Transcript · Hindi → English
Protests Against Government Policies in India
Why are you marching on the road with the tricolor?
I'm angry,
that's why I'm doing this. Because the country is in such a state now
Look, I'm a millennial. In 2012, when the India Against
Corruption movement happened, I went then too. I was in college,
and I went carrying the tricolor. Back then,
we thought we were marching because the country would improve, and we
voted for the BJP. People voted for them at that time, and
again they came to power. But look at the state the country is in.
The change of power that happened then—
Yes.
You're standing with the tricolor today, and you stood with it then as well.
Yes.
What difference do you feel there is?
The difference is that the Congress government used to respect protesters.
No one detained us.
Yes.
We protested in many places because
they didn't shut anything down. No one was detained. That was a
a respectful protest, that was a constitutional protest, and what is happening now
is that
is shame. That is shame, and that's the difference, and that's why
everyone's angry. Everyone is venting their anger because how can they
do this?
government? This is, this is a democracy, right?
The CJP leaders, Neha Bora and others, had called for a Tiranga March.
Yes.
Then they were detained.
Yes.
They weren't allowed to come here.
Yes.
So you're doing it yourselves because Central Park—
Yes.
there was no place to go.
Yes.
So what do you think, how will this go, how will this happen?
Look, Deep K., was a normal student at Boston University
in. Neha
Bora is p-perhaps ten years younger than me. They're all people like us.
They're all fighting for us, so we can't just sit at home like this.
That, yes, if the leaders aren't there, they've been detained, so let's have fun today.
That's not
how it works. This is everybody's protest, this is everybody's nation. If
they are detained, we will lead. When we are detained,
some other child will come forward and lead. Yes.
Now, a new thing has been added to this protest, which is Ankita Bhandari's murder case,
for which there is also a protest, and her parents were detained from India Gate.
Yes.
Yes.
Those sitting under the opposition's patronage, were protesting.
Yes.
What do you have to say about this?
I think this government hates women and it does not
respect women, because this isn't the first time. From Hathras onward,
so many, so many things have happened. In Delhi
itself, around us, from our park, things have happened to girls.
Murd—and look at Brij Bhushan's case, the wrestlers' case,
I'm an MMA fighter myself, and I was deeply saddened because our
country's girls who are winning Olympic medals are unable to protect
themselves, right, from a government official.
This is just shameful, and with such uneducated,
uninformed, regressive, orthodox people,
you cannot run a country. Nobody is going to listen to you, and that
is what is happening.
People don't respect the government anymore because they don't have anything
to
respect in it.
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Original transcript (Hindi)
तिरंगा मार्च क्यों कर रहे हैं आप लोग सड़क पे? गुस्सा आ रहा है मुझे, इसीलिए कर रही हूं। क्योंकि देश का ऐसे हाल हो गया है ना कि अ-देखो मैं millennial हूं। मैं 2012 जब अपना India Against Corruption हुआ था, तब भी मैं गई थी। मैं college में थी,
तिरंगा लेकर ही गई थी। तब हमको लगा था कि हम मार्च कर रहे हैं क्योंकि देश अच्छा बनेगा और हमने BJP को दिया था vote, उस time पे लोगों ने दिया था और again they came to power। लेकिन देखो क्या हाल हो गया है देश का। आपको उस वक्त जो सत्ता परिवर्तन अब हुआ-
जी। और आज तिरंगा लेकर खड़ी हैं, उस वक्त भी खड़ी थी। जी। क्या फर्क लगता है आपको? फर्क लगता है कि तब Congress government used to respect protesters।
हमको किसी ने detain नहीं किया था। जी। कोई भी हम-हमने बहुत जगह protest किया था क्योंकि कुछ बंद नहीं किया था। किसी को detain नहीं किया गया था। That was a respectful protest, that was a constitutional protest और अब जो हो
रहा है that is shame, that is shame and that is what, what's the difference is and that's why everyone's angry. सबके गुस्सा निकल रहा है क्योंकि ऐसे कैसे कर सकते हैं government? This is, this is a democracy है ना।
जो CJP leaders थे, नेहा बोरा वगैरह, उन्होंने call दिया था तिरंगा मार्च के लिए। जी। फिर उनको detain कर लिया गया। जी। उनको यहां आने नहीं दिया गया।
जी। तो आप लोग खुद से ही कर रहे हैं क्योंकि Central Park- जी। में जाने की जगह नहीं थी। हां।
तो क्या लगता है आपको कि क्या, कैसे चलेगा, ये कैसे होगा? देखो, जो दीप के है, वो एक normal student था Boston University में। जो नेहा बोरा है वो श-शायद मेरे से दस साल छोटी है। सब हमारे जैसे इंसान हैं। वो सब लड़ रहे हैं हमारे लिए, तो हम ऐसे नहीं घर पे बैठ सकते
कि हां तो leaders नहीं है, वो detain हो गए तो हम चलो आज मस्ती करते हैं, ऐसे नहीं होता है। This is everybody's protest, this is everybody's nation। अगर डिटे-वो detained है तो हम lead करेंगे। जब हमको detain किया जाएगा तो कोई और बच्चा आ जाएगा, lead करेंगे। Yes.
अभी इस protest में एक नई चीज ये जुड़ गई है कि जो अंकिता भंडारी का murder case है, उस पे भी protest हो रहा है और उनके मां बाप को India Gate से detain कर लिया गया। जी। जो विपक्ष की सरपरस्ती में बैठे थे, protest कर रहे थे।
जी। इस पे क्या कहना है आप? I think this government hates women and it does not respect women क्योंकि ये पहली बात नहीं है। हतरास से लेके बहुत-बहुत, बहुत-बहुत सारी चीजें हुआ है। दिल्ली में
ही हुआ है, हमारे आसपास हुआ है, हमारे park से हुआ है लड़कियों के साथ हत-and देखो बृजभूषण का जो case हुआ था, जो wrestlers के, मैं खुद एक MMA fighter हूं और बहुत अफसोस हुआ था क्योंकि हमारे देश की जो लड़कियां जिनको Olympic medals मिल रहे हैं, वो अपने आप को protect नहीं कर पा रही हैं, है ना, from a government official.
This is just shameful और आप ऐसे uneducated, uninformed, regressive, orthodox लोगों से देश नहीं चला सकते। Nobody is going to listen to you and that is what is happening. People don't respect the government anymore because they don't have anything
to respect in it.
