India votes: Can the Gandhi family hold on to its last stronghold? | DW News

India's massive, six-week national election is now entering its final stages. We're going to zoom into a small district in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, which sends 80 lawmakers to Delhi; that's fifteen percent of the Parliament. The district of Raebareli is the last bastion of the Nehru-Gandhi family, the dynasty that ruled India for more than 50 years.
DW Delhi bureau chief, Sandra Petersmann, went to Raebareli to find out whether this election could mark the 'political' end of the Gandhis.
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[@nick00176]

They are not real Gandhi family, they just used Gandhi as surname

[@paagalguy6372]

Indira Gandhi's husbands name actual name is Feroze Jehangir Ghandy. Hence Indira Gandhi's name should have been Indira Ghandy. It looks as though somebody fiddled around with the spelling of their surname.

[@user-jk6ed9ux1t]

Like Kennedy families in USA?

[@hj2711]

@@paagalguy6372nope Gandhi is Gujarati name and none of these are Gujarati. They are doing it for politics.

[@humbletomsandeep]

People have the right to decide what surname they want.They dont need your permission

[@dileepm7488]

They are Khans , Stolen sirname using

[@gk9257]

DW don't know BJP is actually famous in Low caste community 😂

[@siddharthjain9611]

It's famous among all hindus and nationalist be it of any caste

[@funkylife09]

which cast u from??

[@human8454]

Modi is from lower caste

[@SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi]

​@@funkylife09 All caste

[@omrajput2936]

@@SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi jay shree ram

[@Mrvillain134]

Bjp winner I'm also low caste🔥

[@hitarthchaudhari]

Never say that dude. There is no caste anymore. ❤

[@velusamia4304]

yęş

[@viswaprasad9450]

Why you consider yourself low caste. Caste is not a factor nowadays.

[@chukka7446]

We all are the same brother. Theres nothing like castes in our dharma.

[@longerodds5077]

Don't undermine yourself. You are no less than other Hindus. These media people will have their hidden agenda to divide us. Never say low class again. Please 🙏

[@tenton459]

They are related to Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. They are his descendents. They are NOT related to the Mahatma Gandhi. Hence your headline should read 'Nehru dynasty'.

[@skool269]

Even bro who give Tital of mahatma 😅 he didn't deserve that 😤

[@syhuhjk]

*Mohandas karamchand Gandhi

[@tenton459]

@skool269 that is your opinion. You were not present then.

[@skool269]

@tenton459 nor you present there but he is did terrible work in his life and don't know when and who did him title of mahatma to supporter of genocides

[@tenton459]

@skool269 please read up on history. He was successful in preventing a genocide in Bengal. He was well respected. One of the reasons he was on fast when he was murdered by Godse, was to stop the genocide in Punjab.

[@p.d.bharwad2636]

First...Priyanka's surname is not Gandhi it is Vadra, Priyanka Vadra...... second she's just reincarnation of Tamraj Kilvish and Modiji is our Shaktiman....😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@24elbaliava]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@BharatFirst2047]

Surname "Gandhi" is adopted one. Real is Khan.

[@FrontierEnterprise]

Feroze Gandhy was the husband of Indira Gandhi. Feroze is not a hindu nane. And Gandhy became Gandhi,

[@GoudSabhab]

🤣🤣💀

[@akrishnan1382]

This family is most hated in India for the following reasons: 1. They misruled/mismanaged our country and made India one of the poorest countries in the world. 2. They brought in family politics in the country which deprived the country of meritorious people not being able to work for the country. 3. They are the most corrupt and cunning family and people's welfare is their last priority. 4. They thought that by uniting the so-called minorities in a so-called secular country and dividing the so called majority community based on caste equiations to get certain number of votes they will get 30% of all votes to rule the country. They succeeded initially when people are not informed of their misdeeds to some extent, but since this bluff is now called by Mr Modi, they are facing irrelevance. History will remember the family as the most treacherous as they failed on every country and cheated the Indian people. The scion of the family cannot win in any of the constituencies and had to flee from the so called family constituency to a constituency where the so called minority communites constitute 60% of voters. Until this segment of voters continue to mislead this scion will win.

[@DSan-kl2yc]

So are they so called minorities or are they just minorities Is it a secular country or is it not

[@kathiravanpandian3827]

Congrats DW for show the Ghandi families original name who have been stealing Mahathma Gandhi's Name for decades.

[@kathiravanpandian3827]

Oh! DW got back on track for their masters network.

[@HunterGatherer90]

I am wondering how did Nehru family become Gandhi family. Indira Nehru - Indira Gandhi Rajiv Nehru - Rajiv Gandhi Rahul Nehru - Rahul Gandhi. is it Faking Gandhi's name and destroying his Reputation ?

[@vipendrasingh5608]

Wrong map of India, actually quite insulting to Indians, wrong reporting that Uttar Pradesh is 50 percent of parliament and not to mention wrong spelling of Gandhi. Substandard DW.

[@chirag1091]

They said 15%

[@kirannnnnn]

Government of india needs to send back Western journalists, These journalists are dangerous than islam.

[@subhrajitgupta5535]

Journalists have fundamental rights. Lol andh bhakt. Government can't touch them

[@ahm3187]

@@subhrajitgupta5535 agreed government of india should ban voting also as it is also dangerous

[@subhrajitgupta5535]

@@ahm3187 there are few people who tried to do it. those government officials are in jail

[@radhika00240]

actually Christ talibanis.

[@kirannnnnn]

@@ahm3187I love dictatorship

[@lifeinjapan3468]

OMG! They can't even spell Gandhi. Gandhis are surely gone. Lol

[@Iamroyl283]

Show correct map of India... shameless channel

[@KishoreKumar-cs6dd]

Gandhi Family ❌ Nehru Family ✅

[@alexbond1591]

Raw-barelli, Gandi 😅😅😅

[@nirmalyabhattacharya4001]

Pretty acceptable spelling error 😂

[@fullaranag]

It's not error.

[@santanupradhan9983]

Congress paid for DW for camping

[@ruuuuudooooolph]

Looks like we have an uneducated employee at DW.

[@danielmartin7838]

Hush…

[@artman12]

Just one? All of them are like that. 😂

[@pmt7483]

DW knowingly didn’t ask the most obvious question which is “why has the dynastic seat of congress never seen development in the 75 yrs of independence” out of which Congress ruled for 60 years. This just shows what congress does once it gets elected. Now compare this to seat of PM candidate from BJP. Maybe DW doesn’t understand the magnitude of 66% voter turnout, that too in middle of heatwaves. If u call this low voter turnout I wonder what u have to say about US and other European countries!

[@user-kp8fz8jj7j]

Come on DW it’s Gandhi!

[@kathiravanpandian3827]

Oh, when gandhi had child named Indra?

[@_kartik_chauhan]

Observe that constituency and then check the constituency of Mr. Narendra Modi, which is Varanasi. You will see the difference. Evaluate for yourself when you say Modi's win is bad for democracy. If he had done something good, he will win, that's it.

[@JohnnyRotten-uf6xw]

DW needs Charu to teach them how to spell 'Gandhi' before talking about them.

[@akrishnan1382]

She was right even if she did it unknowingly. To set the facts right - the family misappropriated their "Ghandi" surname by changing it to "Gandhi" to mislead the Indian public that they are the descendants of Mahatma Gandhi. Ghandi surname was the original surname of Feroze Ghandi who married Nehru's daughter Indira. The rest is history.

[@fredrickdemello2260]

Are you people illiterate? How do you mispell gandhi?

[@zaurukraus9296]

It's almost immoral to wish for a political dynasty to "hold on" to a particular region's electoral seat. With time every place should have a change, and repeatedly electing the same family is a sign of decay in democracy.

[@Manish_Kumar_Singh]

Education is free in india. The quality might not be that good, but the government pays for Dalits and women to go to school and college along with free food.

[@anujsethi7845]

😂😂

[@samymarathon6484]

Leftists in India talking about modi sound like leftists in the US talking about trump. Leftists will never change.

[@howarddrake2544]

This dynasty thing should end. India has grown out of this mindset that foreign is best, and now wants competent Indian rulers who can give them a sense of pride in their ancient civilization and modern day aspirations.

[@lhommeaudacieux]

What I never understood about India is it has all the ingredients for democratic backsliding, widespread disillusionment, high illiteracy, rampant corruption, raging populism, deep ethnic and religious divides, eye watering social inequality. Yet somehow Indian democracy turns out to be more robust than in some western countries. More power to them and I hope they rise to become a great nation, but I remain puzzled as to how they do it.

[@biswaroopmaiti2943]

Democracy in India is based on cultural instinct. You might falter and find problems on the way, but that doesn't mean you forget your identity. If your cultural instinct is to find solutions through violence, you might go that way, whether internally or externally waging a war. If your instinct is that violence creates more problems and doesn't really solve any, you go towards democracy. Most democratic nations are built on culture. Either you have it, or you don't.

[@lhommeaudacieux]

@@biswaroopmaiti2943 I don't know, India has seen it's fair share of both internal and external violence over the last century...

[@skool269]

​@@lhommeaudacieuxlike you can give any example when did india attack any nation ?

[@lhommeaudacieux]

@@skool269 India has been involved in at least a dozen wars and skirmishes with Pakistan and China over the years. As to who started what it really always depends whom you ask and in a permanent tip for tat it also stops to matter and nobody remembers who threw the first stone.

[@YS27122]

@@lhommeaudacieuxThe answer lies in the culture. India has always been a hindu majority state and the philosophies/teachings of Hinduism ( karma, dharma, inclusiveness, one world one family etc) helps India to remain a ‘robust democracy’ despite all its challenges. India is surviving and thriving simply because its a non abrahamic hindu civilizational state. It is the DNA of hindu indians which make this state ‘democratic’ and ‘inclusive’. No amount of poverty, corruption, inequality can actually shake the wisdom of indian people. Thats why, despite all the challenges, they wont go rogue or become threat for the world. This confidence also comes from historical culture and dharmic teachings.

[@rutvikchaudhary5039]

Correct the map DW

[@Ati-Maharathi]

They are doing it on purpose 😡

[@lumbiniashutoshtambat5871]

It is really interesting, for its the first time a channel wrote their name right. Its actually Ghandy only. Feroze Ghandy- Parsi. Its said, Gandhiji gave them his surname for acceptance

[@myspace1876]

No. Gandhi is real name. Indira's mother had an aff@ir with Mohandas.

[@krlscape]

ermmm spelling mistake- gandhi*

[@subhrajitgupta5535]

What is GHANDI????

[@JohnnyFast-bu3rj]

Real surname of nehru- ghandi family Feroz ghandi is Indira husband and Rajiv dad

[@madhukarmurthi9064]

If Congress or AAP lose anywhere DW feels like they themselves have lost

[@IvanpalGrewal]

2 million voters in just one seat. I wonder how many did the reporter speak to ?

[@jitendratiwari6886]

End of British stooge. They wanted to make India a service sector economy.

[@_kartik_chauhan]

Don't know who will win but it will be a close election If Rahul loses then on that seat it may destroy him politically

[@karansharma9096]

Only Modi ji 🚩🚩

[@rapidvelocity]

I'm the First time voter, I did cast my vote as so my fellow millions of friends did . We're very much interested in this democratic exercise and believe me the youth is more self aware than ever you can't fool us

[@pranav99686]

No matter how hard the western media tries modi is gona come again

[@sureshkrishnan6382]

It's not Gandhi family..It's Nehru family..They just adopted Gandhi name for votes

[@viswaprasad9450]

Priyanka Vadra and Rahul are grand children of Feroz Khan. They are no way connected to Gandhi.

[@utpalmishra3789]

Actually kamini said that she is going to vote bjp and pm modi ....for her better future ...😂

[@vrutantshah7218]

I like DW's meltdown...😂😂

[@shashankshah6808]

use correct map of India

[@wramper]

Remember that the congress party suspended democracy in India, NOT MODI!!!

[@aramanraj]

You show wrong map...

[@SurinderNagi-yw6qn]

Ghandi is correct, GhanDi. Not Gandhi Even Gandi is ok, also if u remove i its ok. Another relic of coloniaevil power goes to bite the dust.

[@paddy654]

Where did you get that information

[@SurinderNagi-yw6qn]

@@paddy654 its a common knowledge in Bharat.

[@maxsmith3580]

India only has 3 casts, the rich, the poor and the middle class. the rich don't care who comes to power, the poor can't be helped because not only are they poor but they also have no skills that can be upscaled and then is the middle class who get taxed the most but ate left to fend for themselves as far as government incentives are concerned. Any party that ties to reform the system gets voted out and the next lot dare not try the things that got the last lot pushed out of power. Sometimes I fell democracy is the worst form of government for poor countries, specially those that are trying to Industrialize. Look at all the failed democracies in Africa, South America, at the bottom end of economic ladder. Yet China became a success, Russia didn't collapse under economic sanctions, it appears autocratic governments are better at delivering results, at the cost of human rights other luxuries that the 3ed world doesn't have anyway.

[@jaibholenath6900]

Are u rich poor or middle class

[@rir7507]

Ghandi dynasty might end, but Gandhi dynasty will continue!

[@harminderkaur4994]

Time is over for 5th generation nehru gandhian thugs is over , democracy for Gandhi means looting common man with impunity,

[@colorgrower]

No the curse will end in 2024

[@abc-_-xyz]

2:07 😂 DW trying hard to endorse CONgress but ended up exposing them. That constituency belonged to CONgress for the last 20 years still you will find villages that haven't got good roads, electricity, water supply etc.

[@rajchamar8641]

Thanks a lot lot for reporting 🙏

[@akeeorakii2844]

Iam not from higher caste …. Not from north… I love bjp❤

[@FunnyVideos-se1zx]

Why you show distorted map of India 😡

[@riteshsinghparihar6822]

Save your country first

[@liar-liar]

The cleanest vote, cleanest food, cleanest behaviors in the whole world

[@cleanmessengers]

The presence of a single beggar in Raebareli portrays the failure of Gandhis

[@kaushalanand3480]

Western propganda never ended 😅

[@SaisunilSahu]

Ground reporter be like : Raebareli is known as RAEBERY😅😂

[@rutvikchaudhary5039]

Typical western media reporting

[@ntdd0068]

As an Indian , I must say nice report.

[@Sharmaj33]

Mahatma Gandhi was Gujrati Jinna Was Gujrati Modi Is Gujrati In Modi Hands Gujrat And Gujratis will Find Sucsess and will become rich rich and more rich Rahul Gandhi Can Save The india And Unity of India my vote for Rahul Only

[@pushkrajsathe]

one dislike for showing wrong map of India.

[@user-qi5vt2ut2d]

i am totally concerned about you have attached wrong map of India in this video . 0:30 sec

[@vipulpatel3498]

DW must do reporting on india overtake germany and japan within 2 years

[@vijaymandlik4863]

After 4th June, Italy may be a stronghold for Gandhi family.

[@FrontierEnterprise]

Gandhi family and their Congress party have amended the Indian Constitution during the Emergency. Now they are saying save the Constitution!

[@LoanLam-uc9qx]

It happens every where in the world, when the politicians are in the campaign they promise a lot but when they won they don’t don’t do what they said before

[@asimwaheed8201]

Nehru-Ghandhi had their chance. They should leave the scene.

[@JAROSLAV-tj7uj]

A few days ago, the Irish government announced a shocking plan to build an unbelievable 300,000 social houses and apartments over the next five years, and it intends to allocate EUR 20 billion (CZK 500 billion) for their construction. The aim of the plan is for no Irishman to be without an apartment. Ireland, a non-NATO member, has also announced that it will spend only 0.5% of Ireland's GDP on armaments. According to the newly adopted Fiala Act, the Czech Republic spends 2% of GDP on armaments. If the Czech Republic spent 0.5% of GDP on armaments, as Ireland did, there would be CZK 120 billion left in the state budget

[@nps7742]

That's the constituency which is governed by this family for generations look at it condition and if they are still voting for this people its pathetic

[@metromaster7025]

Don't confuse them with Mahatma Gandhi, they are not real Gandhi they used the surname for political gains.

[@OptimusK-qs7dg]

first, display the correct map of India, the very basic thing...then comment on Indian Politics..

[@Vader19k8]

So what did congress do for past 20 years ??

[@HunterGatherer90]

I am wondering how did Nehru family become Gandhi family. Indira Nehru - Indira Gandhi Rajiv Nehru - Rajiv Gandhi Rahul Nehru - Rahul Gandhi. is it Faking Gandhi's name and destroying his Reputation ?

[@vaidik.samiksha]

Correct indian map 🤬🤬🤬

[@roshanmst]

Don't worry, Gandhi family influence is from South to East, West to North ❤

[@justfun1384]

It's Nehru family not Gandhi my goodness, DW being a global news channel couldn't research such a simple thing 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jankinandanjha3548]

Educated people of India will get rid of corrupt dynastic and incompetent Gandhi family.

[@argentaamore]

Don't fight anymore The fight was over a long time ago

[@Ri.shav.K.u.m.a.r]

Modi great leader ❤

[@bulthaosen1169]

Its not gandhi family. DW again doing misinformation. Its nehru family. They are NOT related to mahatma gandhi or people who have gandhi surname. There gandhi is actually a different one. Its ghandy or gandy depending on pronunciation. A seperate surname. They changed the surname for politics.

[@GuruKhatri1]

After this third loss, they need to leave and let Congress rebuild

[@rohanagarwal6848]

How well they have done there research is seen by the title of the video .Its Gandhi not Ghandi

[@vsharan2k]

They will easily hold the seat, that's not because of the namesake Gandhis, rather the ruling party fielded a candidate largely hated by the electors. Not that Gandhis are any better, just look at the state of the people in this constituency after 60 years of the namesakes Gandhis at the helm, there's nothing really to celebrate. Effectively, this entitled and apaethetic lot deserves a proper send-off forever from the INC, Raebareli and Indian politics. Perhaps the poor people are far more unhappy with the sorry choice thrust on them by the ruling party!

[@ermagerdh]

Nothing to do with gandhi. They are Nehru family

[@gokulparavoor6723]

Atleast get your spellings correct!! You are an international news agency! Will you spell Olaf School's name incorrectly? Or Biden's? NEVER!

[@nirmitkadakia6812]

Congress ruled India but Modi is leading India. The wording is actually very important. Modi is one with India and represents us. Gandhis wanted to and still want to appear as the elite (almost akin to royalty) among a country of peasants or the common folks.

[@ChilayKalan]

Khangress ended with Shastri Ji. "Dynasty that ruled India" As if we were their subjects

[@colorgrower]

And Shastriji was killed on orders of indira feroz khan aka gandhi.

[@harish966]

They are irrelevant in Indian politics, people of India have moved on and never again

[@ChilayKalan]

Rahul lost Amethi and didnt come back.. He has seen that he will lose South Seat too thats why they took hkm to 3rd Redundant chance

[@TheNbajaj]

Got the spelling right 😂

[@vijaysimha2423]

The BJP will be opening an electric bicycle and motorcycle factory in Rae Baraelli in 2024.

[@peterlthabah920]

Surely,2024 I.N.D.I.A Gadbandhan (alliance), will rule India and hope our Savidhan (constitution )will be safe.

[@achuthmohan8252]

Yes you are right. They are ghandi 😂😂

[@sam9413]

Please correct the name is Gandhi.

[@YOUTUBE_AMERICA]

Gandhi is just surname anyone can use

[@sisabed54321]

It's gandhi not ghandi 😂 dw failed to do its homework ..😂

[@bulthaosen1169]

It's ghandi. The family isn't related to mahatma gandhi. Seperate surname.

[@colorgrower]

They are not gandhi's but pandits with nehru the first. The sooner the better the nehrus with pappu, pinky and soniya are gone, the curse will finally end.

[@maxyogi]

The Gandhi's have Already made arrangements to withdraw from being the Imperial Ruler of India. Rahul Gandhi has already struck a Deal with the British Empire to be Knighted and made a Lord of British Parliament. Priyanka Gandhi has already been assured of being made a Dame of the British Empire. Britain has also assured them that the over $US100Bn they bring with them, from India, to Britain will be very well looked after.

[@avinashmohanty6514]

Please correct its Gandhi.. Mahatma Gandhi our freedom fighter please don’t write wrong names.. he is a important figure in 20th century, known worldwide and the news channel doesn’t even spell his surname correctly