Do you work here? Yes.
But aren't you Indian?
No, I am from Nepal.
You are from Nepal? Yes
No, no...
Stop it...
In this journey of Sadak se Sansad,
we have reached Anantapur, which is in Andhra Pradesh.
On reaching Anantapur, we were informed...
by my colleague Amrit,
we got to know that...
KIA Motors has installed a huge plant here.
The plant houses 4-5 restaurants...
that are exclusively for Korean nationals.
Indians aren't allowed there.
Also, this village...
where KIA Motors is located, and the nearby area...
is a village called Penukonda.
-Penukonda. -Penukonda.
In Penukonda too...
there are about 15 to 20 restaurants...
and some guest houses where...
only Koreans are allowed,
Indians are not.
We have also come to see this.
Right now, we are near the Kangnam Korea restaurant.
Let's go inside and see...
whether this information, this news...
is true or not.
Come, let me show you.
Can we have a cup of tea?
It is not business time, so it is not possible now.
When is it possible?
No! No!
When? When do we come?
When do we come?
What time do we come?
Just... don't...
Is it only for Koreans, Sir?
-Yes. -Why?
Why that policy?
Why... that policy?
Ya... but you cannot discriminate like that.
Amrit, what did they say?
Can you tell us more?
I feel that the manager here,
he said that only Koreans are allowed. -Hmm.
He has contacted the owner...
and now that the owner knows that we are from...
a media organisation, he says, "no problem, you can have some food here".
But the problem is that we have told them that we are from the media
and have cameras with us...
and so we are allowed.
They fear that this may be broadcasted and they may land in trouble.
So, I feel that...
this is the only reason why we are allowed to eat here.
And any other ordinary Indian is not allowed here?
That is the issue, and secondly...
some Telugu people had come and immediately went away on seeing him.
Yes. He asked about the purpose of our shoot.
They were on the upper floor,
but they didn't say that the food...
They didn't say anything like that.
So, in this restaurant, the information seems to be true...
that Indians are not allowed here.
Please come here for a minute. My name is Prakash.
Where do you work?
Here itself.
So, you work here? Yes.
Ok.
But aren't you Indian?
No, I am from Nepal.
-So, you are from Nepal? -Yes.
Now, we have come out of Kangnam restaurant.
Our experience was exactly as we were told to expect.
Whatever Amrit had told us was absolutely true...
that Indians were not allowed to enter there..
and only...Koreans are allowed.
This is racial discrimination...
faced by the people here.
We came to understand two things.
Some people said, "we don't want to eat that food...
and so we don't want to go".
But it is also true...
that they are not allowed, so why would they go?
Well, tea is also available there...
and you may also have some soft drinks.
But you are not allowed and so you cannot go.
Even after living in India and being an Indian,
if you cannot enter a restaurant in India,
then this is quite strange.
Isn't it Amrit?
Yes. Last year, journalist Rahul M
who works with PARI,
also shared the same experience on Facebook...
when he was not allowed to enter the restaurant.
They said that only Koreans were allowed...
and Indians were not allowed.
It seems that it was true.
But the restaurant where Rahul went is closed now.
A complaint was filed after that and the restaurant was shut down.
But there are about 15 to 20 restaurants in this Penukonda village itself...
where one can see this discrimination even now.
Ok, tell me what did the owner tell you?
The owner said, "Which channel are you broadcasting it on?"
I replied that we are just recording.
He assumed that this would be highlighted in the media...
and then after that he said,
"you can have food, no problem".
But if you want to go as an ordinary person then...
Yes, if you don't have that camera,
then... you cannot enter.
We met some other people...
who bring guests,
may be the employees of KIA Motors or some other clients,
and they are allowed to go there.
The people working there...
some of the employees are from Nepal,
Koreans are undoubtedly working there.
But Indians are not allowed... to eat there.
-This is clear? -Yes, absolutely clear.
-And there are many such restaurants here? -Yes.
People say that there are at least 15 restaurants in this village itself.
One more thing that I cannot understand is...
that this property definitely belongs to an Indian...
and they have rented it out.
Why don't they protest in any way?
Because... these Koreans pay more rent...
compared to that paid by a normal citizen.
And because of this, the KIA Motors factory, many IT professionals come to work here...
many engineers also come.
Because of this, the rent...
which previously was Rs 3,000 has soared upto to Rs 12,000.
The people are getting more rent and so... they...
are not making an issue out of it.
They're alright with it as long as they get more rent...
And also the attitude of not wanting to eat there...
and then they say, "we don't prefer Korean food anyway,
and so why should we go?".
But isn't it outright racial discrimination?
Yes, we do have our constitutional right to go there...
They don't want to go there, and that is a different issue...
but even if they want...
they cannot enter and that is basically...
discrimination based on your race or identity and so this...
Let us understand it this way... The cameraman, Sarjit who was with me
had to face the most...
as he was repeatedly asked to stop recording.
Had he gone without the camera,
like an ordinary Indian,
then he wouldn't be allowed to go and this is clear?
Yes, and I feel that...
And he told us on camera that it is only for Koreans, not for Indians.
First, the manager told us that it is only for the Koreans...
and...
when after talking to the owner, he understood that we are from the media,
the topic was immediately changed
and now...
the manager says...
that he didn't understand what I was saying.
He was making some excuse that...
Yes, basically this is the matter.
We have told you that...
in Anantapur,
after the establishment of the KIA Motors plant,
the number of Koreans is constantly increasing day by day,
and then there was an increase in the number of restaurants and guest houses.
A sort of racial discrimination is seen that Indians are not allowed to go there.
Only Koreans are allowed there.
The local or government bodies should take cognisance of this.
Anybody who can raise a question regarding this issue,
who can feel and understand this,
should immediately take cognisance of this issue.
I'll say it clearly, this is nothing but racial discrimination...
and this was clearly visible to us.
We have experienced this and presented it before you.