Arnab Tears Into BJP Politician's 'Disgusting Display' Of Wealth At MP Wedding

0:00 Ladies and gentlemen, I want to ask the Bharatya Janata party, the BJP which is in power in New Delhi and in the state of Madhya Pradesh whether they have forgotten the promises that they made to the people when they were elected. Look at these visuals tonight ladies and gentlemen. This is the image some BJP leaders are trying to send of their new ideology. I have nothing against lavish weddings. But when you spend 7 million rupees on 5 to 10 minutes of a fire firecracker DISPLAY WHEN A BJP MLA says yes I spent 70 lak

0:48 rupees on firecrackers. And the BJP MLA from Indor, his name is Golu has spent 70 lakh rupees on firecrackers on his son's wedding. Ladies and gentlemen, this is not what the BJP promised when they came to power that their leaders would have so much money and display so much money. And I'm only mentioning one wedding, but I am saying clearly that I hope the BJP leadership is taking note of what's going on. There's a new trend among BJP leaders to display money, display connections, display celeb connections, have a celeb life, fly private jets all

1:35 the time, all the time. Buy the most expensive cars. BJP leaders and leaders in BJP and BJP coalition governments own large and huge amounts of property. Ladies and gentlemen, it's become a trend. This approach of some BJP leaders, and you may say, why am I mentioning the BJP? Well, because they are the ones in power, so they should be more careful. I know Congress leaders have been doing this all their lives, but I'm talking about the BJP leaders. What is going on? This uber rich lifestyle by family members of BJP nas. Have they look at the visuals again and ask yourself am I asking anything wrong here you spend millions of rupees go up and

2:21 smoke in a minute and then you say yes we got money we are spending it what problem do you have we don't have a problem with your spending money we have a problem in the amount of money you're spending and the open display of wealth and the crude display of money ladies and gentlemen WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING HAPPENING. I show you the OTHER SIDE TONIGHT. THE BJP MUST KNOW THAT A PREGNANT WOMAN IN MADHYA PRADESH'S RAYA DISTRICT [screaming] DIED IN AGONY. died in agony after being stranded near a flooded bridge for nearly 2 hours.

3:07 In the same state of Madhya Pradesh where you have 7 million rupees spent in 10 minutes of firecracker display by a BJP leader in his family wedding in the same state. Today there is a health crisis with six children with thalismia who have been tested positive for HIV which means they were given HIV infected blood transfusions and I am asking the Bharatya Janata party are they in touch with what's happening among the people I want to ask the BJP and the BJP highest leadership today What are you doing?

3:52 If you were in opposition and the Congress had been in power and a Congress leader had spent this kind of money on a family wedding at a time when children were given HIV infected blood transfusions, the BJP would have made a big deal of it. But maybe today the approach of THE BJP LEADERS IS SO WHAT? LET OUR LEADERS SPEND ALL THE MONEY THEY HAVE. They have money, they'll spend it. WE HAVE A MARANTIONET approach and you justify it saying don't forget we give 2 3 4 5,000 rupees among the poor people as subsidy so we can spend crows and crows and crows on our weddings and nobody must complain. I also want to ask the BJP whether it's all right with all this money being spent by all their leaders is legit. I want to ask them whether the ED and the IT and their all

4:39 agencies will investigate every single transaction happening in these weddings. every single vendor transaction to check whether it is above board in cash or kind or check or RTGS whether it is but more importantly whether it is ethical or not whether it is moral or not to spend this kind of money. Now you can say well industrialists spend money well industrialists are not politicians but when natas spend this kind of money and nas spend huge amounts of money this is a show of money that is unfortunately only one word for it it is despicable and I also want to say that maybe the

5:24 BJP leaders think that like this man thinks they are in power they'll do what they want they'll spend 7 million 70 lakh back rupees on 5 minutes of fireworks and because they'll say we'll do what we want there is no opposition in this country I want to remind the BJP in that case never forget one thing in issues like this on an issue by issue basis the people are the opposition if I open the phone calls tonight people themselves will tell the BJP what's going on take action against this leader from Indor this conspicuous Display of wealth in any case has become a trend of late and politicians have started behaving

6:11 like they're richer than the biggest industrialists. This show of wealth, chartered planes, super luxury weddings, the disgusting display of this uber rich lifestyle by some politicians and their family members openly. And I'm only mentioning one wedding, but you know there are many. And it's not only weddings, it's their lifestyle. It's their approach. They must remember, I'm not drawing a comparison, but one of our neighboring countries, the super uber lifestyle of the Gen Z of the politicians in Nepal made people very angry. I don't support what happened in Nepal but we should also draw lessons from what happened there that if the gap between the privileged

6:57 and those who are not becomes too wide and if the Gen Z and the others begin to display this super rich lifestyle show how much money they have behave like they're in a Monte Carlo all the time believe that it's like they are in a casino all the time they need to display the money they have then they also upset the people. Ladies and gentlemen going back I want to make another point. The point is have we taken this big fat Indian wedding concept a bit too far? Has it become a little crude? We have to be extremely careful because this extreme display of wealth by politicians with billions watching on social media lacks observing, millions commenting, cameras recording

7:45 makes the masses of India feel that the gap between the super rich nas and them has become too much. And they must not think, the politicians must not think that they can spend money in a way that will make even Donald Trump cringe and it's okay. It's not okay. It's not okay. The top leadership of the BJP should send a clear message to these cringe-worthy display of wealth and those behind them that it's not okay. People of India are watching. They're watching everything. And I also want to ask the RSS, I hope they are watching. RSS leaders are very simple lifestyles.

8:33 I hope Mr. Moan Bhagwat is watching. I hope Mr. Indrah Kumar is watching. I hope Datra Hosbi is watching. I talk directly. People don't like it. But this is also the reality that because there is no effective opposition in this country, those in power cannot do exactly what they feel like. Ladies and gentlemen, the politician in question says, "Is it wrong to celebrate a wedding?" When our reporter asked him, I have the visual of him also.

9:18 And I'd say to him, it's not wrong to celebrate a wedding, but it's bad to make your display of wealth the sole occasion of a wedding when you turn it into an obscene display of wealth. I want to tell the politician it's not okay. I want to tell the party concerned it's not okay and I want to tell everyone watching tonight that the people of India are also watching.