Hindi → English transcript

So you didn’t run for election?

What’s the answer, tell me. Are you contesting from Jorhat or not?

What’s the answer, tell me. Are you contesting from Jorhat or not?

Look, in Jorhat I did want to contest. In the parliamentary election,

पार्लियामेंट्री इलेक्शन में हम जोरहाट में हार गया

I lost in Jorhat. So I felt that my… You lost? Yes, I lost. When I lost,

आप हार गए?

हां मैं हार गया

then I openly told people,“ Look, I lost here.” So it is better for me to stay in

तो मुझे मेरा सेफ सीट में रहना ठीक है

So are you not contesting out of fear?

Out of fear— what you said, I said…

Meaning, is Himanta Biswa Sarma accepting that he is afraid? You, Kaushik Deka ji,

आप एकदम कौशिक डेका जी ये मान के चलिए

जो डेमोक्रेसी में जो वर्डिक्ट होते हैं मैं हम्बली उनको एकनॉलेज करता हूं

Why would I be above the public?

At that time the public of Jorhat rejected the BJP.

So at that time I decided that in any constituency where the BJP lost,

if I go to contest there,

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