Anti Wapsi League Grows : The Newshour Debate (3rd November 2015)

In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Khusboo, Spokesperson Congress & Actor; Shobhaa De, Author & Columnist; Mukesh Bhatt, President of the Film and Television Producers Guild of India; Anupam Kher, Actor; Siddharth Nath Singh, National Secretary, BJP; and Savita Raj Hiremath, Film Producer -- discuss actor Kamal Haasan disapproving a number of intellectuals including filmmakers, scientists, writers and historians returning their awards to protest against the 'climate of intolerance' in the country, and anti 'Wapsi' league growing.
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[@anil5430]

35:00 We were afraid of Congress in 1984 and now we can raise our voice without fear and that's why the "Intolerance is Growing"? Madam ur arguments are worst than Rahul Baba's arguments.

[@adityaashutosh9602]

ha ha...

[@adityaashutosh9602]

ha ha...

[@adityaashutosh9602]

ha ha...

[@indianmilitary]

+Anil Motwani she admitted that congress is worse than owaisi' MIM party, didn't she? BJP should give her an award

[@deepakmishra-yv7ck]

lol

[@ankitbhattacharjee280]

Anupam Kher was brilliant. Honest, clear, logical. This is how things are done.

[@begampura1214]

Arnab is nationalist not a supporter of any political party.

[@anu00710]

I like Anupam Khers confidence...fantastic man...

[@badrulkabir9432]

He's a paid bjp guy ..

[@lhxperimental]

+Badrul kabir LOL, do you realize, many people have the same opinion without being paid? This is the opinion of most people I know. Why can't he have the same opinion?

[@badrulkabir9432]

+lhxperimental so same goes to the ppl who returned their awards why do they have to be leftist or congressis

[@indianzionist2012]

+Badrul kabir Because they openly said so, mulle.

[@lhxperimental]

The are definitely not RIGHT (pun intended). Many of them ARE Leftist and they would themselves agree if you ask them.

[@Sudhakar627]

"I love PM modi ,He is the Biggest thing happened to modern India" Cheers Anupam Sir .... We are all with NAMO in his league to develop MY COUNTRY......... Jai Hind

[@sirishwark]

Kuhsboo became intolerant ever since prabhu rejected to marry her!!

[@SAFFRONINFERNO]

ROFL

[@Contactankitjain0]

Anupam has just spoken what billion of Indians wants to say.....

[@punjabigundaa]

+Ankit Jain and Arnub speaks for everyone too. He exposed congress so badly

[@alphatango4447]

+Ankit Jain very true

[@deepakmishra-yv7ck]

agree gd speaker

[@SriRam-xi8pv]

+Ankit Jain yes indeed.

[@mayankbhatt1594]

+Aslam Bhai Great words by you brother. I live in Canada. The way i get love and respect from Hindus, Muslims, Christians and Jews is just out of the world. I have never seen such compassion in India. Its true and dont start bashing me for the truth i said. We need to learn from these people to share and celebrate every culture and at the same time make our nation progressive. I had disliking for Pakistanis too but the way i met them and started talking to them i felt sorry for myself for judging them. They are normal and hardworking people as we are. You know what we blame other people that they are being racist on the Indians and Pakistanis but the reality is we are the people who are really the biggest racists. There were Elections in Canada and they made the Sikh the Defence Minister and another Sikh the Economic affairs Minister. Just imagine how things are here. A nation where majority is Christian and a Sikh is responsible for their Security. All these things make a Great Nation. I am sure that Indian youth will rise above all these things and make my country India the greatest nation. Peace and love to my Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians all the communities that live in Bhaarat

[@sharma908]

Under Modi Government people got 100% freedom

[@peacegod101]

+Sunil Sharma Say that to the victims of the dadri lyncihng.

[@sharma908]

blame Mulayam singh Government for that. Law and order and police comes under state Government

[@sharma908]

one cannot blame Modi or central Government for every incident occuring any where in India. Lawa and order and police comes under state Government of that state. We all know Modi was held responsible for Gujrat Riots and still being blamed although cleared by the highest court of land and also SIT

[@drdkvetbiotech]

sunil... v r not here to play a blaming game. Modi has the full authority over police

[@sharma908]

How Modi has control over Uttar Pradesh Police? people seem to lack simple knowledge that Police comes under state Government the only exception is Delhi state being the seat of central Government

[@urlucky001]

i cant tolerate Congress.

[@badrulkabir9432]

Same for bjp

[@urlucky001]

what do u think about congress?

[@badrulkabir9432]

+abinash jena well a corrupt party that has no real leadership nw and the party that made bjp win for their corruption..but I think aap is far better than bjp and congress

[@urlucky001]

AAP was created with good agenda but ihas also got messed up pretty bad. AAp need more in the top leadership.

[@anoopdattana9506]

+Badrul kabir when the last time kejriwal spoke anything about Lalu Sonia Gandhi CONgress??

[@rajpatil4264]

100% agree with Anupam Kher...........Keep It Up............All The Best ..........Arnab Sir.........That's Courage..........!!!!!!!!!!!

[@deepakgola1]

Anpam kher please accept my standing ovation.

[@surendra1990007]

as a actor i loved anupam kher, but after hearing his debate i am become his biggest fan.

[@kotlaalreddy]

Anupam you are correct, what u said is 1000% correct.

[@gauravkumarjaju844]

I talk with a Muslim man he said when congress is there I m afraid but when modi come I m easy

[@gmehra487]

Anupam Kher said right.... UPA is playing its last card called communal card.... Its a request to Indians muslims look carefully and decide what they are trying to do after all we r indians we have to think about country.....

[@badrulkabir9432]

Go to his March

[@gmehra487]

Badrul kabir can't go ... College timings... But wanted to

[@mayankbhatt1594]

+Badrul kabir hey buddy these so called intellectuals and politicians are trying to divide us but i request you to atleast respect my religion and not bash it. i respect islam and i hope u do the same to me. and that makes us a great race of people. please its a humble request. Just think about it for a second that muslims are nearly 20% of the population but their contribution in the civil services is 2 to 2.5%. thats because the congress government does not want your community to get educated and just use you guys as a vote bank. Just think about it before bashing me. Peace

[@AbdulRehman-qg3rt]

not that i am pro congress but dont you see bjp playing communal card to a greater extent when you see bihar elections...one of bjps politicians had a strong role in muzaffarnagar riots and even after lynching his statements do not stop,shouldnt action have taken place...we know we are used as a vote bank by congress but what should we do when the alternative bjp is totally anti muslim...we rejected congress wen we had the option of AAP....

[@AbdulRehman-qg3rt]

and how can someone expect us to support a party who for each and every small reason believes we should go to pak...

[@rajparmar3501]

Excellent Anupam sir..your words only made sense and I truely agrre to your Intolerence defination...Jai Modi

[@indianzionist2012]

CONgress party OBITUARY Born: 1885 Dead: 2019 "Founded by a foreigner and Ended by a foreigner"!

[@hansrajpatilChannel]

arnab hats off...!!!

[@Iamlatha]

While taking umbrage to the word 'Champagne', Shobhaa De stubbornly refuses to comment upon the unruly, rowdy behaviour of booing Anupam Kher by her elitist friends. This is a typical bigotry & hypocrisy of the 'so called' intellectual class.

[@multicast100]

kushboo we saw your movies. we are tolerant.

[@sripathiappani9367]

👌👏👌😜🤣😝😜🤩

[@chandratiwari7645]

Btw Yeh khushbu kaun hain

[@SanjayGupta-wh1vv]

In english media only arnab is unbiased person

[@tejasnatu90]

I agree

[@YourTypicalMan]

Anupam Kher is a rock star. Where was he all these years? :)

[@ajitpatil9530]

India has long History of tolerance. Some peoples are making it for political gain.

[@travellersagar437]

I haven't seen yet a Intolerate person before more than KHUSHBOO

[@Kunal3824]

Congress state seen more communal violence than Bjp state government, nailed it Arnab

[@rahulforworld]

My respect for Anupam Kher has increased... since my view matches his...

[@PrashantKhandelwal20]

manmohan singh with his little finger ha ha ha awesome

[@PrashantKhandelwal20]

+Prashant Khandelwal the double meaning always points toward that thing only

[@sachindakua5816]

Anupamji well said . all Indians voice.

[@Contactankitjain0]

The lady who spoken first "khusboo" - its not Britishers...its British....pta nahi kha se aa gayi hai intolerance par lecture dene...

[@anil5430]

+Ankit Jain Britishers ki jagah British bolti to bhi bewakoof hi lagti

[@SAFFRONINFERNO]

+Ankit Jain What else can you expect from a 2ps masala actress

[@indianmilitary]

+Ankit Jain During World War 2 German officers nearly always addressed British soldiers as 'du Britisher pig-dog' lol In India, we commonly use the word "Britisher". We can add that word to English dictionary, in addition to million words it borrowed from other languages. Anupham kher also used the word 'Britisher". Always remember that even sweepers and shit cleaners in the US and England speak better english than us. Let us not equate words like "educated" "intelligent" with flawed English

[@Mega123456gg]

twitter aunti (shoba de) is also there .khusbo don't have any ans the all congress ppl are Hippocrates .. salute to arnab and anupum ji...

[@indianzionist2012]

CONgress SLOGANS 1971: Garibi Hatao 1975: Indira is India and India is Indira 1984: When a big tree falls, the earth shakes 2004: Hamare Haath, Aam Aadmi Ke Saath 2019: Ram Naam Satya Hai!

[@deepakmishra-yv7ck]

best comment.. lots of thumsup.. lol.. rofl... star.... excellent

[@badrulkabir9432]

3 years back everyone was for congress but nw they have fallen back but if they find good leadership ppl would be behind them

[@kanutsharma]

Poor congress.. I wonder how India tolerate congress 60 years.. Every Indian deserved "national tolerance award"...

[@Indoze1]

Kushbu, firstly learn to pronounce patriotism correct. It is not patroytism...lol...what more can we expect from the Congress.

[@indianzionist2012]

+Indoze1 Hahahahahaha!

[@AnuragShukla-xv4xb]

bwahahahahaha true story

[@abhishekpathy4305]

lol

[@singhVarunVikram]

+Indoze1 I was laughing hard at that. Gosh, I wonder if these people clear high school before joining a party or do they think education to be a detriment for political ambitions somehow !!

[@ashishrathi322]

Congress Mukat Bharat 👍

[@Lokendrasinghrathorenalu]

Anupam kher is the most intellectual person among these 7

[@dineshloke5191]

Mukesh Bhatt accepting the fact some people has political agenda behind the Award Vapsi drama...so that's it.

[@AnujChadha18]

I salute Shobha De's courage who seemed the most confident despite being the dumbest person in the panel... #saluteandplsdisappear

[@shanmugamp5525]

Savita had less than two minutes to speak in the whole debate .,yet she was all smiling.There is tolerance and that is tolerance

[@prakharsingh4763]

we are intollernt to injustice, poverty, corruption and congress

[@SunilSondkar]

Today Arnab is Communal........According to Khangress.....Ha Ha Ha......

[@becalmeverycost]

The one Great Arnab , simply speechless !!

[@RKROUTH]

ARNAB has the ability to bring out and show before us the hypocrisies from the participants of his show.

[@mdpkar1]

its all about politics of against BJP

[@straightforwardcomment8257]

Anupam Kher is GREAT kudos for his conviction. 1 in million !!!!

[@srikanth4305]

MODI is the BEST

[@sourajit86]

Anupam kher, rock star.

[@अभिसारशर्माMOTHERCHODहै]

Great job sir..

[@TheStressIsReal]

I'm literally scared to even use the word 'tolerance' now. Nice work, government. :)

[@somaiya]

Hats of Anupam Kher ji you are telling the true.

[@82intikhab]

Arun Jaitely 1- There is no intolerance in India 2- Modi is victim of intolerance Wait.. If there is no intolerance then how can Modi be victim of intolerance?

[@pithukuliseeman5549]

Salute Kher saab!!!

[@nkarthi24]

Anupam Kher Said - Intolerant word becomes so Intolerant for the citizens of India now .... I feel the same....

[@tutikandi1]

Oh--- there was so many attacks in India, there is so much provoking in India--and India tolerated all. Salute to this great country in Asia called India---from Denmark

[@sudu59]

Except Mukesh, Anupam and the producer. Thank the rest for perfectly demonstrating what "intolerance" means. All viewers will now understand the meaning without googling it :)

[@suhrudpatel]

khangress can never be tolerated

[@psvasu23]

BTW what is Shoba de doing here? This is not some fashion show or a sleaze magazine promotion... and what credibility she has to even talk in front of Anupam Kher.?

[@TheBluegems]

congress and shoba de exposed....hehee

[@jollyjohn5820]

Foreign born indians are also amazed by PM Modi talent compare with the previous PMs

[@VikasYadav2802]

People don't become wise when they turn 50. Very well said.

[@shghs.]

Khusboo is such a 1st class rascal.

[@the_roblox_queen1349]

Thanks 🙏 U ALL : & 😃❤️💕 With Anupam Ji

[@abhivadanv]

Very well responded by Anupam Kher. One of the rare people who I have seen answering all the questions directly and honestly. And our pseudo intellectual shobha de not answering a single question.. Everyone should must listen to Anupam Kher, really amazing the way he exposed dibakar banerjee and award wapsi wannabe's.

[@upadhyayrathiraj1518]

Khush-booo! That's what happens to an out-of-work actress who is no more worth even looking at.

[@Max-oc6go]

"Tolerance= Ignorance", developing tolerance is just ignoring others existence of others- demonstrated by the questioner. The solution is teaching next generation to accepting others as they are!

[@bhanuprakash3212]

When did PM say Doob Maro and to who? occasion, date and context!!!

[@SV2609]

Shoba De goose properly cooked by Anupam Kher.... she has no answer for Mr.Kher's questions??

[@MrDjthakur]

Modi is 100 years ahead of Congress and its cronies, 60 years ahead of Indian Media and perhaps 30 years ahead of BJP itself.......because he is a visionary , treading on the path of Swami Vivekananda. It is problem to explain the vision to the public who are in a slumber.

[@balarampanda7401]

Anupam Kher has the guts to tell the truth and accept the truth.. Hats off Anupam..

[@indianmilitary]

Arnab exposing hypocrites. Kushboo should hit the gym and also help her giant daughters to reduce their weight, instead of talking about issues beyond her paygrade

[@punjabigundaa]

Diesel_Nut84 lol u just talk about dividing India but we have already cut you right in half in 71. You try something stupid in India and we'll take bulochistan away from you. Remember we have bases in Iran and Afghanistan and you are internally fucked already. So don't fuck with us.

[@aa2398a]

+HK Z and while you gloat over some cancerous tumor we could care less about - Khalistan Tripura Naga/Bodoland Assam Kerala and several other large masses of your shitty land are breaking apart. Remember that you cant fart in Afghanistan without the ISI finding out. Your (late) defense attache - Brigadier Mehta - found that out.....the hard way, unfortunately. Internally fucked would be endia - where people can get killed for eating beef or being suspected of it. What a massive shit-dump. You should run away while you can.

[@indianzionist2012]

+Diesel_Nut84 What is the latest score in your TPL (Taliban Premier League)?

[@SAFFRONINFERNO]

+Diesel_Nut84 You Can't Fart in Afghanistan without ISI finding out HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH Maybe that's why you are crying daily on TV regarding Indian consulates operating there and busting ur azz daily. How many of Ur Brigadiers/Colonels did get their azz busted by Terrorists any info on that?

[@aa2398a]

+indian2012 depends which league? The one that blew your embassy to smithereens and turned your defense attache into barbecue beef? They scored a century

[@randomrandom316]

Did anyone notice how Ms. Khusboo said " we aren't saying our country was not tolerant before we have been intolerant since we were fighting Britishers for independence"..Seems like fighting for freedom is also Intolerant.

[@WikiVikrant]

ARNAB rocks all shock

[@kapilsukla1886]

this is 100% POLITIAL GAME .

[@mallianumula]

salman khurshid is the x-fariegn minister who is the guy talking bad abt Indian PM in our possosit country.. and congress did not take any action abt that...wht kind of party that... imagine what he might have done in their period... we must go with bjp or go with other options...we do not want that.. else tell congress rename that...take out all existing ppl ...come up with new ppl

[@Logictrumpssuperstition]

The answer to arnab's question is really simple. The growth of social media has made it easier for people to show their disappointment with respect to the actions of their government. Every Indian has a right to express their opinion as long as they do not get violent or take away the right of another human being by enforcing their own beliefs.

[@AshokTudu]

Anupam Kher said right. We Indians are proud of our PM.

[@San-li3ex]

ANUPAM KHER literally neutralized, demolished and disrobed Shobha De. She could not recover from his mention of the litfest incident. It is a shame that a debate on intolerance in India happened in presence of a British chairperson. That fellow should have been kicked out of the auditorium, his presence was totally irrelevant.

[@sahooBhaiya]

arnab if u r reading this comment.... i bow b4 thee... u earned a lot of respect in midst of these prestitute media...its not about bjp or congress but U supported the right thing... we want this Arnab all time always.....

[@niladri82]

Arnab calling Mukesh 'Butt' not Bhatt, was that deliberate? Just intrigued.

[@premsunderdas]

One ,ore point. Bihar election results have clearly shown the culprit.

[@visho8979]

By the time this ends, you will learn that Shobha De wont walk straight after being torn apart this way by Mr. Kher

[@RahulSharma-fw5vg]

What a debate....

[@advrajajoshi3062]

Anupam kher raised remarkable point...great respect sir

[@ABHINAVNR]

God bless Anupam Kher!

[@hingeneha]

wow keep it up anupam kher

[@abhishekvijay3996]

Anupam her nailed it completely !

[@petagonkyi]

Intolerance against the Dalits were there since Hinduism began - that is at least 3000 years.

[@opposinn]

21:54.. hillarious how Arnab turns and looks at Shobha de when anupam kher is complaining. looks like a angry father looking at her daughter when the mother is complaining so much about her..

[@vikasmaverickk4634]

Full Respect to you Arnab Goswami for your courage and for standing with the country and not the intolerant congress and the so call intellects of our beloved motherland who are exploiting the the freedom which they enjoy for free and write shit about the nation when its time India is making progress and on the way of becoming a great country in all aspects...Jai hind...Vande Mataram...

[@wasifimran9874]

from 55:00 minutes on wards there are atleast some candid answers from BJP , Good response from the progressive people. Congress spokesperson sucks. Anupam sucks. Arnav didnt let the progressive free thinkers answer fully. This proBlem is a sensitive one and can not Be understood in the midst of this sort of shouting environment. Anupam is a dangerously prejudiced person. He lost my respect for sure. What the free thinkers are trying to say is, even though congress was oppressive, people were somewhat used to it Bcoz congress was setting the standard Back then. there was no previous circumstances to compare with Back then. now BJP is introducing Bans and commenting against things with which the people are already very much accustomed to . Thats why this sort of reactions are coming. Even though congress set up a poor standard, instead of improving it, BJP is making it worse. In a nutshell, BJP is putting India on a reverse gear. You guys may not realize this today But this is the sign of initial step toward religious fundamentalism. Speaking from the experience of Bangladesh. Yes, proBaBly BJP is doing a good joB with economy, But dont let them arise unnecessary proBlem.

[@jantrona]

Mr. Anupam Kher asked if there was not turmoil during '84, emergency, and stopped there. I guess he was not present, or had momentary lapse in memory regarding Babri, Godhra, Gujrat. He could have convincingly neutral then, but, again it's his freedom to choose if he wants to be so or otherwise. I am sure Mr. Anupam Kher also feels proud when the PM goes abroad and talks about India. I am not sure how does he feel when our PM, an eloquent orator, praised the PM of Bangladesh for her strength despite her being a woman !

[@feludaify]

Doesn't Shobhaa De have any other work to do?? She is practically in every newshour debate...

[@pithukuliseeman5549]

Hats off to Arnab!!!

[@SAFFRONINFERNO]

Bravo Anupham Kher

[@bhanuprakash3212]

Shobha de you talk on behalf of yourself. don't say on behalf of citizens? say as a citizen you speak.

[@tarunnarayan2333]

all media are either paid or they are pro congress. But Arnab wants us belive us he us un biased

[@pratik1616]

now , why dont anupam kher accuse arnab as pro-BJP the way he keeps on accusing other media as biased who said anythng against modi??

[@khantanveeralam]

The only one who drive some sense in this debate is Shobha De, others are just creating chaos.

[@aquib57]

and India has never witnessed such times when murders and lynching are politically covered by the authorities in power.. the statements of Mahesh sharma -culture minister and the star election campaigner Sadhvi prachi keep saying..such repeated offenders are still given high place in their parties

[@SAFFRONINFERNO]

+mohd aquib farooqui Lolz a muslim commenting on tolerance good joke

[@aquib57]

+niknsync haters will laugh but I said what a Muslim or an Indian Muslim is supposed to say..

[@SAFFRONINFERNO]

mohd aquib farooqui Thanks for the entertainment

[@aquib57]

+niknsync my pleasure..

[@SAFFRONINFERNO]

mohd aquib farooqui Start your tolerance campaign within your community first, hopefully something good will come out of it.

[@eluusanab1709]

Arnab Goswami ....style of conducting debate is highly going as if BJP paid actor

[@adarshguptak]

Arnab's first question was enough if Congees are any sensible! I lost all respect on Khushbu which I previously had for being a bold woman, only because she's supporting the worst thing that is happening in India, Indian National Congress party!