Nepal elections: Why youth’s reluctance to vote is a bad idea

As the elections are approaching , everyone is talking about them. As a young adult about to cast votes for the first time, I and my contemporaries often come across questions such as why to vote. The reluctance to vote among the youth has become a serious problem in Nepal of late.

They say, “No, I would not vote. Why bother to stay up in a queue in the scorching sun during a holiday?”