MP Jayantidevi Rai Criticizes Government Indifference to Youth Despair and Meter-Interest Victims

Kathmandu. Nepali Communist Party Member of Parliament Jayantidevi Rai has accused the government of being insensitive to the growing despair in the country, incidents of youth suicide and self-immolation, and the problems of meter-interest victims.  

Speaking at the National Assembly meeting on Wednesday, MP Rai said that the government is not serious about issues of public concern.

She commented that the government is not working to solve the problems of citizens, mentioning that recently a youth self-immolated and one person attempted suicide in Rautahat on Wednesday alone. She stated that the government's 100-day tenure has been without achievements, saying that youth are forced to choose the harsh path of self-immolation due to widespread inferiority complex and anger among them.  

She also warned the government to be alert in time, saying that the people's patience can break at any moment. Similarly, MP Rai raised questions about traffic management and fines imposed on ordinary people. She argued that the legal provision of fines ranging from 10,000 to 100,000 rupees for poor and ordinary drivers is not just. She said that the government has not taken any concrete initiative to solve the problems of meter-interest victims.

Expressing anger over the despair of the youth and the government's indifference, MP Rai said in the meeting, 'The very youth and students who were made shields to establish this system and government are now burning in broad daylight.' Accusing the government, which came to power with the votes of the poor and the helpless, of not understanding their suffering, she added, 'It seems that the government, which achieved victory with the votes of the poor and the helpless, is reveling in their tears.'