“This is all distraction.” While the Centre is pushing for the One Nation, One Election plan, Rahul Gandhi has other ideas…
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00:00Let's get together and sort of have elections together one in you know, let's change the name of India long distraction
00:07We know it we understand it and we're not gonna let them do it
00:30You
00:37What's your opinion on
00:40One India one election combining assembly elections with Lok Sabha elections
00:46What's your take on that? It's one of the BJP's distraction strategies, right? Okay. Look
00:54We started off
00:56With one election right right in when we started our elections. Why do we have different dates?
01:03because in the Indian system a chief minister can say actually
01:08In year two, I feel comfortable enough to win an election and I'm going to hold an election
01:13right, so at any point a chief minister can declare elections, right?
01:20So obviously that's why this is happening
01:23Do you think it's practically possible with
01:26So many states so many political dynamics and then Lok Sabha
01:31It's a distraction. It's a look the main issues in India simple concentration of wealth
01:37huge inequality in wealth number one number two massive unemployment
01:42number three
01:44huge unfairness towards the lower caste towards OBCs towards
01:48Tribal communities. These are issues. Everybody knows the price rise
01:53Thousand rupees cylinder right now. BJP can't contest those. So let's have mr. Beduri make a statement
02:02Let's have you know, let's get together and sort of have elections together one in you know, let's change the name of India
02:09No distraction. We know it we understand it and we're not gonna let them do it
02:13If you win three states four states, I appreciate the confidence
02:18I'm I my best wishes for you
02:20So if you win it's if you if you silently
02:24Go and ask the BJP people you ask the you ask the BJP leadership in Rajasthan, right?
02:30Ask them what's gonna happen in the election. They'll tell you
02:33ask them
02:35Ask them what's happening in Chhattisgarh. They'll tell you
02:38But will it set the momentum for 2024 if you win maybe four of them
02:44Are you confident it'll set the momentum for 24 because you that did not happen 19
02:50I'm sure you have learned and adapted like you are saying right now
02:54Controlling the narrative pushing forward your agenda. So look, I'll tell you what the I'll tell you what the game is
03:00the BJP has
03:02basically created a
03:05friendly monopolist
03:07Okay, his name is mr. Dhani. I assume you've heard his name
03:12You're what his name see you're even you're even a bit hesitant. You're even a bit a bit hesitant to be a bowler now
03:20right, so he has created this gentleman and
03:25Essentially is handing over the key industries of our country to this gentleman and
03:32this gentleman
03:33controls a significant chunk of
03:36Of the media in this country, right and there are other
03:42Monopolists, but this man is the main gentleman
03:46so there is a
03:47massive concentration of wealth
03:50that this gentleman has and
03:52There is a huge amount of money that the BJP is generating from this
03:59Right, so there is media control
04:01There is financial control, please go and ask any businessman in India what happens to them if
04:07They support an opposition party
04:10If they if they were to write a check for any opposition party ask them what happens to them, right? So we are facing a
04:18financial
04:19Attack we're fishing facing a media attack and we're doing pretty well
04:25We've banded together
04:27we are I
04:30Have not seen the opposition working like this before
04:33Where where we can sit down on the table and we can say look
04:37We don't quite agree with you on that and they can say well, you know, we don't agree with you on that and we'll say
04:42Okay, so what about this compromise solution and they're like absolutely this works for all of us, right?
04:47So there's a great deal of flexibility and I am I must tell you I am
04:52Very impressed with
04:54The flexibility that all the opposition parties are showing because we understand what is at stake here
05:01What we are not fighting now a political party
05:06You're fine. We are fighting the Indian state and we are fighting to defend the idea of India
05:12And that is why we have given our name India India