Reporter's Guarantee | Outlook's Zaina Azhar In Conversation With Congress' Tanuj Punia In Barabanki
Congress candidate Tanuj Punia is up against BJP’s Rajrani Rawat in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki, which goes to polls in the fourth phase.
The young Dalit leader who had lost to BJP’s Upendra Singh Rawat in 2019, is looking to make his Lok Sabha debut this time with the poll promise of overall development of the constituency neighbouring the state capital Lucknow.
The young Dalit leader who had lost to BJP’s Upendra Singh Rawat in 2019, is looking to make his Lok Sabha debut this time with the poll promise of overall development of the constituency neighbouring the state capital Lucknow.
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00:00 We have targeted the education, health, employment, farmers and labourers.
00:09 We have made a roadmap for the entire Barabanki.
00:14 Tanuj Punia ji, you are standing from Barabanki.
00:23 This is your second Lok Sabha election.
00:26 How confident are you at this time?
00:29 The people themselves are saying that they want to vote for us.
00:36 Earlier, we had to ask for votes.
00:38 Now, they want to vote for us because people are very angry with the current government.
00:45 The way they have kept the youth unemployed, the farmers are not getting their crop,
00:54 the prices of fertilizers, seeds, GST are increasing.
01:01 The farmers are very upset.
01:02 The women are also very upset.
01:03 The price of gas cylinders has increased.
01:05 This is the biggest headache.
01:07 What are the election topics for Barabanki?
01:09 The biggest issue in Barabanki is that there is a lot of peppermint.
01:13 The rate of peppermint oil fluctuates like the stock market.
01:20 We have to get it into the machine.
01:26 GST will be measured.
01:29 If it comes under MSP, it is 900 now.
01:35 In the past, it used to be 2000.
01:37 Now, it is 900.
01:38 We have to see that at least 2000 people get it.
01:43 It should not go down so much.
01:45 There are no universities far away.
01:47 There is no degree college or inter-college.
01:49 The biggest problem for girls is that their parents do not want to send them far away to study.
01:58 We have a proposal to open a college in every block.
02:03 There is a need for a medical college.
02:05 Dr. P L Bunia had opened a trauma center here.
02:08 But, it was only Mr. Jadhav's contribution.
02:12 The building was built, the machines came, but it is being used like an emergency.
02:15 Technicians are not being hired.
02:17 It has been happening for 10 years.
02:19 What is your connection with Barabanki?
02:23 We have a good connection with Barabanki.
02:25 When there is no wave, people have supported us.
02:32 We have received 40,000-45,000 votes.
02:34 It is the love of the people.
02:38 Would you like to say anything about BJP's claim of 400 crores?
02:43 I would like to say that we will not do it 200 times.
02:47 This time, it is the government of India.
02:49 Politics should be about education, health, employment, the welfare of farmers, the welfare of workers.
02:54 It should be about women and students.
02:57 But, no one is doing all this.
02:59 Only the people of India are going to their manifestos and saying that we will do this work for you.
03:07 We will give jobs to your children, make women financially independent,
03:14 we will give the right rate to your farmers, we will forgive your debts.
03:19 We are going to tell all these things and we want elections to be held on these issues.
03:23 out.
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