Poverty is not anyone's desire. No one in the world wants to live a life of deprivation, crisis, and poverty. The struggle that people make is for a comfortable life. However, the socio-economic status of all people is not the same. The richest one percent of the world owns about 43 percent of the wealth, while the poorest 50 percent own only about 2 percent of the wealth. The picture is similar to the world, and Nepal is not much different. 20.27 percent of the total population of Nepal, or about 6 million people, is below the poverty line, while the feudal lords of the past and the capitalists of the present have immense wealth.

Why does someone become poor? If we look at history, it is the state that has forcibly pushed certain classes and groups of society into poverty. The fact that the king, the panchayat and those around the state have seized the means of production, capital and power and have made the working, marginalised and oppressed communities slaves for hundreds of years under the protection of the state is clear. Whether it is the stories of tribals being made landless by seizing their land or the poignant stories of Dalits being held hostage in the cycle of feudal exploitation by not allowing them to keep their land, these are our realities. The ruling class, which does not sweat a drop of sweat in production, owns hundreds of bighas of land, but those who have shed blood and sweat on the land all their lives are still landless, forced to live a squatter life. The inaction of the feudal lords, capitalists and the state that protects them is the cause of poverty.

Everyone wants to live a prosperous and comfortable life. No one wants to live a risky life on the banks of rivers and in difficult conditions. The squatters on the banks of rivers in Kathmandu are the product of compulsion. The way the state used bulldozers and created terror with the force of guns on the slum dwellers who were living in crisis is not just a phenomenon of ordinary slum management. The attack on the slums by the state without a systematic action plan for the identification and management of the slum dwellers in the name of slum management is a huge thunderbolt on the landless and slum dwellers who are going through problems, shortages and crises. This is not just an attack on the slum dwellers of Kathmandu, but an example of extreme oppression on the poor, slum dwellers and the working class.

Tyrannical power
In fact, the poor, weak and marginalized classes and communities have the most aspiration to feel like they are part of the state. A state that recognizes, sees and takes the initiative to solve problems for people living in crisis. This class and community need the most aspiration to have their basic needs met and at least their aspirations to live with justice and dignity fulfilled by the state. The state is not needed to strengthen the ruling class, protect the wealth of the rich, protect middlemen and brokers, or empower the oppressors. But, just as the state is needed by the poor, squatters, and marginalized, the state is moving in the opposite direction.

Why does someone become poor? If we look at history, it is the state that has forcibly pushed certain classes and groups of society into poverty. It is clear that the king, the panch and the people around the state have seized the means of production, capital and power and have made the working, marginalized and oppressed communities slaves for hundreds of years under the protection of the state. The city is not just for the rich, the city belongs to everyone. Just as the rich can enjoy the amenities of the city, the poor should also be able to enjoy the amenities according to their status. The working class has shed the most blood and sweat to make the ‘city’ grand. However, the ruler is not intent on reducing the poverty of the city, but on eliminating the poor. Rather than listening to the suffering of the landless squatters, he is engaged in brutal oppression.

Feudalism prevailed in the country for a long time. Autocratic rulers gave concessions to their cronies, cronies and bhajans to exploit state power and resources. Kings, lords and middlemen never allowed the marginalized communities to rise up. They were trapped in the vicious cycle of exploitation and oppression. To end the autocratic feudal system and to achieve at least basic democratic rights, the poor, workers, farmers, squatters, oppressed classes and communities were ready to sacrifice themselves on the front lines of struggle by choosing ‘liberation or death’. The state played a role in bringing a democratic republic to the country by enduring terror, oppression and torture. The rulers are using the weapon of oppression against the very class and community that sacrificed to bring about the current political system. Ironically, the same rulers who did not contribute to the establishment of this political system are again using the rod of oppression against the poor and working class in this system.

The people of the country are forced to commit suicide by strangulation due to poverty, crisis, discrimination and oppression. Statistics say that in the past 10 years, 6,000 Nepalis are forced to commit suicide annually in Nepal, that is, about 16 people are ready to hang themselves in a trap or take poison or jump into the river every day. Most of them are poor, marginalized and have a weak socio-economic status. However, the state neither finds the cause nor the solution to the problem. The state has the responsibility to protect the right to life of the people, but the state can do nothing except register the death of citizens forced to commit suicide.

There is discrimination, violence and oppression in the society. They are forced to live with the loss of self-respect and existence. They are forced to be victims of murder because of interracial love. They are forced to commit suicide because of humiliation and rejection. People are killed and forced to die in prisons under police protection. Unknowing children are brutally tortured just for entering their homes. Young girls are raped and murdered. The state does not stand by the justice of the victims. In a democracy, all citizens should get justice. But on the contrary, the victims are forced to take to the streets saying 'justice'. Those who are suffering injustice are the ones who have to struggle and beg for justice. Even when they knock on the door of justice, they are deprived of getting justice due to the pressure and influence of the powerful class and community. The state is putting the burden of such injustice on the people. The state is more concerned with protecting injustice than with justice for the poor, workers and the oppressed, that is, the state is oppressive to the weaker classes and communities.

Poor people sweat in the Gulf and send remittances. That is why the country's economy is being saved. The rulers who are ruling from the same remittances are not accountable for the workers who are forced to return to their homes. For them, the death of workers in the Gulf is just a regular process. The poor have saved money in cooperatives by cutting grass. The savings made by workers through hard work and labor have become the whims of cooperative fraudsters. The workers, working people and marginalized classes are the ones who have been robbed the most by cooperative fraud. However, the state does not yet seem ready to return the money of those who have been robbed from cooperatives. This is the class and community that are forced to take loans at meter interest due to poverty.

The state never dares to take action against the meter-interest usurers who rob the poor. The financial loss and compensation caused to the meter-interest victims do not become a matter of concern to the state. The working class and oppressed communities are the most affected by the extreme financial oppression of microfinance. However, the state does not want to end such financial oppression and take a step forward in favor of the working class. What this character of the state shows is that justice, equality, self-respect and socio-economic rights of the poor, workers and the working class and marginalized communities are not their priorities, that is, the continuation of socio-economic oppression on this class and community is the main character of this state.

Struggle against fraud
The class and community of society that is in oppression, oppression, discrimination and crisis due to the state, that class and community is ready for revolution, struggle and sacrifice for liberation. If we look at the democratic or communist movement of Nepal, these same classes and communities have made a lot of contributions and sacrifices in the movement for system change. Whether it is the anti-autocracy movement carried out by the Nepali Congress or the communist revolutions or struggles with the idea of ​​class, ethnic, regional and gender liberation, the working and oppressed classes have made an important contribution in all the struggles. There were no land mafias, no feudal lords, nor even the bourgeoisie who swore ‘death or liberation’ to join the struggle for a federal democratic republic.

If a bulldozer is driven into a squatter settlement during the election campaign, the ruling party leader who says, "I will come to pat your chest" feels that what was wrong yesterday is right now, because they are the masters of power. The hopes of this class and community, which fought for democracy by turning tears into energy and grief into strength for system change, could not be transformed along with the system. Ultimately, power-centered politics continued the political dishonesty and betrayal perpetrated on the working and oppressed classes and communities. In the past, the commitment to build a state system with essential equality and justice and to guarantee basic democracy for the poor and working class was shattered with the rise to power of that party. The political assurance of turning the tears of the poor into happiness was limited to documents only.

Not only this, while the terror of bulldozers continues in the squatter settlements, and the tears of the poor and real squatters continue to flow, the party and its leadership that makes political speeches about democracy and class liberation are silent. It seems that perhaps they feel that the oppression of the poor and workers is justified. If a bulldozer is used in a squatter settlement during an election campaign, the ruling party leader who says, "I will come to pat your chest," feels that what was wrong yesterday is right now, because they are the masters of power.

Incidents of rape and violence are happening day by day. Incidents of torture and murder are increasing. A series of discrimination and atrocities are going on regularly. Exploitation, harassment and oppression are continuing. Not only physically, hatred and violence are intensifying in the digital space. Classes, genders and communities with weak social status are forced to be the ultimate victims of such violence. However, responsible political parties and leadership are keeping silent on such serious issues. Remaining silent when there is oppression or atrocities against the people is supporting the atrocities. Remaining silent when the state or society is oppressing the oppressed classes and communities is political dishonesty and betrayal of the people. Now it is too late for the oppressed classes and communities to remain silent against such betrayal, and to raise their voices of rebellion.