The entire country is in a festive mood due to the excitement of the House of Representatives elections. Voters are eager to participate in the voting on Thursday. However, some voters are in the 'departure' line at the Tribhuvan International Airport on the eve of the election. They will not be able to vote due to the obligation to leave Nepal for foreign employment, higher education and other purposes.

Although they are saddened by the loss of this rare opportunity for citizens, they are confident that the election will bring peace, stability and economic prosperity to the country. They wish that they will not have to go abroad during the next election and that an environment for employment, quality education and business will be created in the country.

One of them is Kuldev Puri. Puri, a resident of Birgunj, was found at the airport terminal premises with a large suitcase and a red duffel bag by his side and is about to go to Malaysia. Puri, 27, had worked in Malaysia for 3 years and returned home on a two-month leave. He was going to Malaysia on a 9 pm flight on Wednesday. He said that he was sad to have to go abroad the day before the election. He said that he was forced to leave the country the day before because the company had cut his ticket. He says that no matter which party wins, the country should develop. He said, ‘Whoever wins, we should get jobs in Nepal. We should be able to live with our parents.’ 

Radheshyam from Nepalgunj was also found at the Tribhuvan International Airport premises. 22-year-old Radheshyam was also going abroad for foreign employment. Radheshyam, who came home for a month on leave after two years, says that he went abroad because he could not find a job in the country. ‘I was looking for work in Nepal. No matter how much I searched, I could not find the job I wanted,’ he said, ‘I went abroad out of compulsion. Who would want to go to work happily in another country?’

Radheshyam wants a good candidate to win even if he cannot vote for him. ‘Inflation should come down and an environment should be created where everyone can do something in the country, that is enough,’ he said.

24-year-old Chhabi Bishwakarma of Taplejung-3, who was also seen at the airport, was taking a photo with a friend, with his suitcase and a bag nearby. He had gone to Malaysia at the age of 20 for employment. Chhabi, who had worked in Malaysia for four years and returned home on a two-month vacation, was returning home on Wednesday. He also expressed his sadness at having to go abroad on the eve of the election. ‘While my friends were having fun due to the election, I had to go abroad, and my heart ached,’ he said, ‘I also had to raise a family again. There was no stopping just because of the election.’

Chhabi, who went abroad while studying in the 11th grade, wants the youth to get jobs in their own country after studying.

He said, ‘In the coming days, everyone should be able to do jobs and businesses in their own country. They should not be forced to go abroad.’

Those who go abroad to pursue higher education also want the election to bring positive changes in the country. The good ones should win the election and the youth should get jobs in the country. They seem hopeful about creating an environment where they can get

. One of them is 19-year-old Aruna Subedi of Kawaseti-3, Nawalpur. She is taking a picture with her family holding the national flag on her shoulder and is about to go to South Korea for higher education. She said, ‘I am going abroad so that my future 

will be bright. I feel sad to have to go abroad at such a young age.’ She said that it was natural to feel sad when I had to go abroad the day before the election. ‘I was voting for the first time. I didn’t get to do that either,’ she said, ‘Even if I live abroad 

my heart is in my own country.’ She said that she wants no one to have to go abroad for higher education 

and employment in the coming days. 

Her mother Bhagwati Subedi, who came to send her daughter abroad, said that she was very sad when her child chose to leave the country and go abroad. Wiping away tears, she said, ‘My daughter is young. Despite repeated warnings, he said he would go abroad, so we are sending him.’ She said that she had also sent her son abroad for higher education three months ago. She said, ‘I have repeatedly warned him not to go abroad, but he says there is no environment to live here.’ 

Puran Chaudhary, 20, of Tilottama-10, is also going to South Korea for higher education. His mother has also come to Kathmandu to send her son abroad. The mother, who was sitting next to Puran, looked sad at having to send her son to another country. Puran also looked sad at having to go abroad the day before the election. He says, ‘I wanted to vote. My studies have already started there. The ticket is also for this time. Considering the situation, I felt that my future was bigger than the election.’ He was leaving for Korea on a Wednesday evening flight.