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welcome to the program. i'm kim vanelle. millions of people in india will be voting in state elections this week and until march, the 7th ballots will be cast across 5 states. among them, the most populous town pradesh results. there are seen as a referendum on prime minister read ramadi and his governing b. j. p. party indicating how people may vote during the next national elections. opposition policies are trying to capitalize on the b. j. p. 's decline in popularity caused by 3 farming laws that triggered protests for more than a year. have natal sent us this report from top british we're outside of pulling station in a row high, noted with israel. people are lining up to cost their vote $1000000000.00 biggest states election. now the issue is home to more than 200000000 people and change the highest number of members to in just parliament and therefore has an outside importance in, in just political landscape. this election is widely seen as a chest, a prime minister in the reigns, remove these popularity. now this isn't

a gradient state which back to b, j. b overwhelmingly. in 2017. but since then, support among farmers has dwindled. for one, many of them participated in that year long agitation against the 3 farm laws they had failed big corporations. now those laws were eventually revoked by the prime minister because of these upcoming elections. but many farmers have continued to protest over unmet demand or the financial issues like price, right? and unemployment are also playing out in these polls. and not just that, that with dish for other states in india also holding elections this month. results for all will be out on march 10. our analysts say that the bgp just continue to be a favorite and we'll watch out for the victory margin in the state of with the really i'm partnering with them for inside story. okay, we'll begin our discussion in a moment. but 1st, let's bring you up to date with india's journey so far on the new render murray and

the hindu nationalist. b. j. p. modi became prime minister with an historic landslide victory and national general elections in 2014. he was soon accused of trying to silence opposition of the activists and journalists, critical of the government began being arrested in 2019 moody was reelected. he then imposed a wide spread crack down and a log on the disputed region of kashmir and revoked its semi autonomous stages. that same year protest erupted nationwide after murray and it a controversial citizenship law. a provided citizenship for religious minorities, but excluded muslims. in 2020 farming reform law was passed. it prompted months long, peaceful protests and strikes which sometimes turned violent in recent months. the b j. p has been accused of allowing hate speech against muslims and it's rallies and polarizing the country. as january b, j. p controlled states began imposing

a ban on religious head, scarves one by muslims in schools. by let's bring in our guests in new delhi, we have sedans who metal, a politician and senior leader in the bahati, tier, gen not a party of the j. p. and kaci pull c k rodge a lawyer at the spring court of india and caroline high course and in luck now fatma con a journalist at the quint. thank you very much for joining us. one, welcome to program. and i'd start with you. sit on, shoot and tell if these elections are a referendum on your end or mowdy who's half way through his term and on the rolling b j. p. of which you are a part. how do you feel it's going to go? yeah, i don't think it sort of friend him on mr. that it will be. he's ruling the country . he's the prime minister. this as a to friend bermonte lou law, mr. or the bill yogi, or you can up you who's a chief minister of that state who was really good girl who's been at the home of

her 1st with the last 5 years. so to qualitative friend on know mr. bodies, sorry, he is, is, is an exaggeration. you'll be, is a very, very critical state. the population of he'll be, is more than nerd to $25000000.00 people. just should it actually gone to one 6th or be none number of parliament seat. so yes, it's very critical. but the critically showed the strain before people when they make the choices is the earlier the link led by alicia, though of a party called some ivy party, appear to wise ah, what would other the which is which is the a the dbi deed more stir jungle right it, it, it, it, it, it is the are manifestation of the commonality perpetrated by a sexual of people vent, official patronage. that is what people saw for the last 5 years. and that is when

they chose and decided to or for pdp. the reason was that one particular kind religious community and one particular cast had dominant. so the law and order was she lived there. so every police station had a majority of these people, you could not fight cases against them. there did return grand raj, they would abduct people, they were da da da da da. just entered the field and her ticket with the lender clipping their ownership. but the women were not saying that anybody could be abducted on people could be beaten up at the mercy. so that fearful environment necessitated the people to opt for a government which will be center and quality and which will eliminate the mafia. raj account is the rule of the mafia did all of the criminals. i had a highway accomplishment of the summer. i have a 2nd. i just wanna clarify for our international oriental we talk about youth. we talk about, we're talking about low temper dash, and i to cross over to you just for your response and fastener con, uh,

let's say you're a day unless you're covering run up to these elections. do you think that these are, are a litmus test for the prime minister? i think it is a mistake for the b g, b as a whole. you know, these elections, they come right on the heels of the number of historic events that have been in country in the last couple of years alone. the families brought us that you mention 13 month long, almost 4 days where several formulas from different parts of no india. this stat at the base of the national get groupon testing against the b j. b, they member the farmers. i had it in a huge chunk, a huge majority of homes, had it on the be to be in the previous 2 elections as well as the 2019 also for the pharmaceutical state and mobilize them says against the b was a huge method of cause. we cannot forget that with 2nd gave, which it averaged to multiple states to produce alone. so might to put it at multiple casualties because of the complete infrastructure in collapse under the b

b and add that dying. of course it was being said that if nothing, this will be the downfall of the b. of course, i have been covering these elections for the last 2 months. now i've been on the field and i can tell you the beach does continue to the mean who is really who didn't populate, or not withstanding, of course, the fact that there are people who continue to have their grievances. ultimately this, if i have to put it simplistically, i'd say that it is a matter of choice that the world does have to be between, you know, the beatles handled by the band with the feminist or more the and the b popularized across the country was, is momentarily shows that they might have faced whether be a be a, with the fun lows all over the wave or does generally price stays infrastructure issues. and anything that you would consider any of the scenario would be in off season bring down the government across the country. and, and i do see you there as well. mr. mccaul, we will come back to you shortly. but 1st i'd like to go to a c. k raj ah,

in kaci we spoke there about some of the issues at play. you've written about hate speech. and there is rising hindu nationalist sentiment across the, across the country. right? there been protests in one state about the decision to ban the wearing of the muslim headscarf in educational settings. so you believe the role of courts is more important than ever. talk us through that and what your assessment is to thank you so much for the question. and congratulations, hampton's speaking and organizing a debate on a very important issue which are which in fact the world is watching. i were infecting this them of a beer. that is launched by the right wing government, which is led by more thing has been widespread. it's been also incremental. if we look at how the needs of this lemma from your and munched, we will see that in the beginning, that the attempt was to considered or treat muslims a 2nd class citizen. so that's what we have seen with the citizenship amendment act

in 2019 by which they said that to censure will be extended to all communities outside india, except for muslims, muslims were ineligible to apply for citizenship in the country. that would be the fine incremental process of birth, converting them in writing actual citizens, a would to 2nd class citizenship. and from that we have, we have come to a situation where there is an open call for genocide against muslims. and that's precisely what happened in had a daughter in city in december that had that a group of so called scenes assembled. and they said that in the i should be in the state. and they said that what they were should be done in their capacity to transform india into a hindu state. and they were, in fact, there were references made to the genocide that occurred in myanmar against the finger of the cheese. the food. this is the political context in which we're talking about and the sisters, the very as carrion and very intimidating at most socio political context for proficient law. how does the law deal with that kind of rhetoric?

is it's been quite interesting to see that the law and order situation in india in be just a, have been, has been dealing with it quite poorly. for example, the genocide car, which was made in december that was noted straight up, which is called the which is sufficient information to port which is which means that i just turned off a crime that has a initial listing of a crime. but the bully that has not happened until at least caused what was done and there was an enormous public pressure on the police to actually just took a crime and even registering the crime important provisions of the court. but left out of the of this is tracy, and only very few provisions was actually charged against the thing. in fact, made an open cause the site. okay, and the coming back to your question, how the constituent quotes were dealing with with it? i would think that the idea of a constitutional code is to essentially become to majority stresses,

to these kind of majority of the trust the piece against minorities. i do not think the discipline called all the high quotes in the country has been dealing quite actively with it. they've been adopting very broadly. of course is a very broad generating statement. when dealing was it was quite passively and quite indifferently. and many occasions have seen court taking blankly the sight of the executive officer mccall. i can see you wanting to jump in there. go ahead. is the most vicious and untruthful statement that will let me start for the 1st this citizen amendment act shed. he says it denies the muslims citizenship of this country. you're completely wrong and untrue. for the simple reason, this act was enacted for protecting the minorities off your critic states with her being persecuted and compared to leave the countries now which are the talk critic states pakistan is that your critic status got up bushland. majority

the persecution of the religious minorities of pakistan. when they come to india, we said we will protect. i've gone is time when they come to india, we said will protect it. so it is all states which had your critique state board by of the majority, which happens to be muslims. and then the religious minorities when persecuted when they come to india, including boundaries. that is when they're given the citizenship. now for if a majority, or if a member of a majority of up your critic state guns and seeks citizenship easy, religiously persecuted. no. so this is giving citizenship to religiously persecuted minorities. ok, bye at your critics. i know that i want it. i want to do is jump limited a retrospective of, of that issue of the time because what we're talking about is how this was received to find me in the installation in this and how that is going to translate into the

elections. that is what we want to talk with her. so let's, let's talk about the elections below dory, which you heard from the previous to. the speakers has been to sol, hatred among religious community, saying muslims are angry with the hindu dominated state. you will rely, is that the state has not discriminated against the hindus or the muslims show me. one example where the government of the day has said, this is what is available to a religious, the majority of this, of not what is available to at least by the audit. i think i think it all, i think everybody here returning with home, everybody here, chris seems to agree with polarization, but i can see over in now, fast mechanic to see you're wanting to know. i think it was from heels actually that we, that we ensure everybody has the right of reply and that we, we keep this even please go ahead. fatima con in luck now. yes. yes. a number of things go to one. i could you like to adjust that when you talk about am,

is them it is going on and on about the numbers? it's really just the prosecutor minorities else. it doesn't mean that like last can . what about getting young man that is also enabled that we're doing in the out citizenship in the country. secondly, the fact that we can't, even, i don't think it's given. it even made it a bit at this point of time whether or not you'll get it, they're not trans image or date in government. i think it is a given, i think is better. why speak to on the basis of what is it in so many words just to give you one example, he was asking for example and give you one, you'll get it in at the chief minister in his, in his election that he's all in all it again he's used, did that, did it explicitly say that he will bring him to russia meeting the hindu mediation? he's explicitly said that there's a fight between 80 percent was this 20 percent adult whistle against winston minorities is explicitly said, it's so fun you'll be has only had a government that is focused on companies go. this time is what to do for graveyard

. he's repeatedly used, go with them, go whistle or would it would again in so many words he will not deny it. so i haven't like more to understand with a standard night and i said ok, can the whole i think just going but going back in the elections, i think it is important to understand that communism and it has been normalized in this it. and if you will get to that comes back to power, then there is a huge possibility that he will, i will not deny the fact that he continues to be hugely popular among them is good . and if he does come back to body, could be a signal sent out to several other states in the country. this kind of politics is acceptable normalize and will be standing big. so since iraq, i want to come over to you to has the opposition for those and opposition to the page, are they have a capitalized on you know, some of the frustrations that might be there? it's a important question of that. now i think the opposition, unfortunately,

has not been able to consolidate effectively against the right thing that, that, that has been pushed forward. i think that is considerable potential for the opposition parties in the country to come together and follow additions and all the things in which upcoming elections and in fact i have beginning in some of them and then coming to potentially for that. but unfortunately, i would think that the, because the potential is not being fully made use of imploding by the congress by the which in fact is the largest opposition party in the international denial. and that is, in fact, one of the reasons why the b, j, p and the allies, including the assist, i'd able to come forward and push the rhetoric of heat in the country. partly is the failure of the opposition. and partly it is the failure of the populace. i think country where that has been quite, quite a large amount of social, economic, backwardness, quite a large amount of electricity is unable to, i think,

a great extent. see the dangers of majority a party which would and the kind of principle they're trying to. so i and they're somewhat being blinded by the promise of development by the promise of a betterment and, and by the promise of projecting india to be one of the was leading countries are becoming the promises of a trillion economy. when india is still remains according to some other findings to means as an equal countries in the world where that is so much inequality that i use the attempt is to sort of hide that. they're just not just the socio economic inequality. the attempt is rather projecting the leading economic which at which it clearly is not ok. i want to come back over to you, but hal n, you dally? i could see you wanted to get in there. i would like your response to what we had

earlier. and i'd also like to ask you about the, the issue of the agricultural reforms, which as we have with we've talked about before, starts year long process. i mean, it's a pretty, has a large rural population right. so how is that going to play the thing for the p j p. first be hit the atomic casting aspersions on the people of the sir state saying they're not educated enough to differentiate . i think it is rather better get through to people of hooked up to these keys. don't do it. if there is a narrative which any political party ah, less unleashes the people of the state, have wisdom to understand what is good for them and what is not good. see people in this country vote for the future. they have what for what they believe is beneficial to them. and if there were who did wrong, they voted against beach appeared places did we'd be lost of an election and the

fact that the alternatives are better attended. sonata said that if be gibby wins, that the people of that state are uneducated and so big cannot differentiate. this is the said absolutely wrong and acceptable and please do not denigrate the problem as well as what you just said. you're liddy you dissent. you just said the same thing. all right, no, i didn't, i no, let me come now here i might not let, let me come down but the, so let me come down to the shoe of agriculture reforms. it was a very ambitious program of this sir. god lived to do agriculture reforms which would be beneficial to the farmers of this country because this country has a huge population of vaguely coaches in fact that the primary occupation of this country. now, bit of miscommunication that better communications which lead people to believe that these are inadequate laws which may not be good for them. so after trying to persuade the people when it was seen that they're not getting persuaded as the

misgivings continue, we recruit, that's it. and now what up there, she has a lot, a lot of a huge agricultural publish. and so as it will be part of this directory, because as i said, that's it. but i am the occupational people of, of, of india who debra. this education was largely confined to people in the vested and there was a particular community which was particularly and so used because of this because it had its bedding in the politics of harry on ours. no, this community has also seen the subsequent events after the broad and when the deserts will be out in i may at least happy that, but the panelist here are conceding that in democracy the people are won't fit on reject indexed by b tip is likely to win ok, thank you for that. at any bell. if we are going to win, we're not going to win because the, the delivery hit speeches they're going on because people thought future is more secured with as you say it has. but for the future, as you say,

people well give their opinion that the power and that is the point of elections. i'd like to cross back on the, to i to like now as the con, i could see you wanted to get in. there was something you wanted to add i just want to make it very clear that individuals make that. so he said that they didn't it in on here with question those choices. i in guns of that, that are not they would need because an educated on it, but everyone has one right to analyze why those choices will eat in dumbs or what was the impetus or them i just now only i've been on the still reporting. i've met people who lost their immediate family members that has been there on that end in stock or taking it and i had meant them all yet at the peak of the 2nd gave to and, and in so many was said that this langley this love that even now they mean in that that hugely was, it is going to with the government, but they some of them see that we still continue to work for the b g, b, or slang. so reasons for many reasons being ok and what is a hinder gun meant?

this is a guy in the meantime and coming back and just by asking them is, are getting people and we identified with that vendor quantities. and so we work for them. and that is the toys both individual as i'm making. so i think no one's here been judgmental about english. what is but because in order in on and i hope no one has a problem with that. all right, i'd like to come visit with discovered can, this is something about the covert very clearly because we are running out of time very quickly. colbert is a phenomenon which is a global phenomena. and this global phenomena lead how looking to be life. so people all across the board, not just hooked up a dish, not only bigger system collapse than who took the shit collapse every writ, but hats off to the governments of the country, hats off to the people of this country. that default back to the, in the quasi, when it came to recognition, then showed that we have such a huge regulation for growth. that when dismissed him, this time look at the collateral damage. but to just dismiss eligible. so it is not

how you were caught by surprise because the board was caught by surprise. but once you got aware of what is happening, how you, what burke you thought back with such the mission that are sitting with the people at the study as super bowl in the dorm it's included, would be to be governmental. so don't don't things which do not make a logical to look at as you say, this is a pandemic that has affected the entire world and nations. populations around the world are voting on their leaders responses, which i'm sure will be in people's minds at these state elections. we will have to leave it there for time. thank you. all of our guest guests at hunt shoe metal to see kate osh, and fatima. com and thank you for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al jazeera dot com. and the further discussion go to our facebook page says facebook dot com, forward slash ha, inside story. you can also join the conversation on twitter handle is at ha, inside story for me, kim vanelle,

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