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Gagan Thapa: This agenda is an opportunity for the party to integrate youth who make up the majority of the country's population. The young leaders of NC have national and international exposure and are thus more open. Their inclusion into the executive committees will influence the party's decisions, priorities and the working style.
Can the Youth Campaign really be different?
It is imperative for young NC cadre to be leaders if they are to influence the programs and direction of the party. The majority of the country's youth are for democracy, but since they do not identify with the present leadership and the extremists are benefiting. The NC has to prove that it is a young party with fresh ideas.
For a long time, the NC remained steadfast on its commitment to democracy but was largely indifferent to social and economic issues. This left the field wide open for extremists of the left and right. With the younger cadre base, the NC will be able to buck this trend. NC will stand for change again.
Won't this so-called youth wave affect the NC's principles and stance in national politics?
The NC's stance is that democratic principles should not be compromised. The party so far has reacted to the agenda of federalism and peace process only, issues of national importance have been sidelined. With the entry of the new trend, the NC's commitment to democracy will be strengthened, and it will go from being a reactive party to one that takes the lead in issues of national importance.
But isn't the party too rigid to change?
The NC has always been known as a party that successfully leads revolutions, but it fails to manage the transition that follows. The next generation will change this.
Yet, the young members are going to be old by the time they get into leadership.
Those vying for chief leadership positions do not seem to take notice of the new trend sweeping across the ranks of NC throughout the country. But those who dismiss this demand for change do so at their own peril.
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