I agree with the editorial 'How much longer?' (#142). It's time students stopped being gullible by allowing political leaders to exploit and manipulate them to their own selfish ends. After all, it is the students and their parents who suffer and lose their hard-earned money. But political leaders have everything to gain and nothing to lose from mobilising students. No current political leader in Nepal is worth dying for. Gone are the days when leaders had vision and loved their country. Political leaders today are a new class of thugs.

What students should realise is their activities have not brought about any positive changes. Their earlier violent protests for reducing school fees has not resulted in a decrease or even an end to annual readmission fees. If there must be protest programs, the students must come up with really justifiable, viable and no-nonsense proposals that can effect changes in the best interest of the people.

Rajeeb L Satyal,
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