Citizens or Beneficiaries? | Report Card Series | Ep09

It is common for politicians across the board to refer to rights and entitlement holders as ‘beneficiaries’ instead of calling them ‘rights-holders’ or citizens. Such a term makes the government appear to be like a feudal lord doling out charity to people instead of an elected body meant to honor rights of people. The Narendra Modi led NDA government has taken this a few notches higher and has derogatorily referred to many rights as ‘freebies’ and has either diluted social security measures or has made inflated claims about its welfare programmes. The union government’s contribution to old age pensions, for instance, has been stagnant at Rs 200 per person per month for a decade. In this video, we demonstrate the exaggerated claims made by Narendra Modi regarding its flagship programmes of Swacch Bharat Abhiyan and Digital India. We show how alive people have been declared dead and denied pensions by the use of untested technologies. We then show the number of civilian deaths that have happened due to unplanned policies implemented by Narendra Modi without any consultation even with state governments. Taking cognisance of such autocratic and even cruel decisions by Narendra Modi, we end with a call that India needs a ‘serving’ Prime Minister and not a ‘ruling’ Prime Minister.
Directed by: Rajendran Narayanan
Inputs on Digital India from Laavanya Tamang
Links
• Multiple Indicator survey on open defecation in India: By Vignesh Radhakrishnan www.thehindu.com/data/data-an...
• Condition of the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan in UP : • स्वच्छ भारत अभियान की ...
• Boy’s mother threatened by officials for exposing condition of toilets in schools: • ‘Where Is Swachh Bhara...
• Graph on the stagnant allocations for pensions was presented at a press conference in Ranchi on April 20, 2024 by the economists Jean Drèzeand Reetika Khera. The slides of the presentation with the graph used in this video can be found here: / 1781884255452242116
• The Reporters’ Collective report on an algorithm deciding that an alive person is declared dead: By Kumar Sambhav, Tapasya & Divij Joshi www.aljazeera.com/economy/202...
• “I am alive” www.ndtv.com/cities/haryana-m...
• Denial of rations due to fingerprints using Aadhaar: By HardWork, No Pay • AAHAAR YA AADHAAR
• Starvation deaths and deaths due to Aadhaar documented by the Right to Food Campaign: By Aarefa Johari scroll.in/article/895667/a-ye...
• The Aadhaar Linked Game, can you survive by EPW: www.epw.in/engage/article/aad...
• Aadhaar cannot stop quantity fraud and how Aadhaar authentication is helping dealers siphon off food rations: By Siraj Dutta scroll.in/article/1027232/the...
• Aadhaar made compulsory: By Sakina Dhorajiwala and Niklas Wagner www.ideasforindia.in/topics/g...
• Paper by JPAL: By Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus and Sandip Sukhantar www.nber.org/system/files/wor...
• Almost 90% of ration cards got deleted: By scroll staff scroll.in/latest/953768/jhark...
• Death of a 11 year old: Reported by Manish Kumar & Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh www.ndtv.com/india-news/no-aa...
• Inflated savings claims due to Aadhaar: By Anjor Bhaskar, Arpita Sarkar and Preeti Singh www.epw.in/journal/2024/1/spe...
• Aadhaar scams: By Divya Aslesha and Zafar Aafaq scroll.in/article/1059347/sto...
• CAG report on UIDAI cag.gov.in/uploads/PressRelea...
• Death by hasty policy: By Anjor Bhaskar and Rajendran Narayanan scroll.in/article/1048364/loc...

[@sandeepranjan4843]

"You're not here to rule, you're here to serve." Truer words have never been spoken before!!

[@t-fu4sb]

Bhai last line mein aag laga di... pura phaad diya

[@rosieroti4063]

Many truer words have been spoken before.. they have all been forgotten.. just like these ones will be too in a few days.. thanks to the short attention span of brain dead electorates who will wallow in filth happily as long as some idealised imaginary being is given a "rightful" place of worship.... But enough about Erdogan 😂

[@freyblake9028]

And that's what he is doing He left his home family and everything for the sake of bharat and dharma seva That's what a sanyasi is

[@sandeepranjan4843]

@@freyblake9028 a 5 lakh suit wearing "sanyasi" 🤣🤣 Lal Bahadur Shastri did all that you said and more without leaving his family, search about him. People who leave their families are cowards not sanyasis.

[@freyblake9028]

@@sandeepranjan4843 pehli baat toh sanyasi ka matlab sadhu baba nahi hota samjha Tere maa baap ne kuch sikhaya nahi toh apni gawariyat har jagah mat faila

[@saifuddin7187]

He is a patriotic indian who is speaking for his nation

[@t-fu4sb]

Aur ye tax India ko deta hain na ki Germany ko

[@Shubuu17]

@@t-fu4sb India mai hai ye banda or probably tere se zyada tax deta hai 😂

[@freyblake9028]

No he is not He has an agenda and that's what he is loyal for He doesn't care about the nation or anything He has his ideology which doesn't match with current government and that's it It has nothing to do with nationalism

[@neetudwivedi3883]

​@@t-fu4sbkoi Germany me rhe ha usa me tere ko kya Germany hai India se accha janta hu tum dhruv ko Target kar rhe ho

[@user-xg2ei2si1k]

😏😏😏 funding aarahi hai uski

[@WeblyGomes]

If there was no Kunal, Dhruv and few others, there wouldn't have been an opposition to the Govt. and a voice to the people of this country.

[@user-bf6ul8ok1s]

Your comment defies logic. All the names you are counting here NONE did an original reporting. We have opposition, the issue is we as citizen majority of us refused to know unless its served to us on a platter.

[@aniketmane6232]

pls don't let modi lose elections. you want India to go down the drains?

[@atriraychaudhuri3673]

​@@aniketmane6232hahahahahahaha

[@shriradhahari7272]

​@@aniketmane6232 तुम्हे क्या लगता है की इन लोगों के वीडियो से मोदी इलेक्शन हार जाएगा सभी पार्टियां का कुछ न कुछ गलत रहता है और बुराई रहती है मगर जनता को इन बुराई मैं से जो कम बुराई करने वाला पार्टी है उन्हे चुनना है ना की आंख मूंद कर किसी एक पार्टी को जिताया जाए

[@oriontechnologies6728]

@@user-bf6ul8ok1sthis is how gas comes out of the drainage for steaming chai “wala” 😅

[@DeepakSatya-ng5gf]

साहिब ने कुणाल के शो बैन करवाए तो कुणाल डिटेल सर्व रिपोर्ट ले आया। अब साहेब को समझ नहीं आ रहा है ज्यादा खतरनाक कौन है? कॉमेडी के नाम पर लपेटता हुआ कुणाल या असली पत्रकारिता करता हुआ कुणाल। इसी सिचुएशन को कहते हैं कि न निगलते बनता है और न थूकते। वाह कुणाल जी वाह❤

[@user-od2fx9sj5p]

You are doing commendable work, my brother. There is no shame in exposing the deceitful tactics of the ruling party. However, the heartbreaking reality is that the less fortunate have been neglected under this current government.

[@seetheworld3839]

shame? its a duty

[@doctorofpharmacy204]

Starting मे.. M आपको देशद्रोही समझता था.. Ye क्या देशद्रोही तो मेरा अपना मोदी निकला Now I am no more Andhbhakt❤❤

[@abhanshu4146]

now you're chamcha😂😂

[@mohanvishwakarma6568]

Lekin ab bahut der ho chuki hai dr. sahab

[@Funtoons813]

Kanhaiya Kumar ke mamle me v yhi h

[@Mbbs_Hostel_Boys]

💯

[@bhalugaming2847]

​@@Funtoons813 acchi baat hai anbhakt nhi hai Kyu tum dukh horhe hoon😂

[@seetheworld3839]

Damn that line:"We want a serving PM not a ruling PM" so true man!

[@H8eei]

I started watching your video after the recommendation of Dhruv rathi sir And right now i am addicted 😊

[@t-fu4sb]

Aur Rathi tumhare publicity se BMW khareed raha hain Germany mein... aur Kunal bhai apna desh ko jaga rahe hain

[@swiftie8073]

So what He has earned it​ what's wrong in buying things of hard earned money?@@t-fu4sb

[@theentertainer5341]

​​@@t-fu4sb ye logic kuch samaz nahi aaya KZbin ke paise se chahe jo kare, uske video ke views se kharid raha haikoi bhi

[@Lmao-truth-5670]

​@@t-fu4sbit's okay and better rather than letting a narcissistic leader feed off our tax and supress our voices

[@ajitwakade1690]

"You're not here to rule, you're here to serve." this one message all politician need to understand ... Whether it BJP or Congress .....

[@prashantdabhi6364]

truly said, India needs Serving PM not Ruling PM...

[@t-fu4sb]

After and before MM Singh who has served us?!!

[@iemon7722]

@@t-fu4sb PV Narasimha Rao.

[@muskansharma-jm5bp]

Kaash yeh log pehle hi kunal ki comedy samajh paate🥲

[@taranpreet1904]

Baat samajh nhi aati comedy toh door ki baat hai 😂

[@phoebebuffet3486]

@@taranpreet1904 whose fault is that??

[@muskansharma-jm5bp]

@@taranpreet1904 2019 se yeh banda bol raha hai... Ke modi ko bhagwan mat banaao.... Par kisine nahi suna... 🥲

[@kaushalgagan6723]

​@@taranpreet1904 maine to pale hi bola tha andhbhakto ki IQ room temperature se bhi niche hai. Mere suggestion mano dur rha karo Kunal ke shows se. it's not good for andhbhakts mind.

[@Afroz_hassan]

भक्त लोग की आस्था इतनी गहरी है की जब तक आफत और बरबादी आ ना जाए तब तक समझ नही आएगा

[@HarshadKhandare]

तुझे सर्वच व्हिडिओ अत्यंत अभ्यासपूर्ण असून आजच्या देशाची परिस्थिती तू अत्यंत प्रखरपणे मांडतो आहेस. खूप सारे प्रेम आणि सदिच्छा 💙

[@yamimaougaming2469]

​@@YaminiThakur7गप्प बस ग सगळीकडे तिच कंमेंट

[@yamimaougaming2469]

हो👌

[@anupj5556]

Where are Jharkhand's ration scheme grains?? They were sold by Ambani's Daughter in his Dad's Mall. On what price?? 400 times than usual. How?? They are organic grains.😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@johnsonthomas3178]

You are not here to rule but to serve.. True words...

[@thefaisalcorp]

I'm not even Indian, but this takes great courage and guts to actually take a stand and speak up that too with facts against ruling government. I hope the nation does understand you're with them and not against.

[@Siddharth-qu9pn]

Aapko raja nhi bnne denge PM ji ,apne nagrik hone ki baat karenge is hitting me more😮😮

[@soumyajeetchakrabarty6872]

(P1) Holy shit, the poor kid good threatend by school teacher under the pressure of the facist party for telling the truth? This will be this week's highlight. Being very selfish, if this has percolated in rural areas then soon it will happen in urban areas where I reside.

[@apurvasawhoney]

Yeah for sure, and also the 11 year old who died because of the great technological advancements.. the only thing being rationed in this governance are braincells

[@abhijeetjena1515]

Thanks Kunal for revealing the truth❤

[@narendragujrati1772]

I m Big Big fan Kunal kamra sir 🙏🙏 Good job 👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍

[@soumyajeetchakrabarty6872]

(P2) This is perhaps the best show that you have done when it comes to critical analysis genre......more power to you.

[@snehaghosal3068]

I was aware of this truth,poor are the main sufferers bcz of this system, it was very hard for them to link aadhar/ voter, they had very less to no knowledge of digital system, have no digital device access or cafe access due to least income. People from slum who actually need the PDS system are the neglected one from their right to food. That's why thinking about grassroot/ poorest person shld be the main focus of any Leaders to develop the country. Forever remember "WE THE PEOPLE OF INDIA" are the main power of the country as per constitution of India.

[@beulahlad3576]

Thank you 🙏❤ 👍🇮🇳🌹 Kunal Kamra ji, .. for your Superb work / service to the Nation

[@NexGenNectar]

This reminds me of a quote by Martin Luther: "No one is hated more than he who speaks the truth".

[@mahendhar345]

Not here to rule.. you are here to serve 👍

[@RohanKSharma]

Wordplay won’t matter too much. Remember *PradhanSevak* ? Citizens with no awareness of human rights and Brainwashed religious bigots create these leaders!

[@arunbhosale768]

यार इस जाणकारी की बहोत जरुरत थी 😢... सलाम कुणाल भाई सच्चाई दिखाने के लिये

[@vishnumurthy8236]

Kunaal u r deserved to here yaar

[@sayyedfareed7831]

He is spitting facts..

[@sarang.chavan]

कुणाल, ही series इतकी उत्कृष्ट आहे की त्याची quality कोणत्याही international रिपोर्ट series chi बरोबरी करेल. तुझी माहिती इतकी सर्वंकष आहे की इतक्या खोल प्रश्नांना उत्तरं देता देता मोदीच्या नाकी नऊ येतील. मी खूप आधी पासून तुझा चाहता आहे. मला तुझा गर्व आहे! कोटी कोटी शुभेच्छा!

[@dfiance4change922]

Very good Brother.................Another addition would be the ban on 10 Years old cars in Delhi NCR. Soon we all will have to revolt against this as well.

[@SoodSahiba]

You arw doing a great job 👍 voice of democracy

[@sabyasachibasuroy560]

Man... Been folllowing this series from the start but don't think any video can beat the intensity of this one. Straight up facts after facts backed up by details statistics. Love you bro.. At least someone is doing what needed to be done a decade ago ❤️

[@modernlogix]

The numbers just astonish me.

[@ankit91404]

My Favourite News Anchor😁😁😁

[@san4sha]

ये बात सही हमारे शहर से जंगल से सटे गांव में 50 टॉयलेट कागजों में बन गए और हमारे जिले को खुले में शौच से मुक्त घोषित कर दिया गया। जबकि वहां आवेदनकर्ताओं से पूंछा गया तो उन्हे टॉयलेट बने ही नही बताया।

[@user-qj6tm7pf7i]

Amit Shah from parallel universe opposing Modi with all his soul and heart🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@beulahlad3576]

To be precise Kunal Kamra's *speaking the Truth* 💯😃

[@Nahor94]

Precise mate.

[@NobodyLOL10]

Aee pink profile wale ladke 😂😂

[@amitchoudhury3591]

Oppose kaha kar rah bhai!! Woh toh fact bata rha!!

[@user-gg6oc7iu1t]

Poora video hi bohot achcha tha lekin last ke 1 minute me Jo Kunal kamra sir ne kaha wo to bohot hi zabardast laga ❤

[@mokhlesur140]

Man how do you do it? Superb quality, the way orate, everything is to notch! Love from Bangladesh.

[@rOMindian81]

You, Dhruv, Varun,are the real media❤

[@tanya.0_0]

The ending was lit serving not ruling ❤

[@the_positiveinsaan]

Hawa badalne me Kunal ka bahut bada hath h 😂😂😂

[@madhutanwar5229]

"Serving pm not ruling pm " very well said sir

[@sameerjadav6773]

गद्दर मचा दिया आप ने तो भाई ❤

[@Lovely-dl5cw]

Well said in the end - We don't need a ruling PM but a serving PM❤❤❤❤❤

[@happyland2567]

Real punch on face. Final statement you are not here to rule, you are here to serve. Hats off kunal.

[@duxyt.]

Hat's off hai sir aapko sach me ham aapke sath hai ham democracy ke sath hai

[@hewhofilms9578]

Its funny that i have to come to his channel for news and facts to stay up to date, a comedian has to take up the responsibility as our journalism is dead, thanks for everything bhai !

[@saquibhussain4789]

Some people use their popularity to spread hate and lies, some people use it to entertain people, and some people use it to spread knowledge, truth and awareness. Some people understand the meaning of 'With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility.'

[@sagarjuneja8617]

You are doing excellent job! Salute to you! Do not STOP. In today’s time when journalism is either sold or silenced, it is important that some courageous people like you bring out the truth.

[@ad08star]

Great job Kunal. Everyone should see this series.

[@samvitsaroj4757]

More power to you Kunal! God bless you

[@Shaikhsl]

Salute you Kunal 🎉

[@thisiskaos9249]

Sir, Hats off to your analysis, courage and truthfulness! You people are the last faint rays of hope left in the land ruled by Herr Führer.

[@jubeenzaidi6249]

Knowledge with logics and proofs is simply unbeatable! GG!

[@jubeenzaidi6249]

Last line was fab. Keep up the good work bro. Kudos!!

[@margretdm2187]

Very true politicians are not for ruling they are to serve the people of the nation

[@Awakenbeing]

Corruption can not be curbed untill people are honest. I have seen village people who are taking the money but not building toilets.

[@navishkunjam6985]

nice joke money was given to people to build toilet but i have seen 10k Rs was taken from every household in village including disabled person who can't walk .i haven't seen such shamelessness in my entire life , at that time i felt country is our's but countries's people are alien

[@utkarshsharma9393]

Sarkar ko bachane ki koshish mat kar public ko blame kar k

[@sportsfan8048]

Bhai mere toilet phle se hoga toh dubara thodi banwayega

[@user-qj6tm7pf7i]

Guess who's back, Back again, If Modi's back THEN LEAVING COUNTRY IS MY PLAN🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AJSoundbites]

No one is stopping you. You go and leave 😅

[@yogibear4669]

“You are not here to rule….. you are here to serve” Very well said🙌🏻

[@anubhabchakraborty9523]

Last line... Punch on the face... "You are not here to rule.. you are here to serve.." Hats off to you...🤝

[@Merajmohdkhan]

Fantastic ❤work last 3-4 minutes just mind blowing ❤

[@honeysharma1093]

You are not here to rule, you are here to serve👌👌👌.. best line

[@raaj_barui]

The best line of 2024 : "You are not here to rule, you are here to serve." ❤

[@_Skill__issue__1]

Bro is the definition of thought provoking mind

[@LEVOSIER57456]

लोकतंत्र में नागरिक होना सबसे मुश्किल काम हैं- रवीश कुमार जिस दिन लोग नागरिक होने का मह्त्व समझ जाएंगे देश सही दिशा में आगे बढ़ेगा।🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🙏

[@vedantbhatkar3845]

This is one of the best series out there! I’ve used this to educate my friends who have been living under a rock for the last decade

[@studywithrahul7964]

बाक्या आप महान काम कर रहे हो दिल से सलाम काम ,कंटेंट ऐसा करो कोइ copy न कर सके।

[@urmilapatnala6370]

He is just good guys!😊

[@Sanchit_Dubey]

Love you Kunal sir❤ Also Thanks for bringing Acharya prashant ji on shut up ya Kunal show

[@samirparmar4369]

You’re here to serve, not to rule! Wah Kunal 👏

[@qureshiismile890]

Dil jit liya KUNAL bhai

[@ayushverma9767]

How India is growing

[@biplobbiswas7506]

Last sentence is the correct one. You are here to serve not to rule,

[@ayub904]

Thank you for raising these questions and issues Kunal kamra

[@fragman8350]

Kunal Karma wants a grocery store for himself somewhere in Puducherry but the underprivileged should be allow to get ration only using thumb prints. Great sir , just great.

[@rizwanchamp7794]

You are not here to rule you are here to serve! ❤

[@ambroseholmes3990]

Amazing numbers Kunal it’s very well researched and quality content

[@zaydmuhamed5166]

Thank you Kunal. One of the best series ever conducted by Kunal and Team.

[@sudarshanamukhopadhyay6491]

absolutely love this series. This is the best episode so far.

[@sahil-jy4eb]

Nice job 😊

[@moienqureshi1398]

Kunal bhai kahe k lelo😂

[@sammyub6576]

Beautiful and an eye opener

[@nabeelasad1531]

14.50 was a shocker. Shows Kunal’s comprehensive research 🫡

[@drjagritisingh6569]

Mera gaon prayagraj mein sheher se zyada door nhi hai ,makanpur aur ghoshi ,wahan abhi bhi log bahar jaate hain aur ismein aurton ki kaafi sankhiya hai.problem iss huge corruption, government doesn't care as long as you are a government supporter.

[@sarakhan0621]

Bhai ek video Modi ki farji digree par bhi banao

[@bipulnath4741]

You are true Indian..doing great job...

[@somendarmeena6814]

Great effort to wake-up Indian ❤❤✌

[@narendragujrati1772]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@tron2724]

Progressive indians naam ka redditt page shuru karo.

[@abdulsathar9837]

Good work

[@andrewmiller-ps8xg]

Kunal you are the one, the nation needs you brother 💯

[@Imrockonn]

जिस महान आदमी ने वार रुकवा दिया, आप उसकी बेइज्जती करते रहते हो, देश माफ नहीं करेगा 😡

[@sairithvickgummadala2688]

Well Modi DID NOT STOP the war. Get your facts right. And why is your great man silent on Manipur, Revanna, Brij Bhusan and multiple other crisis going in India?

[@arunvlogs2516]

Sarcasm😊​@@sairithvickgummadala2688

[@DSds..]

Stop war?

[@zytcuy1111]

I hope you're being sarcastic

[@MISHA_NARANG_SHARMA]

Aisa mat socho ham hindu hai isliye bach jaengeAur laga ki tum jaise youth hi desh ka Bhavivysaya aur ye politics kitna brainwashed rakh rahi hai ham youth koAaj muslaman maar kha raha kal kisaan kha raha tha ek din jab sawal poochona choge to ham bhi kahenegeAur phir tumhe lagega bahut der ho gayiYe neta log politics ko isliye hi aisa rakhte hai taaki ham jaise youths inki taraf na dekheHam reels ke comment kattar hindu likhne mein busy rahenge aur ye log desh ka bantadhar karne mein lage rahenge

[@modernlogix]

Yup, very true. The politics is intentionally kept toxic. And hence the word "Apolitical" was coined which doesn't even mean anything.

[@PAKHTOON_1]

Bhout aala۔۔۔

[@bennetgordon9586]

Thanks

[@starship_01]

Get ready, as Modi said, this is just trailer. If bjp comes to power again, your daughter, sister, wife and mother will be called in local bjp office to make prajawal type videos. And you will stand outside the door shouting Modi Modi to muffle their screams. They keep testing your obedience. And this is the peak obedience. This will be an accepted norm. Then these will be smaller problems.. You will buy petrol for 500, onion for 200, and gas cylinder for 2000. Your income will be same or will reduce but who cares. Because you have bigger issues protecting your family.

[@shreeniwaz]

Bhai ek bar INDI Alliance walon se milo.. atleast unhe kuchh mudde to mil jayenge oppose karne ke liye.. abhi to bina kisi mudde ka khali virodh kar rahe hai wo log...😂😂

[@anonymous5567yu]

Menifesto patha he???... Videos ya kuchh dekhe india ke or rahul gandhi k???

[@salmankhan-bf9jr]

Apne bap ko bol chunav prachar ke liye Manipur jaye.

[@salmankhan-bf9jr]

Apne bap ko bol Ladakh walo se mil ke aye.

[@salmankhan-bf9jr]

Apne bap ko bol Prajwal Revanna wapas bulaye.

[@salmankhan-bf9jr]

Apne bap ko bol Chaina ko lal-ankh dikhaye.

[@sumedhbansod9660]

Kunal kamra is doing truly awesome reporting 👌

[@atiqurrehman7851]

Nobody knowns how much frustration he has towards modi but how intellectual he is you can understand by his tone while telling the facts. ❤

[@suvodipsom5499]

To be honest, people like Kunal, Dhruv etc are doing what the opposition should have done. I have no hope left for congress, I.N.D.I.A for that matter. Showing the govt policies where they are lagging is as equally important as praising them for policies where they deserve appreciation.

[@syedabulhasan8496]

Zabardast❤

[@talhalaiq6452]

Great job 👍

[@kushalveersingh200]

Super se bhi Upar....Real Swachta is this...... Keep going

[@MrAsh4fire]

Sab Baraabar Ho Jaenge Toh Raja Kaun Banega? Lekin RAJA Banaana Hi Kyo Hai!!!!!!!!! - This Dialouge from Article 15 Movie Just Hits Everytime. "Aap Ko Raja Nahi Banne Denge Modi Ji, Hum Apne Naagrik Hone Ki Baat Karenge" - Just Hits The Same Today.

[@sanyammalhan]

Thank you for doing this series and raising awareness.