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In Conversation with BSP Member of Parliament Ritesh Pandey

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From from from from Ambedkar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, India's most electorally significant state as it has as much as 80 seats in India's. 543 member Luxaba Ritesh is also known for making many fiery speeches in Parliament on important legislations. He and and and and represents the Bahujan Samaj Party party, whose main goal is to represent the aspirations of scheduled costs, scheduled tribes, other backward costs or observes along with religious minorities

Ritesh is a Member of Parliament from Ambedkar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh and represents the Bahujan Samaj Party. #indianpoliticsonthinktank

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Covid and on the ground realities

Rathesh to start off, this has been an unprecedented period of suffering for the country. And some of the images which have surfaced from Uttar Pradesh of dead bodies floating in the Holy River Ganges as a result of the coronavirus has been disturbing, to say the least. So I just wanted to get your side of the story on this
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Ritesh Pandey
@Ritesh789 · 5:00
So therefore the government has failed somewhere to communicate or develop relevant material in the form of video or advertisements on TV, where they could actually explain on how the vaccine works and the importance of it and how even the people that actually there were some cases where people died after being vaccinated, they could have been related to the vaccine and they could have not been related to the vaccine
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Welcome to Swell!

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@Ritesh789 The rise of Bhim Army and Chandrashekhar Azad?

And Barbara Bambitar's vision put forth in texts such as The Annihilation of Caste have had a profound influence on many leaders and given rise to many social movements. So in this context, what do you make of the Beam Army? And Chandashi krazad
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Ritesh Pandey
@Ritesh789 · 3:15
So it just comes across as a bunch of young, power hungry people trying to pit one Bojan movement against another, which is counterproductive to the cause. And I think the core constituency that they try and address this to which is the thousands of dollars constituency understands this. And it also realizes that the BSP just wasn't just thrown out there. And suddenly a party was created
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@Ritesh789 India’s climate change efforts

Ridiculous. One of the biggest talking points globally, especially since Joe Biden was elected to the presidency in America, is the issue of climate change. Now, I know this is an issue which you're very passionate about, and there are various dimensions to this. And you know, at the highly encouraged that you dwell deep into this in whichever way that you think this topic needs to be explored
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Ritesh Pandey
@Ritesh789 · 4:52
The bill focuses on setting up an independent climate Commission that would be responsible for implementing carbon budgets. Now independent is the word here. What does this even mean for the government? The Environment Pollution Authority in India has no keys. They have foregone environmental protection interests for the sake of short sighted economic interest. Any interest that puts the economy over environment protection is short sighted in a poor country like India that will be devastated by climate change. This is just really scary
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@Ritesh789 the urban rural divide

And I suppose the urban rural divide has only increased. And because of the Pandey, there's been a lot of reverse migration to smaller towns, as we all know. But in a broader context, what do you make of this divide and the rise in inequality in the country
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Ritesh Pandey
@Ritesh789 · 5:00
Now, that prompts them to go and get educated first, because that's the prerequisite. Now, if these people were given better education, if they were given standard quality education that the private school people get, then obviously they could also go and compete in private jobs. And this gap of inequality that you're talking about could then narrow
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@Ritesh789 Your reading of the UP govts performance

Rakesh apologies if you weren't able to complete the previous post. But sticking with the theme of the economy, the Yogi Adhatana government has been credited for helping build infrastructure in the state, especially in the areas of highways. So how would you say that the up government has performed in terms of the economy and an audience question on this is that Uttar Pradesh has great manpower, educational institutions, etc. So is there a vision to make it the tech and innovation leader of the country?
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Ritesh Pandey
@Ritesh789 · 5:00
And then you need to compare to the BSP. In the BSP stand, there were about 26 lakh jobs in one goal that BSP had given, and there were many more of opportunities that were given to individuals and in a very transparent manner. If the BST comes back into power, you can be rest assured that it's
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@Ritesh789 pop culture notions of politicians, your thoughts?

So how do you personally manage to stay grounded and not get carried away with all the adulation and subservience, which is widely believed to be associated with being a politician in India
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@Ritesh789 · 3:51
Sadly, I haven't seen miserable yet, but I've heard a lot about deliberately tried to stay away from it. But there is, I know the kind of what they depict in terms of politicians in series such as Mesa for obviously it's nowhere close. But UPy is not the up of the 70s or 80s where there was a weak police force. Technology wasn't there to track people down, and it was just a lawless. East, at least in east DUP, things have changed
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@Ritesh789 Upcoming elections and your vision for Ambedkar Nagar

Thanks for being candid about that rotation. You know, I'm a big fan of podcasts as well. So just to conclude, I had a couple of questions. So the first one is that, you know, the Uttar Pradesh elections is due next year. And I know that the Samajwadi Party did exceedingly well in the Banchayat polls, which was recently concluded
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Ritesh Pandey
@Ritesh789 · 5:00
And of course, at the same point, social media strategies have to be established at the grassroots. Then the back end starts where content needs to be developed, some content in local dialects. And of course it has to be very precise and short and easily consumable
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@Ritesh789 Thank you for this amazing conversation 🙏

Rhodesh. This has been such an enlightening conversation for me. And I've learned so much from speaking with you today as well as listening to your speeches in Parliament. And I'm really looking forward to hearing your take on crucial policies in the upcoming sessions. It's been wonderful speaking with you on Swell. Thanks for going into so much detail and I definitely want to host you again on the think Tanks. Welcomed. I hope you're staying safe and have a great weekend
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Ritesh Pandey
@Ritesh789 · 0:07
Thanks. Karin. Fairly enjoyed the podcast. See you soon. Thank you
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