Watch the full interview: https://www.newslaundry.com/2024/09/01/a-new-voice-in-lok-sabha-iqra-hasan-on-politics-patriarchy-progress
Samajwadi Party’s Iqra Hasan, one of the youngest MPs in the 18th Lok Sabha, made history by winning from Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana. She has overcome communal rhetoric and patriarchal norms to secure her seat in the parliament.
In this interview with Manisha Pande, Hasan discusses the impact of communalism and the youth and women in politics. “I don’t think being apolitical solves any problem. Either you are very privileged or you don’t care about the consequences of your actions. Only then can you be apolitical. Because everything is politics, all the policies that are made for you.”
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