No revolution or movement can take place without any ideas, viewpoints or demands. The principle of 'silent and cry' applies to this. According to this, people are 'silent' in the beginning, no matter how much pressure, corruption or whatever happens, people remain patient.

When their patience runs out, the 'cry theory' begins. In this they start to shout and get organized and take to the streets. 

The same thing happened in this Zen-G movement involving the youth. We were patient but when it was too much, we went to Maitghar Mandal with leaflets of 'One Piece'.

Corruption has been rampant in the country for decades and the younger generation has become accustomed to seeing the government's tendency to cover it up instead of taking action against it. As we could not bear that, we were forced to go out on the streets according to the 'cry theory'. As the situation developed at that time, the confusion, confusion and indecision of the youth was natural because we had not prepared for the complex situation.

Our demand was not normal, it was not thought that there would be oppression. Due to the fact that there is no established leader in our movement, there was a weakness in the process of institutionalizing the demand. We accept our weaknesses. People do not progress by learning and improving.

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Our main demand is to reduce corruption. It cannot be eliminated completely but there are ways to minimize it. The first solution for this is the restructuring of the Abuse of Authority Investigation Commission. Political appointments in authority should be completely stopped and impartial and expert persons should be appointed.

The authority itself is now indulging in corruption from the bottom up. It needs to be restructured under a separate 'Anti-Corruption Commission'. The Money Laundering Investigation Department, the Auditor General's Office, the Attorney General's Office, and the committees of the Federal Parliament should also work in an impartial and very effective manner in matters related to bribery and corruption. 

There are examples of qualified employees who have passed the Public Service Commission examination and are involved in corruption within 6 months to a year. I think the problem is not in the selection process, but in the way they are sent to the field after being selected.

Now as soon as the public service result comes out, they are directly posted in the field. Instead, special training should be done by keeping them in a 'close camp' for four to five months. In this training, they can be "brainwashed" in a way to be honest towards the country and their responsibilities and fight against corruption.

Political appointments in all public institutions are at the root of corruption. There should be a complete ban on such appointments. The trend of employing more contractual employees than regular ones and making them a means of corruption should be checked. The assets of political party leaders and public office holders and their sources must be made public through government portals.

For good governance, the election process, which is considered the main pillar of democracy, should be made clean and fair. We hear of rigging by politically appointed officials and judges in the counting of votes. Strict action should be taken against employees who commit such wrongdoing and create fear of punishment. 

Government service delivery should be made 'paperless'. There should be provision for the client to upload documents online and submit his/her work. There should be no direct meeting or contact between employees and customers. Here I give the example of Lalitpur Metropolitan Municipality.

There, the customer knows which branch his file has reached through the mobile phone, the metropolis has implemented a system of sending messages. If Lalitpur can do this, why can't other government offices in the country? Journalists get the press representative letter by completing the process through the information department's online system, why can't other agencies do what the department can do?

There is also massive corruption in the procurement process of government offices. The Public Procurement Monitoring Office that regulates it is slow and lax in that it should be especially vigilant and smart, the next government should make it effective. To my surprise, beruju is not considered corruption in our country. In the audit of the municipalities, there are irregularities of up to 4-5 billion rupees. We were repeatedly raising the question why it is not considered corruption even though such a large amount of money seems unreasonable. 

Beruju means corruption. If the payment has been made but the bill has not been submitted, it is considered corruption, and the chief administrative officers, mayors and other officials of the respective municipalities should be prosecuted. The country has become dilapidated due to the practice of treating beruju as a simple procedural error.

The free and compulsory education guaranteed by the constitution should be fully implemented. Collection of money under various headings like examination fee, character certificate etc. should be stopped. School management committees have become arenas of politics. A committee consisting of teachers of the school should be formed without putting outside political persons in it. Library should be mandatory in every government school. It develops reading habits in students. Technical education related to information technology should be expanded nationwide.

As the right of education is limited only to the local and central government, the role of the state government is seen as zero. The provincial government should also be made active by giving certain rights and responsibilities in the education sector. Government and public schools should be empowered to stop the arbitrariness of private schools.

Private schools will continue to dominate until the quality is improved by starting education in English medium in all government schools. Pabson, N-Pabson, an umbrella organization for private educational institutions, is protecting rather than regulating them. They should make clear guidelines and implement them to control malpractices like charging exorbitant fees.

The health sector has become the most corrupt and 'bargaining' sector in Nepal. There is a large syndicate in the purchase of medical equipment. We have heard about the role of the medical superintendent of the hospital in the operation of this syndicate. They procure goods from their own or their own suppliers.

This leads to corruption and sometimes shortages of goods. In order to break this syndicate, there should be regulation in the purchase and sale of health materials and a provision should be made that people or firms related to hospital employees cannot supply goods.  

Be it a hospital or any government agency, employees have no ownership in government property. Ventilators and ICU equipment purchased during the Corona period are now sitting in the stores of many hospitals. This is an example of what happens when employee morale is zero.

There is also a severe shortage of manpower in the health sector. For example, if you look at our district hospital in Sarlahi, there is only one doctor, that too an 'on call' doctor. This means, if there is an emergency, he will come only after calling him. At other times, HAs (Health Assistants) have to cover the district hospital.

A district hospital is a place to look at the health of the entire district, there should not be such a situation, doctors should be available 24 hours a day. Along with this, community and government hospitals at the local level have become arenas for political appointments. Leaders do not give appointments freely. There is a situation where jobs are offered for two to three lakh rupees per month.

Such political appointments should be removed from every place and the health sector should be given priority over other sectors, and wherever there is a shortage of manpower, it should be filled immediately. Fertilizers have been in demand in the agricultural sector for years. The government has never been able to supply fertilizers easily. Terai farmers are treated like gold smugglers at the border when they try to bring fertilizer from across the border with their own wheelbarrows. This trend must stop. In the case of malls, the concept of 'open border' should be applied. 

To identify real farmers and protect them from middlemen in the market, the system of 'Kisan Card' should be implemented immediately. Sarlahi's Lalbandi is a major market that supplies vegetables like golvenda, cauliflower to all over Nepal. Farmers here sell cauliflower at Rs 10 per kg. The same cauliflower is sold for 100 to 120 rupees in Kathmandu. In this, the farmer will get only 10 rupees. The remaining 90 to 110 rupees are eaten by middlemen. 

The syndicate of middlemen in the market including Kalimati should be broken. The government itself should fix the daily price of vegetables. Farmers should be given free electricity. Irrigation projects of national pride at Sunkoshi Marine Diversion, Kamala and Koshi should be completed on time and surface water put to use. The old canals of Madhesh should be reconstructed.

Ensuring political stability and security is the first condition to attract tourists to Nepal. The ongoing protests and conflicts in the country make tourists feel insecure. Now we must ensure stability and security. Tourism areas at every local level should be identified and publicized. Tourism promotion programs should be conducted in collaboration with the private sector. Our international relations and diplomatic practices must also be improved.

Everything from Prime Minister's diplomacy matters a lot. Things like which country to go to when, which country to have good relations with are important. Our former leaders and ministers did not pay attention to this matter. Let me give you an example – Japan is the largest individual donor to Nepal. However, when China celebrated for winning the war against Japan, the then Prime Minister of our country sat in front and clapped. Such things play a very big role in diplomacy.

In foreign employment, the facility of 'free visa, free ticket' is distributed to the level of the ministry to the manpower company without reaching the workers. This corruption should be stopped and the direct benefits of the facilities should be given to the workers. Nepali embassies abroad should be made active in the interests of workers, and should play an effective role in rescuing those in trouble. 

The government should make a concrete policy to create jobs in the country and prevent 'brain drain'. Ineffective schemes like the Prime Minister's Employment Program should be scrapped or restructured. Lakhs of jobs can be created by reviving closed government industries like Hetaunda cement, Janakpur cigarette factory, agricultural implement factory.

Foreign investment (FDI) should be cleared of procedural hassles. The list of sectors open to foreign investment should be revised from time to time. Investors should be given incentives like tax exemptions. Easy legal arrangements should be made to develop Nepal as a manufacturing hub for international companies. 

Nepal is now being upgraded from the list of least developed countries to a developing country. This is a happy thing. However, we are being deprived of the facilities that come with living in the least developed countries. Therefore, it will be both our duty and our wisdom to bring in as much FDI as possible. For that, Board of Investment, Ministry of Finance, National Bank, Ministry of Industry, Planning Commission should all think of ways to convince the investors.

Regarding the polity system of Nepal, it is good but needs improvement. The state structure (federal democratic republic, union, province, local level, distribution of rights, etc.) created by the constitution of Nepal is fine. However, there is a weakness in the way of working within that structure (such as: implementation, policy-rules, coordination, accountability, transparency, good governance, etc.). Even in the

election system, the Madhesi, tribal tribes, Dalits and backward classes are tried to be represented through proportional means. But in practice, the leaders are making this system a means of making their relatives like their brothers, wives, sons and daughters MPs. So it should be corrected and used correctly. 

The voting age should be reduced from 18 to 16 years. Today's youth are capable of making informed decisions at this age. An option of 'None of Above-Nota' should be placed in the ballot paper. If more than 50 percent of the votes are cast in a constituency, all the candidates there should be disqualified and re-election should be held. Thirdly, if the representatives elected by the people do not perform well, they should be given the right to recall them in the middle of their term.