Outlook speaks with Ashok Mahto whose wife Anita Kumari Mahto is contesting from Munger Lok Sabha for Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). He speaks about “Khakee: The Bihar Chapter”, corruption in jail, caste discrimination, the viral video of him meeting Lalu Prasad and his marriage last year.
Md Asghar Khan reports.
Video Courtesy: Suresh K. Pandey
Md Asghar Khan reports.
Video Courtesy: Suresh K. Pandey
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00:00 The one who has fought, is getting support.
00:03 Not lakhs, but crores.
00:05 For establishing a position in Central Jail,
00:10 60 crores are being given.
00:13 Why did you pick up weapons on Ashok?
00:20 Who said I picked up weapons?
00:23 Who picked up weapons?
00:25 Is there any evidence that I picked up weapons?
00:28 The common people are saying the same thing.
00:32 We are from backward caste,
00:34 that is why they are showing off their weapons.
00:39 When the time is right,
00:41 then someone becomes a Bahubali.
00:43 It is not for the society.
00:45 When the time is right,
00:47 the society supports it.
00:49 Then how do you become a Bahubali?
00:51 Yes, when the time is right.
00:53 When the time is right,
00:55 then where is the Bahubali?
00:57 Bahubali is for the people.
00:59 We are the Bahubali for the people.
01:02 What do you think?
01:04 What do you think?
01:06 How big are we criminals?
01:08 I am not able to understand.
01:10 Tell us about Officer Pand.
01:12 To do his evil deeds,
01:14 he has made a film.
01:16 He has not taken any orders from us.
01:18 How did he make a film?
01:20 How can we say that he made a film on us?
01:22 You say Ashok Mathew,
01:24 how did he make a film on Ashok Mathew?
01:26 I have no connection with history.
01:28 I have not seen it.
01:30 I have heard it.
01:32 I have heard it.
01:34 I have heard it.
01:36 I have heard it.
01:38 I have heard it.
01:40 There is no story in it.
01:42 Why do you say that
01:44 there is a fight for backward and forward?
01:46 Media people are there.
01:48 Especially in Bihar,
01:50 the media people,
01:52 the big channels,
01:54 they come from different communities.
01:56 They keep on doing whatever they want.
01:58 They are fighting for poor Gurus.
02:00 They are saying it again and again.
02:02 Aren't there poor people in Bihar?
02:04 They are fighting for that too.
02:06 They are together.
02:08 And see where the votes come from in the counting.
02:10 The common people are saying the same thing.
02:12 They are doing the same.
02:14 We come from backward caste.
02:16 That is why they are showing their Dabangai.
02:18 They are defaming weapons.
02:20 Where did we pick up the weapons?
02:22 Why were we kept for 17 years?
02:24 The people of backward caste
02:28 get released immediately
02:30 because of money and fame.
02:32 But we were deliberately
02:34 defamed.
02:36 This is the anger of the people.
02:38 It is being said about Lallan Singh
02:40 that he is the one who is the culprit.
02:42 And the people who have come
02:44 since 10 years,
02:46 the MPs,
02:48 their activities have been shown.
02:50 The people are against it everywhere.
02:52 They have not done any work.
02:56 They have only published it on paper.
02:58 They will be trapped only when they are investigated.
03:00 And they must have committed a big fraud.
03:02 We will know after they lose.
03:06 What is your optimism in this area?
03:10 About development?
03:12 The railway car is being driven from here.
03:14 The old one will be implemented.
03:18 According to the law,
03:20 unemployment will be reduced.
03:22 We will see the loot of development.
03:24 We will investigate
03:30 where it has been looted.
03:32 We will have a discussion in Lok Sabha.
03:34 But we will work on the corruption
03:36 in the jail first.
03:38 If it is enough,
03:42 we will work on the corruption
03:44 in the jail first.
03:46 The commission is being cut.
03:48 The exchange rate is...
03:50 Is it the same in the jail?
03:52 The corruption is not happening
03:54 in the jail.
03:56 We have seen it
03:58 since 17 years.
04:00 We will see how much corruption
04:02 will be there.
04:04 We have seen it outside.
04:06 We have seen it there too.
04:08 The government is spending
04:10 more than a house on a prison.
04:14 The situation of the prison is...
04:16 For establishing a superintendent,
04:20 60 crores are being given.
04:24 Where does it go?
04:28 It goes to crores.
04:30 The IG came,
04:34 Minesh Kumar Meena.
04:36 He was the most honest officer.
04:38 But he was given one term.
04:42 And the thieves,
04:44 he was given 3-4 terms.
04:46 This is the policy.
04:48 We will see.
04:50 You went to Lalu Prasad Yadav
04:52 to take blessings.
04:54 What blessings?
04:56 The video is going viral.
04:58 You have reached there.
05:00 The video is not going viral.
05:02 They make up lies and send it.
05:04 You went to get the ticket.
05:06 Yes, I went to get the ticket.
05:08 There is a backboard.
05:10 I am thankful
05:12 to the people
05:14 who have worked for the backboard.
05:16 In the 90s,
05:20 no one even rode a bike.
05:22 They gave me the right
05:24 to fight.
05:26 That is why I went to Lalu Yadav.
05:28 The marriage you have
05:30 got with Anita Kumar,
05:32 the marriage you have got,
05:34 your marriage is being discussed
05:36 more than your fight.
05:38 What can I say?
05:40 It is being discussed.
05:42 Is it a sin to get married?
05:44 No.
05:46 So what is the discussion?
05:48 (dramatic music)
05:51 you