When India's Youngest Mayor Took On Age Critics

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So what if she was in a room filled mostly with people much older than her? Mayor Arya Rajendran had had enough of their snarky ageist remarks. This is how she shut them up...

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00:00Let me finish what I have to say!

00:02Let me finish what I have to say!

00:30Chestnut shop

00:52We had an ad in Facebook about a girl studying to be the mayor of AKG…

00:59I can suggest you something.

01:01If I am the mayor,

01:03there are six months worth of criticisms you have made.

01:07The first one is the debate seminar.

01:08The second one is the SAT.

01:10The third one is the Hitachi issue.

01:12We are discussing it now.

01:13Let me finish what I have to say.

01:15Let me finish what I have to say.

01:16Let me finish what I have to say.

01:18Let me finish what I have to say.

01:21Let me finish what I have to say.

01:23Others,

01:24let others speak without any voice.

01:26You will be given the opportunity to speak anything in this seminar.

01:30You can speak anything that is fair.

01:32So,

01:34there was a criticism from your side.

01:37So,

01:37when there is such a criticism,

01:40I know that

01:41in this seminar,

01:43you have criticized about your age,

01:45gender,

01:47and so on.

01:48Your brothers and sisters,

01:51like all your brothers and sisters,

01:52people of the new generation who use Facebook and WhatsApp,

01:56if they show you the negative comments they post on Facebook and WhatsApp,

01:59you will remember that they are like the mothers and sisters of this house.

02:04Let me finish what I have to say.

02:06Let me finish what I have to say.

02:07It is bad even if our people post it.

02:09I am not saying that it is not true.

02:10No, even if our people post it,

02:11it is bad even if someone insults a woman.

02:15Even if they call her an LKG girl,

02:17even if they call her by her name,

02:19you have to understand that you will get a response from them.

02:27So,

02:27in this seminar,

02:29you have criticized someone like this.

02:31It is a common thing to say.

02:32It is an overstatement.

02:33No,

02:34Mr. Vijay Kirikumar,

02:37you have repeatedly said this.

02:38Since then, I have been silent.

02:40I am saying this to draw the attention of some people.

02:43If there is an overstatement here,

02:45I can say it clearly.

02:46If there is an overstatement at this age,

02:48I know how to act accordingly.

02:50I can proudly say that I have come forward with a constitution for that.

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