Youth Absent in Rural Election Campaigning as Employment Drives Migration in Surkhet

Surkhet. As the House of Representatives election scheduled for Falgun 21 approaches, election campaigning is intensifying in villages and towns. Political parties and candidates have reached every village to seek votes.

Political parties and their candidates are busy campaigning in every village. However, young voters are scarce in the villages. Lokendra Singhraj Thapa from Chaukune Rural Municipality-5 in Surkhet stated that there are few young people in the village currently.