58 Gen Z Candidates Contest Federal Parliament Elections in Madhesh Province

Janakpurdham. Fifty-eight Gen Z youth candidates are contesting the Federal Parliament elections scheduled for Falgun 21 in Madhesh Province. According to the Election Commission's data, two of these candidates are female and 56 are male.

The Commission stated that among the Gen Z candidates, 41 are independent and 17 are contesting from various political parties. The increasing political activism of the youth is expected to make this election more interesting.

Looking at the party breakdown, Ujyalo Nepal Party and Janmat Party have fielded 3 Gen Z youth candidates each. Shram Sanskriti Party has nominated two young candidates. Similarly, CPN-UML, Rastriya Swatantra Party, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Nepal Communist Party, Aam Janata Party, Jan Adhikar Party, Janata Loktantrik Party Nepal, Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party, and Nepal Ka Lagi Nepali Party have each nominated one Gen Z youth candidate.

Ujyalo Nepal Party has nominated 26-year-old Sarban Paswan from Siraha Constituency No. 3, 28-year-old Manoj Kumar Gupta from Mahottari-1, and 25-year-old Ramakant Prasad Patel from Rautahat-2. Janmat Party has nominated 27-year-old Birendra Mahato from Mahottari-1, 28-year-old Sonu Kuswaha from Rautahat-2, and 28-year-old Ram Kalyan Raut from Rautahat-4.

Shram Sanskriti Party has nominated 26-year-old Pankaj Kumar Thakur from Siraha and 28-year-old Wasim Sheikh from Parsa-1. CPN-UML has nominated 27-year-old Communist Kumar Yadav, son of former MP Shiva Pujan Yadav, from Sarlahi-4. Rastriya Swatantra Party has nominated 28-year-old Bablu Gupta, who has also served as the Youth and Sports Minister, from Siraha-1.

CPN has nominated 27-year-old Ajay Kushwaha from Bara-4. Similarly, Rastriya Prajatantra Party has nominated 27-year-old Ajaykumar Das from Saptari-2, and Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party has nominated Neelam Kumari Yadav from the same constituency.

Youth analyst Randhir Chaudhary stated that the significant participation of the Gen Z generation in this election signals a generational shift in the political leadership of Madhesh Province. According to him, the presence of youth is expected to bring changes to old political practices.