Inside BJP’s Mandir Politics and the Sangh's role | Mandate 2024, Ep 1 with Sreenivasan Jain
#loksabhaelection2024 #rammandir #arungovil
Politicians take on many roles. The benevolent patriarch, the diligent everyman, the formidable protector.
But in a corner of one of India’s largest states, a fledgling politician is trying something new - linking himself directly to the divine, a personification of a god whose name is now a rallying cry for the right-wing in India.
Welcome to episode 1 of Mandate 2024: Claim Vs Reality with Sreenivasan Jain, a six-part series that contrasts truth with lie in the biggest electoral battlegrounds.
This week, Sreenivasan heads to Meerut, where one man insists that a vote for him is a vote for “faith towards Lord Ram”. That man is Arun Govil, a first-time politician who’s still a household name after playing the starring role in Doordarshan’s 1980s hit Ramayan series. He stands at the centre of a concerted effort by the Sangh Parivar to drive votes in the name of the mandir, a campaign built on the ruins of a 16th-century mosque.
But rhetoric isn’t reality, papering religion over a government’s other inadequacies. But the BJP laid the groundwork for this crusade decades ago - and the fruit of its labours can now be seen through Govil.
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@tusharpotdar5762
12 күн бұрын
Where is shreenivasan jain's colleague #mariumAlavi? she is also a good reporter
@SK-ne4bf
11 күн бұрын
Undhbhakt be like: Hamey Rozgar ni chahiye.. Hamey Ram Mandir chahiye.. 😂😂
@ShobhitTechVideo
11 күн бұрын
It is because of congress using Muslims as just their votebanks,Muslims are so poor in India,they only gave freebies to Muslims instead of schools,colleges& road connectivity.
@raman87910
11 күн бұрын
Jungle kat raha tha, lekin saare ped kulhadi ko vote de rahe the, Kyunki ped soch rahe the ki kulhadi me lakdi unke samaj ki hai. Hindu now a days.
@syedaasim1046
11 күн бұрын
3:12 😂 Nadda - Habitual liars
Employment in UP??? That's why they are moving South for Money and Job?😂😂😂
@terabaap2079hvgv
12 күн бұрын
iska jawab koi nahi de sakta bahi bas bhuka raho aur up jao ram ram yogi ke sat karo dukh ki bat hai bahi 😢😢😢😢
@amkai2928
12 күн бұрын
@@terabaap2079hvgv bhai, I'm from Gondia(Maharashtra). In Gondia, around 20% of Population is from states like Bihar, UP, MP, Haryana. They just got settled here and still setling from last 30yrs🙄. Even IAS, IPS from different States are coming in Maharashtra after cracking UPSC😭.
@terabaap2079hvgv
12 күн бұрын
@@amkai2928 dukh ki bat hai 😔
@arshdeepsingh9543
12 күн бұрын
@@amkai2928 i am from Punjab, Mohali and here also population of people from these states are continuously growing.
@rout4446
12 күн бұрын
@@amkai2928 kid for last 30 years BJP was not there in UP. And about Bihar bangla still BJP not there. U should ask to ur indi alliance
Thanks to entire Newslaudry team to add Sreenivasan Jain(Legend of Journalism)🎉
@zzzzzzzzzzyy
12 күн бұрын
@@Bharatmatters-yi7ji.. whatever..and ur point is????? RSS murdered Mahaatma Gandhi and still RSS rules india today..😮😮😮
@juncando
12 күн бұрын
@@Bharatmatters-yi7ji So What ? Your fathers sins are not yours.
@debmalyaghosh1114
12 күн бұрын
@@juncando and it's not a sin? Can't believe how so many in our is blind to this striking danger looming over our head
@pp47-04
12 күн бұрын
@@Bharatmatters-yi7ji surely his father was not the only person to do so considering our population! There must have been others as well. Also, it’s absolutely fine if people don’t agree to your views all the time. They don’t need to be labeled for it.
@deepanshu_choudhary_
12 күн бұрын
@@Bharatmatters-yi7ji bjp opposed too though?
Why is the Election Commission not taking action against the BJP?😡😡😡
@ajaysagarmakireddy3057
12 күн бұрын
Becouse BJP changed election commission persons... they keep their support as election commission.. that's why they don't question bro
@iemon7722
12 күн бұрын
BJP told them, "Bi#ch don't kill my vibe"
@Uknown-zb2fc
11 күн бұрын
Bcz change the rules making amendment in constitution and in surat no election is going to happen now it is sure that India will know in upcoming time election will be only like china and russia
@winu1981
11 күн бұрын
Because EC is busy licking feet of BJP bosses
@WallimChwnglim-ni6ts
11 күн бұрын
Election commissioner himself is pet dog of BJP
Election commission is biggest joke in india 😂😂
@ajaysagarmakireddy3057
12 күн бұрын
Yes becouse they keep BJP supporters as election commision leaders ..
@ketansingh7482
11 күн бұрын
second biggest joke after RAHUL GANDHI 🤣🤣🤣
@ravinair-ni7ci
11 күн бұрын
@@ketansingh7482 slim who did terrorism under congress christian who were doing conversion under congress this is right way to get Rozagaar ???🤣🤣 they were so worried about development that they didn't even gave legal right to their own women 🤣🤣 zabaardast development 🤣🤣
@mizoid
11 күн бұрын
@@ketansingh7482 Lol yoy just admitted EC is a joke 🤣😂😂🤣
@SURVINSINGH
11 күн бұрын
@@ketansingh7482bhai andhbhakt gookhane Wale suvvvvars pradhar chuke hain 2 rupali prati comments ki rojgar ke liye
Playing politics with religious sentiments 😢
@mugdhak1316
12 күн бұрын
@@Bharatmatters-yi7ji Doesn't make it right though
@ketansingh7482
12 күн бұрын
@@mugdhak1316 what about caste politics played by congress ???
@pp47-04
12 күн бұрын
@@ketansingh7482 what about it? All parties play caste politics including BJP.
@ketansingh7482
12 күн бұрын
@@pp47-04 so why the selective criticism of BJP by newslaundry?? does the law apply to BJP only...these newslaundry fellows make fun of godi media however they themselvs are no better...
@pp47-04
12 күн бұрын
@@ketansingh7482again wrong. Listen to their podcasts and you will know. Otherwise keep living in your bubble! Adios!
Long live Newslaundry and legendary Sreenivasan Jain.
@naturemeditation3751
6 күн бұрын
LMFAO 🤣
Gold standard with Srinivasan. The sheer tone and tenor is calming and confident
@jojic5048
12 күн бұрын
@@Bharatmatters-yi7ji Back in 2006 Arnab Goswamy was excited and ran around having bagged an interview with Sonia Gandhi, the first one ever gave.he used to gloat over it for a long time.where is his loyalty now
@mrsarkar6933
12 күн бұрын
BJP is looting public money from GST and investing on the radical organisations RSS, vhp and bajrang dal etc and these radical terrorist organisations campaigning for BJP. This is why no fund for employment
@divyanshnigam853
12 күн бұрын
@@Bharatmatters-yi7ji Hypothetically speaking, if your dad was to be a rapist. Would take make you a rapist as well?
@malinibhattacharya9226
11 күн бұрын
@@Bharatmatters-yi7jiTalk about Unemployment, Inflation, Electoral Bonds, Demonization, Education Destruction, Devastating India's Democracy, Global Hunger Index, Dropping Press Freedom, Hindenburg's Report. Srinivasan Jain is a fine journalist and he isn't asking you to vote for his father. So, stop talking rot.
@ravinair-ni7ci
11 күн бұрын
@@malinibhattacharya9226MODI third time win with Majority 💪💪 this answer all your question NDTV daaala and propoganda GANG can't stop MODI
This is exactly what we are missing from mainstream medias... Great work
A true reporter asking the right questions
In politics, Bhakti or hero-worship is a sure road to degradation and to eventual dictatorship. -Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Sreenivasan ji....15-20 daysback ,seen you on aljajeera channel...now seeing you here on news laundry platform... happy to see you after manydays...keep doing your way of journalism .. showing reality & not like seeing in godi media nowdays
This is what I call journalism. Great job done by Mr Srinivasan. You reminded me of this type of journalism which I used to watch during my younger days.
After such a long time I felt like I was actually watching a real News/educational show. This is how a real journalist should be..!! Thankyou so much for your coverage
Really glad that Newslaundry is really kicking it per se with their badass reporting skills especially with Sreenivasan joining this group who haven’t lost their journalistic marbles
Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.... CONGRESS SHOULD STICK TO THE BASICS AND PAY NO ATTENTION TOWARDS modi's Gimmicks
@SoniSingh-fl8cf
11 күн бұрын
congress Pappu and Italian mummy on Bail but Idiots give Gyaan on Modi 😉
@user-mg8bo4sx5w
10 күн бұрын
Agreed ...I think that is what Congress is doing...but its a battle of nerves now.
@SoniSingh-fl8cf
10 күн бұрын
@@user-mg8bo4sx5w Pappu and Italian mummy Out on Bail for Stealing 5,000 Crores but that Idiot commenting before you is giving Gyaan .. Pappu and their Pappu supporters 😉😂😂🤡
@DarshanSivacumaar
7 күн бұрын
If the Congress can have a positive plan for all and stop minority appeasement of one such community and include all Indians will be great start . Congress still has not discloses its MOU with CHINA and to trust these Power hungry corrupt party and its allies is determwntal to India . India must vote for the right party - BJP who have proven that they have a goal to uplift India for better
TRUE journalism, salute to such honesty. May god bless you
Sreeni is one of my favorite journalists. Unbiased, clear and logical.
hat's off to the journalist for asking tough questions in such environment
He's asking valid questions without flinching making them rethink their answers infact even making them duck the questions... Good Professional reporting
जब जनता एक हो जाती है, तब उसके सामने क्रूर से क्रूर शासन भी नहीं टिक सकता______ (सरदार वल्लभ भाई पटेल)
Modi ko samajh me aa gya..ki kaam k naam pr vote milna muskil hai..ab ek last waar.. direct raam k naam pr hi sabko bhadka na padega..bss ab wohi kr rha hai modi ji😢
Great to see vasu in NL Team, one thing for sure BJP will sweep north India as they know how easy to manipulate North states with religion
@vanlalzapichhangte8653
12 күн бұрын
Uneducated votes
@WallimChwnglim-ni6ts
11 күн бұрын
Means northerners are more ignorants
Excellent! Always liked Srinivasan Jain’s reports . This collaboration is amazing .
Srinivasan is a gem of a journalist. Thank you for the addition. English subtitles would be appreciated if possible.
Thank You NewsLaundry team
One of my fav journalists
@SURVINSINGH
11 күн бұрын
@@Bharatmatters-yi7jibhai andhbhakt gookhane Wale suvvvvars pradhar chuke hain nakli ID me 2 rupalli prati comments ki rojgar ke liye
Missed you Srinivasan!!!
@dipucp9685
12 күн бұрын
@@Bharatmatters-yi7ji so? It was democracy then unlike now...
@LuciferScreams
12 күн бұрын
@@dipucp9685 don't try to convince him. Report him he is a it cell account I have seen him commenting on many channels.
@SURVINSINGH
11 күн бұрын
@@Bharatmatters-yi7jibhai andhbhakt gookhane Wale suvvvvars pradhar chuke hain nakli ID me 2 rupalli prati comments ki rojgar ke liye
Gold standard of journalism!
Wonderful clarity in highlighting the reality of the Ram-selling behind BJP's campaign 👌 Congratulations Sreenivan Jain for your comeback on Newslaundry and also the compelling episodes on Al Jazeera. Best wishes.
I really love Srinivasan! He is very smart journalist, the way he frames his question. Good work Srinivasan! Keep it up! Good luck to News Laundry!
Nice reporting .. which reflects the society . Unemployment and inflation is major concerns for everyone whether he is lower middle class or upper middle class
Excellent reporting Sriniwasan Jain.
@drabhibds
12 күн бұрын
his father Prannoy Roy must be so proud of him
@drabhibds
12 күн бұрын
@@SauravSingh-mg4cm lagta hai tera baap bhi prannoy hai
@RealAthrey
12 күн бұрын
@@drabhibds damn bro But you're still fatherless 🤡
@SURVINSINGH
11 күн бұрын
@@drabhibdsbhai andhbhakt gookhane Wale suvvvvars pradhar chuke hain nakli ID me 2 rupalli prati comments ki rojgar ke liye
Let me become a Doctor…. Then I will study how to perform a Surgery etc 😂😂😂
@Vedhas_DadsDiscus
12 күн бұрын
Correction, Pehle mujhe chhor banavo, fir chorri karne seekenge ! Samjhe betta
Very happy to see Srinivasan on NL channel, very efficient & brilliant journalist of our time,
It is so good to see Pre-Viksit Bharat Era journalism back in action! Thank you so much NL and Jain Sir! Gullu’s of the world should learn from this.
So good to see Sreenivasan Jain, love your work and spirit to support the true journalism. Big thanks to Newslaundry🙏
Sreenivasan Jain Ji, amazing reporting, I wonder how you got access to all these people and how wonderfully you have put it together.
This is exactly like "Ram ke Naam" documentary by Anand Patwardhan. Instead of discouraging the supporters, it will encourage them and more voters actually!
i feel proud of NewsLaundry and other independent KZread news channels for covering what is happening in India and also feel pity on those, whose eyes are still closed or are acting blind to see what's happening on in our beloved INDIA.
Dear Vasu ji, Salute to your courage and persistence. You can ask any question from anyone in any polarised crowd. Best of all is that you do so in midst of those who feel teased even by your presence, and not within the safe walls of tv studio. Jai Bhim Jai Bharat
This is extraordinary stuff. It's been years that we've seen such brave in the face journalism. Sreenivasan asking blunt questions to Arun Govil is sheer bravery.
It's great to see you, sir. Sreenivasan Jain, the legend
Great addition, Sreenivasan has an excellent body of work behind him. Great work!
Setting benchmarks for ground reporting and journalism ....excellent work sreenivasan ji❤
@hssp1534
12 күн бұрын
@@Bharatmatters-yi7ji so what father is , the son also becomes the same? 😂 hats off to your intelligence!! (don't take it is a compliment 😛)
@mrsarkar6933
12 күн бұрын
BJP is looting public money from GST and investing on the radical organisations RSS, vhp and bajrang dal etc and these radical terrorist organisations campaigning for BJP. This is why no fund for employment
@chad6579
12 күн бұрын
Stop commenting the same bs in every section 😂
@sathishcomiccon2698
11 күн бұрын
@@Bharatmatters-yi7ji good joke
@ravinair-ni7ci
11 күн бұрын
@@Bharatmatters-yi7ji slim who did terrorism under congress christian who were doing conversion under congress this is right way to get Rozagaar ???🤣🤣 they were so worried about development that they didn't even gave legal right to their own women 🤣🤣 zabaardast development 🤣🤣
Nice to see Shreenivasan here! Back on ground, where he is the brilliant best! Love him, love you news laundry! Kudos on a great force multiplication! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks NL for Srinivasan Jain !!!
❤👍🏼from Kerala
@ajaysagarmakireddy3057
12 күн бұрын
From Andhra Pradesh ❤👍
There is a long way to go for the opposition to beat this robust and well fueled election winning machinery.
Superb!! Brilliant!
Outstanding ground reporting & journalism 🙏
Apke jaise neutral or free media house ki bharat ko sakt jarurat hai taki bharat ki asli mudda samne aye. Please sir/mam i am kindly requesting to you to continue your work like this. Me ab ek student hu mere pas koi source of income nahi he lekin apke kam ko bahat pasand karta hu aur apko support karna chahta hu. Jab me job karunga tab me jaruru contribute karunga.
It's great to see Sreenivasan Jain reporting... He's one of the best...
Really... astonished at the level of brave journalism...thanks to Srinivasan for his effort
God bless you Vasu🎉
Good to see you Srinivas sir..
The way the questions are asked is commendable.. hats off..
Excellent first video by Srinivasan. Congratulations News Minute and News Laundry
Great work shrinivasan ....hats off to you for your bold journalism...keep it up...
Wow candidate is unaware of the issues of the constituency he is asking vote for... this is great... This is more than enough to not vote for him....
I'm so glad to see Srinavasan jain with news laundary. Great guy, great journalist, He might not remember me but I had a great experience working in his team while doing Truth vs Hype's episode on Cambridge analytica, Karnataka elections 2018 and many more.
This nonsense of a PM is unbearable. He needs to go. He nedds to be punished and put behind the bars for the rest of his life for his roles in spreading hatred, dividing India on religious lines, killing of numerous Indians in communal riots. India stay United & vote this hate-filled Narbhakshi out of power.🇮🇳
I like this extraordinary reporter/journalist , he is also one of those suffered the takeover of Ndtv .
Excellent news
Hats off to Srinivasan Jai and Newslaundry and newsminute
Good to see NL team expanding!!
Best journalist. Very proud to have you
News laundry, you give me hope! Contributing now. Voting with my INR!
HATS OFF TO ALL OF BRAVE HONEST REPORTING ❤️❤️❤️👌👍💪💪💪
wow simply suberb to see Sreenivasan Jain in your camp, not that NewsLaundry needed validation - but just great to see the team grow, more power to you!
Ab ki baar #BJPTadiPaar
Thank you srinivasan jain, it is because of legendary journalists like you and ravish kumar, we still have hope in the revival of true democracy and secularism in india. Best of luck to team newslaundary and newsminute.
Great to see Shrinivasan Jain, comfortable and relevant, revealing BJP’s sheer lack of any real agenda beyond the “Ram” mileage
Thank you newslaundry and news minute .❤
Amazing work 🎉
Bharat is not only for hindu or muslim. there are Christians, there are sikh, there is Buddhist. Let's stop dividing our nation on the basis of religion 🙏🙏. Let's celebrate diversity in unity to all my indian brothers and sisters.❤
Wow for Repoter having courage for asking questions
Mantri ji muddon k bare sochna suru nehi kiya hai...😅 or ye log sirf bhagwan k naam pr hi ye chunaw karega bol rha hay 😮
Thats what we call a true journalism, Salute to Sreenivasan Ji, And big thanks to team News laundry and News minute I m damn sure you guys on right side history books, Kuddos Team Nl NM
Mr. Sreenivasan Jain, really happy to see you back on track. I had commented on your coverage on Bharat jodo yatra during your last few weeks in NDTV & said you appeared completely disinterested & sounded incoherent. Good to see you re back in original form. 👍
Appreciated 👍👍
Nice to see your reporting Sreenivasan. What a relief to our ears and soul, after all the drama, hyper hand movements and banging, screaming we witness on prime time. The dressed up dolls, Anjana, Chitra, Navika and the new drama queen Rubika, who competes with the kinds of Arnab to claim 'my prime minister', it was a torture to watch Sushant, Aman, Rahul and caught in the act Sudhir Chaudhary. What a comfort to hear news like back in the old days with details backed by data in a respectful, controlled voice manner. Much as I enjoy watching Manisha, Atul, Abhinandan, the homecoming of the old gold feels good.
Irony is meerut street with open sewage and fleeting in an Audi asking for vote. That was an excellent camera/reporting work of showing issues subtly.
This channel belongs 2 Congress ...🌚🌚
@SURVINSINGH
11 күн бұрын
Bhai andhbhakt gookhane Wale suvvvvars pradhar chuke hain nakli ID me 2 rupalli prati comments ki rojgar ke liye
@saida87229
6 күн бұрын
Julaab namaazi jamaat aaj Gurubani ke bajaye Pappu ke pyjame se tapakti hui julaab ko muh laga rahe hai 😂😂😂🤣
3rd last state from bottom will always choose third class leader!
Very nice video.. Very well covered.. With so much patience...jai ho mr sreenivasan ke patience ki limit ki. 🙏
Hats off to you to be in between these cowards and roaring with your questions like a lion
Jai shri ram ❤ Abki baar 400 paar 😊 New india is no more secular 😂
@DistantDreamer892
12 күн бұрын
then why modi claim india is secular when he goes in foreign countries
@SURVINSINGH
11 күн бұрын
Bhai andhbhakt gookhane Wale suvvvvars pradhar chuke hain nakli ID me 2 rupalli prati comments ki rojgar ke liye
Congress party sirf apne vikas ke bare me sochti hai BJP pure desh ke vikas ke bare me sochati hai. BJP ne 10 salo me jitna desh ka vikas kiya hai congress utna 50 salo me bhi nhi kar payegi. This is truth. ✅
@LifeizSimple
12 күн бұрын
🤔👍
@SURVINSINGH
11 күн бұрын
Bhai andhbhakt gookhane Wale suvvvvars pradhar chuke hain nakli ID me 2 rupalli prati comments ki rojgar ke liye
@prayassharma3092
10 күн бұрын
@@LifeizSimple :- Bhai Sirf is liye Hindu Congress and Left ko vote nahi deta tum jaise faltu logo ki vajah se. Are usko Goo khanewala Kyo bol raha hai. Ayse to tu uski Rational thinking ko khatam kar dega.
Legend of retail journalism, Srinivasan Jain ! great to see him back in action
Thank you, SJ for the report and collaboration.
Great salute to this man Srinivas stand tall, and history will remember him like Pranoy Rai. He can very well join godi to earn more money but he stand on the side of truth.
Hats off to ur break through ground reporting, absolutely Gold Standard
Its a relief to see actually journalism... Thanks newslaundry.
Newslaundry, We appreciate that you have Sreenivasan Jain working for you.
Good to see and hear you after such a long time. Please continue your superb journalism. Thank you news laundry.
save ladakh save manipur save democracy save constitution save INDIA❤
@prnathan633
4 күн бұрын
From scamgress?
I am inspired to see journalists like Sreenivasan and others from @newslaundry do a commendable job. Always looking forward to reporting that gives unadulterated information.
Very nice to see Srinivasji after long time. I am really a big fan of you.
Jai Shri Ram. Bhagwan Ram would be so proud of Srinivasan Jain.