Meet The Kerala Man Who Said 'No' To A BJP Ticket

Would you turn down the chance to become a BJP candidate? Manikandan says he didn’t think twice about saying no. Here’s why.

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00:00India is one of the biggest industrialized countries in the world.

00:11I have never thought about my future.

00:23Whether I can do it or not, I can't.

00:26That's all I can say.

00:56I asked them if there was anyone on the waiting list.

01:11They told me that there was no one on the waiting list.

01:16They told me to stay with them.

01:18It was a good talk.

01:26But it was not a position I had with BJP.

01:34It is still a position I have with the ruling parties.

01:49It got popular and many people joined it.

01:54music

02:08As a university, we are trying to find a way to make them self-sufficient.

02:18The biggest problem in this industry is dropouts, alcoholism and poverty.

02:24We are trying to find a way to make them self-sufficient.

02:38I am trying to convince the parties like Congress and CPM,

02:44who are more like tribal communities and who are trying to live as one of us,

02:51to take this initiative.

02:59This is the only way to make them self-sufficient.

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