Are contribution mere throwing stones in the street? What will be the output?”

His answers were as follows .He told “To be a leader or to contribute to the society one has top expose and explore himself or herself.” Still my question was not how to become a leader rather it was in behalf of the youths who are in the state of confusion of what is right and what is wrong. May be he is right in his perspective that every youth must be a good leader! Still the role of we like youths couldn’t be defined properly. Yes he supported my view that the country should be led by youths rather the corrupt old ones, not all but many are corrupt in my view. Yet he has no appropriate answers to convince me how they will work in order to handover the leadership to the youths and involve them in the overall issues related to Nepal. Regarding other questions I found the generalized answers.

Still we were having a hot discussions .Should say , Pradip Gigri was also watching us discussing and may be he was also listening our conversation. Kalyan was insisting me to end the discussions and return back to the college .Our discussion wasn’t over.

In the mean time, Krishna Kishore Ghimire invited us to their room a common barrack of armed police force. He wanted me to put my questions to Pradip Giri. As far as I remember he was not much interested on my questions. After repeated request by Krishna Uncle he spoke a bit.
My question again was the same but in the different notion. The question was “As we have a timeline prepared in advance while doing the engineering projects, do you have any time line prepared for this movement?”
Rather than answering direct to the point answers to my question. He was blaming the technical students not for being involved in the political activities. May be he was right to blame as technical people are involved with their profession so much that only a few happen to get involved actively in the politics. On my question, what could be the role of the youth for the support of the movement?”His straight forward answer was Strike. But how and where was not included in that answer.
After having told all these he requested Bimalendra Nidhi to continue with my questions .He told their vision not the strategy. He told “There will be reinstatement of the house of the representatives. However the representatives will be from all the seven party alliance and the interim government will be formed. So formed interim government will in turn conduct the the election of the constitution ceremony. The government formed after that will hold dialogues with Maoists .Then there will be formation of government in which Maoists will also be included along with the seven parties. The problem of army of Maoists will be solved by the grand discussions of the so formed government.”
In this answer neither I Could find the strategy nor the the particular output. Yes there was a vision but vision without strategies is the root cause of the failure of the past Governments in Nepal.
He suggested us to come out in the street in protest of the autocracy of the king. Should say he simply asked us to throw stones to the police and the army people.
Yes I am also one of the responsible youth who believes in democracy and who supports the movement for restoring democracy. However instead of saying the contribution of the youth was just to throw stones in the street. We would be encouraged and build the faith upon our political leaders, if they could define us their strategy, timeline and the output of the movement. A technical student like me and kalyan could have understood their best contributions ourselves.
So it’s high time for the political leaders to sit quietly for more than a month in a sound place and give a serious thought on how they are going to march this nation if their demands are fulfilled rather only having protests. Most of the developed countries are there where they are now is because of their brains, action plan and strategies rather than only protests. Yes! if we can take that way its better we take this as a chance for the political leaders to make plans and policies, strategies, action plans so that within a fixed timeline our country can raise its head in front of the world boldly. Mere gathering of political leaders will not lead us any where rather the intellectual people from different disciplines and the youth representatives should be included. With rigid action plan developed that way should be revised repeatedly such that all the mistakes made before are checked and there is a clear sign that our country will lead to the correct direction. Bottom line is that political parties, political leaders better focus on the paper work and then proceed towards protests and other things.
In their current vision, I couldn’t get to listen the words that were related to the youth.
Despite the facts that, most of the educated youth are going outside the country for different purposes and many of them are already settled there. The middle educated youths are outside the country like Malaysia, Arabian Countries and in India etc. to earn money for bread and butter for their family. Also the majority of the today’s youth are inclined towards various drug addictions to the extent inexplicable.
Yes it isn’t too late to start but it is already late to think about the future nation builders .Primary concern should be to how to maximize the youth in the development of the country. In this regard an approach towards forming a separate youth ministry is also welcoming.
Many youths are in the jungle with the Maoists. The remaining little are in the streets throwing stones for the personal benefits of the so called political leaders. Lastly the youth like us are going to college or office everyday and having chats in the coffee shops. We are discussing the present scenario. We are very clear that we are in favor of Democracy. Still we don’t want again the same old political leaders like Girija Prasad Koirala and other leaders of the generation gone. There should be a change in the leadership. There should be a change in vision .With the changed vision youth will be able to make strategy. With the proper following of the strategy we will certainly have the desired output.
The technology is changed, vision is changed, and lifestyle is changed. So why not a change in the leadership of our nation. Hey senior leaders your retirement time has come .Please stop asking Pashupati nath for the minister’s Seat again.
Today’s Nepal needs a youth leaders like Gagan Thapa and other good youth leaders. I apologise for knowing only Gagan Thapa as the youth Leader. However the youth leaders who can have their well defined vision, Strategy and the rigid timeline to make this Nepal a better place to live in are always welcomed. Yes we want Democracy! We want democracy! Also, we want the retirement of the old leaders. The bottom line is the change in Leadership.
What if the senior leaders just help the youth leaders restore the democracy ,teaches to lead the country when we are spiritually, mentally sound and energetic.


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