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Yadavs and Muslims say they will vote for Kanhaiya

Miskartola village of Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency has a majority of muslim and yadavs, most of whom are labourers. In this video, they talk to the team of ChalChitra Abhiyaan about the current government’s ignorance towards their community and the communal divide that the government encourages. The people are angry due to the lack of […]

April 20, 2019

Youth will take Kanhaiya to Parliament

The team of ChalChitra Abhiyaan, in this series of videos covering Begusarai consituency’s election, talked to the old and young of Begusarai’s Bhumihar community about the policies of the previous government and the hopes that people see in the prospect of Kanhaiya Kumar as their representative. The youth of Begusarai have full faith in Kanhaiya […]

April 18, 2019

The people of Begusarai will ensure Kanhaiya’s victory

In Begusarai Lok Sabha Constituency, CPI has given a ticket to Kanhaiya Kumar, the student who came to light after the JNU incident, who is also a local boy. Lok Sabha election in Begusarai is a historic moment and ChalChitra Abhiyaan’s team has reached there to cover it. In this video, our team talks to […]

April 18, 2019

Interview with Tabassum Hasan

ChalChitra Abhiyaan interviews Tabassum Hasan, the gathbandhan candidate from Kairana. In 2014, for the first time in independent India, not a single Muslim candidate was elected to parliament. Tabassum Hasan’s victory in the 2018 Kairana Lok Sabha became specially significant since she became the first Muslim MP in that term. Her victory was also significant […]

April 10, 2019

Rajputs in UP say ‘ Chowkidar is a thief ‘

The Rajput or Thakur community is considered among the strongest supporters of BJP in UP, specially after Yogi Adityanath was made CM. However, in large parts of West UP, there is a growing disillusionment among the community with the BJP because of an agrarian crisis and the government’s inability to effectively handle it. ChalChitra Abhiyaan […]

April 6, 2019

Jats of Riot Affected Village say Remove Chowkidar

In the 2013 riots in Shamli and Muzaffarnagar districts, Lissad was among the most affected villages. In the ensuing Lok Sabha elections several Jats across riot affected villages voted for BJP in large numbers. However, this time Jat farmers in all riot affected villages are supporting the alliance candidates in large numbers and are openly […]

April 5, 2019

Government is manufacturing educated labourers

In this video our election coverage for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, the team of ChalChitra Abhiyaan reaches village Malakpur, which comes under Kairana Lok Sabha constituency and talks to the locals on various issues such as non payment of crop dues, unemployment, mob lynching and rising living costs among other things. Crew – Aruna […]

April 1, 2019

Election 2019 Trailer

The election season is here and Chalchitra Abhiyaan is all geared up for it. We are committed to make this election an election of people and their issues and not of popular rhetoric. Hence, during the next one month, we will be traveling to various parts of Uttar Pradesh, from Gorakhpur, the bastion of UP […]

April 1, 2019

5 Saints dead under Hindutva rule for Ganga

Several Sadhus from Matri Sadan Ashram in Haridwar have sat on hunger strikes to save the Ganga from environmental degradation. Since 2014, two Sadhus have died because of hunger strikes, and one is missing. Ironically for a government that claims to uphold Hindu values, no one from the government has reached out to the sadhus […]

March 28, 2019

200 Muslim Houses Burnt Down in Meerut

On March 6, 2019 over 200 Muslim houses in a slum cluster in Meerut were burnt down. Residents of the slum cluster claim it was done by the police. Several people were injured and two have died. The police have filed FIR’s against several unnamed people and at least 6 Muslims in the area have […]

March 8, 2019