As the election for the House of Representatives approaches, candidates and party leaders are reaching the doorsteps of the people . The aware people are asking the candidates powerful questions about their problems and concerns . The landless and squatters are telling stories of the suffering and loss of life they have suffered during foreign employment . From the human and crop damage caused by wild elephant attacks to the suffering caused by monkeys eating their crops, they are also telling the candidates  stories. In fact, the election has become an opportunity for the working people, farmers, laborers and the poor to voice their concerns . The people have been raising the issue of people's livelihood not only now, but in every election, but the candidates have done nothing but give assurances .

Elections are not only a time for the people to ask questions of the political leadership, but also a time for them to reflect on how responsible they are towards the people . Several incidents of some candidates refusing to answer serious questions raised by the public, ignoring them without showing much interest in the issues, and making unreliable assurances are being made public. To the extent that scenes of activists throwing garlands placed with respect and angrily retorting to people's questions have also been made public. Such incidents are also exposing the real political culture inherent in political leadership or candidates.

Elections are also a time to be aggressive towards political parties, candidates, and supporters who have different views. It is natural to criticize different parties or leaderships when taking their agenda to the people from a political perspective. However, if revenge is used as an election opportunity, not on the basis of ideas, views, and political agendas, it will not allow a democratic political culture to be built. If the people, supporters, and activists do not have a critical view of the political leadership and candidates, there is a danger of converting the leadership into a deity and others into a hymnal. Such a political culture does not allow the country and the people to solve their problems.

Developed political culture

If a politically conscious group does not build a political culture with critical awareness based on facts and logic, it will fertilize an anarchic political culture. Which hinders the creation of a society with social transformation, progress, and justice. Politics is an essential subject for the smooth livelihood of the country, society and citizens. The question of how to build a country and how to build a political system that allows people to live their lives with freedom, justice and self-respect depends on the ideological perspective adopted by the political party. For national independence, self-reliant economy, freedom from poverty and deprivation, respectable labor, freedom from exclusion and discrimination or a life of self-respect, a political party should have a clear ideology, vision, policy and program. It is based on the same ideology and vision that it is easy to understand how responsible and accountable a political party is towards the people. Since the party and its representatives work on the basis of ideology and vision, their political culture can be evaluated on the basis of the ideas, behavior and actions they adopt. Parties, leadership and candidates who are ideologically, visionally and practically committed to the welfare of the people promote political culture. Those who are detached from loyalty and ideals have already abandoned ideological political culture, that is, they do not have an ideological political culture. Leadership that is detached from ideas, loyalty, and ideals cannot be honest and accountable to the people. In Nepal, only a limited number of political leaders are committed to the ideas and perspectives that solve the problems of the people, while most of them have become detached from ideological political culture, which cannot honestly represent the people.

Some political parties and individuals in Nepal are unclear in their ideas and perspectives. Some have been waving in the non-political slogan of 'country above ideas', while some have emerged in politics with the agenda of ending corruption and the economic development of the country. Good governance and economic development are basically possible only on the basis of political ideas and perspectives. What kind of political ideology leads to economic development? What kind of economic system can solve the economic development of classes and communities that have historically been exploited, oppressed, and economically deprived? How is the transformation of an economic system based on patriarchy possible? The answers to such questions are determined by the ideas and perspectives of the party on the economy. Therefore, it is unpolitical to not consider the need for ideas in politics.

The Gen-G movement was launched in Bhadau against political chaos, arbitrariness of the leadership, corruption, and misrule. Through the Gen-G movement, the people gave the political parties and leadership a mandate to address the dissatisfaction and disappointment prevalent among the people and to take the country forward through socio-economic transformation. On the basis of the movement, some political parties are trying to sway public opinion in their favor. However, ironically, no party or candidate seems to have done the work of digging into the causes of the people's anger, dissatisfaction, and frustration and identifying a method to address them. This is an insult to the Gen-G movement. On the other hand, a large section of society has become a situation where, rather than questioning candidates with a critical political consciousness, they follow social media-generated commentary. Instead of critically reviewing the ideas, policies, plans, and programs of the party, leadership, candidates, and the people to solve their problems, there has been a tendency to deify individuals. On the other hand, a political culture of abusing, treating intolerantly, and systematically attacking individuals or groups with different views is becoming dominant. If politically conscious groups do not build a political culture with a critical consciousness based on facts and logic, it will fertilize an anarchic political culture. Which hinders the creation of a society with social transformation, progress, and justice.

Character of the candidate and public opinion

The main job of the people's representative elected through the election to the House of Representatives is to formulate laws and policies. For policy formulation, it is necessary for the people to review the characters, tendencies and their character who participated in the election. Naturally, some candidates have discussed what kind of policies are necessary for the people. Only a limited number of candidates have discussed the policy arrangements to solve the problems in the state, economic-social transformation and problems in the areas of people's livelihood. Most of the candidates are making promises in the field of development. If a candidate says 'I will do everything', it is a lack of understanding of the role of an MP or it is political dishonesty done for votes. Believing that a candidate who deceives the people before the election will maintain honesty after the election means that the people will be cheated again.

The Federal Democratic Republic is an achievement achieved by the people through revolution, struggle and movement. During the election, some candidates are trying to emotionally impact the people by bringing past struggles to the attention of the people, while others are ignoring those historical struggles of the past. Ignoring past political struggles is devaluing the people's struggles. A political culture that ignores or only uses the sacrifices made by the people for the transformation of the state and society is becoming dominant. This culture cannot bring about the socio-cultural and economic transformation sought by the people.

Naturally, there is a clash between the party, leadership and candidate in elections. The question of what kind of political culture a candidate promotes is revealed by his arrogance, conceit, stubbornness and behavior. The candidate is to shape public opinion through his ideas, agenda, policies and programs. In most constituencies, a narrative is being created that says 'only I am right' by portraying the opposition as a bad character. In such a conflict based on revenge rather than on what is right based on ideas, plans and programs, there is a serious risk of confrontation between candidates but the issues of the people being overshadowed. The people need to understand the issue of people falling under the sway of a person-centered political culture of revenge.

Populism has become a dangerous culture in politics. The political culture of glorifying, deifying and chanting hymns is promoted through digital technology. Such a culture deprives citizens of questions because only glorification is heard in the crowd, critical questions are prohibited. Just as in religious rituals, gods are not questioned, only cursed to bow down. The deification of leadership also creates the same situation or the real voice of the people is not heard. It prohibits critical comments based on facts and logic. When a candidate does not answer the people's questions, rejects critical comments, there is no basis to believe that he will listen to the people once he comes to power. So, do candidates who do not listen to their voices during elections work in the interest of the people? Citizens need to think seriously.

Social justice and inclusive democracy are an essential need of Nepali society. Discrimination, violence and atrocities against women have persisted for thousands of years due to patriarchal oppression. Indigenous people are seeking freedom from ethnic, linguistic and cultural oppression. The Dalit community is struggling for a life of self-respect and dignity. People with disabilities are fighting for the exercise of basic rights. Sexual and gender minorities are struggling for their identity. The working class is forced to migrate abroad in search of work. They are forced to suffer from the lack of fertilizers, seeds and irrigation. Cooperative victims are waiting for their savings to be returned. Microfinance victims are seeking justice. Meter interest victims are waiting for loan waiver and an end to financial oppression. Landless people have lived with the hope of access, use and control over land. Harawa, Charawa, Haliya and other feudal bonded laborers are seeking freedom from feudal bondage. There are several laws to end exclusion and discrimination, but they are not being implemented. There are many laws, policies and programs that are necessary, but the state is not paying attention to them. Oppressed communities are looking for people's representatives to represent such issues. However, most candidates are running with applause and crowds. They are mobilizing hymn groups and deifying them. They are displaying pomp and arrogance. The issue of the real common man has not become a matter of concern to many. The entire machinery of state power is occupied by the dominant class and community. Most of the candidates are also representatives of the dominant class. They are representatives of the capitalists, businessmen, contractors and the dominant class. They do not seem to have the patience to listen to the voices of the oppressed class and community. Such candidates will get the opportunity to legitimize the dominant power through the election. Therefore, it is necessary for the oppressed community to use discretion in this election by keeping its demands and agenda at the center.