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This edition of 5 Live delves into the escalating election battle in Bihar, focusing on RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's major promises to the Jeevika didis, a crucial women's voter base.
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00:01Hello everyone and welcome to this special broadcast where I am coming to you live right next to the beautiful river Ganges at the Bindatoli Ghat where the preparations are in full swing for the ongoing Chhat Puja celebrations.
00:16With me are four guests who have joined us this hour, Dr. Ajay Alok, National Spokesperson of the BJP, we have Dr. Karna Sagar, National Spokesperson of the Congress Party, Rajiv Ranjan representing the JDU and from the RJD is Syed Akram.
00:33But before I bring in the guests and ask them as to what they think about the announcement which has come in from Tejasvi Yadav today, let's try and give you a glimpse of what is going to play out on this broadcast in the next 30 minutes.
00:52Hello, how are you? All of your first time voters, oh lovely. I have studied from college.
00:58Come guys, let's play basketball.
01:05Come, come, come, come, come.
01:10That's a good one. You know, this is the best part of Patna Women's College.
01:16Come on, yay!
01:19So, I'll get you voices from my alma mater, that is Patna Women's College, to give you a sense of what the first time women voters or girl voters are thinking.
01:33Mahila, as they are called in the context of Bihar.
01:36But today was the day when Tejasvi Yadav, the leader of opposition in Bihar Assembly, made that big announcement.
01:44Remember, this is the second set of announcements which are coming in from Tejasvi after he went ahead and had announced that he would be giving one job per family if the Mahagat Bandhan actually wins this election.
01:57Now, Tejasvi Yadav has gone ahead and made another announcement.
02:02This is for the Jeevika Didis.
02:04From loan waiver to direct benefit transfer to multiple promises of jobs.
02:12It's raining promises in this election in Bihar.
02:15And what is evident is that all sides are going all out to ensure that they win this election.
02:23And as the battle intensifies, first up, a quick update of what Tejasvi said.
02:29And then I bring in the guests and get a sense of how practical is the announcement which has come in from the leader of opposition.
02:44The battle for Bihar taking a fiery turn.
02:47With polls being just weeks away, RJD's Tejasvi Yadav has rolled out his headline-grabbing promise for Jeevika Didis.
02:56Loan waivers, interest-free credit, permanent jobs for contract workers.
03:01A direct challenge to the NDA's earlier outreach via their own Jeevika Didi scheme.
03:06The BJP has launched a scathing attack in response, reminding Bihar that last time,
03:35the Lalu clan had dured Biharis out of the land by promising railway jobs,
03:39mocking Tejasvi's claim to provide employment and safety to women.
03:43And while promises are being made, the persistent seat-sharing blues aren't over within the MGB.
04:08Maagat Bandhan is still under pressure and Congress emissary Ashok Gailoth,
04:12who was flown into calm nerves and iron ore differences,
04:15has admitted unresolvable differences on multiple seats.
04:18Gailoth's admission prompted the BJP to mock their internal friendly fight.
04:38With politics, promises and power plays being in full swing,
05:05Bihar's voters are watching closely.
05:08Bihar is not just a battlefield, it's shaping India's future politics.
05:13With Rohit Singh and Patna, Bureau Report, India Today.
05:16So, Tejasvi Yadav there trying to come up with his own set of promises,
05:24the second set, which particularly is for the women of Bihar.
05:29Will he have takers or will it be what the BJP JDU has done in the past
05:35of reminded the women what happened 20 years ago?
05:38Let's bring in Akram first.
05:41Akram, the question certainly would be, this is a big promise which has come in,
05:46but you have much more challenge.
05:49In terms of challenges, you have to ensure that the alliance doesn't appear to be disintegrated.
05:58Right now, the Maagat Bandhan is not a united house.
06:01So, all this messaging of promises can only be carried to the voters of Bihar
06:07if you present a united front, which is not happening.
06:10No, definitely challenges is there.
06:14But what we have done in past 17 months of our tenure with the Grand Alliance government,
06:22that's a proof, that's a very authentic proof that we, I think more than 5 lakhs job we
06:32cultivated for the Biharis.
06:34And whatever our leader today, Tejasvi Yadavji said for women, that women constituent,
06:41as a constituent, they are totally with us.
06:44They are with the Grand Alliance.
06:45How are they with your alliance?
06:47The fact is that there has been disbursement which has happened.
06:52It's the women voters which tilted the balance of power for Nitish Kumar in 2020, in 2015, in 2010.
07:00No, Mariya, right now situation of Bihar, you are very, you must aware that violence has taken place everywhere.
07:08And as I am in the world, I do not want to tell you about it, in 2020, I am very, very, very much to see.
07:22Thank you very much.
07:52Thank you very much.
10:26I promise.
10:27Then why should people trust you over what they are getting already or what they have
10:31got already?
10:32Thank you, Maria.
10:34And welcome to your hometown in the beautiful sight of Ganges and the ladies performing the
10:42festival in the back drop.
10:44I wish the sight of Bihar would have been as good as the sight of the bank of the Ganges.
10:55You said why should we...
10:57You see, when the opposition parties announce anything, then the prime minister calls it
11:05revdy.
11:06When the government announces, it's welfareism.
11:13And people know, his own home minister said during election time, whatever announcements
11:19are made is jumlah.
11:21And jumlahs are for elections.
11:23So people in Bihar are very smart, they are very intelligent, they are very politically
11:32and they know who can deliver.
11:36And my fellow panelists from JDU forget that this is not 2005 election, this is 2025 election.
11:45And they are still talking about the issues that was in 2005.
11:4920 years hence, when there has been 20 years of Mr. Nitish Kumar's rule and 11 years of the
11:57double engine government, the people of Bihar have suffered.
12:01You know, Dr. Karnasagar, help me understand.
12:04Whatever Tejasvi is announcing, is that what Mahagatbandhan is announcing as a unit?
12:11Or is this only RJD's agenda or RJD's promise?
12:15No.
12:16Whatever announcements are done by either any of our parties.
12:20You see, our parties have different kind of vote banks.
12:24Like left has a different kind of vote banks, Congress has different RJD and VIP and others.
12:30I have been a member of the manifesto committee and I have worked six months in making manifesto.
12:35And most of the announcement which is coming today is coming from that manifesto.
12:40And that manifesto constituted members from all the political parties.
12:45We brainstormed with all of us and we have come across with this announcement.
12:50So whatever announcement...
12:51Is happening?
12:52Is happening?
12:53Okay.
12:54Akram, you wanted to come in.
12:55I wanted to tell you one thing.
12:56I want to tell you one thing.
12:57I want to tell you one thing.
12:58I want to tell you one thing.
12:59That in our midst, when you talked about Jibika and the announcement,
13:04Maavudan said that they are going to take the way.
13:05You will do it.
13:06In our midst, the grand alliance is the biggest conflict.
13:07In our midst, there is no lack of confidence.
13:09Our alliances are going on very smoothly, very perfectly fine.
13:11We will take a look at how you will do it.
13:13The grand alliance between us,
13:16there is no lack of lack of confidence.
13:23Our alliance is going on very smoothly, perfectly fine.
13:29Our relation is very organic democratic.
13:32If you have 13 seats on which it is a triangular contest,
13:37and on all these 13 seats you are not fighting against the NDA alone,
13:40you are also fighting against your own alliance partner.
13:43It's RJD vs. Congress, RJD vs. CPIM, Congress vs. CPIM.
13:48I am coming on your point.
13:50My question is that,
13:52in the last 20 years,
13:54in which we have a little bit of time in the government,
13:57and the other parties,
13:59in the last 20 years,
14:01what you have done in the last 20 years?
14:05You will tell me.
14:07I have a question.
14:08You have a question.
14:10You have a question.
14:12We have a question.
14:13We have a question.
14:15We have a question.
14:17We have a question.
14:18You have a question.
14:19foreign
14:4924,000 per Bihari
14:52Karshtha
14:5324,000 per Bihari
14:5642,000 per Bihari
14:58Karshtha
15:00Bihariyoka 2005
15:02And in today's
15:0324,000 per Bihari
15:05Karshtha
15:07Karshtha
15:08Karshtha
15:10Rajiv Ranjan
15:11Karshtha
15:11Karshtha
15:14Sibse Pahali
15:15Karshtha
15:16Karshtha
15:17Karshtha
15:18Karshtha
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16:17You must remember, since you went to your alma mater today, Patna Women's College.
16:23So you must have had a discussion about Shilpi Jain.
16:26Had you?
16:26No, we discussed about the present situation.
16:28I don't want to remind the girls about 20.
16:31People need to be reminded.
16:33The question is what you have done for 20 years.
16:36Yes, what we have done.
16:37Let's talk about your work.
16:38What we have done, like today you are standing on the Bintoli Ghat, on the bank of Ganges.
16:45And we are discussing this program.
16:46Had it been 20 years ago, you wouldn't have dared to come here.
16:50You can ask any of these people standing here,
16:5220 years ago, someone could come here or not.
16:55Absolute lawlessness.
16:57For any state's progress, there should not be lawlessness.
17:01But lawlessness, if you have a breed or a culture, you cannot help them.
17:05I mean, you see, I'll give you an example.
17:07I'll give you one example.
17:09One and a half months ago, multiple reports of shootouts were coming from Patna.
17:16There was a shootout in a hospital also.
17:19These were signs of lawlessness as well.
17:22My question is that by putting lawlessness as an agenda for the people of Bihar,
17:28because when I speak to the girls, they are equally concerned about their safety, security as they were earlier.
17:34So, there is no shift per se in the mindset.
17:37Are you not playing on a back foot if you speak about lawlessness?
17:41No, we are not playing on the back foot.
17:43When I speak of lawlessness, there was a shootout in the hospital.
17:46But what happened to those killers?
17:48They were nabbed.
17:49Encounter took place.
17:51And they are behind bars, whosoever are left.
17:54Earlier, what used to happen, whenever there was a shootout or whenever there was a shilpi jain,
17:58there was political protection given from the CM house.
18:00That is the difference.
18:01The protection to the criminal given by the politicians and the Chief Minister himself,
18:06where the ransom money was negotiated in the Chief Minister's house.
18:09This is lawlessness, Maria Ji.
18:11This is lawlessness.
18:12You cannot do crime in society.
18:14It is a crime.
18:15It is a crime.
18:16And it is a crime.
18:16It is a crime.
18:16It is a crime.
18:16Today, you will see this whole shootout in this village.
18:21You will get to every place.
18:22You will get to every place at this village.
18:23You will get to every place at this village at 11 or 12 in the evening.
18:25You will get to the shootout in the night before 6 or 7 or 7 in the evening.
18:27You belong to Patna.
18:28You have seen those days.
18:29I will get to the police.
18:59foreign
19:05foreign
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19:27It's a science of mental decaying. How can you do this?
19:40But when you announce, we do it very legally and we do it in a thoughtful, systematic process when we announce something.
19:47But direct benefit transfer just ahead of election, is this not about vote, buying votes?
19:52No, it's not about buying votes.
19:54The reason being, these benefits are transferred to those SSG group who were already registered with the government.
20:00We have given them 10,000 to strengthen their business and then we'll select who is performing better.
20:04The one who will do it will give us more than 2,000,000.
20:07This is all systematic project already taken by the cabinet and budget sanctioned.
20:13This is not in the air or in the air. This is delirium effect.
20:17What is delirium?
20:19I will tell you, Dr. Karna Sagar, if you can take the mic.
20:25No.
20:26I don't know what's going on.
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21:54that is the question that is the question of missing rahul gandhi one moment akram yes where
22:21is mr rahul gandhi why is he not along with his alliance partner in bihar running the campaign
22:29okay when did he start making laddus day before yesterday he was making laddus he was learning
22:33how to make laddus wasn't he making jalebes no no no jalebi was different jalebi was in haryana
22:38okay okay it was carpenters sometimes it becomes mochi sometimes it becomes sometimes it becomes
22:45being a mochi and carpenter is not why you are you see the kind of respect that for labor our
22:58you know bjps spokesperson has that if the lop of the country goes to meet the carpenters goes to meet
23:06the farmers goes to meet the halwais goes to meet the a minute so today today there has been a meeting
23:20with ashok aloth also came from delhi and there has been a meeting today in the with the mahagat bandhan
23:28allies tomorrow there is going to be a press conference okay and the mahagat bandhan is going
23:33to uh launch this campaign tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow onward so we are already working on
23:40it the entire strategy is ready now he was he was talking about both of them were talking about
23:45the law and order i'll tell you just see the ncrb data the in 2005 the crime the entire crime in the
23:55state was about 50 000 and in 2022 the last
24:06that has been that has been that has been
24:09is
24:23Every day in Bihar, 953 crimes take place, every day 28 cases take place, crime against women.
24:37You see, the point is, the way the Jdu's reaction is, when they are obviously cornered, then it's the lung power rather than the data, which is important.
24:48My question is, that why is the Jdu or the BJP, which has been in the Jdu,
24:53in power for 20 years in Bihar, not talking about their report, they are talking about everything,
24:58they are talking about generating that fear.
25:00When do you want to vote for people to be disappointed?
25:05Maria, they are not talking about it because they cannot.
25:10If you see the report of the Nithi Aayog, then every human development index, Bihar is either 27 or 28.
25:19Bihar, the most number of poor people live in Bihar, the most number of illiterate people live in Bihar.
25:25That is the concern.
25:25You know, to be fair to what is being said by opposition here, the concern of Palayan or migration is a big concern.
25:35Ajay Alok, you would also know it and you would also appreciate that when it is about education,
25:39students post class 12 or after their graduation, leave Bihar because there are no opportunities in Bihar.
25:48If you give them job opportunities in Bihar, perhaps a number of them would stay in Bihar.
25:52That's not happening because you keep on saying that what happened in Bihar 20 years ago,
25:58you are not comparing Bihar with other states.
26:01The benchmark for the states should be other states.
26:04The neighboring state of Uttar Pradesh, which has your government there,
26:08how it has progressed significantly in the last 10 years, the other neighboring states.
26:13Why are you not comparing Bihar to other states?
26:15Why are you comparing Bihar to what happened 20 years ago?
26:18No, first of all, Bihar has progressed a lot in the last 20 years.
26:21We started with a budget of 34,000 crores and today the budget itself speaks for itself
26:26that we have a budget of 3,17,000 crores out of which 1,000,000 crores is the internal revenue of Bihar.
26:32Bihar is generating that internal revenue.
26:34Now when you talk of colleges, in the higher end colleges,
26:37we had 7 medical colleges when we came to power, NDA came to power.
26:40Today we have 24.
26:41We have 12 universities.
26:42And do you have teachers in these colleges?
26:45We have teachers.
26:45Are you ensuring recruitment from these colleges?
26:48Let me complete.
26:50We have already one functional aims, another aims is coming up.
26:54We have now ITI in every district.
26:56Now we have engineering college in every district.
26:59So education also is taking leap.
27:00Let me tell you, this Bihar was in grave.
27:02Bihar was in graveyard.
27:04When was Bihar?
27:05Now we have taken it up and now it has formed the base.
27:08And as far as what we have done.
27:09You can see what we have done.
27:11The place where you are standing.
27:12I can pass on the mic to the dear you spokesperson Rajiv Ranjanji.
27:15Rajiv Ranjanji, when I was speaking to some young girls outside,
27:20they were saying that metro is going to be a place,
27:23but there are no more metro stations now.
27:25So this is essentially a show-off project that you are doing it just ahead of elections.
27:32You know it that I have to showcase that I have ensured airports,
27:35airport in Patna, airport in another city.
27:38But when it comes about real progress, that's not happened.
27:41Marijia, me a lovely movie, you can see the glass glass?
27:45Yes.
27:45Or you can see the glass glass?
27:46Yes.
27:46A half-buckle or half-buckle?
27:48My mouth is a half-buckle?
27:48I must look at it.
27:49A half-buckle are another-buckle?
27:50You should also take it.
27:52It has to be Lord's hands.
27:53That in Bihar, in morale, a metro in Orlando is a metro.
27:55Therefore, there is no news?
27:56This is which people are dangerous?
27:58Who do these people?
27:59If there are no stations, we will?
28:01Or they will be,
28:03verder they will be,
28:06who do these people have no reason to make it.
28:07One moment.
28:08I'm coming to you, Dr. Sagar.
28:38I just saw the list and the Patna is the last with 4.3 km of metro which is a showcase and the metro was inaugurated the day elections were announced so election commission was told that 12 o'clock there is a metro inauguration so 4 o'clock 4 o'clock you can
29:05there is a conspiracy by the Nitish Kumar government this double engine government to make keep the people of Bihar backward
29:21I just said to you about the intervention after 20 years 100 km complete
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30:01All right, we have really come to the end of this discussion, we have really come to the end of this discussion, I'll just give you two points, since DGP is here, 2005 former DGP saab here, NCRB data to be here when FIIR darj is here, Lalu Raja was not in FIIR darj, that's why there was a 1.5 lakh crime, and now there's a 1.5 lakh crime, because online FIIR darj is here, online, that's why there's a 3 lakh, because you can do online, this is in Suvidha Bihar,
30:30in FIIR darj is here, come in FIIR darj, now second thing, tomorrow they are going to conduct a joint press conference, let me ask you one thing and people of this country, China's a party party, Congress party, press conference,
30:43will be with whom, the land, the people who are taking the money, will be with the money, it will be a good press conference, and both of them will be talking about FIIR darj.
30:51I mean what a sham, you take people of FIIR for a ride, you are doomed man, you are doomed man, both are on bail, both are on bail,
30:59on issues of corruption, China's a paisa lene wali part.
31:02No, no, but why are we not talking about the bread and butter issues, that's the point.
31:05What bread and butter issues?
31:06What about the education opportunity?
31:08Education opportunity is there, and it's going to increase all the time, and I don't want to talk about education opportunities, to a leader who is himself a ninth fail.
31:16In fact, I want to put the spotlight again on the students of Bihar, on the young voters of Bihar, and as I say thank you to all the panelists who joined us this hour at the beautiful banks of river Ganges.
31:32I spoke to students at my alma mater, Patna Women's College, listen in to what they said about their issues, what will decide their vote, listen in to these bright young girls of Patna Women's College.
31:47The best part of covering elections is that I get to visit my college and interact with the students of my college.
31:54We are at Patna Women's College, perhaps the best institute for girls in Bihar.
32:00Let's interact with young girls, many of them are first time voters, and get a sense of what do they think about elections this time around.
32:08What is happening in Bihar?
32:09What is happening in Bihar?
32:10What is happening in the election?
32:11Ma'am, our elections are happening now.
32:14We have options for the first time, so we have to explore it.
32:20We are excited for it, for the first time.
32:23Okay, when she says options, what are the options?
32:26Actually, if we look at the political party, we are just going to WGP or Congress.
32:32There are other parties, other parties, other parties, other parties.
32:37So, we don't see all these.
32:39People think that there are two parties in front of each other, so we should vote both.
32:43But if we look at the options, there are four, five, threes, so let's explore that only.
32:49So, you are talking about exploring options.
32:51Let's look at various political parties.
32:56In Bihar, not as much as the Congress, it is the RJD, which is the party.
33:03And not as much as the BJP, but the JDU, because Nitish Kumar is the face of JDU.
33:09He is the man running, you know, he is the face of the NDA.
33:14What do you think is happening in this election?
33:17Like, I think what previously was going on, the same situation is going on.
33:22They have propagandas, they have their, like, they are telling that we will do this thing,
33:28we will do that, but we don't see a roadmap.
33:31How they will do those things, we don't have that, like, that roadmap, we don't have.
33:37So, okay.
33:38So, on one hand, Nitish Kumar has done disbursements for women,
33:4210,000 rupees in the account of every woman, which has come.
33:47And, on the other hand, Tejasvi Yadav?
33:5135% are action for women.
33:54And domicile also, yes, gives, so that is a very good thing for the people of Bihar.
33:59Okay.
34:00So, 10,000 rupees, how many girls have got?
34:03It's for a fixed, you have got?
34:05Okay.
34:06So, tell me about it.
34:07So, basically, I got 10,000 rupees after my tenth.
34:11So, and after my twelfth, also, I got 25,000.
34:15Yes.
34:16But, it's not for all the students who are passing out.
34:19It's just for the students who are scoring well, who are scoring, like,
34:22who are getting first divisions.
34:24So, these are for...
34:25Okay.
34:26So, that's coming from the Mukhi Mantri?
34:28Yes.
34:29Student scale area.
34:30Yes.
34:31Not for all the boards also.
34:32I think it's only for Bihar board students.
34:34Only for state board students.
34:35Also, I am from St. Joseph's Convent High School.
34:38I am also from St. Joseph's Convent High School.
34:39Okay.
34:40So, I am from Bihar board.
34:42But, we used to follow all the CVSC patterns.
34:45English...
34:46ICSC.
34:47No.
34:48ICC is also there.
34:49At that time, when I was in school...
34:50ICC is also there.
34:51At that time, it was ICSC.
34:53ICC is also there.
34:54Bihar board is also there.
34:55But, Bihar board, they follow a CVSC pattern.
34:58They are English medium.
34:59There's no Hindi medium they follow.
35:01And, we got a lot of difficulties to get the money.
35:06Because, since we are from English medium.
35:08And, we are from a institute where...
35:12They think that, okay, the good people, good family, students, they study there.
35:19So, that is the reason we got a lot of difficulties.
35:21So, let's talk about the promise which has been made by Tejasvi Yadav.
35:26Yes, ma'am.
35:27Of one job per family.
35:29Yes, ma'am.
35:30So, I want to ask...
35:31Where will they get so many jobs?
35:33Because there are so many jobs.
35:34Actually, the central government has 50 lakhs jobs.
35:37And, he said that...
35:38They will get a government job in Bihar's family.
35:41But, from where?
35:42Where will you get those jobs?
35:44You are doing the promise.
35:45And, many people who are not educated...
35:47They will think that...
35:49Yeah, he will provide you the job.
35:51But, after...
35:52At the end, what will they get?
35:53Nothing.
35:54So, fake promises.
35:55So, as a first-time voter, what will be playing on your mind?
35:58What are the issues on which you will cast your vote?
36:01There are a lot of issues.
36:02Just see, education may be...
36:04This is a good thing.
36:06But, education is a lot more than this.
36:09I mean, a lot of...
36:10I mean, a lot of the...
36:11I mean, a lot of the...
36:13Government schools...
36:16Government schools in Bihar's condition is very bad.
36:19And, girls' education...
36:22Also, no...
36:23Like Government colleges, or schools...
36:25The most important things...
36:26Is that the middle-day meal...
36:27I think...
36:28It's just been used for formalities...
36:30I think...
36:31They're just being used for...
36:32These are all being shown on TV.
36:34But, actually...
36:36Well, actually...
36:37These are all being used to be used to...
36:38Actually, we don't be used to provide.
36:39These aren't the needy people.
36:40Yes, you can tell...
36:41Can you tell me, when you graduate from here, what is it?
36:48I am also a student of Bihar. I was studying here.
36:53At times I feel if I had better opportunities, would I have stayed in the state?
36:57Perhaps yes. You know, we did not have opportunities and that's why we had to leave Bihar for better opportunities.
37:04So what's your plan?
37:06My plan is that if the government is good, we are a good government.
37:10Because we are the youth, we choose good one.
37:13So if we choose and they work on it,
37:15then Bihar will have a lot of success in Bihar.
37:19We will get better options here.
37:21So maybe, if not me, my future generation, I would love them to study in Bihar.
37:27And Bihar is the same name as we go to Delhi or DU.
37:31It is a standard set. So Bihar is a standard set.
37:34It is a standard set.
37:35In Bihar, it is open, not Aims has been opened.
37:38But there are cases in Bihar.
37:40I mean, the cases are in another place, in another state or in another Aims case.
37:45So it is open, but it is not happening.
37:47So how do you say it?
37:48As a student, what are your concerns?
37:51What are your concerns?
37:52My concern is in this situation,
37:54that whoever the party is running,
37:56or whoever is leading here,
37:58they need to change this thing to Bihar.
38:01That it is not in Bihar.
38:03It is not in Bihar.
38:04There is no opportunity here.
38:06There will be a better option here.
38:08There will be a better option here.
38:10This is not in Bihar.
38:12This is not in Bihar.
38:14It is not in Bihar.
38:15It is not in Bihar.
38:16It is not in Bihar.
38:17It is not in Bihar.
38:18It is not in Bihar.
38:19It is not in Bihar.
38:20Among the faces that are there in this election,
38:23Nitish Kumar, Tejasvi Yadav, Samrat Chaudhary, Prashant Kishore,
38:29who do you think is speaking the language of the students,
38:33or speaking the language of the youth?
38:35Youth ki awaaz hai.
38:37Ma'am, basically they don't have anything to do with education.
38:40They are just after votes.
38:43They want votes and they know that there are young voters.
38:46They know the women voters are a lot.
38:48So they are speaking for them right now.
38:51It's just for votes.
38:52It's just for elections.
38:53So you don't take anybody seriously?
38:55Ma'am, like we have options.
38:58We have to choose between the worst and the worst.
39:00So we are going for the worst part of the situation as of now.
39:04So you are saying there is no choice only?
39:06There is no choice.
39:07No choice.
39:08I believe we don't need a progressive political system.
39:11We just need someone who can work on the basic necessities of the people,
39:15like the food, clothing and shelter.
39:18And also the most important thing is education should not be an option.
39:21It should be compulsion for all.
39:23This will only improve the civic sense of Biharis.
39:25There are options that are also but they decide why they are there.
39:29They have to leave parties there.
39:31They have to play parties.
39:32They are all on their own.
39:34They don't have to give anything from the people.
39:36What are they going to do?
39:38They have to show that the next vote,
39:40we have to give them 4,000 points.
39:42We have to make a road, marine drive,
39:44this one, that one, that one, the one.
39:46But the basic things that you have to do with a state's roots,
39:53it doesn't work.
39:54If I want to stay in Bihar,
39:56if I want to work in the IT sector,
39:58I want to see the IT sector.
40:00But the growth level of Bihar,
40:02there is growth, there is infrastructure, there is everything.
40:06But as compared to other states' development,
40:08or as the country's level,
40:10Bihar is still lying very much behind.
40:12You are disappointed?
40:13Very much.
40:14You always compare Bihar to other states.
40:17Compare karte ho, aap,
40:18aapko lagta hai,
40:19ki Bihar aisa hona chahiyeh.
40:21Koon state?
40:22Kis state ke parame aap souchte ho,
40:23ki wo state sahi hai?
40:24Ma'am, my field is commerce,
40:26so I mostly am focused in working in the IT sector,
40:29rather than the auditing sector.
40:31But in Bihar,
40:32we have no companies as such,
40:33which have such a big name,
40:35or which are taking up so many opportunities.
40:38So if I think,
40:39I don't think we have enough opportunities to work in Bihar,
40:42and which makes me a little more disappointed,
40:44because we hear names like the big IT goons,
40:47like in Bangalore,
40:48we have in Delhi,
40:49in Hyderabad,
40:50but nobody takes Bihar.
40:51So the question is,
40:52where is development?
40:54Where is development?
40:55Can you see any development?
40:57Yes.
40:58I think people are working here,
41:00but there is the Moolana Azad Institute,
41:02and people are doing engineering.
41:04There are many people who have aspirations,
41:07and they are doing engineering.
41:09But what happens?
41:10They are all going to Gulf countries to work.
41:12So why is it so?
41:14How do you provide education?
41:16How do you provide opportunities
41:17that people have to go out
41:19and leave their country,
41:20and leave their own home,
41:21and make a place for another place,
41:23to make a name for a place?
41:24That is my point.
41:25Our father said,
41:27who has seen a mountain in the jungle?
41:29Who has seen it?
41:30If you leave Bihar,
41:32and go and go and do it very well,
41:34then who is seeing it?
41:35Who is seeing it?
41:36Your home town is not the same name.
41:39You are the same.
41:40You are the same.
41:41You are the same.
41:42You are the same.
41:43You are the same.
41:44You are the same.
41:45You are the same.
41:46You are the same.
41:47Women's safety.
41:48Everybody is saying that
41:49under Nitish Kumar's tenure,
41:50women feel safer.
41:51Is it true?
41:52No, ma'am.
41:53Not entirely.
41:54And also, ma'am,
41:55if we are saying women's safety,
41:57dowry is the most biggest channel in Bihar.
42:00In Bihar,
42:01everyone knows that dowry is illegal.
42:03Every place,
42:04all India is illegal.
42:05But still,
42:06it means that people take so easy,
42:07and it shows pride here.
42:09So, where is the government?
42:11Why is it not working?
42:12Where is the government?
42:13Ban on liquor.
42:14Ban on liquor.
42:15Because liquor is just ban.
42:16Is it true?
42:17Is it an important issue for you?
42:18Yes.
42:19It is an important issue.
42:20In sports.
42:21In education.
42:22In education.
42:23In state boards,
42:24there are teachers who don't have to study.
42:26We don't have to study.
42:27We don't have to study.
42:28We don't have to study.
42:29They don't have to study.
42:30They don't have to study.
42:31They will have to study.
42:32Palette point.
42:33Take it.
42:34Let's end on a note.
42:36Does anyone make a song?
42:38I am a hero.
42:40I am a hero.
42:41I have a hero.
42:42I have a hero.
42:43I am a hero.
42:47I am a hero.
42:48I am a hero.
42:49As you are a hero.
42:51I will come to all my life.
42:55I will come to all my life.
42:57The world is not her.
43:00I will be my hero.
43:03I will become my life.
43:05My life is my hero.
43:07It's about khawesh, hope, and these girls here in Patna Women's College, in the heart of Patna, are still hopeful for a better future.
43:29Let's try and get more voices for you, and let's try and understand what women in rural parts of Bihar are expecting for themselves in this election.
43:39So you heard what the young, aspirational Bihari girls have to say about these elections.
43:46Remember, Bihar elections, the polling will be held in two phases, on 6th and 11th, and of course the results will be on 14th of November.
43:55There is another very important constituency in these elections, which is called the Maha Dalits.
44:00Although it's a constituency which was carved out by Nitish Kumar in 2007, when he became Chief Minister for the first time,
44:09he was hoping that he will be able to ensure that the Maha Dalits, or a section among the larger Dalit population of Bihar,
44:18will be able to vote him and the JDU if they were to look at the welfare schemes.
44:25What are the Maha Dalits of Bihar thinking about these elections?
44:29Let's listen to that, and I'll continue to report from Ground Zero in Bihar over the next few days.
44:34So continue to watch India today as well.
44:37Thanks so much for watching.
44:38Dehri village in Punpun is roughly 40 kilometers away from Bihar's capital, Patna.
44:53The nondescript village has a strong Maha Dalit population living here.
44:58And almost all of them complain of zero development.
45:02In 2007, the Nitish Kumar government created a new social category, Maha Dalit.
45:12The promise was to speed up development of sub-castes of Dalits.
45:1718 years have passed. Promises are yet to be fulfilled.
45:23Government is trying to fulfill its promises, but these promises are not being fulfilled at grassroot level.
45:31You can see as to how the infrastructure has now been given here of her ghar nal,
45:38but there is no water in this tap which has been installed here,
45:43which shows that the government religious funds,
45:46but it does not reach at the grassroot level, which is the biggest worry of people.
45:51We are funded by people.
45:52We are a better afraid of people.
45:54The water is number four hours ago, which is the impetu.
45:54We are enraged, you are better morality.
45:56I said, that was not the case.
45:58We are very good for water.
46:01The water has been more good for water.
46:03We have no government.
46:05We had no government.
46:08We had no money.
46:10We had no money.
46:13We had no money.
46:17We had no money.
46:19We had no money.
46:22Is everything better?
46:24We had no money.
46:28We had no money.
46:30We had no money.
46:32We had no money.
46:36Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visits Dehri every year on Independence Day.
46:42Officials rush to spruce the village.
46:44The chief minister personally requests the eldest of the village to hoist the national flag.
46:51The same person feels the symbol of respect shown by the chief minister on Independence Day is lost in the harsh reality of zero development.
47:03In this place, you have seen the whole village in the last year.
47:07Did you see some changes?
47:09No changes.
47:11What do you need to do?
47:13What do you need to do?
47:15What do you need to do?
47:17What do you need to do?
47:18The whole village has not yet to be in the house.
47:20We have to do the land.
47:22It is a land.
47:23It is a land.
47:24The land is very low.
47:25The land is a land for 24 hours.
47:26It is a land for 15 or 16 hours.
47:27The land is cut.
47:29Maha Dalits are 21 scheduled castes out of 23 Dalit castes in Bihar.
47:35These castes typically do not own land and often work as labourers or sharecroppers on farms owned by dominant castes like Yadavs.
47:47The Maha Dalits constitute around 10% of Bihar's population.
47:53A strong voter base that has been promised a lot.
47:58But this election season, they want to vote based on what they have received.
48:06On the issue of Maha Dalits, various governments, multiple political parties have done a lot of politics.
48:12But despite the formation of Maha Dalit as a category after two decades, it seems like nothing has changed for them.
48:20For the residents of Derry, proper housing, drainage facility, proper drinking water remains a distant dream.
48:29Remember, Letish Kumar had promised them a lot of things, but it seems like all those promises have now fallen flat.
48:37With video journalist, Ankit Singh, I am Piyush Mishra in Poonpoon, Bihar for India today.
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