Bam also said that there has been a wrong interpretation of the term ”new” and ”old”. She believed that there should be reforms within the party and that leadership should be handed over rather than passed down through generations.
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Gen-G activist Raksha Bam said that they are more opposed to wrong styles and wrong trends than to everything new.
She said, ‘We will not throw out one KP Oli and bring in another KP Oli.’ She said this while speaking at the ‘New Voices of the Republic’ session of the Kantipur Conclave. She mentioned that change also means style.
She said that Gen-Gs also have political awareness and said, ‘Gen-Gs took to the streets with the issue of good governance and to see their future in their own country, no one can reach there with a little political awareness. Gen-G is a generation, but not everyone needs political awareness like a politician—political awareness at the citizen level is enough.’
She also said that the bomb made a wrong comment on the issue of new and old. She believed that there should be reforms within the party and that leadership should be transferred rather than generational transfer. She said, ‘Leadership transfer does not mean that Gen-G should come. The mentality and tendency that we have spoken against must be removed.'
She said that leaders are of the people, not the owners of the people, and said, 'Candidates should not go among the people thinking they are the owners of the people.'
Bam said that she enjoys the streets more than the parliament and is eager to protect democratic values from the streets. 'I still want to learn a lot. Politics is a personal matter. I am grateful for the proposals put forward by various parties, but my intention was not to contest the election,' she said, 'The streets are close to me. The streets always keep questions alive. When we ask questions on the streets and demand transparency, democracy becomes even stronger.'
