When BJP’s Ravi Kishan alleged Bollywood had a drugs problem, Samajwadi Party’s Jaya Bachchan issued this stinging defence of the film industry.
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00:00Drugs have made our film industry addicted to it.
00:05Listen to me, our government has caught many people addicted to it.
00:14NCB is doing very good work.
00:17I was really embarrassed and ashamed that yesterday,
00:20one of our members in the Lok Sabha spoke,
00:24who is from the industry, against, I'm not taking a name,
00:27against the film industry. It's a shame.
00:30Thank you, Ma.
00:58Today, I want to focus on a very big problem of our country.
01:04We all know that in our country,
01:07drug trafficking, drug addiction is increasing.
01:11Through the consumption of harmful drugs,
01:14a conspiracy is being made to destroy the youth of our country.
01:18I have to say with sadness that our neighboring countries are involved in this conspiracy.
01:24Sir, what I want to say is that the entertainment industry in our country,
01:28which provides direct employment every day to 5 lakh people
01:33and indirect employment to 5 million people,
01:38at a time when the financial situation is in a depressing state
01:42and employment is at the worst level,
01:47in order to divert the attention of the people,
01:52we are being used to be flogged by the social media
01:57and the government's non-support.
02:00Sir, people who have made their name in this film industry
02:04have called it a gutter.
02:07I completely disagree.
02:10Every year, on the roads of China and Pakistan,
02:13in a large number of countries,
02:15the use of narcotic drugs is being demanded.
02:19On the roads of Punjab and Nepal.
02:22Narcotic drugs are being used in our film industry as well.
02:27Listen to me,
02:30that addiction has been caught by our government to many people.
02:36NCB is doing very good work.
02:39But, sir, it is sad that such activities
02:43are being seen by the stars of our industry as role models.
02:49I hope the government tells these people
02:52who have made their earning, name and fame in this industry
02:56to stop using such language.
02:59There are people in the entertainment industry
03:03who are some of the highest taxpayers.
03:05They are still being harassed.
03:09All kinds of promises are being made to the entertainment industry
03:13but never ever kept.
03:15Sir, I get very worked up and very emotional.
03:17I have too many things to say
03:19but you are not giving me enough time and opportunity to speak.
03:22Just because there are few people,
03:25you cannot tarnish the image of the entire industry.
03:30This industry brings international name and recognition also
03:36apart from the political people.
03:40I was really embarrassed and ashamed
03:42that yesterday one of our members in the Lok Sabha
03:46spoke who is from the industry against,
03:49I am not taking a name, against the film industry.
03:52It is a shame.
03:54Thank you, ma'am.
03:56It is wrong.
03:58I request the central government through you,
04:01through our government,
04:03which is holding them all around,
04:06to take strict action,
04:08to catch the culprits soon,
04:10to give them a good punishment
04:12and to stop the conspiracy of neighboring countries
04:15to destroy the youth generation.
04:21Sir, I think the government must stand by the entertainment industry
04:26because the entertainment industry always comes forward
04:30to help the government in whatever good work that the government takes up.
04:34They come and speak for them.
04:36They support them.
04:38If there is a national calamity,
04:40they come forward, they give money,
04:42they give their services.
04:44I think that it is very, very important
04:47that the government must support this industry
04:50and not kill it.
04:52I need the protection, the industry needs the protection
04:54and support of the government.
04:56Jaya ji is our senior.
04:58I thought that Jaya ji would support me
05:00in my speech in the parliament.
05:03Because not everyone in the film industry does drugs.
05:06Let me clear this first.
05:08But what some people are doing
05:10or some people are sending cartels
05:12or peddlers,
05:14such a big conspiracy,
05:16largest film industry in the world,
05:19someone is planning to destroy it.
05:22When we came in the 90s,
05:24there was no such fashion.
05:26When Jaya ji came, there was no such thing.
05:28So if we don't raise our voice, who will come?
05:30Today I wanted Jaya ji to support me.
05:32Either she didn't hear my speech
05:34or she didn't listen to me.
05:36To save the industry,
05:38to save the youth, my children will also come.
05:40So in what environment will they come?
05:42Our film industry, which is Jaya ji's film industry.
05:44As much as they have,
05:46I also have the same right in this industry.
05:48I will not let it become hollow.
05:50I do not want the name of the film industry to be defamed.
05:53That's why on the first day of Parliament,
05:55I raised my voice
05:57and instead of getting support,
05:59I was humiliated like this.