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An India Today ground report from West Bengal captures the shifting political landscape during the elections, focusing on voter sentiment in Singur and Kolkata.
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00:10What happened in the election?
00:13We don't support the election.
00:15How are you going to run away?
00:18Stop.
00:19Where are you going?
00:22Where are you going?
00:23You're in the city.
00:24You're in the city.
00:29You're in the city.
00:30What are you going to do?
00:31What are you going to do?
00:32They're not here for the land.
00:41In 2006, thousand acres of land was acquired for the Tata Nano project.
00:48What was promised was industrial development and job opportunities.
00:53What followed were protests.
01:14Tata Motors pulled out.
01:16I made a major investment here.
01:18To move is going to be at great cost to the company.
01:22I think it's also going to be a great cost to West Bengal.
01:26And Mamata Banerjee catapulted herself to power in Bengal in 2011.
01:31Today, this entire land lies vacant.
01:35The promise of job is gone.
01:38That's what people of Shingur are asking today.
01:42Was that moment an opportunity lost?
01:45And was it really legitimate farmers protest?
02:10What happened last night?
02:12B.J.P.
02:17B.J.P.
02:19B.J.P.
02:20B.J.P.
02:22B.J.P.
02:23B.J.P.
02:51B.J.P.
02:58B.J.P.
03:02B.J.P.
03:04B.J.P.
03:06B.J.P.
03:30Do you work for the living room?
03:35What is your work?
03:36Do you get your wife for 1500 rupees?
03:39Yes.
03:39So the wife will be with Mamata Dedi.
03:41Yes.
03:42And you?
03:43Yes, it will be.
03:45You will also.
04:04All people are saying that there is a wave.
04:06But the real vote is to be asked.
04:09What do you think?
04:11The wave of BJB will come.
04:14Why?
04:15There is a BJB.
04:17In the Bengal, there will be a BJB.
04:20The Tata Motors came from Gujarat.
04:23At that time, Modi ji was the president.
04:28So after that, there was a danger of Bengal?
04:30Yes, there was a danger.
04:31How is it?
04:33How is it?
04:34In Bengal, there will be a factory in Bengal.
04:37There will be a lot of struggle.
04:41You are a youth of Bengal.
04:44What are you thinking about?
04:46What will you do?
04:47It will be BJB.
04:49Why?
04:50Because this is the Tata Motors.
04:52We have to keep it all.
04:54We don't want to do BJB here.
04:59We have to keep it all.
05:00You should have to keep it all.
05:01So you think this is a Rosie Roti?
05:02You think that the Yua is going to go to the other city?
05:06Yes.
05:07You work outside.
05:09Where do you work?
05:10Kashmir.
05:11You work in Kashmir.
05:12You work in Kashmir.
05:13You have to keep it all.
05:14You have to keep it all.
05:15You have to stay here.
05:16You should have to keep it all.
05:26What happened this time?
05:28We don't support the election.
05:30We don't support the election.
05:32Why do you do this?
05:32The election system is a corrupted system.
05:33What is it?
05:34Who does it?
05:35Who does it?
05:36Who does it?
05:38Who does it?
05:38Who does it?
05:39Everyone is criminal.
05:40Whose name is the case in the police.
05:42Those are the politicians.
05:43We are educated.
05:45If we want to make a police complaint,
05:48we will not do the government's complaint.
06:11I don't want to vote, but I don't want to vote, but I don't want to vote for all of
06:19them.
06:38The protests in Shingur actually proved to be the turning point in Bengal's political
06:45history, ending 34-year-long left regime and catapulting Mahmata Banerjee to power.
06:52With me is someone who understands the history of Shingur and also is the candidate of the
06:59CPIM from Shingur.
07:02Dada, how are you looking at your own battle?
07:04Kaisa lag raha apko?
07:05Kaya chunao hai?
07:06Bahodhi acha lag raha hai, kyunki Shingur ko people ko dhoka diya hai Trinomul Congress
07:11aur bhiye bhi ni.
07:12Yehaa par eek acha prosperous eek society hai.
07:15To is liye hama log yehaa par silpo jay industry hama karne jaha raha hai.
07:20Or Trinomul aur bjp, uuske saath rsas uske saath mao wadhi kisan ji tha, jamaati ulama
07:28tha.
07:28Uudh sab ne milke yehaa par aadmi ko devet kiya, aadmi ko dhoka diya aur silpo jay industry
07:35hai usko bant kiya.
07:36Jut chaaz madlab khatam ho gaya.
07:39Or dhahan ka bhi rice ka dhahan ka bhi ho agar jay hai pagaan nahi mil la hai kisi kisahan
07:45ko.
07:46Jo left ki policies rahi woh bhi anti development, anti growth, anti jobs rahi hai.
07:51Nuhi yeh, yeh, yeh bilhkul galat hai.
07:53Lep jab satapne yaa aa yaa tha, yaa ka poverty baut zaada tha yaa par.
07:57To lep nne kea kiya, kiya kisahan ko zameen dya.
08:00Lep nne kea kiya, zameen me joh sej ka joh baibutta, irrigation ka baibutta yeh kiya.
08:05The opposition space has been occupied. The land of the left has fallen slowly, slowly.
08:14This is what's going on.
08:15This is the man's fault, because the man's name of the land, the man's name of the land.
08:21And the BJP and the three men, they both are fighting our country, our society and our country.
08:28Thank you for talking to us.
08:30Okay.
08:40What's going on in the war?
08:42In the war, we see that this is the man's name.
08:48Why?
08:51This is the country's fault.
08:53It's all the money.
08:56But the people are saying that they have a lot of money.
08:59The man who is giving money, giving money, giving money.
09:03The man who gives money, giving money is giving money.
09:06What is happening in the war?
09:08From the US.
09:10The Communist Party.
09:11It's a lot of results.
09:14He's doing a lot of work.
09:15He's doing a lot of work.
09:15Everyone is saying that he has a lot of money.
09:17foreign
09:31foreign
09:47My family is a great work of the people in the community,
09:52and I'm not sure if they are a child,
09:53I'm not sure if they are a child.
09:54I'm not a child, because my family is a child,
09:59but I'm a child.
10:01I'm a child, and I'm a child.
10:07Do you send me $15,000 for the money?
10:10Do you think that I'm going?
10:12I know, then I know.
10:13You can go where you are.
10:15Where are you going?
10:44This is a good place. Let's talk about this place.
10:47Yeah.
10:50Yeah.
10:53Yeah.
10:54Yep.
11:00Yeah.
11:10Mm-hmm.
11:12It is easy to hear from the people.
11:14I hear from the people.
11:23Why are you with me?
11:25What do you want to do with BJP?
11:26What do you want to do with BJP?
11:27Do you want to do it?
11:27It's a big deal.
11:31It's a big deal.
11:33What do you want to do with the people?
11:36I don't understand.
11:38foreign
11:54foreign
12:11In Shingur, let's try and get voices of those who participated in the protests in 2006.
12:19Pradyud Das worked closely with Mohamad Abanerji then, aap Trinamul Congress ke kaare karta
12:25hain aur loogon se agar am baat karte hain, yaha par tunnka kahna hai ke agar us wakt naano
12:32ki factory ban jaati, toh yaha par loogon ke liye kaam hota.
12:55Toh yaha par tata nano nahi aya, lekin baaki sab aya?
12:59Toh yaha par tata nano nahi huwa, suprim korte rai diya na jomini jomini jomini liya huwa
13:05hai, process thik nahi hai, isi liye toh aapto taata chala giyya.
13:09Toh dhidi nye kama kiya hai?
13:29It is in these narrow by-lanes that Kolkata lives. It is of course one of the most densely populated
13:37cities. There are in all seven
13:40assembly constituencies.
13:45In the heart of Kolkata, Mehuli Goswami runs her own clothing line and it is called Bandobi, which means friendship.
13:55But in battleground Bengal, there isn't any friendship. It is truly gloves are off. Mehuli, thank you so much for
14:03allowing me to come here.
14:04Thank you for coming. Tell me about this. What exactly is this work? See, this is called batik and actually
14:12what I do is there are so many type of batiks in West Bengal that we actually practice.
14:18This is actually Indonesian batik. So I am using this wax to actually cover up the portions that I need
14:26to look white. You can see it from there. There is a finished product out there. So this is how
14:33we create patterns.
14:34When did Bandobi start?
14:3622 years back.
14:3822 years and counting?
14:39Yeah.
14:40How has the business been?
14:42It has been great. It has been like nearly 45 to 48 people earned their bread and butter from Bandobi
14:51and I am very happy about that. And I am doing great.
14:54And are you happy with the politics around you?
14:56Not really. Nobody can be happy with the present politics that is going on. There is an aggression of actually
15:03winning the seats, which I feel is not what I have seen in my early days.
15:09I mean, we have had a very good time.
15:14What is tapka time?
15:15Mahmata Panerji has been in power for 15 years.
15:18See, power gain is something people loving power. They go to any extent. If I am not running after money
15:25and power, then I don't feel that I should stop anybody who is trying to do that.
15:29So that's their prerogative. But the kind of situations we people are facing from both centre and, you know, state
15:40politics is not what people like us who want to leave us up. I mean, what should I say?
15:48Colors toh aapki life mein bhot hain?
15:50Yeah.
15:50There are a lot of colors.
15:52Colors, it's philosophy. Nature ne diya huye hain colors. Toh us par toh humare and dar ek alag repopassion hota
16:00hain.
16:00Toh I think with colors you can change your life.
16:02So, is Bengal moving away from blue and white to saffron?
16:09These are very dimensional questions. How can I say? Because, see, only 4.5% of India pays tax. 6
16:18.7% file up taxes. So, but then pay toh karthi hai hai 4.5%.
16:24White collar people, mein yeh soch liu ke wo log educated hain. Unka thought process alag hog hain baakiyon se.
16:32Jo labor classes hain, jo baaki ke class hain. Unka toh humare tax ke paise se hi unka bhaata wagaera
16:39chal raha hai.
16:40We are the minorities who pay taxes. Okay. So, how can I say what will happen actually? So, that is
16:46how...
16:46Which are the colors that you will be adding to this? See, I have done the batik portion. By the
16:50way, this very brush is very different from what we actually did.
16:54On canvas, yeh oot ke fur se hota hai. Okay. Because this heat, other, you know, strings will not be
17:04able to handle. So, for each and every saari there is your personal touch.
17:09Of course, every saari and I have my, these girls, chutki and all, they help me a lot. And they
17:17do the first piece I do, then they replicate my design.
17:21So, how many do you produce in a day? Four to five saaris. Are you satisfied with the growth of
17:27your business?
17:28See, it's a very rare business I do. It's all dependent on my art work. So, ismei growth mein aise
17:36nahi kar sakti.
17:45I'm going to do this care. I'm doing this carey. And after that, yeh portion joo mein liens laga rah
17:52rahe hon hon ka, yeh white rahe jai ga. Okay.
17:55So, if we put in colour, yeh white rahe jai ga. Okay.
18:02It's lot of effort. Yeh, it is.
18:12if you were to describe the politics of the state which is happening right now because
18:17we are in the middle of an election season through these brushes and the strokes what
18:21could be the broad strokes because I'm asking an artist the stroke should be like whoever comes
18:31hmm whoever wins they have to think beyond their own things they have to there is no other option
18:40is this school we need people to be educated from the core it's not only ABCD but I know
18:47so that educated properly thought process wala koi aega kuch log aenge to mere khayal se achcha
18:53hoga jo log bina waje ke bakwas karte hain I keep on seeing this ye toh ak nashasa ban gaya
19:00kitna bakwas sun sako ap toh phone pe bahi humara pass you don't like aggression clearly why should
19:07there be aggression aggression should be in your happiness kitna happy ok aggressive ho sakte
19:12go up I think that's a mantra that you have given to many people of course modi hai ki mamta
19:18hai ye socho
19:18hi mat socho ki korn candidate hai uska criminal record hai ke nahi wo kaise sochta hai religion
19:26ko toh galat karike se hum lete hi hai kuchh hissa amara ekonomika mandiro mein chala jata hai that
19:31is very ugly mandirs have so much of money why do they have if you give more money you'll get
19:39access
19:39more access to god the bhadralok has been not in favor of the bjp that the educated class has been
19:52anti-bjp and in favor of mahammata banerji bhadralok of kolkata they will not talk crap and they will not
20:00take crap and they'll keep quiet no but then bhadralok has also realized that there are they have to open
20:08up is there a sense this this election opening up tabhi possible hai agar democracy sahih karike se
20:14practice or toh democracy agar hai toh open up karenge balet me that should be our way of expressing no
20:21why should there be any maramari why should there be threat why should there be bad words that we are
20:27using jitna time humare paas hai world poh khukshurati banana chaghi okay you clearly are doing it with
20:34all your colors so thank you so much for speaking to us hello patho sixth generation you are the sixth
20:54generation and this is one of the oldest shops of swandesh in kolkata one of the oldest founded in 1844
21:03founded by my father of girish chandadeh lekin patho aap logany expand kyuni kya expand niki a doh
21:12how has the business expanded or changed how has the business expanded or changed
21:39lot's changed. With that sugar sugar sugar or chenna based on a business and the government
21:46asked us to make sugar cup quantity by佐bologo said that a British my husband had a bit more
21:51wanna stop huh abhi some health consciousness over and that samba and Chini Kwan to TV become
21:56become home on the present different types of variety van New York abhi sugar free between the
22:09So what's your X-factor or USP?
22:15Quality and variety.
22:17Quality and variety?
22:19Yes.
22:20And from 6 generations?
22:21Yes.
22:22I mean, it's probably one place in the world that deals only in the world, only in the world.
22:33But the business has increased in terms of revenue?
22:37Obviously.
22:38Obviously.
22:39It's increased?
22:40Obviously.
22:40How has it increased?
22:42I mean, in terms of production.
22:45The X was already there, now it's more.
22:50All the best.
22:51You'll treat me to some sandesh?
22:53Yes, sure.
22:54I'll give you a kind of sandesh.
22:57Old world.
22:58One more.
22:59The oldest style sandesh.
23:01Yes.
23:14Don't eat this like this.
23:15Don't eat it.
23:17Don't eat it.
23:17Don't eat it.
23:18Because it's called the salt.
23:22It's a salt.
23:23It's a salt.
23:24It's a salt.
23:25It's a salt.
23:26Thank you so much.
23:27Let me give this to my crew.
23:37Despite sporadic violence and voter deletion, Bengal has set a new record in voter turnout.
23:4692%.
23:47That's unprecedented.
23:49That's unprecedented.
23:50And both sides, both the Trinamool Congress and the BJP are claiming that they have the advantage.
23:58But of course, we'll know about it on 4th of May.
24:01Now, the spotlight shifts to phase two.
24:05Havra, Kolkata, North and South 24 Parganaz Pole.
24:11This is seen as Mamata Banerjee's fortress, her bastion.
24:15Can the BJP penetrate and make inroads here is the big question.
24:22Remember, this is an existential question for a chief minister who has governed Bengal for 15 long years.
24:30For the BJP, it's an unfinished project.
24:34The mandate on 4th will not just decide the direction of politics of the state, but in many ways, will
24:43have an impact on the national politics.
24:46Whether Bengal votes for change or paribartan or continuity, we'll know about it only on 4th of May.
24:56Thanks so much for watching.
24:57One, two, three, five, six, seven, eight.
25:02South 24 Parganaz.
25:05That's the big one.
25:07The big one is coming.
25:07The big one is coming.
25:11What do you think before you vote?
25:15Janina.
25:16Janina.
25:17Janina.
25:18Janina.
25:20Why?
25:23Stop, stop, stop, stop.
25:25Do you have two minutes?
25:27Two minutes.
25:27Two minutes.
25:28Two minutes.
25:28Two minutes.
25:29Papa.
25:34Don't talk.
25:35Dad.
25:38Don't talk.
25:38How are you running so far?
25:41Stop.
25:41yeah rolling my mouth
25:43not to be treated
25:45you have to eat 10 times
25:47is nothing
25:49Is there to have the food?
25:51No, there is no food
25:55Do it
25:57Talk about it
25:58You have already come from Delhi
25:59Come from Delhi
26:00danny talk
26:01Do it
26:02It will help you
26:05It will be
26:11All right, let's do it.
26:24Nice.
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