Ministers × The Next Gen · An initiative by Salmaan Ahmed
The GenZ
Reckoning
ಯುವ ಧ್ವನಿ — ಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳು × ಯುವ ಜನರು
- Date
- 3 September 2026
- Venue
- Jayamahal, Bengaluru
- With
- Presidency PU College
- Online reach
- 290K+ views
Listen. Question. Engage. Reckon.
Politics, with the next generation in the front row.
An initiative by Salmaan Ahmed, The GenZ Reckoning put students in the front row of politics. No speeches from a distance — ministers and MLAs from across party lines sat down with the next generation to answer their questions on education, jobs, governance and the environment.
Conversations ranged from the journey into public life — from grassroots service to becoming an MLA — to accountability, opportunity and the environment students will inherit. Leaders from different parties shared one stage, because the questions of young Karnataka are bigger than any one party.
On stage
Leaders who took the students' questions
Dr. C. N. Ashwath Narayan
MLA, Malleshwaram · Former Deputy Chief Minister
S. R. Vishwanath
MLA, Yelahanka
Rizwan Arshad
MLA, Shivajinagar
“Z stands for Zinda — a generation that is alive, aware and ready to speak up.”
Watch
The conversations
