JNU students' views on BJP-Congress manifestos

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Here is what JNU students had to say to Brut about the BJP, Congress manifestos… #GenNextvotes #Indiavotes

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00:00According to me, the manifesto should have been released 2-3 months earlier

00:03because there should be debate and discussion on it.

00:05You brought the manifesto in 2019, so you should first give a report on that manifesto in 2024.

00:09Frankly speaking, I think the BJP's manifesto was certainly better than the Congress manifesto.

00:15It promised people that I will teach you how to fish, rather than giving you fish.

00:20BJP always wants to shut down JNU, but I will tell them that

00:24Why do you think so?

00:25The way things are being made, where funds are being cut,

00:28the way JNU's image is being tarnished,

00:31movies are being made,

00:33Jahangir National University,

00:36why was it called Jahangir?

00:37Let's call it Jawaharlal Nehru.

00:38We understand that you are putting all the opposition in jail.

00:41When you feel that you will go beyond 400, then why are you so scared?

00:46We are at Jawaharlal Nehru University,

00:48which was established by an act of parliament in 1969.

00:51Over the years, JNU had made its presence felt on the national political stage

00:55with a series of protests over various issues.

00:57The university was also known for its alumni,

01:00including Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman,

01:02Foreign Affairs Minister SJ Shankar,

01:04and Congress' Kanhaiya Kumar.

01:06And today, Brood is here to speak to students about what they think

01:10about the election manifestos of the political parties for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

01:15Join us as we hear from these young minds.

01:17Let's go.

01:21Do you mind if I record your answers?

01:30No, no.

01:31Have you read the BJP and Congress manifesto?

01:33Yes, I have gone through, I mean, a rough sketch of it.

01:36So what were the highlights according to you in both the manifestos?

01:39I still believe that the BJP's manifesto was very futuristic in the sense,

01:45I think it had a positive agenda in the economic sense.

01:49It promised people that I will teach you how to fish rather than giving you fish.

01:55The Congress manifesto was the typical socialist manifesto of yesteryears,

02:00promising people to give them free things.

02:04Now the question is, where will you get the money from?

02:07And frankly speaking as a middle class person in this country,

02:11that too from a general category,

02:13I was very terrified by seeing the Congress manifesto.

02:16I mean, what future will people like me have?

02:18In a country ruled by Congress, if you make reservations 80 or 90 percent,

02:23if you increase income taxes to more than 40 or 50 percent in order to fund the schemes.

02:29So frankly speaking, I think the BJP's manifesto was certainly better than the Congress manifesto.

02:35So what else could have been included in these manifestos?

02:38Both the manifestos and other manifestos as well,

02:41should have a proper budgetary plan of how they will implement these schemes.

02:46I think that will make them accountable to the people of this country in the true sense of the term.

02:51Like when you are promising people that I will give you 2,000 rupees, 3,000 rupees,

02:56how will you get the money from?

02:58You should have good economists in your team.

03:01They should have a plan of how to fund these schemes,

03:04rather than just making empty promises to people.

03:07Have you read the manifesto?

03:08Yes, I have read it.

03:09By the BJP Congress?

03:10Yes, I have not read the entire manifesto because it is too big.

03:12I have a complaint about the manifesto.

03:14I think that the manifesto should have been issued 2-3 months prior to the Congress manifesto.

03:22Because there should have been debate and discussion about it.

03:25For example, an auto driver was saying that the Congress government will give me 1 lakh every year,

03:28so why should I drive an auto?

03:30But they don't know what the criteria for getting 1 lakh is.

03:34So I have a lot of problems with this approach.

03:37Because you are bringing the manifesto at that time.

03:39It is not like you are giving a lollipop.

03:41The election has come and you are making big promises.

03:45The manifesto that you brought in 2014,

03:47the manifesto that you brought in 2019,

03:49or the Congress manifesto that you brought before that.

03:51You should have asked the Congress government at that time.

03:53So my question to the BJP is that you brought the manifesto in 2014,

03:57you brought the manifesto in 2019,

03:59so you should have given a report of that manifesto in 2024.

04:02Give a report of the manifesto that you brought.

04:05Give a report of the manifesto that you brought.

04:09After that, give your manifesto in 2024.

04:11So what do you think, what are the highlights according to you?

04:13If we talk about the BJP,

04:15if we look at the manifesto of the BJP,

04:17the agenda of their Hindutva,

04:19and if you talk about their cultural nationalism or ethnic nationalism,

04:25that focus point has been focused on in the manifesto.

04:28So if you look at that, especially…

04:30What are the points where you felt that it has been focused on?

04:33For example, if you talk about the civil code,

04:36after that, they are talking about one nation, one election.

04:41So if you look at their manifesto,

04:44you can see a lot of reflection of their hyper nationalism,

04:47or you can say their ethnic or cultural nationalism.

04:50But the main issues,

04:52if you talk about the Indian society,

04:55unemployment,

04:56if you look at it according to me,

04:58you can't see a clear cut roadmap

05:01that how do you want to tackle that?

05:03We have seen the transgender community,

05:07they had promised last time that they will do a lot of work for them.

05:11But no shelter homes were built for them,

05:14nothing was done.

05:15And this time also, the same promise is being made by the BJP,

05:18that they will do this.

05:19But we are seeing in different places,

05:21in cities like Pune,

05:22in many places,

05:23because they don't have any education,

05:27but they have been banned from asking people for money.

05:35And nothing is being done for their education or reservation.

05:39What are the things that can be done for them?

05:41Horizontal reservation can be done,

05:43shelter homes can be built.

05:44Where do you see in the next 10 years?

05:46We don't see a better future for India,

05:48because Covid came,

05:50how the government failed during Covid,

05:52we also know that.

05:54The way they are channelizing the energy of youth,

05:57they will make our future,

05:59if they are unemployed.

06:01Today I am doing a PhD,

06:02I have so much uncertainty that

06:04will I ever be an earning woman, successful, independent woman?

06:08Why?

06:09Because if you see in Madhya Pradesh,

06:11the assistant professor's vacancy,

06:13you are extending it for 3 years,

06:14getting the form filled again and again.

06:16You are not taking an exam for 3 years.

06:18And where the government of the country,

06:21that only one institution works very well,

06:23and all other institutions fail.

06:25I am talking about ED,

06:27ED goes everywhere,

06:29and you tell ED quickly,

06:31this person is doing fraud,

06:33you will go to him quickly in the matter of corruption.

06:35But your other institutions,

06:37where you have to get forms for assistant professors,

06:41vacancies,

06:42there is your failure.

06:43Where there is an exam,

06:44there is cheating.

06:46I mean, you are not in such a state that

06:48if you get an exam done after 4 years,

06:50you should be able to do it properly.

06:51In the manifesto, it has been said about paper leaks,

06:53that a law will be passed on it.

06:55If they have said this,

06:56then it is a very good thing that

06:57at least they have been shown that

06:59this is also a national issue,

07:01that the youth are also getting worried.

07:03If they have said this,

07:04then there is nothing to believe in their words.

07:06You know about 15 lakhs of BJP,

07:08that 15 lakhs had to come in everyone's account,

07:10but ours have not come.

07:11So now, I don't know,

07:12let's see,

07:13if they have spoken,

07:14then they should pay attention.

07:15Opposition has said that

07:16there is a lack of level playing field

07:18in the Lok Sabha elections.

07:19So, what do you want to say on this?

07:20If you look at the present situation,

07:22then I see that it is true.

07:24Because when you,

07:25here also,

07:26the central government,

07:28by the way,

07:29Modi ji and BJP

07:31always want to shut down JNU.

07:33But I will tell them that,

07:34Why do you think so?

07:35Because such things happen again and again.

07:37Here,

07:38things like present situations are being made,

07:41where funds are being cut.

07:42Here,

07:43the image of JNU is being ruined.

07:45Movies are being made.

07:47A Jahangir National University is being made.

07:50Why was Jahangir also there?

07:51Jawaharlal Nehru would have said,

07:52we understand,

07:53we can see.

07:54Two or three more such movies have come,

07:56with which,

07:57with which the image of our university

07:59is being ruined.

08:01You are so scared,

08:02that you are putting all the opposition

08:04in jail.

08:05Hey,

08:06when you feel that

08:07you will go beyond 400,

08:08then why are you so scared?

08:10Why are you putting?

08:11Hasn't Kejriwal only done corruption?

08:13I will not say that Kejriwal,

08:15in the alcohol issue,

08:17I don't know if he is innocent or guilty.

08:20But I do understand that

08:22this timing is absolutely suitable.

08:25And this is all planned,

08:26plotted timing,

08:27I think.

08:28So I don't think that

08:29there is a level playing field at this time.

08:32Political parties have been trying to

08:34win elections in the ways

08:35they can win elections.

08:37Some people believe that

08:38BJP,

08:39ED is doing good work.

08:40At least they are

08:41catching the corrupt politicians.

08:43If someone says that

08:44he is politically motivated,

08:45then the audience should look into that.

08:48And what do you think?

08:49Voters should look.

08:50What do you think, as a voter?

08:51I don't know.

08:52Let the court decide

08:53how he gets out.

08:55Because I can't give

08:56the judgment on that.

08:57Look at the way they are working.

08:59Look at the bond that just came out.

09:02A scam of crores.

09:03There is no discussion on this.

09:05There is no discussion on this corruption.

09:08So many crores of rupees

09:09have been taken from those companies

09:11that are running in losses.

09:13I mean,

09:14the way they were saying

09:16that they will get the black money back,

09:19it is very clear that

09:22by keeping those companies in front,

09:26they have made the black money

09:29into white money

09:30and have invested it in their donations.

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