Chandrashekhar Azad inteview: 'You were not elected to do religious rituals, but to meet aspirations... Or, quit'
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad interview: “If I don’t consider a deity my God, it is not disrespect. It would be if I said something against a deity... Who complained against Delhi minister Gautam? BJP. Who forced him to resign? AAP. Both are using Ambedkar’s name just for votes”
The crowds that turned up for the UPPET exam last week were seen as equally a sign of the state government’s mismanagement as of the scale of the scarcity of jobs. How do you see it?
AZAD: India doesn’t have democracy anymore, because democracy is the rule of people. Now, there is a monarchy, which looks like democracy. During elections, we see political parties make big promises for jobs. Some say they will give 2 crore jobs. You must have seen that before elections in UP earlier this year, the government started giving rations to people… This is a bribe for votes. Political parties lie before elections. The youth are also struggling because of this. They study and hope for a government job… The condition of unemployment is so bad that for 10 vacancies of even a Class IV job, five lakh people apply. Out of the five lakh, two lakh people are well-qualified. We are not even using the capabilities of the country well.
We saw the kind of mismanagement that happened during the UPPET examination. I don’t believe in criticism but everyone was saying that had the examination been a religious event, flower petals would have been showered on the aspirants. I believe the Chief Minister of the state should have been aware of the challenges. In religious events, new trains are run, and in election rallies too. You are the guardian of the state as the CM, and you should have ensured that the students get to travel in safe conditions…
He (Yogi Adityanath) keeps talking of the safety of sisters and daughters. They had to suffer so much… Who will take responsibility for this? The CM should remember that people have not voted for you so that you can sit in your residence to perform religious rituals. You have been voted to power to fulfill the aspirations of the youth. If you can’t, then please resign.
Protests are ongoing at Allahabad University and Banaras Hindu University by student groups against the hike in fees.
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