In this EXCLUSIVE conversation, Tehseen Poonawalla weighs in on whether caste politics will dominate the Bihar Assembly Elections. Will voters rise above caste lines or will social equations decide the outcome? Watch this discussion.
00:00What do you think this time around people of Bihar will vote on the basis of caste or will they vote on the basis of what's being promised in Manifesto which will be out in a couple of days or on the development aspect? What are the people of Bihar going to vote on this time around?
00:14Caste is one factor. It's not the only factor. Caste is one factor and it's not only in Bihar or Uttapadish. Caste is a factor everywhere. For example, in Maharashtra, you have the Marathas, the Pramins, the OBCs etc. In Karnataka, you have Vokaliga, you have Lingayat, you have other castes, you have the SCs, STs. So, you know, every place you have caste politics playing out. You have the Kham in Gujarat, you have the Patel factor in Gujarat.
00:42everywhere. Caste plays out. Caste is not only based in Bihar that Bihar is a factor. It's highlighted more but it's not a factor. I'm hoping that people of Bihar, as the people of India, vote for their future and the future of their kids. For far too long, people have voted on caste, on religion, on issues of putting other people down. For once, vote for what you give to your kids. That is the important thing.
01:11How will you make your kids' life better and your life better? That should be the roadmap ahead. That is what I firmly believe in. Every politician who spreads hate, every politician who wants to create a divided society, their kids go to the best universities, their kids go to the best schools.
01:26They make poor people fight over religion and caste. So I think we need to go beyond. We need to go to a new world. And the world order is going to change in the next five, seven years with the coming of AI, quantum computers, the world's going to change.
01:38We got to be prepared for that. We got to be prepared to empower our youth to deal with that. So I think this is extremely important to look at.
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