Dear Niscal Dai,

As you stand on the threshold of the March 5th elections, please know that you aren’t just carrying a campaign manifesto; you are carrying the heavy, flickering hopes of a generation that has almost forgotten how to dream.

We are the Gen Z of Nepal. We are the “Airport Generation.” We have grown up watching our brothers, sisters, and friends trade their degrees for suitcases, leaving the hills of Ilam and the streets of Kathmandu for the scorching heat of the Gulf or the cold winds of the West. We are the inheritors of an economy built on decades of empty promises—a system that has taught us that to stay is to fail, and to succeed, we must first leave home.

Why Your Candidacy Feels Different

For the first time in a long time, we don’t just see a name on a ballot; we see a reflection of ourselves. You understand that our frustration isn’t just about politics—it’s about survival. We are tired of being told we are the “future” by leaders who have spent years mortgaging our “present.”

If you win, this is what we ask of you:

• Be our reason to stay: We don’t expect you to fix the economy in a day, but we expect you to start building a Nepal where a youth’s merit is more powerful than a politician’s “source-force.”

• Speak our language: When you sit in those high halls of power, remember the dust of our roads and the silence of our empty villages. Speak for the student who can’t afford books and the entrepreneur suffocating under red tape.

• The Weight of Transparency: We have been lied to for so long that honesty feels like a luxury. Please, be the leader who tells us the truth, even when it’s uncomfortable.

A Heartfelt Plea

Niscal Dai, our hearts are heavy with the stories of parents who only see their children through a smartphone screen. We are tired of seeing Nepal’s potential exported in wooden boxes and green passports.

When you walk through your constituency, look into the eyes of the youth. You will see a mix of fire and fatigue. We are giving you our trust—the most fragile thing we have left. Please, don’t let it break. Don’t become another “leader” who gets lost in the cold corridors of Singha Durbar.

Give us a reason to unpack our bags. Give us a reason to believe that our sweat is worth more on Nepalese soil than anywhere else in the world.

With hope, tears, and a final spark of belief,

Mayank Agrawal (On behalf of the Youth of Nepal)

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Niscal Rai is the Nepali Congress candidate from Ilam Constituency No. 1 for the upcoming House of Representatives election.