Brut visited Delhi's Sri Ram College of Commerce to speak to students about the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and this is what they had to say…
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00:00I'm actually afraid about what India would be after 10 years
00:03The religion is overpowering all the politics
00:06I'm completely in awe of the current Prime Minister
00:08I have really great expectations from the current ruling party
00:11If not BGP, then who?
00:12I am at Delhi University's Sriram College of Commerce
00:15We're going to speak to the students here about the 2024 general elections
00:20Let's go
00:21Is it okay if we record your answers?
00:30Yes, that's fine
00:31So why does this 2024 general election matter to you?
00:34I guess living in the biggest democracy of the world
00:37and saying I'm apolitical doesn't really make sense
00:40So definitely this election matters because
00:43it determines what's going to be with my future
00:45What we see mostly is dirty politics, dirty allegations
00:49We don't see a lot of constructive politics happening around the corner
00:53which generally makes it less interesting for students like us
00:56to engage in these political matters in the first place
01:00But yeah, I'd be willing to vote
01:02This election is going to decide the track upon which India is going to be
01:05there for the next 25 years or so
01:07as our Prime Minister Modi had called
01:09that in the phase of 2022-2047 is going to be of Amrit Kaal
01:13If we see Awas Yojana, such policies were there even before 2014
01:18But the way government has implemented it
01:20and made sure that these policies reach to the grassroot level
01:23especially in UP, I have to say
01:25the way law and order improved over time
01:28it was completely something that my parents never saw before
01:32The way the public policy making has changed
01:34it has become more people-centric
01:36rather than the bureaucrat-centric
01:38which was a problem earlier
01:39I'm really very eager to see that
01:41what sort of issues are being raised up by the leaders
01:45So what kind of issues do you want them to raise?
01:47The manufacturing sector, education and science and technology
01:50These are the three key sectors where I feel
01:52the government has to put more emphasis upon
01:55to become the big elephant as I have said
01:57The topics that I will look into in these elections will be
02:00what improvements will be done in our education sector
02:03what improvements are being done for the universities, for the colleges
02:07and particularly NEP if I talk about it
02:09currently what we are suffering is that 75% attendance is compulsory
02:12Enhancement is compulsory
02:14We have our own commitments
02:15and at the end of the day we just get exhausted about that
02:18I at this level don't know what's going on and what's not
02:21and I don't know what's true and what's not
02:23I don't think so I'm voting this year
02:25I'm really looking forward to the upcoming elections
02:27because this is the first time that I'll be casting a vote
02:29Currently I'm completely in awe of the current Prime Minister
02:32and whatever we have achieved over the past several years
02:36Recently we had seen the G20 Summit which was hosted in Delhi
02:39and India has built a great reputation all over the world
02:43and I have really great expectations from the current ruling party
02:46It does not matter to me particularly
02:48everyone knows who is going to win this election
02:50so what's the point of having an election
02:51If not BGP then who?
02:53So basically this answer I'm going to look for in the upcoming elections
02:57Democracy can be only followed through elections
02:59but one thing that I feel about is that
03:01there is no other party in the opposition
03:04that can come into play
03:06as compared to the party that is in the power right now
03:09If we will be having elections for example
03:11there are some events that happened
03:13What events are you talking about?
03:15So the inauguration of Ram Mandir
03:17So that is something that can definitely influence
03:19because people won't think much about it
03:21because the one who did it
03:23so they won't think
03:25and he has done some good work in creating good relations as well
03:30We don't know which party will rule, which party will win
03:33but we know one thing for sure
03:34that till the time the country has trust in the democratic way
03:37and the democratic elections
03:38we have very less chances of having a monopolistic way
03:41Our vote will count
03:42It's with us that the power is to elect our leaders
03:52Where do you see India in the next 10 years?
03:54India has to work a lot to become an economic superpower
03:58and we should become the second largest global economy
04:01in the next 10 years or so
04:03We need to become a manufacturing hub
04:05If you want to see real progress
04:07we need to uplift the backward societies
04:09and not focus only on the infrastructure and development
04:12Unemployment, inflation, corruption still exist in India
04:15If we only make infrastructure, education
04:18like the national education policy was implemented for students right
04:21but no one came to the ground and asked us
04:23if it's really helping us
04:25because earlier there were 4 courses
04:26now we have to stay in college till 5 o'clock
04:28and study all the courses and handle everything with studies
04:31and the courses are not adding any value
04:33India would improve on major forefronts
04:36be it the international, be it the
04:38improving the wealth of the poor
04:40or the disparity that exists in the society
04:44or also the security of the women
04:46I'm actually afraid about what India would be after 10 years
04:50because seeing the current situation
04:52the religion is overpowering all the politics
04:55and all the government and the constitution
04:57Certain friends of mine from certain religious communities
04:59they are afraid to live especially in North India
05:01who have come to North India for their studies
05:03from other states
05:05The government has to handle it in a very safe way
05:08Other issues like if someone is doing protest
05:10he is Khalistani or anti-government
05:12if some students are doing so
05:14they are anti-nationals
05:15they are like anti-Hindus
05:17In the upcoming 10 years I think that
05:19these problems won't be there
05:21or maybe it would be solved
05:23because I think they will understand that
05:25these are the useless things
05:26India should not be perceived as a place
05:29where we can find cheap labour
05:31India should be perceived as a place
05:33where we can find skilled labour
05:35India should be the one whose voice should be followed
05:38India should work on improvisation of the social dynamics as well
05:42whether it would be the gender bias
05:44whether it would be LGBTQ
05:46or the communist violence that we have seen in so many states