At the time of elections in some states,
the allegations of regionalism and Hindi impositions
have become the go to political plans.
It's Kannada versus Hindi.
You only want to impose Hindi on us.
What is the reason, I want to know why do you want Hindi.
What's your problem?
Suresh Kumar director of the KMF board said the dairy farmers will not allow
KMF to sell curd packets using the word Dahi in Karnataka.
Is Bihari an abuse?
If Bihari is a curse, then come...
I work at this shop, and I am from Bihar,
we Hindi speaking people face a lot of problems.
The Hindutva ideology that has emerged in the last 10 years,
whose aim is to unite all the Indians under a civilizational banner,
a big challenge they face is of regionalism.
It is not only in the southern states,
it is there in non-Southern states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Punjab.
The criminal activity, crime happening is on the borders of
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Bangladesh.
Friends, these bhaiyas who come to rule here from UP, Delhi, and Bihar,
chuck them out!
But because the results of the Karnataka elections are due in a few days,
the anti-north sentiments have again come
to the fore at the time of this election.
Amul recently announced that it is making a foyer in Karnataka
by starting online deliveries,
and this announcement did not go down too well with some sections of Kannadigas.
The Bruhat Bengaluru Hotels announced that it will only use Nandini milk
to support the state farmers.
In fact, anti-north sentiments like these sometimes cross the limit so much
that they started demanding to remove Hindi words from the anthem
of the Royal Challenger Bangalore of IPL.
They are talking about banning
all the non-Tamil players from the Chennai Super Kings.
In fact, some intellectuals are even talking about making
the United States of South India.
So let's talk about this issue of regionalism.
Is the center discriminating against the southern States?
Are they trying to impose Hindi in the South?
Hello, welcome to this episode of Sham Sharma show.
I am Sham Sharma, the CEO of Secularism, and a secular salute to all of you.
So see, the sentiment of regionalism in independent India started
when the states were reorganized on the basis of languages.
This was done under the State Reorganization Act in 1956,
and the goal of this act was that the different languages of the states of India
and the culture of different regions
would be protected and promoted in these states.
But another result of this is that
regionalism became very big in some states,
and discrimination and hatred against other states also increased.
And often political parties try to divide people
by taking advantage of regionalism, and try to win elections.
Sometimes I think that if BJP abandons nationalism and Hindutva
and adopts regionalism,
do the opposition parties hate BJP so much that they will abandon regionalism
and adopt Hindutva and nationalism?
Whenever the culture and civilization of India are described,
this phrase Unity in Diversity is often used.
Some states are claiming that India's diversity is in danger,
and according to these people, the first danger is Hindi imposition.
Politicians, intellectuals, and celebrities
often raise their voices against Hindi imposition.
We respect all languages but our mother language will always be Tamil.
Beloved Tamil is the root of our existence.
While speaking at the event,
AR Rahman said that this is a time to celebrate all differences.
And protest is also done against it.
After the anti-Hindi protests in Tamilnadu,
now Karnataka is up in arms against the use of Hindi in the metro sign boards.
It's Kannada versus Hindi.
The Kannada language debate has positively exploded in Bengaluru.
Recently, the talk about the Hindi imposition came about when Amit Shah said,
right now, English is sort of the link language of India,
but English is a foreign language.
We should make an Indian language the link language,
and we should use Hindi for that,
because Hindi is the most widely spoken and understood language.
But a few politicians of the South are upset with this.
They believe Hindi is a threat to their state's culture.
They say that many people who speak Hindi are immigrating to their state,
and due to this Hindi is increasing in their state,
and their native language is dying out.
And on the other hand, the Central Government is trying to impose Hindi
on their states by using the education system and the National Education Policy.
But if we look at some facts,
it becomes clear that immigration is not as high as politicians are claiming.
For example, there are 25 lakh migrants in Tamil Nadu's 7 crore population.
25 lakhs is less than the amount spent by Arvind Kejriwal on curtains in his house.
And if we look at Karnataka, especially Bangalore,
the maximum number of migrants are not from the northern states,
but from Tamil Nadu, followed by Andhra, and then Kerala.
So Karnataka should worry about Tamil and Telugu imposition,
not Hindi imposition.
I want to raise another point that some politicians from the South
are very concerned about Hindi imposition in southern states
because Hindi is not the language of the South,
but Hyderabad has a huge Muslim population who mostly speak Urdu,
then why don't these politicians oppose them?
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Don't talk about eggplant.
Oh lord, your divine ways! You shot lightning through cricket's ass.
Alhamdulillah, Hyderabad and the entire princely state-Hyderabad
became a part of our dear country India.
In fact, Telangana Chief Minister KCR
wants to make Urdu the second language of the Telangana state,
and Owaisi also gives his speech in Urdu in the assembly.
Most Muslims speak Urdu, but Urdu has been the language of everyone.
If Hindi is an imposition,
then Urdu is also not the language of the South,
why is there no Urdu imposition?
It is the same thing as a person saying that I will not eat Vadapav
because the potatoes were brought by Portugese and I will not eat outside food,
and then the same person goes to McDonald's the next day
and orders a potato cutlet Burger.
And now coming to the allegation that the Indian government
is imposing Hindi by using the education policy.
I believe that keeping in mind the unity in diversity,
we should also respect the linguistic diversity of India.
All the states should learn each other's languages mutually.
But some politicians are trying to show that regional languages
are being destroyed and Hindi is being imposed on them, this is also wrong.
If we look at the National Education Policy,
there is a provision in it that all the children of the country
will be given education in their mother tongue till the age of 8 years.
Secondly, the National Education Policy has developed a 3-language system.
In this, every Indian student will learn two Indian languages and English together.
So the child of every state can take instruction in their mother tongue.
And girls from South Delhi and South Mumbai
can take instruction in this language.
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I can't shop like these pleps, no seriously, babe!
In fact, some politicians of North India like Yogi Adityanath
have also said that instead of learning French and German,
the students of UP should also learn the languages of South and North East.
And I believe that the Central Government should encourage
all the states to teach the languages of other states to their students in schools.
It will also increase friendship, trust,
and understanding among different states.
But looking at the National Education Policy,
at least it does not seem that they are trying to forcefully
impose Hindi on other states.
But despite this, the National Education Policy is being opposed
in the name of regionalism and Hindi imposition.
What do you want?
It's not that simple.
What do you want?
The second complaint that some politicians in the South have
is that the central government is economically disadvantaging
the Southern states as compared to the Northern states.
These politicians claim that some of the southern states,
if we look at their economic projections,
are growing much faster than the northern states and will continue to do so.
If we also look at the Per Capita Gross State Domestic Product of Southern states,
then it will also grow very fast in the next 10 years,
and it will be around ₹5,50,000,
which is two and a half times more than the average of the Northern states.
For every ₹1 of tax contributed by Uttar Pradesh,
that state receives ₹1.79 back from central taxes.
Tamilnadu puts ₹1, we get 30-35 paise back.
So it's not the money that we begrudge, it's a lack of progress.
It's like throwing money down a well.
Another big issue for the Southern states is that they pay more taxes
in comparison to the Northern states,
but they receive less revenue in return from the center.
For example, when Tamilnadu pays ₹100, they receive ₹30 only,
but when Bihar pays ₹100, they receive ₹219.
This is done because the population of Northern states is more,
so they are paid more,
and the population of Southern states is less, so they are paid less.
And according to some politicians,
this problem will become even bigger,
because if the female fertility rate of the Southern states
is less than the replacement rate.
Replacement level fertility rate
means the average number of children born per woman.
The rate at which a population exactly replaces itself in every generation.
So this replacement rate is roughly 2.1 children per woman.
As I said, the fertility rate of southern women is lower than the replacement rate.
It is 2.92 in Bihar, 2.3 in Uttar Pradesh, 2.3 in Madhya Pradesh,
2.2 in Rajasthan, which is more than the replacement rate.
So those whose replacement rate is low, their population will decrease,
whose replacement rate is high, their population will increase.
Earlier the division of taxes
between different states was according to the 1971 census.
Some time ago the government announced that the division of taxes
will be based on the 2011 census instead of the 1971 census.
The government has also said that
it won't be like the North would get a lot of money
and the South will get less money, they will bear it in mind.
But southern states' politicians are worried that the little money
they are getting will be reduced further,
and the northern states will start getting more money.
This kind of disparity has been witnessed
in examples like the government spending on Railways too.
The budget allocated for 22-23 for new lines to the southern railway
is only 59 crores, and for the northern railway is 13,200 crores.
Wow!
So basically the southern states are complaining that
we have controlled our population and grown our economy,
whereas some of the northern states have not even grown their economy
and have not even controlled their population,
then why are we getting punished, and why are they getting extra money?
I feel bad, brother!
Some facts should come out in response to these allegations.
The first is that as far as GDP is concerned,
there are many northern states whose GDP is more than the southern states.
On top of that, income inequality is also higher
in the southern states than in the northern states.
For example, the income inequality in Kerala, Karnataka,
and Tamil Nadu is much higher than in the northern states.
And as far as we talk about tax and GDP,
in states like Maharashtra and Karnataka,
a large part of it comes from cities like Bangalore and Mumbai.
The Economic Survey of 2018-19 showed that Bengaluru district alone
contributes two-thirds of Karnataka's GDP,
and 30% of Maharashtra's tax comes from Mumbai.
And in these cities too, the immigrant population is very high,
which means that the immigrants who are coming are not just freeloading.
Immigrants are also contributing to the economy,
and are also contributing to tax revenue.
Another fact that Nobel Laureate Abhishek Banerjee has also said is that
in the states of northern India which were under the control of the Mughals,
the Mughals implemented a very oppressive Zamindari system,
which was not implemented in the southern regions.
And the states where the Zamindari system was implemented
have historically had less investment in health and education.
And if you look at states like Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan,
and West Bengal, they have almost 100% landlord holding,
whereas in southern states this proportion is very less.
And not only in India,
but there are also other countries like America and Germany,
where there are some states which overperform economically
than other states, and there is a big difference between
how much they contribute and how much they receive.
So it doesn't happen with India only.
Countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland,
and Germany continue to have a lopsided sharing of fiscal burden.
Another point to be kept in mind is that Andhra Pradesh and Telangana,
which fall in these southern states,
had demanded special category status from the Central Government sometime back.
That is, they have low resources and economic base,
infrastructure is backward,
and the state's finances are in a very bad condition.
So it is not that only the northern states are in a bad condition.
But keeping all these facts in mind,
I want to say that the southern states have this very strong point
that this type of inequality,
where we see that states with a large population
and poverty are getting more money,
the states with controlled population and good economy are getting less money,
this is wrong.
The states of northern India and the central government should
make such special plans and provisions
so that their economy also gets a boost,
and also ban Shilajit in these states.
But if there is talk of population control,
should this argument be made with the Muslim community as well?
Because their total fertility rate is more than the Hindu community.
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I think both the Central Government and the State Government should
focus on the education infrastructure in these North Indian states,
both school and higher education, and then for the educated youth,
employment opportunities need to be provided within these states.
Recently, some labor-intensive industries have been
developed in Madhya Pradesh, which has helped a lot in their economy.
Uttar Pradesh is also developing good infrastructure,
developing manufacturing, and developing the IT sector in its state
so that its people will get employment in the state itself.
If you look at West Bengal, it is connected to the sea,
and they also have old industrial infrastructure.
By using it, they can develop industries and trade sectors.
If we look at Bihar, then Bihar has a lot of labor and a lot of fertile land,
by using it and by developing proper policies,
they can make Bihar the second bread bowl of India,
the second Punjab of India.
And if we don't do this, the economic pressure on the southern states
will continue growing in the same way,
and the enmity between different states
will continue to increase in the same way.
So this reason is valid.
But why do politicians routinely raise this point
during the election time and again,
the way Simp routinely comments below the photos of girls?
And I believe that the reason is Hindutva.
Basically, Hindutva has successfully united Indians in the last 10 years
by breaking cast, regional and linguistic barriers.
Journalist Shekhar Gupta once said,
You can use caste to divide what religion united,
or you can employ religion to restitch what caste divided.
And in the same way, Hindutva believes that Indian society has been weak,
it has been occupied by outsiders because it was divided
on the basis of caste and language,
and the goal of Hindutva is to unite Indians.
And in this ideology of Hindutva,
BJP's economic strategy also comes that by using its economic programs,
the oppressed classes and castes should be connected with the economic mainstream
and also with the Hindutva movement.
And BJP has also been very successful in this.
If you see the results of the 2014 and 2019 elections,
then the upper caste, OBC, scheduled caste,
and scheduled tribe base of BJP have increased.
In fact, the BJP's base of the poor has also increased.
And its middle-class base has also increased.
If you look at Uttar Pradesh, it was believed that Uttar Pradesh is divided
into so many castes and religions that nothing can happen to this state.
But if you notice the last 5-6 years,
there is a very interesting book by Nalin Mehta, The New BJP,
he has shown how the BJP has used Hindutva and proper law and order
and economic policies in Uttar Pradesh to unite Hindus in the state.
In the Lok Sabha of 2019, among the BJP's candidates fielded from UP,
57.5% were OBC or SC.
Office bearers in Uttar Pradesh or the BJP are 50% of these two categories.
There is a lot of talk of Thakurvaad, of Thakur dominance.
In his council of ministers, 48.1% of ministers are OBC or SC.
And in the district level, 35.6% were OBC or SC.
And by using this strategy,
BJP has won elections in large areas of India,
and has united Indians politically.
And that's why Hindutva emerged as a genuine positive national vision in India.
A vision of a strong united developed India.
And this Hindutva has almost completely replaced
the national vision of Nehruvian, secularism, and socialism.
And now they are working hard to win the election in the South as well.
And that's why there is a dilemma in front of the opposition parties.
If they would be smart, they would have accepted Hindutva,
but it is possible that if they accepted Hindutva,
then their political career will end.
And because the Hindutva movement is associated
with the Hindu Sanatan Civilization of India,
they do not want to accept it.
So instead of offering a positive national vision opposite
to Hindutva from their side,
they are offering a negative national vision of regionalism and casteism.
And instead of uniting Indians, they are trying to keep them apart,
so that they can win their elections.
In India, an attempt is made to do a caste census of the dead soldiers,
to divide the Indian society.
Hindutva puts country and culture above caste and language,
while opposition politicians place caste and language above country and culture.
And that is why MK Stalin of DMK says that he wants to create
a separate entity named Dravida Nadu.
Brother, where will Dravida Nadu be made?
Here.
Basically, you can see how far they can go just to oppose Hindutva.
They can go so far that they have started saying that
India is not only a country, it is just a union of states.
India is described as a union of states.
India is not described as a nation, it is described as a union of states.
Basically just to oppose Hindutva, they are also ready to break India into pieces.
We'll take our freedom, our freedom is our right!
Opposition parties are basically Jeet movie's Sunny Deol,
If you can't be mine then you can't be anyone's.
You are only mine and you cannot belong to anyone else.
If someone comes between us, then understand that they are dead.
I will lay dead bodies!
See, according to me, the goal of Indian politicians should be
to constructively solve the problems
and economic issues of North versus South together.
Help should be given in developing the North.
People and cultures of other states should not be demonized,
efforts should be made to unite the country,
and the country should not be divided in the name of language and caste.
And I want to ask you what steps both the Central Government
and the State Governments can take to solve the problems of North and South,
the problem of regionalism, do let me know in the comments section below.
And what do you think, who is going to win the Karnataka elections?
Do tell me that too in the comments section below.
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