In conversation with Outlook's Abhik Bhattacharya, Congress candidate JB Patil talks about his electoral issues, the impact of coal mining on local communities, and his stance on communal violence. He also addresses his party-switching history, the corruption allegations against his party, and his hopes for the upcoming elections.
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00:00 Hi, this is Abhig Bhattacharya from Outlook Magazine.
00:08 Today we are going to have a conversation with Congress candidate in Hazaribagh Lok
00:13 Shah constituency, JB Patel.
00:16 JB Patel has a history of sort of switching parties.
00:20 He started his career in JMM in 2011.
00:24 Thereafter, he switched to BJP in 2019 and recently has come back to Congress.
00:31 JB Patel, first of all, what is your main electoral issue in Hazaribagh constituency?
00:38 First of all, the situation of the entire country is under the control of NDA government,
00:50 under the leadership of Modi Ji.
00:53 People want to improve the state of the country.
00:58 That is why Congress has given a slogan that the situation will change by itself.
01:04 The Lok Sabha from Hazaribagh constituency, where we are fighting the elections,
01:08 there are many issues here on the local level.
01:14 The problem is that it is necessary to solve it.
01:17 You can go to the main areas, there is a coal mining area,
01:21 Mandu, Ramgarh, Badka village,
01:25 where there are many government facilities,
01:29 companies like CCL, NTC, NTC,
01:35 and many others, like Tirveni.
01:40 So, people in this area have a big problem of disestablishment.
01:47 People are giving their land and crops with love.
01:54 And when they are going out of the village,
01:56 because the companies are mining there,
01:59 it is very painful for them.
02:03 So, they feel that they are being given a different place.
02:10 Because the companies are not providing proper compensation,
02:13 not giving proper jobs,
02:15 not providing proper water supply.
02:19 People are being displaced from their homes.
02:24 And the villages are polluted.
02:28 People's lives are being affected.
02:32 Are you raising this issue in the elections?
02:34 I am definitely in the BJP's Sadan, I am an MLA.
02:41 I am always here for the rehabilitation,
02:43 for the people who are being exploited,
02:46 for the companies of the Indian government.
02:49 I am always here for the rehabilitation,
02:51 for the people who are being exploited,
02:56 One thing that comes to mind is that in this election,
02:58 land jihad, vote jihad,
03:00 all these issues are being brought up by the BJP again and again.
03:04 How are you thinking about combating this?
03:09 I don't think it is right to answer the questions of the people who are being displaced.
03:20 I am a historian, I keep my own point of view.
03:25 And I focus on how to solve the problems of the region in the future.
03:31 Because I believe in development, I believe in taking everyone together.
03:41 I don't believe in any caste or creed.
03:47 So, at one time, you joined your own party,
03:52 and then you left the party.
03:55 What happened in the meantime that you couldn't accept the BJP's ideology and came back to Congress?
04:06 My father is a Jharkhand movement activist.
04:11 He played an important role in the Jharkhand movement.
04:15 Vinod Babu, Guruji, and then Teklal Babu's place in this area.
04:20 He was an organization leader, a pillar of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.
04:25 He was the leader of the second line after Guruji.
04:30 So, we saw a lot of things in the BJP.
04:35 The organization we used to organize here is a different type.
04:41 Our thoughts are different, their thoughts are different.
04:43 How is it different?
04:45 It is different because we started with the Jharkhand politics.
04:51 We organize our thoughts and ideas here.
04:55 There are only a few people who see everything.
04:58 Everyone here is an organization, and has the freedom to speak.
05:05 Nationally, one thing is said about Hazaribagh is the city of Ram Navami.
05:10 Whenever Ram Navami happens, the entire nation looks towards Hazaribagh.
05:16 So, in this regard, the communal violence and all that has happened in Ram Navami,
05:20 if you were to choose MP,
05:23 what would be the next step?
05:25 Whatever happens in Ram Navami,
05:28 the frequency of violence will decrease, and this violence will not happen.
05:33 Look, I have been hoping that the entire festival of Shanti Piriya will be celebrated.
05:40 This is the beauty of our democracy.
05:43 In this free India, our constitution has given us the right to live and worship our religion.
05:52 But the truth is that we try to bring everyone together.
06:02 In Ram Navami, I met the district administration and the Chief Minister,
06:09 and they said that at any cost, the festival of Shanti Piriya should be celebrated.
06:15 We will also try to make the festival of Shanti Piriya a part of our collective brotherhood.
06:22 Last one thing, after Hemant Surin went to jail,
06:28 BJP has said that this is a corrupted government,
06:32 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Congress is corrupt, and the whole thing is corrupt.
06:36 How are you seeing this and how are you trying to work against it?
06:41 First, Hemant has been sent to jail on the basis of which he has not written a signature anywhere.
06:57 Like our CM of Jharkhand says that he has not written a signature anywhere,
07:02 yet he has been forced to go to jail.
07:04 And if we talk about BJP,
07:07 the electoral bond to hide from anyone in the country has turned out to be a big scam.
07:12 Give chanda, take dhanda.
07:16 And all the corrupt people in the country,
07:22 who have been accused of corruption, are going to BJP.
07:29 BJP should be open-minded and say that I will not make anyone a member of BJP who has been accused of corruption.
07:38 What is the compulsion that you include them?
07:41 And not just one place, there are dozens of big leaders,
07:46 from Maharashtra to other places, from Bengal to other places,
07:50 there are hundreds of such leaders who have been accused of corruption.
07:54 The BJP is making such people a member of the party and giving them support.
08:00 Last question, 14 seats,
08:03 we saw the last two times that Congress and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha performed very badly.
08:09 What is your expectation this time?
08:12 There are many things.
08:13 Sometimes it happens in an organization, sometimes in an organization.
08:19 This time, the JMM Congress has brought the winning candidate everywhere.
08:32 Wherever they are fighting, they have chosen the candidate with a lot of thought.
08:37 And this time, the people of the country have decided that the government should be formed under the leadership of the India Gatwandan.
08:45 People of Jharkhand have also understood that we give 12 MPs to BJP,
08:50 sometimes 13, sometimes 12,
08:53 but after today, the MPs of Jharkhand,
08:57 where there are such big mines, minerals, and rich resources,
09:03 which are from the Indian government,
09:04 their MPs cannot do anything in Delhi.
09:08 If there is any discussion in Badka village, Mandu, Ramgarh, then Modi will not come.
09:13 The public voted for Modi, and their candidates still say that vote for Modi, not for us.
09:20 But Jai Prakash Bhai Patel says, vote for Jai Prakash Bhai Patel,
09:24 so that I will be with you for 24 hours.
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