Here is what JNU students had to say to Brut about the BJP, Congress manifestos… #GenNextvotes #Indiavotes
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00:00According to me, the manifesto should have been released 2-3 months earlier
00:03because there should be debate and discussion on it.
00:05You brought the manifesto in 2019, so you should first give a report on that manifesto in 2024.
00:09Frankly speaking, I think the BJP's manifesto was certainly better than the Congress manifesto.
00:15It promised people that I will teach you how to fish, rather than giving you fish.
00:20BJP always wants to shut down JNU, but I will tell them that
00:24Why do you think so?
00:25The way things are being made, where funds are being cut,
00:28the way JNU's image is being tarnished,
00:31movies are being made,
00:33Jahangir National University,
00:36why was it called Jahangir?
00:37Let's call it Jawaharlal Nehru.
00:38We understand that you are putting all the opposition in jail.
00:41When you feel that you will go beyond 400, then why are you so scared?
00:46We are at Jawaharlal Nehru University,
00:48which was established by an act of parliament in 1969.
00:51Over the years, JNU had made its presence felt on the national political stage
00:55with a series of protests over various issues.
00:57The university was also known for its alumni,
01:00including Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman,
01:02Foreign Affairs Minister SJ Shankar,
01:04and Congress' Kanhaiya Kumar.
01:06And today, Brood is here to speak to students about what they think
01:10about the election manifestos of the political parties for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
01:15Join us as we hear from these young minds.
01:17Let's go.
01:21Do you mind if I record your answers?
01:30No, no.
01:31Have you read the BJP and Congress manifesto?
01:33Yes, I have gone through, I mean, a rough sketch of it.
01:36So what were the highlights according to you in both the manifestos?
01:39I still believe that the BJP's manifesto was very futuristic in the sense,
01:45I think it had a positive agenda in the economic sense.
01:49It promised people that I will teach you how to fish rather than giving you fish.
01:55The Congress manifesto was the typical socialist manifesto of yesteryears,
02:00promising people to give them free things.
02:04Now the question is, where will you get the money from?
02:07And frankly speaking as a middle class person in this country,
02:11that too from a general category,
02:13I was very terrified by seeing the Congress manifesto.
02:16I mean, what future will people like me have?
02:18In a country ruled by Congress, if you make reservations 80 or 90 percent,
02:23if you increase income taxes to more than 40 or 50 percent in order to fund the schemes.
02:29So frankly speaking, I think the BJP's manifesto was certainly better than the Congress manifesto.
02:35So what else could have been included in these manifestos?
02:38Both the manifestos and other manifestos as well,
02:41should have a proper budgetary plan of how they will implement these schemes.
02:46I think that will make them accountable to the people of this country in the true sense of the term.
02:51Like when you are promising people that I will give you 2,000 rupees, 3,000 rupees,
02:56how will you get the money from?
02:58You should have good economists in your team.
03:01They should have a plan of how to fund these schemes,
03:04rather than just making empty promises to people.
03:07Have you read the manifesto?
03:08Yes, I have read it.
03:09By the BJP Congress?
03:10Yes, I have not read the entire manifesto because it is too big.
03:12I have a complaint about the manifesto.
03:14I think that the manifesto should have been issued 2-3 months prior to the Congress manifesto.
03:22Because there should have been debate and discussion about it.
03:25For example, an auto driver was saying that the Congress government will give me 1 lakh every year,
03:28so why should I drive an auto?
03:30But they don't know what the criteria for getting 1 lakh is.
03:34So I have a lot of problems with this approach.
03:37Because you are bringing the manifesto at that time.
03:39It is not like you are giving a lollipop.
03:41The election has come and you are making big promises.
03:45The manifesto that you brought in 2014,
03:47the manifesto that you brought in 2019,
03:49or the Congress manifesto that you brought before that.
03:51You should have asked the Congress government at that time.
03:53So my question to the BJP is that you brought the manifesto in 2014,
03:57you brought the manifesto in 2019,
03:59so you should have given a report of that manifesto in 2024.
04:02Give a report of the manifesto that you brought.
04:05Give a report of the manifesto that you brought.
04:09After that, give your manifesto in 2024.
04:11So what do you think, what are the highlights according to you?
04:13If we talk about the BJP,
04:15if we look at the manifesto of the BJP,
04:17the agenda of their Hindutva,
04:19and if you talk about their cultural nationalism or ethnic nationalism,
04:25that focus point has been focused on in the manifesto.
04:28So if you look at that, especially…
04:30What are the points where you felt that it has been focused on?
04:33For example, if you talk about the civil code,
04:36after that, they are talking about one nation, one election.
04:41So if you look at their manifesto,
04:44you can see a lot of reflection of their hyper nationalism,
04:47or you can say their ethnic or cultural nationalism.
04:50But the main issues,
04:52if you talk about the Indian society,
04:55unemployment,
04:56if you look at it according to me,
04:58you can't see a clear cut roadmap
05:01that how do you want to tackle that?
05:03We have seen the transgender community,
05:07they had promised last time that they will do a lot of work for them.
05:11But no shelter homes were built for them,
05:14nothing was done.
05:15And this time also, the same promise is being made by the BJP,
05:18that they will do this.
05:19But we are seeing in different places,
05:21in cities like Pune,
05:22in many places,
05:23because they don't have any education,
05:27but they have been banned from asking people for money.
05:35And nothing is being done for their education or reservation.
05:39What are the things that can be done for them?
05:41Horizontal reservation can be done,
05:43shelter homes can be built.
05:44Where do you see in the next 10 years?
05:46We don't see a better future for India,
05:48because Covid came,
05:50how the government failed during Covid,
05:52we also know that.
05:54The way they are channelizing the energy of youth,
05:57they will make our future,
05:59if they are unemployed.
06:01Today I am doing a PhD,
06:02I have so much uncertainty that
06:04will I ever be an earning woman, successful, independent woman?
06:08Why?
06:09Because if you see in Madhya Pradesh,
06:11the assistant professor's vacancy,
06:13you are extending it for 3 years,
06:14getting the form filled again and again.
06:16You are not taking an exam for 3 years.
06:18And where the government of the country,
06:21that only one institution works very well,
06:23and all other institutions fail.
06:25I am talking about ED,
06:27ED goes everywhere,
06:29and you tell ED quickly,
06:31this person is doing fraud,
06:33you will go to him quickly in the matter of corruption.
06:35But your other institutions,
06:37where you have to get forms for assistant professors,
06:41vacancies,
06:42there is your failure.
06:43Where there is an exam,
06:44there is cheating.
06:46I mean, you are not in such a state that
06:48if you get an exam done after 4 years,
06:50you should be able to do it properly.
06:51In the manifesto, it has been said about paper leaks,
06:53that a law will be passed on it.
06:55If they have said this,
06:56then it is a very good thing that
06:57at least they have been shown that
06:59this is also a national issue,
07:01that the youth are also getting worried.
07:03If they have said this,
07:04then there is nothing to believe in their words.
07:06You know about 15 lakhs of BJP,
07:08that 15 lakhs had to come in everyone's account,
07:10but ours have not come.
07:11So now, I don't know,
07:12let's see,
07:13if they have spoken,
07:14then they should pay attention.
07:15Opposition has said that
07:16there is a lack of level playing field
07:18in the Lok Sabha elections.
07:19So, what do you want to say on this?
07:20If you look at the present situation,
07:22then I see that it is true.
07:24Because when you,
07:25here also,
07:26the central government,
07:28by the way,
07:29Modi ji and BJP
07:31always want to shut down JNU.
07:33But I will tell them that,
07:34Why do you think so?
07:35Because such things happen again and again.
07:37Here,
07:38things like present situations are being made,
07:41where funds are being cut.
07:42Here,
07:43the image of JNU is being ruined.
07:45Movies are being made.
07:47A Jahangir National University is being made.
07:50Why was Jahangir also there?
07:51Jawaharlal Nehru would have said,
07:52we understand,
07:53we can see.
07:54Two or three more such movies have come,
07:56with which,
07:57with which the image of our university
07:59is being ruined.
08:01You are so scared,
08:02that you are putting all the opposition
08:04in jail.
08:05Hey,
08:06when you feel that
08:07you will go beyond 400,
08:08then why are you so scared?
08:10Why are you putting?
08:11Hasn't Kejriwal only done corruption?
08:13I will not say that Kejriwal,
08:15in the alcohol issue,
08:17I don't know if he is innocent or guilty.
08:20But I do understand that
08:22this timing is absolutely suitable.
08:25And this is all planned,
08:26plotted timing,
08:27I think.
08:28So I don't think that
08:29there is a level playing field at this time.
08:32Political parties have been trying to
08:34win elections in the ways
08:35they can win elections.
08:37Some people believe that
08:38BJP,
08:39ED is doing good work.
08:40At least they are
08:41catching the corrupt politicians.
08:43If someone says that
08:44he is politically motivated,
08:45then the audience should look into that.
08:48And what do you think?
08:49Voters should look.
08:50What do you think, as a voter?
08:51I don't know.
08:52Let the court decide
08:53how he gets out.
08:55Because I can't give
08:56the judgment on that.
08:57Look at the way they are working.
08:59Look at the bond that just came out.
09:02A scam of crores.
09:03There is no discussion on this.
09:05There is no discussion on this corruption.
09:08So many crores of rupees
09:09have been taken from those companies
09:11that are running in losses.
09:13I mean,
09:14the way they were saying
09:16that they will get the black money back,
09:19it is very clear that
09:22by keeping those companies in front,
09:26they have made the black money
09:29into white money
09:30and have invested it in their donations.