Give employment to stop youth migration: Khanal

By Laxman Paudel,Bhairahawa, Oct. 9: Senior CPN (Unified Socialist) leader and former Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal has said that many youths were leaving the country for foreign employment because of the unemployment problem in the country.

Speaking at a press meet organised by Samajwadi Press Organisation Nepal, Rupandehi. on Sunday, Khanal said that the country might be without youths if they continued to seek work opportunities abroad. 

Leader Khanal arrived in Bhairahawa for the Socialist Awakening Campaign.

He said, "It is essential to provide youths with employment opportunities within the country. 

For this, we need massive development in the industrial and agricultural sectors." 

He added the party launched the campaign focusing on creating job opportunities, promoting good governance and improving education, health and agriculture. 

Khanal stressed the need for a new polarisation in the country as it had not been able to develop due to current capitalist governance. He said all communists should unite if needed to move towards the path of socialism.

He said that the government formed in 2017 had failed to meet people's expectations due to flawed leadership. 

He said that the current system was only giving protection to middlemen, brokers and capitalists. He stressed the importance of an extensive debate on socialism versus capitalism to address the growing dissatisfaction among the public. 

Leader Khanal said that all three levels of the government had failed to serve the people. 

He said, "No government can function effectively within the current system. We need a transformation in the system. This is why we have launched this campaign."

Jagannath Khatiwada, deputy general secretary of the CPN (Unified Socialist) and head of the Publicity Department, said around 5,000 independent and party-affiliated individuals had joined the party by the time the campaign reached Bhairahawa.  The party launched the campaign from Mechi to Mahakali on October 1.