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Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi said the constitution amendment bill has nothing to do with women's reservation but is an attempt by the government to change the country's electoral map.
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00:00All of us, every single one in this room has been influenced, taught, learnt a lot from
00:16women in their lives. Mothers, sisters, wives, as Rijujiji said, of course, Prime Minister
00:35and myself don't have that wife issue. So we don't get that input, but we have our mothers
00:45and our sisters. Yesterday, I was sitting, I was watching my sister achieve something
00:53that, in five minutes, achieve something that I have not been able to do in maybe 20 years
01:00of my political career, which was to make Mr. Amit Shahji smile. There's something that
01:08I also need to practice and learn, and I was feeling very proud as an older brother, as
01:16she was doing that, delivering the speech in a way that is different than mine, of course.
01:27I remember when I was a little boy, I used to be very scared of the darkness. And we used
01:35to have, we used to have this huge dog, who used to attack my sister and me all the time.
01:44So we were very scared of going out into the garden at night, we were scared of the dog.
01:52One day my grandmother somehow found out about this. And I'm saying this because this was one
02:01of the most powerful lessons taught to me in my life by a woman, a grandmother. And my parents
02:12had gone out for dinner. And she came, she caught my hand, I still remember, and she took me out
02:18into the garden. Dark garden at night, no lights. Government houses have big gardens, quite a big garden.
02:26And she took me there. And she left me. She said, now you stay here, don't move. And she left.
02:35And I watched my grandmother, I remember she was wearing a yellowish
02:40sari, I watched her go away. And I said, I didn't have the courage to tell my grandmother that, you
02:49know, I don't want to stay here.
02:52So I stayed. And she went away, she went away, probably for one or two minutes. But for me, it
03:01was like two, three hours.
03:05I was imagining the dog coming to bite me. I was imagining ghosts. I was imagining snakes. I was imagining
03:13everything.
03:16And after some time, I remember my legs were even shaking a little bit. And then I saw my grandmother
03:20come.
03:22And she came. And she asked me, so, what are you scared of?
03:31So I said, you know, Daddy, I'm scared of that dog. I don't know that he might come and bite
03:39me.
03:41I'm scared of somebody being in the garden that I don't know. I'm scared of bats. I'm scared of snakes.
03:48I'm scared of things I can't see.
03:50And she says, no, Rahul, you're not scared of all those things. You're not scared of the darkness. You're not
03:58scared of the dog.
04:01You're not scared of the bats. You're only scared of your mind. You're only scared of your imagination and what
04:11you are thinking.
04:14And then she said that, you know, you should not be scared of the darkness.
04:28Because the truth most often is in the darkness. And if you do not have the courage to face your
04:40fear, you do not have the courage to go into darkness, you will not be able to understand the truth.
04:50You will not be able to fight for the truth. This is one of the biggest lessons in my life.
04:55I use it. It's a political lesson. I didn't realize then. Now, as I get older, I realize it was
05:01not only a political lesson, more fundamentally, it was a religious lesson.
05:07I didn't understand then. And what she was saying to me was that, Satyam Shivam Sundaram. That's what she was
05:18saying.
05:19She said that I want you to be able to go into the darkness. I want you to be able
05:27to go where you're scared.
05:30And I want you to see what the truth looks like. And later I realized, my God, by taking me
05:37into the garden, she was explaining Shiva to me.
05:42She was explaining the central tenet of our religion. She was explaining Satya to me. And in many ways she
05:50was explaining Ahinsa to me.
05:55And she said to me, I remember that, listen, truth is painful sometimes. Don't worry about it. Deal with it.
06:08And there are some truths that need to be told here today in this house. The first truth is that
06:18this is not a women's bill.
06:22This is nothing to do with the empowerment of women. There is a women's bill. It was passed in 2023
06:33in this house itself.
06:39And my friends and teachers in the BJP said that it will be implemented in ten years' time.
06:51That is the women's bill. This is an attempt to change the electoral map of India.
07:01Using and hiding behind India's women. And actually, actually it is a shameful act.
07:15Because instead of giving them women's reservation, which is very easy to do, and every single opposition person will support
07:22it right now,
07:24pass, bring that old bill back right now, and we will help you pass it for implementation from this second.
07:35Now, that is the women's bill. This is something else. And the truth needs to be told about what this
07:44is.
07:47There is a central truth in India's history, in India's past and present.
07:58And I have become more and more and more aware of this truth. And that is the brutal, cruel, unforgiving
08:12treatment of the OBC community, of the Dalit community and other communities.
08:28Minorities and women. And this is a historical fact. This need not be argued here.
08:35Everybody knows how Indian society treated OBCs, treated Dalits, what was done to them, what was done to their women,
08:49what they were allowed to do, what they were not allowed to do, how they were blinded when they read
08:58certain documents, how metal was poured into their ears when they heard certain verses.
09:07This is a fact. Now, what is being attempted here is a bypass of the caste census. What they are
09:16trying to do is they are trying to avoid giving power, giving representation to my OBC brothers and sisters and
09:29to take away power from them.
09:31So, this is the agenda over here. This is the agenda over here. That's the first agenda.
09:38Manuvat over Samridhan.
09:46Amit Shah Ji says that the caste census has begun. And he repeated twice yesterday, trying to be clever, saying
09:58that houses don't have castes.
10:02The point is not whether the houses have castes or don't have castes. The point is whether the caste census
10:08is going to be used for representation in parliament.
10:13And what you are trying to do now is trying to make sure that caste census has nothing to do
10:20with representation for the next 10 years, 15 years, so that you can kick the ball down the street.
10:27That's the first thing that is being done. Second thing that is being done, equally bad thing, but a very
10:38dangerous thing.
10:40What you are doing, because you are scared of what is happening in the politics of this country, you are
10:51scared of the erosion of your strength, you are trying to rejig the Indian political map.
11:04You have done it. You have done it in Assam, you have done it in Jammu and Kashmir, and now
11:08you are imagining that you can do it in India.
11:13And you need a constitutional amendment to do that.
11:18Now let me explain what you are doing.
11:25You are telling the South Indian states, you are telling the Northeastern states, you are telling small states in India,
11:37that in order for the BJP to remain in power,
11:43we are going to take away representation from you.
11:48This is nothing short of an anti-national act.
11:55This is what you are doing.
11:57And under no circumstances are we going to allow you to do it.
12:05So I am telling you very clearly right now that the entire opposition is going to defeat this attempt of
12:12yours to attack the nation state and deprive OPCs and Dalits of their rightful place in society.
12:23I want to ask, corporate India, entire financial structure of India, where are the Dalits?
12:33Where are the OPCs?
12:36Where are the Adivasis?
12:39Top bureaucracy of this country.
12:43Your Dalits.
12:44Your Dalits.
12:44Your Dalits.
12:45Your Dalits.
12:46Where are they?
12:47Here.
12:49Judiciary.
12:50Private sector.
12:54Private hospital sector.
12:55Private hospital sector.
12:55Healthcare sector.
12:56Education sector.
12:58Earlier, there used to be something called the public sector.
13:03Public sector provided space for Dalits, OPCs.
13:09Because you have removed it, demolished it, handed it over to your friends.
13:14So you are, you are, you call OPCs Hindus, you call Dalits Hindus, but you do not give them any
13:25space in the power structure of this country.
13:30And you can ask this to any Dalit, you can ask it to any OPC.
13:34This is a fact.
13:34You call them Hindus, but you do not give them any place in this country.
13:44Yes, be cool.
13:46Be cool.
13:48Be cool.
13:49And you are?
13:50No, no.
13:56You look good.
13:59No.
14:08I'm just putting it back on.
14:14No.
14:17No.
14:17No.
14:18No.
14:18No.
14:19No.
14:21I'm not yielding. I'm not yielding. I'm asking you. Don't ask. I'm not yielding. You have made a wrong misleading
14:28statement. I have to make clarification. Because, sir, I'm not yielding.
14:31But, sir, Sri Rahul Kandaji is talking about reservation in the Assembly of Parliament for OBC and for religious minorities.
14:44That is not permissible. When Congress ruled this country for more than 60 years, why did not Congress party provide
14:53that constitutional reservation for OBC?
15:24Congress has to answer.
15:33So, I want to assure my friends, brothers and sisters, across the country, southern states, smaller states, northeastern states,
15:55that do not worry. We are not going to allow them. We are not going to allow them to attack
16:07the Union of India.
16:07You are equal participants in the Union of India. They will not dare to touch your representation in the Union
16:19of India.
16:23Speaker, sir, this same question was faced by Indira Gandhi ji and also by Mr. Vajpayee. Both of them faced
16:37this question.
16:39They understood the dangers and they did not take the action. You can check. It was done by Indira Gandhi
16:55ji and it was done by Mr. Vajpayee. I am going to explain later in the speech why Mr. Modi
17:03is doing it. Then you can have your answer.
17:05Wait. Wait. It's coming. Now it's loading. Exactly. Now let me go back again to my childhood.
17:36When I was small speaker, sir, we had once a famous magician who came to do a magic show.
17:52And a lot of children went to that show. Three, four hundred children. I was there. My sister was also
18:03there. She's smiling.
18:05Three, four hundred people went to see that show. Fantastic magic show.
18:09Mr. Rahul ji, now you have the magic show.
18:15Sir, I am painting, sir.
18:23Sir, sir, I will explain you, sir. I will make a bow. I am an artist.
18:30I am painting, sir. I am painting, sir. I am painting, sir. The magic show.
18:36Sir, the magic show will be also a match of the magic show. You are very well.
18:41It will almost be so much like a puzzle in your mind.
18:48.
18:48.
18:48.
18:48.
18:48.
18:50I
18:51I
18:54I
18:59I
19:00I
19:00I
19:01I
19:01I
19:11So, sir, it was a jadugashow, and there were 300 kids in the garden, there was a jadugashow,
19:23and there was a jadugashow, and there were two tables, and there were two balls, and there were two balls,
19:34and there were two implements, and it started.
19:37He took a jadugashow and took a jadugashow and took a jadugashow.
19:55He took a jadugashow.
19:57He took a jadugashow and took a jadugashow.
20:04He took a jadugashow and took a jadugashow.
20:07The kids were surprised.
20:10We were talking about the jadugashow.
20:13He was a jadugashow.
20:17He was sitting on the jadugashow.
20:19He put a jadugashow.
20:23He put a jadugashow.
20:25Three, four jadugashow.
20:26And the jadugashow had his jadugashow and put the jadugashow.
20:30He put a jadugashow.
20:33He put a jadugashow.
20:34He put a jadugashow.
20:38Sir, artistic freedom.
20:42I'm this one that I've done.
20:46Sir, I'm not going to do it, sir.
20:48Sir, I'm not going to do it, sir.
20:4830 seconds.
20:49No, this is not right.
20:57No, not fair.
21:02Sir, tell me, sir.
21:06I'm giving you, sir.
21:07Sir, I'll finish this in 15 seconds.
21:09No, no.
21:10Sir, he was standing like this
21:12and he put the cape and started to stop.
21:17He gave me 3 minutes of time.
21:20Sir, he was standing in 3 minutes.
21:23Sir, what happened to me?
21:24Sir, what happened to me?
21:28He started to call his assistant.
21:30He said, here, here, here, here.
21:32He came.
21:33He got a cape.
21:35He got a cape.
21:37We were dead.
21:39What happened?
21:39What happened?
21:40300 kids, sir, started to kill.
21:43What happened?
21:44Sir, what happened?
21:46What happened?
21:46I'll tell you.
21:47He's connected.
21:48Sir.
21:49What happened?
21:50No, it happened.
21:50Rahul Gandhi.
21:51After that, sir, tell me, sir.
21:55Sir, tell me, sir.
21:59Sir, tell me.
22:09What am I doing?
22:18Sir, what happened after that?
22:21Sir, what happened after that?
22:23It happened after that?
22:25We are done.
22:27We are done.
22:27We are done.
22:30What happened after that?
22:34What happened?
22:37What happened after that?
22:46No.
22:46No.
22:50No.
22:52No.
22:53No.
22:54No.
22:55No.
22:56No.
22:58No.
22:59No.
23:00No.
23:02No?
23:09No.
23:11No.
23:13No.
23:15No.
23:16No.
23:18No.
23:20We also want to build a system from here and not to build a system from here.
23:25But Neta Pratipak has such a request that you can restrict your time to the leader of the Opposition.
23:32The chairman has given you time, but don't make a lot longer in the press.
23:36And we also want to build a system from here.
23:42What happened, sir?
23:43What happened, sir? What happened, sir?
23:44Now it's gone, sir.
23:46The dragon's gone, sir.
23:48What happened, sir?
23:49What happened, sir?
23:51As it happened, he hit it.
23:55And he hit it above him.
23:59And his chain didn't move, didn't move.
24:02So after that, the child was going to hurt him.
24:04Now he can do anything.
24:06He tried two, three tricks.
24:08The ball's tricks tried, the child was going to hurt him.
24:11Then he tried to hurt him again.
24:13He tried to hurt him again.
24:15So it happened,
24:17that the thought of any trick,
24:19and then the child was going to hurt him.
24:21He was going to hurt him.
24:23The whole devil's rage was destroyed.
24:31What happened?
24:32Now, it's interesting.
24:33It's interesting, sir.
24:35At that time,
24:35I was very angry.
24:37All are angry, sir.
24:38But after that,
24:39I realized what happened.
24:42It was serious.
24:43It was a serious thing.
24:44That, who was a villain,
24:47was a disease.
24:50And he was in a lot of tension.
24:53And he came in a hole.
24:55And he did a magic trick.
24:56If he had wrong,
24:57To not fall,
24:58That's not bad.
24:58But he did a lot of hate.
25:01But there were no mistakes.
25:09If he was wrong,
25:10Asmiji,
25:10sir,
25:10Please.
25:11This is a way of the way.
25:12I am not a
25:15I'm sorry
25:16I see
25:18I'm sorry
25:19I'm sorry
25:22I'm sorry
25:24I'm sorry
25:25I'm sorry
25:29okay
25:31I'm sorry
25:34what tension
25:38He came to the election, he had one mistake, and after that, he didn't run away.
25:44And maybe after that, he didn't get away, I think.
25:50Sir, I want to take you back to the garden.
25:56My grandfather told me one more thing.
26:00My grandfather told me one more thing in the garden, which I didn't say before.
26:16She said to me that, listen Rahul, I want you to be able to see in the dark.
26:26I want you to be able to see in the dark.
26:31Like the central idea of Shiva, I will explain to my brothers and sisters, is to see in the dark.
26:43See what others cannot see, see your fears, go close to your fears.
26:47That is the central idea of Shiva.
26:49She was telling me that, and she said, I want you to see in the dark.
26:52I said, Dadi, why?
26:53She said, because Rahul, real strength always hides in the dark.
26:56Real power, real strength hides in the dark.
27:06Fantastic political lesson.
27:08First, look for your truth.
27:11Stick by it.
27:12And second, real power, real strength always hides.
27:21It never shows itself.
27:25What is the real force, real strength always hides in the dark.
27:36Now, I am telling you this.
27:39Because, there is, everybody knows, a partnership between our friend, the magician, and the businessman.
28:12Sir, I've said magician.
28:14No.
28:14Sir, I've said magician.
28:16I didn't even say it here.
28:21Sir, the problem is,
28:33Sir, I'll finish, sir.
28:40Sir, I'll finish, sir.
28:48Sir, I'll finish.
28:49Sir, I'll finish.
28:52Sir, what has happened, there is a partnership, and then there is a hidden power.
29:00Massive, extremely strong, but completely hidden.
29:07Okay?
29:09And that power, that force, that does not show itself, but is there, knows the entire
29:19history of the magician.
29:23It knows every single detail about the magician from when he first came into politics till
29:32when he arrived as Prime Minister.
29:35No.
29:35And it is using that information.
29:37No.
29:39Yes.
29:39It is using the information to shape.
29:43No.
29:46No.
29:47No.
29:50No.
29:56No.
29:58No.
30:01No.
30:01No.
30:01Mr. Hireen.
30:31Sir, this action, okay, speaker sir, I'll, I'll, so this action, please understand what
30:40has happened here, it is important that everyone understands, the BJP knew, they knew very clearly
30:50that this bill actually cannot be passed, they knew it, they're not stupid, they knew every
30:56opposition person would oppose it, this bill cannot be passed, this was a panic reaction,
31:04this was a panic reaction because the prime minister at any cost needed to send two messages,
31:12number one, he needed to change the electoral map of India, and number two, he needed to
31:17send a message again, that he is pro-women, why he is doing that, I will leave to your imagination,
31:28but, I will leave it to your imagination, but the powers that be, know exactly, exactly why
31:36he is doing it, sir, the truth is, the magician has been caught, the magician of Balakot, the
31:46magician of demonetization, the magician of Sindhur, has suddenly got caught, why, because
31:54he was, he was, no, no, no.
32:12Oh
32:34The government is not saying anything.
32:36They expect that Rahul Gandhi is not saying anything.
32:40What is the problem?
32:42What is the problem with Neta Pratikpanz?
32:45It's a way that the government of the country is become a government of the country.
32:51They have been in the country of the country.
32:53You talk about your support.
32:58what do you do here?
33:00what do you do?
33:02let's do the parties
33:02we are social media
33:06This doesn't happen in a way.
33:22I want to say this.
33:29Sir, Raksha Mantri Ji.
33:36I want to say,
33:37I want to say that.
33:46I want to say that it's very important.
33:50And that it's not okay.
33:52This is standing up there.
34:24Oh
34:25Oh
34:55Oh
35:01Oh
35:02Oh
35:03Oh
35:03Oh
35:28foreign
35:39foreign
36:25Thank you very much.
36:25foreign
36:54okay
36:55I'm also saying that you, the Vedek,
37:00say to the Vedek,
37:02say to the Vedek but don't say to the Vedek.
37:08Sir, come on, I need to go, sir.
37:18Because, sir, there is a central confusion
37:25in the mind of the BJP.
37:55If you have to do it, I will send you a book of rule.
37:58You can also see it.
38:02Unparliamentary expressions,
38:04we have not made it.
38:24Unparliamentary expressions,
38:25we have to say that the 我们都要求
38:26because of the Vedek with the Vedek,
38:28the Vedek, the Vedek, the Vedek, the Vedek,
38:34the Vedek, the Vedek, the Vedek, the Vedek and the Vedek.
38:52Because, sir, there is a central confusion, and I have to put this right.
38:59There is a central, fundamental confusion in the minds of the BJP and its leadership.
39:07And the confusion is that they think they are the people of India.
39:13You are not the people of India.
39:15The people of India are something else.
39:17They also think that they are the armed forces.
39:20You are not the armed forces.
39:22The armed forces are something else.
39:24You are a political organization.
39:26You are not India, and you are not the armed forces of India.
39:30We are not attacking the people of India.
39:32We are not attacking the armed forces of India.
39:35We are attacking you.
39:36Do not hide behind the people of India or behind the armed forces.
39:42So stop hiding like cowards behind the armed forces and behind the people.
39:47Come out and talk to us and have a discussion with us.
39:51Now, going back to my speech speaker, sir.
39:54As I said, the magician has been caught.
39:57Please, no.
40:01I don't think I would do the same words in this world, if I don't do that anymore.
40:06Such words may be said.
40:06If you don't say that you are talking about the people of India or the people of India, I don't
40:17do it.
40:17I will not do this.
40:23No, you, brother, how do you want to do this language?
40:31What do you want to do this?
40:34This is the most important thing in the world.
40:37There should be a good language.
40:59Sir, sir, the individual in my story, sir, what happened was,
41:10the last session of parliament completely destroyed the structure because a deal was signed
41:21with the United States that under no circumstances would have been signed by any prime minister
41:28of this country unless he was compromised.
41:34Sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir.
41:38Sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir.
41:39Why what he told Kumar Swami?
41:43No, if I sit in the seat, then it should be Kumar Shami di or anyone.
41:47I want to say to Kumar Shami di.
41:59I am in the Asana, I will be able to visit the church.
42:09You said that I have stopped.
42:13I have stopped.
42:17I have stopped.
42:19Did you stop?
42:20Did you stop?
42:23No.
42:24है मैं नो नो सब पर है लेकिन उस बिल के शन्दर्प में ही
42:36सर तो मैं एक सवाल पूछिणắके हैं नहीं कि मैं और
42:43इंस्ट्रॉक्शन टबी अब स्काहर अपका कहना है कि मुझे यूएस डिल
42:54Sir so what happened was very obvious to everybody.
42:59Now what you are attempting is taking away the constitutional right and snatching that
43:08from the people of India.
43:09We are not going to allow you.
43:11You will see we will defeat this bill right here in the next whatever half an hour 45
43:15minutes.
43:18Now I want to I want to conclude with an idea and I want to give you I want to
43:32give you
43:33a sense because you have to understand something I know more than I am saying.
43:39You have to understand that you that I know much more than I am saying in this house so
43:44I am going to give you and everybody else a nice puzzle.
43:51And the people of India can try and see if they can solve this puzzle.
43:55Yesterday I was watching the Prime Minister speak, low energy, broken, nothing transmitting and
44:11then I suddenly noticed that yesterday was the 16th of April.
44:19No I was listen please I was watching I was sitting here and he was talking and he was he
44:25was
44:25not able to engage he was not able to engage because clearly trying to pass this bill was a mistake
44:44because everybody knew there wasn't a panic reaction as I said so I was watching him and I noticed on
44:51my
44:51phone 16th and I was like my god how crazy that's the number 16 this 16 number this is the
45:07number
45:08the whole answer to the riddle the whole answer to the riddle the whole answer to the riddle is in
45:11the number 16 everything is in the number 16
45:15now if anybody understands what I am saying please send me a message and on twitter you can tell what
45:23it is
45:23but the answer to your problems and you are going to find out very soon is in the number 16
45:28Thank you so much