00:00Congress Overseas Chief Sam Pitoda's big admission over SIR's stir.
00:04Pitoda has admitted that Rahul Gandhi's anti-SIR protest did not resonate with the youth.
00:10He has mentioned that how the youth does not care much about the SIR issue
00:14and how the protest did not resonate much with the youth.
00:17Because for youth, the education and the jobs come first.
00:20This is what the Congress Overseas Chief has said just ahead of Rahul Gandhi's U.S. visit.
00:25He has also added that SIR is not on the priority list for the Gen Z, the youth.
00:30They care more about jobs and employment.
00:33And remember, this comes after Rahul Gandhi had claimed that how SIR protests was a success.
00:38And now the Overseas Chief of the Congress Party, Sam Pitoda, is singing a different tune
00:43that how the SIR issue did not resonate with the youth, with the Gen Z of the country
00:48and how they care more about jobs and education rather than the SIR issue.
00:53Listen in.
00:55Given the fact that students are, you know, venting out their anger,
00:58recently we saw what is happening.
01:00But that kind of momentum we didn't see, you know, for SIR.
01:04We saw it for NEET.
01:06You know, we also saw exit office at Darmindran Pradhan.
01:09But we are not seeing the same momentum or the same organic response coming in
01:13from various quarters of society on SIR particularly.
01:18So how do you differentiate of you these two, sir?
01:21Well, I think young people think that is less important than the education and employment.
01:28It's that simple.
01:30You know.
01:32So accept that.
01:34You know.
01:35So you're saying it is too complex for them to comprehend?
01:38No, it may not be as high a priority as employment and education is for them.
01:47They're telling you that.
01:49Yeah.
01:51And my colleague Rahul Gautam is now joining us on the story with more details and context.
01:56Rahul, clearly we've seen how Rahul Gandhi has been hailing these protests that were held last month.
02:02Even the big rally that we saw on November 1st and how it was a success.
02:06It was resonating with all the citizens.
02:08But now its own party's overseas chief, Sam Petroda, is singing a different tune, claiming that how this issue did
02:16not even resonate with the youth and Gen Z because they don't care about SIR.
02:19They care about jobs and employment rather.
02:24Well, this was a question that I asked Mr. Sam Petroda, who is the chief of India, which is Congress.
02:29And in fact, in a very terse manner, he says that it seems that the SIR issue is not an
02:38issue for youth.
02:41And in fact, they are more concerned about jobs than education.
02:45And in fact, he went on to say that it seems that this is not on their priority list.
02:50Now, his remarks come at a time when we have seen, you know, a series of protests happening in the
02:57national capital on this very issue, led by none other than Rahul Gandhi himself.
03:02And we have seen how, you know, Rahul Gandhi has been, you know, trying to get traction on this issue.
03:13You know, multiple protests happened, you know, marches happened, press conferences.
03:17It seems that a lot of energy was invested into the internal effort to create a momentum on this issue.
03:25But it seems that Mr. Sam Petroda seems to be having a different view on this entire situation.
03:33He seems to believe that the SIR is not an issue for youth.
03:38And maybe possibly they are more concerned about jobs than employment.
03:43And that's why we are seeing, at least that's what he believes, you know, the students' movement popping out in
03:51various countries of the world.
03:54So clearly, it seems that, and we have seen, if you remember, Mr. Shashi Tharoor has also, you know, made
04:02a very similar remark earlier about the same issue.
04:07So clearly, it seems, and we are seeing this on streets as well, the kind of momentum or public participation
04:12that we have seen on the issue of need is certainly not matching by what we are witnessing now on
04:18the issue of SIR.
04:19So clearly, it seems that the issue is not resonating as much as it resonated at the time of need.
04:27And therefore, Congress many believe needs to do more to attract youth on this issue.
04:33All right, Rahul, thank you for those details.
04:36So Sam Petroda mentioned that how the situation is now different while comparing the SIR protests with the need protests.
04:43He mentioned that how the need protests were the ones which resonated more with the youth.
04:47And the youth does not really care about the SIR issue much.
04:50They care about jobs and employment.
04:51And that is the reason why it's not resonating much with the Gen Z and the youth.
04:56In fact, he also spoke on BJP's charge on Rahul Gandhi that Rahul Gandhi wants to spread anarchy in the
05:02country.
05:02Listen in.
05:03Sir, we have seen student protests in India as well.
05:06And we have seen in Bangladesh, Nepal, Serbia, Slovakia.
05:10Now, BJP says that Rahul Gandhi is taking a cue from these protests and he wants to create unrest and
05:16anarchy in this nation.
05:18I want to understand from you because you are in America, which is celebrated as one of the vibrant democracies
05:24in the world.
05:25Do you see anything like this happening in this country, in India?
05:32First of all, we don't need inspiration from anybody.
05:37Our inspirations come from within, from India, from our leaders like Gandhiji, Nehru, Patel, Maulana Azad, Subhasan Draboz, and many
05:50others.
05:53So, we don't need inspiration from outside.
05:59Our young people have shown that they are very concerned about their future.
06:08They have articulated it well.
06:10They have articulated it well.
06:11They have mobilized large parts of the country.
06:15And they are focused on the right issues of education, employment, environment, health, and others.
06:24And we need to pay attention.
06:27We are the largest democracy in the world.
06:30We have the largest young population in the world.
06:33And our population is increasing, while everybody else's population is decreasing.
06:40So, when you look at movements in France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, Indonesia, maybe Nepal, Bangladesh.
06:59Most of the other places, population is aging and decreasing.
07:06So, we have the workforce of the world.
07:10And we must pay attention to their aspirations.
07:14And we must have a global conversation on it.
07:16We must learn from each other.
