In this editorial segment, Mr. Sujit Nair discusses the issue of inflammatory speeches delivered by political leaders during election campaigns. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Jaipur Rural district, responded to a question about the use of religion and Hindutva in politics. He emphasized that if the BJP does not speak about Hindus, it should speak about ""Babur and Aurangzeb."" Sarma asserted the party's pride in speaking about Hinduism and highlighted the concept of Sarva Dharma Samabhava, emphasizing equal respect for all religions within Hindu culture.
Earlier in the day, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, during a rally in Rajasthan's Dungarpur district, cautioned voters about the use of emotions and religion in politics. She urged voters to assess whether such tactics truly serve their interests.
In response to guarantees made by the Congress government in various state assemblies, Sarma took a dig at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, questioning the credibility of his guarantees. He mocked the idea of taking Rahul Gandhi's guarantee, suggesting that even his mother cannot vouch for him.
Regarding Priyanka Gandhi's claim that her grandmother, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, taught her the 'Gayatri Mantra,' Himanta Sarma remarked that it is not customary in Sanatan culture to publicize such details. He added that knowing the Gayatri Mantra is widespread among Indian children and is not exclusive to any individual.
Furthermore, Sarma accused the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan of failing to fulfill promises related to farm loan waivers and unemployment allowances. He criticized the government for alleged involvement in paper leaks and the mistreatment of women.
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Earlier in the day, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, during a rally in Rajasthan's Dungarpur district, cautioned voters about the use of emotions and religion in politics. She urged voters to assess whether such tactics truly serve their interests.
In response to guarantees made by the Congress government in various state assemblies, Sarma took a dig at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, questioning the credibility of his guarantees. He mocked the idea of taking Rahul Gandhi's guarantee, suggesting that even his mother cannot vouch for him.
Regarding Priyanka Gandhi's claim that her grandmother, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, taught her the 'Gayatri Mantra,' Himanta Sarma remarked that it is not customary in Sanatan culture to publicize such details. He added that knowing the Gayatri Mantra is widespread among Indian children and is not exclusive to any individual.
Furthermore, Sarma accused the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan of failing to fulfill promises related to farm loan waivers and unemployment allowances. He criticized the government for alleged involvement in paper leaks and the mistreatment of women.
#rameshbidhuri #himantabiswasarma #amitshah #narottammishra #bjp #bharatiyajanataparty #congress #inc #assemblyelections #elections #stateelections #chhattisgarh #madhyapradesh #mizoram #rajasthan #telangana #Sujitnair #HWNews
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00:00 Namaskar, welcome to another episode of Editorial.
00:07 You know one of the reason I come in front of you every night at 10 o'clock, one of the
00:13 reason I run this digital channel, I run with a lot of difficulties because you know it's
00:20 pretty hard to run a digital channel in India in terms of revenue, in terms of money and
00:25 all of that.
00:26 One of the reasons why I do that is because in my mind I am acting for my democracy.
00:33 Because when I go to my grave, at least I should be sure about the fact that I have
00:39 acted for my democracy.
00:40 And that is exactly why I come every day, 10 o'clock, in front of you to talk to you
00:46 about our democracy, to talk to you about how one should act for democracy, to talk
00:52 to you about what are important things that we should accept and what are the things we
00:58 should reject when it comes to politics and elections.
01:03 This I would think would be my contribution to my country.
01:07 And I am going to talk to you about the same topic today.
01:10 Let's get right to the show.
01:15 You see, I have been constantly talking to you, like I told you before, about multi-dimensional
01:20 poverty.
01:21 Poverty which is to do with lack of food, poverty to do with lack of infrastructure,
01:29 poverty to do with lack of health, poverty to do with lack of education.
01:34 Multi-dimensional poverty.
01:35 We have got states like Bihar where the multi-dimensional poverty is so bad that out of every 100 people,
01:40 close to 33 people are multi-dimensionally poor.
01:43 We have got states like that.
01:47 My submission to you always was in those editorials is that go vote for people who come to you
01:54 and who tell you that listen, you know what, we will ensure that we reduce poverty in your
02:01 country, in your state, in your constituency.
02:05 Vote for people who say that I will ensure that there is food in the table for every
02:11 person in my constituency, the lowest common denominator in my constituency, vote for that
02:15 kind of person.
02:17 Vote for a person who tells you that I will ensure that there are more schools, there
02:20 are more hospitals, there are more ambulances for you.
02:24 Vote for a person who says that I will build better roads so that transportation can be
02:29 better in my constituency, so that business can be better in my constituency, so that
02:34 I can get employment.
02:36 Vote for those kind of people.
02:37 We have been constantly saying that.
02:40 We have also been constantly saying that listen, you know what, your pillars of the constitution
02:46 and pillars of your constitution are almost degenerating.
02:52 Media is over.
02:53 Media is no longer the pillar of your constitution.
02:56 Don't go by your media.
02:58 Your pillars of the constitution are degenerating.
03:03 They are not doing their job.
03:05 I spoke about judiciary being almost helpless, sounding helpless, sounding frustrated even.
03:13 I spoke about the executive who have no other choice but to listen to the legislature and
03:21 bend down to the legislature to the extent where they are almost on their feet.
03:27 And I spoke to you about legislature which is now ruling not with the help of the parliament
03:34 but with the help of investigative bodies.
03:37 I spoke to you about all of that.
03:40 This is going to continue.
03:41 This is going to be bigger.
03:44 Today I want to talk to you about one such constitutional body and that body is the election
03:50 commission.
03:52 Now comes the interesting part.
03:56 You see there is this minister, home minister if I am not mistaken from Madhya Pradesh.
04:03 This home minister, he normally practices everything that Uttar Pradesh does.
04:07 So if Uttar Pradesh does bulldozing, he also bulldozes.
04:09 So he is very inspired with the governance of Uttar Pradesh.
04:14 So be it, that be as it may.
04:16 Narottam Mishra went out to say that when you press the button on the EVM that is with
04:22 lotus symbol on it, the celebrations are held in India.
04:27 If any other party wins, celebration will be held in Pakistan.
04:33 Keeping national interest in mind, the button with the lotus symbol on it should be pressed.
04:40 This is what Mishra told to media in Datia from where he is contesting as BJP nominee.
04:47 So his constituency that is Datia, he is not talking about, listen you know what I want
04:51 to build more schools.
04:52 Listen you know what I want to help improve multidimensional poverty.
04:57 I want less and less people poor in my constituency.
05:01 That's not what he is talking about.
05:03 He is talking about creating an enemy.
05:05 He is saying that if you press button here, Pakistan will rejoice.
05:10 I don't know what that logic is but that's what he is saying.
05:14 Now I am not talking about this because he doesn't talk about growth.
05:18 I don't expect it either.
05:20 But what I am talking about it is because this is against our laws.
05:26 I will come to what I mean by that in the end of a couple of more statements.
05:31 Then I will come to what I mean by this is against our laws.
05:35 Ok, let's talk about our Home Minister, Union Home Minister and one of the most powerful
05:40 person in our country Mr. Amit Shah who went out to say that do you want to have darshan
05:45 of Ram Lalla or not?
05:47 You will have to spend money for the same but do not worry about expenses.
05:53 We have mandated BJP to form its government on December 3rd and the government will make
05:59 sure that you have darshan free of cost.
06:03 He is saying you want to take darshan of Ram Lalla, vote us and we will give it free of
06:07 cost.
06:08 How is he expected to say that?
06:10 How is he saying that?
06:11 Does he mean that Bharatiya Janata Party has got so much money that he will give free darshan
06:15 to everybody in Madhya Pradesh to go to Uttar Pradesh and see Lord Ram?
06:20 Is that what he is saying?
06:21 Or is he saying that he is going to take tax payers money and then ensure?
06:24 Or he is saying he is just saying it as Jumla?
06:26 I don't know what he meant by this.
06:28 But the fact is what I said before I repeat what this is actually wrong.
06:33 It is not legal to say this and I will tell you why like I told you.
06:37 Let's go to a few more names.
06:39 I don't consider this person serious but all the same.
06:43 Media carries him.
06:44 So I have to talk about him.
06:45 And this person is T Raja.
06:47 He wears all these saffron shirt, pant and all that and roams around.
06:52 And he says that you all need to ensure that more Hindus cast their votes by telling everyone
06:59 that our enemy indulges in slaughtering cows, committing love jihad and forced religious
07:04 conversions.
07:05 He says create enemies.
07:09 Create enemies because we want to win election.
07:11 He says it openly.
07:12 Go tell people that they slaughter cows.
07:15 Go tell people that they do love jihad.
07:18 He is asking people to create enemies.
07:21 This is a fight of our dharma.
07:23 We have to ensure that a dharmi loses this battle.
07:27 He made this into a dharma vs a dharma battle.
07:31 And this man is part of the dharma.
07:34 Hindu dharma.
07:37 This is legally wrong.
07:38 I will go, I will tell you further.
07:42 There is a person called Ramesh Biduri.
07:44 Of course we all know him.
07:45 He says he was talking in Rajasthan and he is talking about Mr. Ajit Singh Mehta who
07:51 is a candidate in Tong.
07:53 And he says, "Bhai, Ajit keh rahe hain ki chunav ke upar poore desh ki nazar hai.
07:59 Ajit bhai, poore desh ki nazar nahi hai is Rajasthan ke chunav par.
08:04 Aur upar se Tong ke chunav par.
08:07 Lahore ki bhi nazar hai."
08:09 Same thing.
08:10 Same thing what the other man said.
08:12 "Lahore ki nazar hai.
08:14 You Lahore ki nazar hai."
08:15 And why is he telling this to Ajit Singh?
08:19 Creating enemies.
08:21 Creating enemies.
08:22 Using caste.
08:24 Using religion.
08:25 Associating one religion with Pakistan.
08:29 Associating one political party with Pakistan.
08:32 And saying that Lahore ki nazar hai.
08:36 I'll tell you last before I get into why this is technically, legally not correct.
08:44 I'll tell you why.
08:45 Hemanta Biswas Sharma who is the Chief Minister of Assam.
08:49 Hemanta Biswas Sharma says, "If we do not speak about Hindus in India, then for whom
08:54 will we speak?
08:56 On Babur Aurangazeb?
08:57 We will proudly speak about Hinduism."
09:00 That is what Sharma says.
09:01 He says that he was responding to questions by reporters about usage of religion, Hindutva
09:07 in politics.
09:08 This is what he was saying.
09:09 He is saying hum Hindu ke baarein baat nahi karenge toh aur kya.
09:11 We will talk about Babur.
09:12 My dear friend, a politician should talk about food.
09:15 Food security.
09:17 Politicians should talk about education.
09:18 He is the Chief Minister.
09:20 He should talk about education.
09:22 He should talk about food.
09:23 He should talk about Mandrega.
09:24 He should talk about midday meal.
09:26 He should talk about infrastructure.
09:28 He should talk about healthcare.
09:30 That's what he should talk about.
09:31 We have got saints.
09:32 We have got rishis.
09:33 We have got munis all over the country.
09:35 We have got great people who are spiritual masters who will talk about religion and they
09:40 know about religion and they talk about religion.
09:42 That's their job.
09:43 His job is to ensure that the state is governed well.
09:47 His job is not about speaking about Hinduism or Babur or Aurangazeb.
09:51 Now let me come to the last part of this particular editorial.
09:57 You see, model code of conduct for guidance and political parties and candidates, this
10:05 is as far as the election commission is concerned.
10:09 These are prescribed laws.
10:11 I have not made them prescribed laws.
10:14 These laws are what election commission is supposed to follow.
10:18 Okay.
10:19 Number one, general conduct.
10:21 There is meetings, there is processions and so on and so forth.
10:23 So there are various conducts.
10:26 I am going to talk to you about general conduct.
10:28 Let's talk about general conduct because that is the, in reference to whatever we just spoke.
10:34 General conduct point one, no party or candidate shall include in any activity which may aggravate
10:42 existing differences or create mutual hatred or cause tension between different castes,
10:50 communities, religion or linguistic.
10:54 That is the point number one of general conduct.
10:58 Because if you do that, if you do that and most of this was doing that, you are going
11:03 against the general conduct.
11:05 The election commission should be pulling you up.
11:09 The election commission should be banning you, punishing you, whatever it does, the
11:13 election commission has the right.
11:14 Point number two, criticism of other political parties when made shall be confined to their
11:20 policies and programs.
11:22 Works record and work, parties and candidates shall refrain from criticism of all aspects
11:27 of private life not connected with public activities, the leader or workers of the parties.
11:34 Criticism of other parties or their workers and leaders based on unverified allegations
11:40 or distortion shall be avoided.
11:43 This is the point number two.
11:44 Point number three, there shall be no appeal to caste, communal feelings for securing votes,
11:50 mosques, churches, temple or other places of worship shall not be used as a forum of
11:57 election.
11:59 And our Home Minister went out and said that do you want to have darshan of Ram Lala or
12:05 not?
12:06 You will have to spend money for the same, but do not worry about expense.
12:10 Give the mandate to BJP to form its government on 3rd December and the government will make
12:14 ensure that you have darshan free of cost.
12:21 Isn't this going against the point three of the general conduct?
12:28 Okay, last, all parties and candidates shall avoid scrupulously all activities which are
12:33 corrupt practices and offences under the election law, such as bribing voters, intimidating
12:38 of voters, impersonation of voters, canvassing within 100 metres of polling stations, holding
12:44 public meetings etc.
12:47 I have read you four laws.
12:50 Now the fact is, these four laws, I have read you three or four statements where each of
12:55 these statements are breaking these laws.
12:57 Is the election commission doing anything?
13:00 Am I to assume, see there are two assumptions that I have.
13:03 I am to assume that the election commission has not heard or seen these videos or these
13:08 clips.
13:09 The whole country knows about it, media has spoken about it, we now know about it, everybody
13:14 knows about it except for the election commission.
13:16 Election commission has no idea this was ever said.
13:19 So jab malum inhe hum kithare action lega, am I supposed to believe that?
13:25 Or am I supposed to believe that election commission knows everything, everything, but
13:31 will not take action, especially when it is against Bharatiya Janata Party.
13:36 Opposition?
13:37 No problem.
13:38 Against Bharatiya Janata Party, the election commission will not take action.
13:42 Then why do we have election commission?
13:45 Who is the election commission working for?
13:47 Is the election commission for the government or election commission of India?
13:51 What is it?
13:52 Because if it is for India, then they are working for us.
13:55 If it is for the government, then they will work for the Bharatiya Janata Party, which
14:02 is what they are looking like.
14:04 This is the point I am trying to make.
14:06 I repeat myself.
14:08 Elect a person who talks about your children s education.
14:12 Elect a person who talks about your family s health.
14:15 Elect a person who can ensure that there is food on the table for the lowest common denominator
14:19 in your constituency.
14:21 Elect a person like that.
14:23 Secondly, constitutional bodies are either looking helpless, frustrated, can t do anything
14:29 or looking the other way.
14:32 Looking the other way because they don t want to offend the ruling party.
14:37 Maybe they want favours too.
14:39 So they don t want to offend.
14:40 They are looking the other way.
14:42 This is what is happening in this country.
14:43 Be aware of this.
14:45 Be aware of this and vote diligently.
14:49 This is the point I wanted to make.
14:50 Till I see you next time, Namaskar.
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