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Ravi Kishan thanks Gen Z for pulling him out of obscurity
Bhojpuri actor and BJP MP Ravi Kishan has thanked Gen Z for making him popular online, saying they brought him 'out of the depths'. In a podcast clip now viral on social…
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Bhojpuri actor and BJP MP Ravi Kishan has thanked Gen Z for making him popular online, saying they brought him 'out of the depths'. In a podcast clip now viral on social media, he saluted their creativity and said they had made his style, words and name 'vast and larger than life'.
Kishan invited young people to Parliament, calling it 'the country's biggest panchayat', and noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi listens to them on Instagram. He added that Gen Z makes up 65% of India's population and must take the nation forward. The actor-politician also joked that without them, he was 'unknown'.
The Indian Opinion
The clip feeds two lazy narratives: that politicians only Gen-Z-bait for votes, or that a 55-year-old MP grovelling to youth is somehow inspiring. Neither sticks. Kishan's remarks are warm and self-deprecating, but they are also a plain recognition of arithmetic, India's median age is 28, and 65% is a voting bloc. Watch how many other MPs start name-checking Instagram trends in Parliament next session.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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