(16 Apr 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
New Delhi – 29 March 2024
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1. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Raj Sud, 94, homemaker:
"I like (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi very much. Modi is working very honestly. And he is doing very good work and wants to make the whole country absolutely beautiful."
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rekha Singh, 49, entrepreneur:
“I’m a big one for the campaign of India Shining. And I believe that there are no surprises in terms of which party is really taking the country there."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Shruti Sud, 34, sales and marketing professional:
“I think like outcomes are a result of processes. So whichever candidate or party has the right processes in place, I will vote for them. And I’ll also look at past record.”
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dhiren Singh, 58, financial consultant:
“The population needs to become very, very aware that there will be a very subversive attempt to polarise them on the basis of multiple parameters. And as long as the population is not aware of their core national identity, there will be a tendency to be swayed by this political rhetoric which is ultimately going to be bad for the entire country and obviously the people who live in the country."
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ankita Jasra, 18, Student and first-time voter:
"So this is something which I see around me all the time, which is brain drain. Going to the West and countries outside India is much more, it’s more attractive for kids even my age. I feel like this needs to be tackled really quickly, and the skill and all the talents that India holds is going out to countries that are not ours."
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Manya Sachdev, 22, student and first-time voter:
“So, for me, I think the biggest issue is probably job creation and employment job opportunities. As a young adult, I’m very aware of the need to find stable employment, and I’ll be looking at each party’s track records and plans in that area before deciding who to vote for."
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7. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Ajay Jasra, 56, private service professional:
"This election, it is very one-sided election to a certain extent. And these elections are more about an individual, the issues are not there in this (election), if you look carefully the issues are not visible at all. If you ask me, the issues should be of price rises, of good governance, should be of crime. It is the job of the opposition to pick up the issues. And the opposition this time is completely paralyzed. The opposition is not doing the work of the opposition at all."
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Niranjan Kapasi, 89, retired journalist:
"I’m completely disillusioned the way the politics is, the way they are fleecing us. And (in the past) they came only for service but now they are not doing service to the nation, they are doing service to themselves. And more and more corruption is taking place amongst themselves."
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ajay Sud, 63, yoga instructor:
"There should be honesty. There should be ethics. And once we have that at the top, at least something will percolate down. It’s very difficult, I feel, in politics it’s very difficult to have honesty all across. But at least on the top we need honesty and ethics.”
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Kuldip Chadha, 82, retired entrepreneur:
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STORYLINE:
Nearly 970 million people are eligible to vote in India’s 6-week national election starting Friday and the elderly homemaker has a clear favorite in the race.
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