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V.Rathan:Whther Gujarat, M.P. Rajasthan your channel seems to be attacking BJP.You are soft on states ruled by UPA alliance

: We have just done a story exposing how the congress MLAs in Goa were selling land to the Russian Mafia

Prashy:hi !! bhupen..dont you think Vasundhara Raje didnt had any inside chance of settle this issue as it involves role of central government. And also what do you think about Sachin Pilot who has mindlessly resorted to critiicize the BJP Gov..Is he and his father not been unofficial Gujjar representative from rajasthan for decades.Why didnt he requested UPA government to include Gujjars in ST. I think this is a well fed conspiracy to wean away BJP´s Gujjar supporters in Gujarat

: In 1951, a commission was set up to look into this demand for reservations for gujars. Successive governments have dilly dallied on this topic. Thats why this anger has manifested itself in this form.

kunal_g@yahoo.com:I stay in Amsterdam, I recently visited Rajasthan and was really impressed by the overall improvement I saw from my last vist 4 years back. I have also read stories about the psycophancy attitude of her ministers and the recent riots. But these happenings are an abberation. So hopw do we actually judge our ministers?? Do we as a country really have a mechanism. A system of recalling our representatives would really help I guess!

: You are talking about something which I think can never work in our country. Recalling representatives is an idea which has been floated but not yet implemented. Rajasthan may have developed economically, but what about its social fabric

lbr:you think Vasundhara raje is being dumped by her own party?

: She is facing trouble from her own men. Without doubt

Ravindra:Hello Bhupendra..I watched your BCCI overkilling Cricketrs debate during my lunch time here in USA..you did fantastic..you should have grilled more

: Thanks Ravindra. Cricketers are really being treated like products

sateesh:she is more concentrating on personnel glorification rather than law and order and development, isn't it?

: Not entirely true. Her basic problem is that her own partymen are today against her

akshay23:Bhupendra, do you think that BSP, in forthcoming elections, can cause damage to BJP and Congreee if it plays it cards well on this issue ?

: Could be. Quite possible

Sandeep Kumar:Don't u feel, the major issue here is that all political parties are going for shortcut populist measures? The issue seems simple: If X can get a status, why not Y?

: Populism is a bane of Indian politics. Its a problem

Rayees Nakhiwala:Why did the Home Minister justified the police action on Gujjar protestors? Was that the only option to solve the problem?

: He couldnt have done anything else, could he. As home Minister, he himself should be willing to take responsility for this

ABHISHEK AGRAWAL :If the Rajasthan Govt give OBC status to Gujjars then what about the other communities like Jats, Meena's etc etc who would also demand the reservations. Don't you think that UPA govt has again opened a can of worms. Also this problem is not state specific. Your comments

: Yes this problem is not state specific. But in the context of Rajasthan, it has to be understood that different castes and different communities have always wanted more reservations. THe jaats already have reservations. It has to be questioned whether these communities really need reservations

navin:The media, & the educated community agree that reservation is bad for the country? Don't you think that the media both print & electronic should back the Rajsthan Govt by highlighting the demerits of reservations rather than the CMs failure to control the situation?

: The media doesnt say that reservations are bad for the country. The cm failed to gauge the situation hence the problem

Ismail Shaikh:What will be that one very important question U will asl Mrs Raje(CM) when u interview her in near future...

: Are you a chief minister or are you a Maharani

Brijesh:What could be the end of whole issue??

: First the violence must come down

Srini:Hello Bhupen... Good to see that you have covered the Gujjar protests and its aftermath. Don't you think this was a fallout of the OBC status being given to Jats by the erstwhile BJP dispensation? And why haven't you folks given a equal coverage to the Sriganganagar protests by peasants?

: We did cover sriganganagar protests as well. Yes, the trouble started when Jats were given the OBC status.

Aks:Hi Bhupendra, I follow CNN IBN very closely, especially the political coverage. On CNN IBN only few months back Vasundhara Raje had given a very impressive and convincing interview about economic development of Rajsthan on Devils Advocate with Karan Thapar. But recently Rajsthan has been in news for very disturbing reasons. In fact if we go by report there has been 12 instances of such firing during here tenure as CM. Is she a completely failed CM or arrogant to handle the sophisticated issues or is she a poor administrator with rich political legacy?

: completely failed CM or arrogant to handle the sophisticated issues or a poor administrator with rich political legacy, a bit of everything actually. Her administration skills are now being seriously questioned by people

tarun:Do you think that CM or police are responsible for the death of 17 people?

: I would say the police. Killings of people cannot be justified

Murali:Mr.Bhupendra, when will this politicians realise? why do they provoke people.? Why do they divide people in the name of casts and religion? There are so many small kids who dont have proper food, clean drinking water, primary education, Just naming a program on PM's name or some leader name will not provide these things. I hope media like yours will project these basic things which is needed. Make politician relise, that power they have is to solve people problems not incite people.

: Yes Murali, we do that. You are right that our politicians are still thinking in terms of populist policies. But look at it this way, the two chief ministers who look at themselves as reformers are both on sticky wickets. Chanrababu Naidu called himself the CEO of Andhra. He lost the elections. Shiela Dixit did a lot for delhi. She lost the civic elections. could well lose delhi too. In India political success can be achieved only with a fine balance of populism and pragmatism

Hi Bhupendra:if you say CM has failed then what about PM ,aint he Prime minister of whole country ?

: Its an unfair comparison

Ragupathi:The violance in Rajastan over Gujjar issue only goes to proove that people are discontented with Governments which appears to listen to rich and powerfull.Why cant CM reach the people on TV and pacify them,instead of letting things go out of hand.

: Bang on., I entirely agree with you

sunil kumar:Iam really impressed with the grit & unity shown by the Gujjers, Now tell me if other cast like Jats,kurmis etc start behaving in the same way by demanding for getting st/obc status,how do u think our politicions react to it?

: Yes and that is the problem, you do something for one community and then it becomes a precedent of sorts for everyone else

amit:do u think vasundhara raje is effective CM????

: She is effective to the extent that she controlled saffronisation in her state

karan sachar:But my fear is if this issue snowballed to other states then many more communities will follow Gujjars style protests......is it fair ?

: Not fair at all, imagine what could happen if in the neighbouring states too different communities start asking for reservations

PRANAV:hello sir i am a ninth class student and i wanted to ask you that dont you think that the demand of the gujjars is too much condidering the fact that they are so large in numbers

: Its not just their numbers, the gujjars are also pretty well of in Rajasthan. They don't need reservations. The trouble is reservations in our country are now a political tool. So everyone makes use of them

harikrajeev:Is this incident a beginning of this to come in India. More and more religious groups will now come forward with similar demand . do you think so ?

: Well if they are given reservations, then it could be a huge problem without doubt

Arupratan:Hi Bhupendra, do you think that giving reservation to a particular community can pave their way to upliftment?

: Yes, reservations for a community which has been historically discriminated against, can help in the upliftment of their status.

Amishi:This entire episode seems stage managed. The Congress party istrying to woo the vote banks to win elections and by giving a title like this you are only adding fuel to the fire. No right thinking person will believe it has anything to do with Vasundhara Raje. Dont you think the congress is only creating a caste based society to gather votes.

: Its a strong possibility that the congress could be behind this. Its also an equally strong possibility that members of her own party, the BJP could be behind this

ANAND:i really agree with u bhupendra.she is doing a bad job at the moment.What do u think these incidents will do the image of our country

: ANAND, we have seen so many instances of similar kinds. Why do you think all this happens. Dont think that people who are involved in all this give a damn about image of the country

shefali:Why does PM is not commenting on the present condition ? I feel sorry to see that moral values in politics are sinking day by day. Queen Mrs Raje is not willing to meet poor Gujjars!!!

: The PM is wondering whether he will go down in history as the first serving Prime Minister who didnt get projected as the Prime Minister at time of next elections

mahendra:Hi Bhupen this is mahendra do think that this movement is politically motivated as it has rosed after 3 years of the raje government coming in power?

: Without doubt, there is a bit of politics involved in this whole problem

shefali:Helli Bhupendra, Is center Govt. is sleeping?

: The central govt is reluctant to take a stand because the state of Rajasthan goes to polls next year. Any stand they take now could work against them then

Suryaa:Whats the trade off you would suggest ? Give into Gujjars and risk the wrath of Meenas and Jats OR generally fool around without doing anything ?

: The bottom line is that she has to engage them. If she had been talking to them throughout, the situation wouldnt have got so bad.

Nitin:Hi..why are gujjars fighting?

: Because they want reservations. Not just that, in the caste driven polity of Rajasthan, they are numerically, socially, and economically at a disadvantage in comparison to the Jaats or the meenas

pawan:bhupendrad u have to support Raje with his achivement.... She need media

: The medias job is to highlight what she is doing now. At the moment she is doing a bad job.

vishnu teja mudiam:Why every one wants the 'backward' tag in this country?

: Because its the easiest way of getting benefits of reservations

Nish:Do you think her image as a "royal CM" adds fuel to the fire in Rajasthatn?

: Absolutely.Someone who behaves and lives like a Maharani cannot be expected to do well in Indian polity. Her chiffon sarees and ray ban glasses made more headlines than any good work that she must have done

vengat:are we going to see peaceful solution for this in the near future...because the violence has gone beyond the control of the people and also government...venkat from oman/muscat

: Quite possible. I think things will cool down. She is now willing to talk to the protesters

rajnath:I think Vasundhara is not knowing how to play smart. Reddy announced 5 pc reservation for Muslims in AP knowing fully that supreme court will reject it in first hearing as there is no provision in our constitution to provide reservations on the basis of religion. But Reddy went on with it so that he can go to the Muslims and tell them that I did for you but SC reject it. The same should have been applied by Vasundhara

: There is a difference between Reddy and Vasundhara. If she takes this step, then she will be left high and dry by the other communities. The point to understand is why do gujjars or Jaats need reservations. Its actually a misuse of government provisions

MAHALINGAM:Coming in the backdrop of portraying her as Mata (for which Mrs. Jaswant Singh also made a protest) is the CM is being continuously haunted by the opposition OR is it politics within the congress?

: She is being haunted not just by the Congress, but also by her own partymen. She thought she will keep the RSS at bay in Rajasthan. But if you are in BJP, you cant do that. See what happened to LK Advani. He got caught in Jinnah trap and ended up losing his job as BJP presidnet

ritaisree@yahoo.com:Why is it such that CMs of Indian states are mostly caught napping before such situations get out of hand?

: See from Nandigram, to Punjab, to Orrisa to Rajasthan, the common thread is that the administration knew about what was to come. The political class often fails to engage its citizens. Thats why such problems occur

sumit verawal:Didn't BJP promised the Gujjars a ST status before the elections? Why did they do so if they were not to do anything about it?

: Thats true. Vasundhara had promised the gujjars the st status in the run up to elections. The problem is that if she gives them ST status, she will also have to accomodate the needs of the other powerful community, the MEENAs. They are also gunning for a similar deal

ram lal:Why a state machine with all the power cannot control a mob of few thousands?

: The state doesnt want to be seen as killers. Why do you think a Nandigram happened? The state knew about the reality. Here too, the state knew that this kind of a protest was going to take place. yet they lost the plot

dipesh:what do you think will BJP come into power in 2009 election ?

: Its an open game dipesh. See the congress came to power, not on its own, but because it had a better alliance. If the BJP can also come up with a good alliance, then they have a chance. The days of a single party making it on its own are over

Parthasaradhi:Is politicians motivating the people to do the strikes for reservations

: Not true, this is not bashing of chief minister or anything. This is just an expression of truth.

anish:hi bhupen....This is Anish frm Bangalore....Do u feel that just by this one rare incident, we can gauge the performance of the rajasthan CM?

: Sure this could be an exception. But she has been finding herself on the wrong side for a long time now. There have been 4 cases of police firing in the last one year. Her own partymen are against her. Every two months there is a delegation of BJP MLAs who come to Delhi asking for her resignation as chief minister. The problem is that you cant be a chief minister who believes in leading a life like a Maharani. Got to get your hands dirty. In Indian politics you cant be walking down the ramp and be the chief minister that too from the BJP, in the same coin

vengat:hii..bhupen...i would like to put the question to the people who agitating there...is this the way to get the things done...i feel there are other means in this world...like gandhigiri... venkat

: Gandhigiri is good on screen venkat. But this is real life. Of course there is no justification for this kind of violence. The problem is that the gurjar community today feels left out from the distribution of the power pie in Rajasthan

gurmeet:Is Vasundhara Raje not able to see what's happening in the state and can't she simply act to stop the ongoing violence?? Why so much political statements and all that?? What a common man will do in this political environment??

: Look at the entire situation a little differently. Who are the people who are fomenting all this violence. Is it just poor gurjars? Is there something more to it? The protesters are also political activists in many ways. Thats why she is finding it difficult to control them. Also she is in no position to fulfill their demands. If she does she runs the risk of alienating the other powerful meena community, which is thrice the size of gurjars in Rajasthan. She is caught in this bind of how to accomodate both the meenas and the gurjars. Hence the problem. Rajasthan is one of the most politically backward states

arun chandra:why do`nt she is not willing to have meeting with the prosters?

: She is wrong. she should have met them by now. The problem is that she doesnt want to be seen as someone who is giving in to the demands of those who are creating trouble

Derek:In your opinion has Vasundhara Raje been gripped by the arrogance of power like it happened to the BJP leaders at the Centre? Does she need to come down back to earth and the ground realities?

: I wont call it arrogance, but I think what has happened is that she has now become a bit distant from her state people and her own party men. She tried to create a state where the RSS had little role. Now she is having to pay for it. She is a Maharani, yes, but should we be holding it against her. The problem is that in india you cant be seen as someone who is well off if you are in politics. You always have to be like your praja and live accordingly

poojadogra:Must a CM always cater to populist demands? Why are issues of education, environment, women's empowerment not as important as silly SC-ST battles? Will Rajasthan become a better state overall if Gujjars are given ST status?

: Thats the problem before our country. Poplulism at the end of the day still sells. Thats why those percieved to be progressive like Chandrababu Naidu or Amrinder singh end up losing

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