Shram Sanskriti Party chair Harka Sampang Rai said his party stands firmly with poor labourers at a public assembly organised by the party in Kakarbhitta, Mechinagar-6, Jhapa. He said party workers had demonstrated its political goals through their labour for poor people in different parts of the country, and raised concerns about wild elephants affecting residents in Jhapa. Rai also pledged that the party would arrange land and housing for squatters if it came to power.
Party’s position on working people
Addressing the gathering, Rai presented support for labouring poor people as a central commitment of the Shram Sanskriti Party. His remarks linked the party’s stated political aims with work carried out by its members, whom he said had served poor people in various parts of the country. He described that work as evidence that the party’s goals were being put into practice, rather than remaining only a political position.
Rai’s statement placed labour and poverty at the centre of the party’s public message. He said the party was on the side of people who work while facing economic hardship. The remarks at Kakarbhitta were framed around the party’s relationship with those communities and the work its members have undertaken for them. The assembly provided a platform for Rai to restate that commitment before people in Jhapa.
The chair’s comments also presented the party’s workers as part of its effort to demonstrate its principles. According to Rai, their labour for poor people across different parts of Nepal had shown what the party sought to achieve. He did not describe the individual projects or locations in detail in the remarks reported, but said the work reflected the party’s political purpose.
Wild elephant concerns in Jhapa
Rai also spoke about the problems residents of Jhapa face from wild elephants. He raised the issue as a local concern during the public assembly, alongside his broader comments on poverty and labour. The statement drew attention to the impact of wildlife on people living in the district, although the account of his remarks did not set out particular incidents or propose a specific response to the elephant problem.
By bringing the issue into his speech, Rai connected the party’s political message to concerns facing residents in the area where the assembly took place. His comments addressed both the livelihoods of poor and working people and the difficulties residents face from wild elephants. The remarks, however, did not provide further details about measures the party would take on the wildlife issue.
Pledge on land and housing for squatters
Rai said that if the Shram Sanskriti Party came to power, it would arrange land and housing for squatters. The pledge placed access to land and a place to live among the issues he associated with the party’s proposed role in government. He presented the commitment as conditional on the party gaining power, rather than describing it as an immediate programme.
The land and housing promise formed part of Rai’s appeal to people facing hardship. It extended his message of support for the poor beyond the party workers’ labour that he cited as evidence of its political goals. His remarks at Kakarbhitta set out the party’s stated position on squatters, while the reported comments did not outline the process, timetable or other details for delivering the promised support.
Rai’s address therefore brought together three themes: the party’s claim to stand with poor labourers, concerns about wild elephants in Jhapa and a pledge to arrange land and housing for squatters if the party entered government. He used the assembly to describe the work of party members as proof of its purpose and to set out commitments he said the party would pursue. These were statements of the party chair’s position at the gathering.
