The Union Cabinet has approved the Waqf (Amendment) Bill based on the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) report tabled in Parliament on February 13.
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00:00News that's coming in at the moment, crucial WAF amendment bill has been approved by the
00:05Indian cabinet.
00:06Now, this is something that the central government has been pushing for and it was Jagdambika
00:12Pal who was the chairperson of this JPC on the WAF amendment bill.
00:16And this WAF amendment bill has got the government's approval in the cabinet meeting that was held
00:21last week.
00:22Sources are telling India Today that in the last week's cabinet meeting, WAF amendment
00:27bill has been approved by the cabinet.
00:30The decks have been cleared for the passage of the WAF bill in the parliament.
00:33The parliament session, the next part of the budget session will begin from the 10th of
00:37March.
00:39And in this session, we will see the tabling and the passing of the WAF amendment bill.
00:45Government's final nod has been given during the cabinet meeting that was held last week.
00:51The cabinet has approved the WAF amendment bill.
00:55Now, this is the same JPC where we saw the opposition and the central government and
01:00its allies being at on a war-for-war footing.
01:03This is the same JPC where we saw the TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee breaking a bottle and in
01:11that process hurting himself.
01:13My colleague Himanshu Mishra is now joining me.
01:24The cabinet has approved the amendment bill and now we will see the tabling and the passing
01:31of the bill in the parliament session that will begin from the 10th of March.
01:39The cabinet has approved the amendment bill and now we will see the tabling and the passing
01:46of the bill in the parliament session that will begin from the 10th of March.
01:52The cabinet has approved the amendment bill and now we will see the tabling and the passing
01:59of the bill in the parliament session that will begin from the 10th of March.
02:05The bill will be reintroduced in the parliament and after both the MPs pass it, the bill will
02:12take the form of a law.
02:14But it is important to note that the opposition was completely opposed to the WAF bill.
02:18Whenever the JPC was attacked, there were constant debates between the opposition and
02:23the opposition MPs.
02:25You mentioned the incident of Kalyan Banerjee where he broke a bottle and hurt himself.
02:30He broke a water bottle.
02:32There were many such incidents where the JPC chairman, Jagdambika Pal, suspended the opposition MPs.
02:39But when the bill was tabled in the parliament, many of the JPC opposition MPs were accused
02:46of removing the dissent notes from the bill.
02:54There was an uproar in the parliament regarding this.
02:57After that, the Home Minister Amit Shah stood up and said that the dissent notes were not
03:02inducted.
03:03The speaker can induct them.
03:05There is no objection from the government regarding this.
03:08But the dissent notes are not suggested.
03:11There is an objection regarding the clause by clause of the bill.
03:17The dissent notes could not have been included in the bill.
03:22But the opposition MPs had expressed their opinion.
03:29But you can say that the amendment bill has been approved by the cabinet.
03:36It will be tabled in the second part of the budget.
03:39The government's intention is to pass the bill through both the parties.
03:43Thank you very much for giving us this information.
04:13Thank you very much.
04:43Thank you very much.
05:13They have to understand the objective as to why this amendment has been brought.
05:18Unless and until we understand the motive of the government, the intention of the government
05:23will not be able to appreciate the bill.
05:25There are lakhs and lakhs of waqf properties across the country.
05:29Most of them have been encroached upon.
05:31The entire idea is that the caretaker of the waqf should get maximum income for charitable purposes.
05:39But this is not happening.
05:41It has not been administered properly.
05:43So for better governance, for better administration of the waqf properties,
05:46the government of PM Modi has brought the bill.
05:49And I think cutting across party lines, all of us should support the bill.
05:53This is something which comes out very clearly,
05:56whether we want good governance of issues in the country or not.
06:00Those who are opposing this particular bill of waqf
06:03actually are opposing the right governance model of PM Modi.
06:09Thank you for joining me on the broadcast.
06:11JPC member Aparajita saying that the opposition should not be looking at it.
06:15Imran Masood is now also joining me on the story.
06:18Mr. Masood, we are now seeing the opposition was very, very clear from day one.
06:22They said that this is something which is not needed.
06:24The cabinet has given its nod.
06:26Do you believe the opposition will be united in making sure that they oppose the bill
06:30when it's tabled in the parliament?
06:32The opposition will be united and will oppose the bill.
06:35Because in the bill, the protection of the waqf properties is not discussed.
06:42How can people take possession of them?
06:45And how can the people who have taken possession of them benefit?
06:48All those things are in the bill.
06:50The bill has been brought in this way.
06:52The thing which has been made the basis of the bill,
06:55the 2006 Satchar report,
06:57the Satchar committee report said that
07:00if the waqf properties are properly managed,
07:03they can make a profit of Rs. 12,500 crores in 2006.
07:08You didn't talk about increasing the profit.
07:10You did the job of reducing the action against the encroachment.
07:15You didn't do the job of increasing it.
07:17You did the job of reducing it.
07:19So, there is nothing in the bill, which is the recommendation of JPC,
07:24in which there can be protection of the waqf.
07:27Mr. Imran, do you feel that,
07:29because the government is saying that the rent that was being given,
07:32only a few people were benefiting from it.
07:34And they are saying that there are many such properties,
07:36which people have not waqfed,
07:38but the Waqf Board has taken possession of them.
07:40This is the government's opinion.
07:41No, no.
07:42It is wrong to say that the properties which are waqf,
07:45now the government says that this property is ours.
07:48My ancestors had built a mosque.
07:51It is on the occasion of the mosque.
07:53Now the ASI decides whether we should offer one time prayer or two times prayer.
07:56The ASI was built in 1872.
08:00That mosque is 400 years old.
08:02So, how did the ASI become its owner?
08:05Now, Delhi was settled in 1911.
08:07Land acquisition took place in Delhi.
08:09And the parliament street mosque is 300 years old.
08:13It is a mosque of Rai Sinha village, which is 350 years old.
08:16How did that encroachment happen?
08:18So, all these things,
08:20if you talk logically, then you will understand.
08:25But if you think that the only agenda is to spread hatred against Muslims
08:32and create an atmosphere in the country,
08:34then there is no solution to this.
08:36Mr. Imran, you have asked a lot of questions.
08:39The Waqf Board is so powerful that it can declare any property anywhere.
08:44Yes, this is what the government has to say.
08:46If the Waqf Board is so powerful,
08:48then who controls the Waqf Board?
08:50The government controls the Waqf Board.
08:53The Waqf Board is controlled by the government.
08:55This narrative that is being spread,
08:58is a false narrative.
08:59In Karnataka, farmers took their land.
09:02I will give you an example of Karnataka.
09:05In Karnataka, 1,12,000 acres of land was of Waqf.
09:09Out of that 1,12,000 acres of land,
09:12when the Land Acquisition Act was reformed,
09:15a new Act was made in 1976,
09:17the government granted 71,000 acres of land to the farmers.
09:243,000 acres of land was under the government's control.
09:2819,000 acres of land was confiscated.
09:31I am also aware that corruption is at its peak.
09:36There is no doubt about it.
09:37Then how will it be rectified?
09:38Because the government has said that it will not be able to rectify it.
09:41The Act of 2013 was a complete act in itself.
09:45It had all the provisions.
09:46You have terminated everything.
09:48You have terminated everything.
09:50You had to implement it.
09:51You didn't even implement it.
09:52You have terminated it.
09:54If you had implemented the Act of 2013,
09:58then all these things would have been terminated.
10:00So in 1976, the government distributed 71,000 acres of land.
10:05And 19,000 acres of land,
10:08the Mutawallis there,
10:09they gave it to their relatives.
10:12The entire Karnataka graveyard is on the remaining 20,000 acres of land.
10:17Now, in 1999, the Supreme Court issued an order
10:21that Waqf is always Waqf.
10:23Waqf will always be Waqf.
10:24Because of that order, all the old orders became null and void.
10:28In 2010, the Karnataka government issued a notice to the farmers.
10:33This government did not issue a notice to the farmers.
10:35The ministers who became ministers in this government,
10:37they started imposing a time limit
10:39that first we will recover the 19,000 acres of land that the Mutawallis have taken.
10:44Mr. Imran, I would like to ask you one last question.
10:46Do you think that the opposition will unite and speak against this or not?
10:52Do you think that the bill will be passed?
10:54Look, this is the biggest issue for Muslims.
10:58This is just a matter of suppressing the Muslims.
11:01On one hand, you say that there should be a Quran and a computer in one hand.
11:05And on the other hand, you are shutting down all the scholarships that the Muslims used to get.
11:11You are shutting down the funds that the Muslim institutions used to get.
11:15Aligarh Muslim University is not in the name of Muslims.
11:19It is just Aligarh Muslim University.
11:21All the children study in it.
11:23You are continuously cutting its funds.
11:26You are going to end a good research institute.
11:30Research work was the best in it.
11:32So, on one hand, you are doing this.
11:34And on the other hand, you are saying that we are talking about increasing it.
11:37There is no point in increasing it.
11:40Mr. Imran, thank you very much for talking to us.
11:42Imran Masood, a member of the JPC, saying that this is the biggest issue for the Muslims in the country.
11:47And the opposition will be united.
11:49Passing this bill will not be easy for Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
11:53In fact, let me tell you what was before and what is after.
11:57There have been certain changes that have been made.
11:59And these are the changes that the opposition has been against.
12:02No arbitrary WAF claim on land.
12:04This is a change that has been made.
12:06The WAF land donors must be Muslims for at least five years.
12:10Minority Muslim sects have the option of leaving the WAF in dispute.
12:14That is something, a change that has been made.
12:16The WAF claim on the government land can be scrutinized by the top official of the government.
12:22This is also something that has been added.
12:24The WAF board members should have knowledge of the Muslim law.
12:27That is also something which is very crucial and has been added.
12:30The WAF board cannot have more than four non-Muslim members instead of two.
12:34So that is an addition that has been done.
12:36Properties in dispute cannot be deemed to be WAF by the users.
12:40They first need to be cleared.
12:42Properties being used by the government cannot be deemed to be WAF by the user.
12:46Which means that government properties, the WAF board cannot go ahead and just claim the WAF properties.
12:52So these are some of the major changes that have been made.
12:54But for the government, passing this will not be easy.
12:58The opposition will be united and we will see how they will make sure that it becomes difficult.
13:03Both in Lok Sabha and in Rajya Sabha for the government to pass this.
13:13It's a new front that has opened up between the Congress and the BJP now.
13:17The government has fact-checked Sam Pitroda's pawn being played at the seminar claim.
13:23It's the Union Education Ministry that has now said that the claims that are being made by Sam Pitroda, they are all false.
13:30Sam Pitroda claimed that there was pawn that was being played at a seminar.
13:34Sam Pitroda said someone hacked the system and started playing pawn.
13:38The government has said Rahul Gandhi's mentor is peddling false news.
13:44This is the latest war taking place between the Congress and the BJP.
13:48The Education Ministry has given a clarification.
13:50They said that there is no IIT Ranchi.
13:52In fact, there is a IIIT in Ranchi.
13:54But IIIT also did not send out any invitation to Sam Pitroda.
13:59Sam Pitroda had created a lot of ripples when he came on television.
14:04And he said that while he was giving a seminar, a virtual seminar at IIT Ranchi,
14:09the seminar was being hacked into and hackers started playing pawn.
14:13The government has now said, first and foremost, there is no IIT in Ranchi.
14:18And secondly, there is a IIIT in Ranchi.
14:20But that IIIT as an institution did not send out any invitation to Sam Pitroda.
14:33My colleague Ashutosh Mishra is now joining me on the story.
14:35Ashutosh, a new front has opened up.
14:38Once again, we are seeing Sam Pitroda being at the center of this massive controversy.
14:42The government has fact-checked him.
14:44The government said there is no IIIT in Ranchi.
14:48There is, however, a IIIT in Ranchi.
14:50But they also did not send out any virtual invitation to Sam Pitroda.
15:14When he raised this issue, the government immediately comes and now claims there is no such IIIT.
15:20Of course, it was IIIT.
15:21But it says there was no such event happening.
15:24In fact, Sam Pitroda was not even invited for such events.
15:28And of course, it's a yes against Sam Pitroda versus the government.
15:32The government says there was no such event.
15:34Now the question is also coming whether there was any investigation carried out by the government
15:39on this particular issue that Sam Pitroda raised.
15:41And it was just a mere clarification immediately issued after Sam Pitroda made a social media post on this issue, Ashutosh.
15:48Right. Thank you, Ashutosh, for giving us those details.
15:50Now we are seeing the government fact-checking Sam Pitroda.
15:53Pitroda claims that it was thought that was being played during the seminar.
15:57The government has in fact said that first and foremost, there is no IIIT in Ranchi.
16:02It was Sam Pitroda who went ahead and said that there was in fact no IIIT.
16:09Colleague Ashutosh is still with me on the story.
16:12Ashutosh, one of the things which we are seeing the government coming out and swiftly giving out and saying these statements,
16:20they are also going ahead and saying that what Sam Pitroda has said is false.
16:25Going ahead and saying that Rahul Gandhi's mentor in fact is now peddling lies.
16:33So this is not the first time when Sam Pitroda has literally,
16:36and there is a war we have seen between Sam Pitroda and the government.
16:39If you remember during even the Lok Sabha elections,
16:41the statement that on the property issue that Sam Pitroda made,
16:46the BJP gone full throttle against the Congress party.
16:48And again the same term that Sam Pitroda is someone who is a mentor of the Rahul Gandhi and often he makes controversy.
16:54So this time again the BJP got full ammunition.
16:56Because see, until and unless government acknowledges that these incidents happened,
17:00they will be in denial mode.
17:01And since they are in denial mode, there is not even a primary investigation.
17:05It gives them ammunition to target Sam Pitroda.
17:07Now since the one and only post that he made that look these incidents happened,
17:11and there could be a foul play.
17:12Since then he hasn't reacted.
17:14See he hasn't reacted even on what the government has said.
17:17So there is only mere statement, one side from the government,
17:21that look what he said about IIT, there is no such IIT exists.
17:25In fact, searchable IIT.
17:26And now Sam Pitroda is defaming such a premium institute where he was not even invited.
17:31But he said there was a conference happening, there was a webinar.
17:34Now one needs to see whether it was an official invitation extended by the IIT to Sam Pitroda
17:40or it was only one event where a group of students voluntarily invited Sam Pitroda.
17:47Because often in many such institutes there are groups of students
17:50who also hold such kind of webinars or seminars and then might promulgate it to speak.
17:55So now of course, unless and unless there is an investigation,
17:58these kind of accusations, there is always an open window for speculation.
18:03And statement which you are seeing from both the sides, Aishwarya.
18:33There were statements that were being made by Sam Pitroda which then led to a major controversy.
18:38The BJP now saying if the mentor is indulging in these kind of statements,
18:42one can very well imagine what the Congress party is capable of doing.
18:53Can you hear me Ashutosh?
18:57Yes, yes, yes, you rightly said.
18:59And this is not the first time.
19:00Even before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, every time Sam Pitroda speaks
19:07and sometimes when he speaks about what he feels on certain issues,
19:11be it the political development in India or the government policies or even the finances.
19:15So every time he speaks, the BJP is quick to rebuttal him
19:18and then take up the issue that is this the Rahul Gandhi's mentor speaking
19:22and then directly linking it to Congress.
19:24Whether the Congress at large and the party at large also believes
19:28and amplify what Sam Pitroda intends to say.
19:32So when you see these kind of situations unfolding
19:37and then Sam Pitroda of course every time sparks some controversy,
19:41some or other things saying, then it is bound to happen what you see this time happening around again.
19:46This time over the IIIT Rajshri.
19:49Thank you Ashutosh for giving us those details
19:51and my colleague also putting things in perspective and saying that this is not the first time
19:55we are seeing Sam Pitroda making controversial statements.
19:58Statements that he makes in the United States of America lead to a big controversy back here in India.
20:12There is politics which is peaking still around the Mahakam.
20:15The Mahakam has ended but there is a massive political showdown that is taking place.
20:19The NDA leaders have now started questioning Rahul Gandhi
20:22and said Rahul Gandhi has skipped the Mahakam.
20:25Rahul Gandhi is anti-Hindu and he snubbed the Mahakam.
20:29The big questions, BJP questions Uddhav Thackeray and says
20:33why did Uddhav Thackeray not go and take a snan at the Mahakam?
20:36Uddhav Thackeray's Hindutva is fake.
20:39These are the claims being made by BJP.
20:41Earlier Rahul Gandhi had insulted Ram Temple
20:44and now by not visiting the Kumbh, by not taking a snan
20:48they have made their stand very clear.
20:50They are anti-Hindu.
20:52Uddhav Thackeray who claims to be at the forefront when it comes to Hindutva,
20:57his Hindutva is fake.
20:59This is what the BJP and its allies, the entire NDA is now saying
21:04pointing fingers at Rahul Gandhi and at the other opposition leaders.
21:12There were talks that there was a possibility of Rahul Gandhi visiting the Mahakam
21:16but that did not materialise.
21:18In fact some of the other leaders from the Congress party did actually visit the Mahakam
21:22but the top leadership, Priyanka Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi,
21:26Congress President Mallika Arjun Karge, all of them stayed away from participating
21:30in the divine festival of Mahakam.
21:32And now the NDA has started questioning Rahul Gandhi and all the opposition leaders.
21:37Let's listen in to what the NDA leaders are saying.
21:41What can we say about Rahul Gandhi?
21:44He is an anti-Hindu.
21:47When the Ram Janmabhoomi was established in Ayodhya,
21:50he took out a petition saying that MPs and MLAs will not go there.
21:54This is nothing new.
21:56Dawood ji also talks a lot about Hindutva
22:00but he did not even comment on it.
22:03I think this is a religious festival
22:07and we should not make any comments about it.
22:10Just like Rahul Gandhi did in the past.
22:13All the leaders went there.
22:15They used to live a good life.
22:17They used to become pious.
22:19It depends on them who wants to go there and who does not.
22:22But if Rahul Gandhi is an anti-Hindu,
22:26he should have gone there.
22:29He should have kept people's feelings in mind.
22:32Uddhav Thackeray is the son of Balaji Thackeray
22:35and he is a Hindu.
22:39It is not good for him to go there.
22:42It is not good for Hinduism to stay in Hinduism.
22:50Rahul Gandhi and Uddhav Thackeray did not go there.
22:55I am upset about that.
22:57But people have taught him a good lesson in the elections.
23:03He should be a Hindu.
23:33He should be a Hindu.
24:03There are ways to express oneself when one is a Hindu.
24:07But just taking a holy dip is not the answer for it.
24:11However, we will be trying to get a reaction from the Thackerays
24:16to find out the reason why they did not go and take a dip.
24:21But over the years, we have seen how lakhs of people,
24:26crores of people,
24:28especially in Aishwarya,
24:31there is a Kumbh that is held in Nashik every 12 years.
24:35There is a preparation that is already starting for the next Kumbh that will be held in Nashik.
24:40Whether they take a dip here or they go to Allahabad,
24:45that is something that probably a lot of people will be looking at in the near future.
25:01The opposition leaders did not visit Prayagraj, but they might in fact visit Nashik.
25:06In fact, the Mahakumbh has concluded, but the politics surrounding it is refusing to die down.
25:11In fact, on the other side, it's only escalating.
25:14It's the BJP and the opposition, they are locking horns once again.
25:17We are telling you in this report all the politics that occurred during the divine event.
25:23The Mahakumbh Mela, which began on the 13th of January,
25:27brought more than 66 crore pilgrims to Prayagraj over the course of the last six weeks,
25:33making it the largest gathering of humanity in the world.
25:37The spiritual event, however, became the eye of the political storm after two stampedes took place.
25:43One of the stampedes took place in the Mela area,
25:48One of the stampedes took place in the Mela area on the 29th of January
25:53and the second one took place at the New Delhi railway station on the 16th of February.
25:58The opposition leaders lashed out at the Yogi Adityanath government,
26:02accusing it of failure in providing facilities to the pilgrims.
26:17We want to know about the studies done by the Yogi Adityanath.
26:21We want to know about the history of the Kumbh.
26:23We want to know about the tradition of the Kumbh.
26:25We want to know about the arrangements of the Kumbh.
26:28We want to know how the Akhadas are arranged in the Kumbh.
26:33I said I won't go to the Mahakumbh.
26:36At that time, the death of the Kumbh took place.
26:38Like the death of the Kumbh, I respect the Mahakumbh.
26:43I respect the holy river Ganga.
26:47But instead of planning, they took the height.
26:50The death of so many people.
26:53They said 30 people.
26:55Is this true?
26:56How many dead bodies were dumped in the river?
27:00Congress chief Malika Arjun Kargi also questioned the government.
27:06Would poverty be removed by taking a dip in the Ganga?
27:10I don't want to put pressure on anyone's faith.
27:14If anyone is hurt, I apologize.
27:18The child is not going to school.
27:20The workers are not getting work.
27:24When this happens, they spend thousands of rupees and take a dip in the competition.
27:34The BGP hit back at the opposition with Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading from the front.
27:41These people who hate Hinduism have been living in disguise for centuries.
27:54People who have fallen from the mentality of slavery keep attacking our religions, beliefs and temples.
28:08Observations that were made by the National Green Tribunal over the presence of faecal bacteria present in the Ganga water also caused an uproar.
28:17Meanwhile, environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighting the receding Himalayan glaciers.
28:25He warned that the next Mahakumbh after 144 years could be held on sand if we don't act.
29:08A very provocative love jihad taboo could be seen on the streets coming in from Munger in Bihar.
29:15Visuals that you are seeing, these are bodies of Hindu girls and they are depicting the atrocities that Hindu girls are facing at the moment.
29:24My colleague Rohit Singh is now joining me on the story.
29:28Rohit, a very very provocative taboo we can very clearly see here.
29:32The Bajrang Dal now saying that this is what Hindu girls are going through.
29:37Well yes, this Shobha Yatra in fact was taken out yesterday in Munger on the occasion of Shivratri.
29:47And out of one of the 50 taboos that was there, one of them we saw that the chopped part of the body of a girl was kept in a fridge.
29:57And really trying to show what happened in Delhi with Aftab and Shraddha case.
30:02And there were also some slogans that were written on the posters that love jihad mein fasoge toh katoge.
30:11These kind of provocative slogans were written on the posters that were being carried by the Bajrang Dal workers who were part of the procession.
30:22So this was some sort of a provocative thing.
30:25And remember it's election year in Bihar.
30:28You can say in 8-9 months you have elections in the state.
30:33And obviously this will not go down well with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also.
30:38Because Nitish Kumar has always maintained in his last 20 years that he will not compromise with communalism.
30:44He will make no compromises.
30:46And these kind of comments are very communal in nature, very provocative also.
30:51Now remains to be seen that will the state government or the local administration take any action against this kind of a taboo that was taken out yesterday during the Mahashivratri procession.
31:03Thank you Rohit, my colleague.
31:06Also making a very important point that we will have to see how the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar reacts to this.
31:11Because he said communal statements should not be made in the state of Bihar.
31:15And this was a picture that was speaking more than a thousand words.
31:21Coming in from Jharkhand now.
31:28A big political war taking place over the communal clashes taking place in Jharkhand.
31:32Jharkhand Minister said Muslims are not weak.
31:36Irfan Ansari said Muslims are under undue pressure across the country.
31:42Congress said Prime Minister Modi is poisoning the society.
31:46It's the Modi government which is making sure that all the states feel the communal pressure.
31:50BJP have now started blaming the Bangladeshi infiltrators for the clashes that took place.
31:56In Hazaribagh the visuals that you are seeing are of the clashes that took place.
32:01The BJP is now saying that these are all Bangladeshi infiltrators present in the state of Jharkhand.
32:07They are the ones who led to the clashes.
32:09On Shivratri day clashes took place over loudspeakers.
32:13The government is now saying that they will put a mic on the people.
32:21What kind of a way is this?
32:23They are saying that they will put a mic on the people.
32:25And they are even putting a case on them.
32:28What kind of a way is this?
32:30What are the politicians doing?
32:32What are the ministers doing?
32:33There is no law in your pressure.
32:35This is a deliberate misconduct.
32:37They have taken Muslims as weak.
32:39This should not happen.
32:41Muslims can be weak.
32:43But you are forcing them.
32:45You are forcing them to do wrong.
32:47And on top of that you are saying that they will beat us.
32:49You have burnt our houses and our shops.
32:51Who gave you this right?
32:53The government should punish such people.
32:55Because if you look at it,
32:57If you look at it, if you look at the Sarpasthi Pooja,
32:59If you look at the Sarpasthi Pooja, it becomes a problem.
33:01If you look at the Ram Navami, it becomes a problem.
33:03If you look at the Holi Aati, it becomes a problem.
33:05If you look at the Shivratri, it becomes a problem.
33:07Shivratri becomes a problem.
33:09Who are the people who always want to take away peace and quiet?
33:11Who are the people who always want to take away peace and quiet?
33:13The whole country is under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
33:15The whole country is under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
33:17as a family.
33:19There is no problem in the whole country.
33:21It becomes a problem.
33:23Why? Because the Bangladeshis have entered.
33:25Who are continuously destroying the demography here,
33:27Who are continuously destroying the demography here,
33:29who are continuously destroying the law here.
33:31Shivratri is important.
33:33And any such incident is very sad.
33:35It is very sad and condemning.
33:37The environment in the society that has been created,
33:39and especially the social fabric.
33:41and especially the social fabric.
33:43Since the time of Modi ji,
33:45I understand that
33:47due to the political reasons,
33:49the way they are trying to make a circle,
33:51and the way the accusations are going on.
33:53The second result of this is that,
33:55if Rahul Gandhi keeps using these words,
33:57if Rahul Gandhi keeps using these words,
33:59that there is a love shop in the market of hatred.
34:01The intention behind it is that,
34:03It's a war that is taking place between the central government on one side and the
34:11Tamil Nadu government on the other side.
34:13And the topic this time is delimitation.
34:15Now, after Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that all the charges that are being levelled
34:20against him and the government by Chief Minister MK Stalin, they are now claiming that Tamil
34:25Nadu's seat in Indian Parliament will be reduced, but the Home Minister says that this is false.
34:30The number of seats with regards to Tamil Nadu in Indian Parliament will not be reduced
34:34after the delimitation exercise.
34:36DMK MP, however, A Raja has lashed out at Union Home Minister and said that all that
34:41the Home Minister is doing is giving false assurances to the people of Tamil Nadu.
34:45He also said that Home Minister's statement is confusing.
34:49He said the Constitution itself highlights that delimitation will only be conducted by
34:53the population of that state.
34:55And if that is the case, then the government now needs to explain how they are looking
34:59at holding the exercise on a pro-Rata basis.
35:02TNK, the Tamil Nadu BGP chief, however, K N Namalai is doubling down on DMK and he's
35:07claiming that delimitation exercise will not be done according to population and the number
35:12of seats in Parliament will not reduce.
35:15So, our prayer, as stated in the letter that our Honourable Chief Minister, that 1971 status
35:24quo must be maintained as far as the delimitation is concerned.
35:28On the contrary, Amishai says, he's not giving any answer on 1971.
35:31He's giving a false assurance that number will not be reduced on pro-Rata basis.
35:37My humble question is, yes, pro-Rata basis, we are not so naive to understand or not understand.
35:44Please clarify the country.
35:45Please clarify the Tamil people, Southern states.
35:48Pro-Rata, principle of pro-Rata will be applicable on the basis of the population and census
35:52or on the basis of the existing number of constituents available by MPs and MLAs.
36:23Now, the DMK versus the Central Government face-off is heating up with regards to the
36:51delimitation.
36:52That's the latest flashpoint after the language war.
36:54Home Minister Amit Shah has rejected MK Stalin's charges that the state will lose seats after
37:00delimitation and is in fact accusing the DMK government of indulging in anti-national and
37:04corrupt activities.
37:05Watch this story.
37:06The DMK versus Centre face-off heats up.
37:23First, locking horns over the language policy, now it's delimitation.
37:34Home Minister Amit Shah rejected Stalin's charge that delimitation will hurt the state,
37:39claiming Tamil Nadu will not lose even a single seat in the exercise.
37:43Home Minister Amit Shah rejected Stalin's charge that delimitation will hurt the state,
37:50claiming Tamil Nadu will not lose even a single seat in the exercise.
38:11The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister had claimed the state will lose 8 seats in the Lok Sabha
38:17if delimitation based on this year's census takes place.
38:41Amit Shah also denied Stalin's claim that the Centre was freezing funds over the non-implementation
38:57of the national education policy and drew a comparison between NDA versus UPA era funds
39:05for the state.
39:06UPA gave Rs 1,52,000 crore in 10 years and Modi gave Rs 5,08,000 crore in 10 years.
39:21The injustice happened when you were a member of the UPA government and your minister was
39:28there.
39:29That's when Tamil Nadu faced injustice.
39:32The Home Minister also alleged that anti-national activities are on the rise under Stalin.
40:01In the coming days, Tamil Nadu will face corruption, law and order, women's insecurity and anti-national
40:16activities.
40:17The DMK government has to go to every house in Tamil Nadu.
40:23While the Centre and the DMK upped the ante over the national education policy, the fight
40:30is only getting fiercer in Tamil Nadu.
40:33Bureau report, India Today.
40:53The accused, who is called Dattagadi, was actually following the girl, followed her
41:03into the bus and then raped her.
41:05He was identified through the CCTV footages.
41:0713 Pune crime branch teams are hunting for the accused, who in fact is a history cheater.
41:12The NCW has also taken suo moto cognizance of the crime and the opposition is up in arms
41:17in the state claiming that law and order situation is failing in the state of Maharashtra.
41:22The Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, however, has given an assurance that all the possible
41:27assistance to the survivor will be given and he in fact has also assured that the police
41:32will make sure that they nab the accused at the earliest.
41:35The bus depot was abandoned.
41:37Buses have become very illegal activity hub.
41:39Women's clothing, a man's shirt and a used condom pack, liquor bottles were also found
41:44in abandoned buses.
41:45The bus was sent for forensic investigation?
41:50Yes, yes, yes.
41:51Because it is a crime spot, that is why the bus was sent for forensic investigation.
41:58A cash award of Rs. 1 lakh has also been declared, whoever nabs the accused.
42:03After the incident, the girl filed a complaint at Swargat police station at 9 o'clock.
42:09After that, DCP Smratana Patil and Poonam Patil took immediate action.
42:15All the CCTV cameras were there.
42:18The CCTV footage was there.
42:20The sketches of the man told by that girl were there.
42:24And through those photos, they prepared 8 police reports and immediately sent them to
42:29Pune city and other areas where they think that this man could be.
42:36There is no law and order left in Maharashtra.
42:39We condemn this type of incident of rape.
42:42It is a very shameful incident.
42:44The ST bus, which comes under the government's undertaking,
42:47such incidents are happening there.
42:49I mean, no one is scared of the police, administration and law.
42:53This is very shameful.
42:54So, we would like that whoever is there,
42:56a strict action should be taken against him,
42:58he should be arrested immediately,
43:00his case should be taken to the fast track court,
43:02he should be made a big prosecutor
43:05and he should be punished immediately.
43:07This type of rape happens with women and children there.
43:11So, I feel that the government should be responsible for all these incidents.
43:17This type of incident is equivalent to
43:20a police officer who is close to the government
43:23should be delayed in his investigation.
43:26He should be delayed in his investigation.
43:28He should be given time.
43:29In this way, the law and order is being violated in Maharashtra.
43:33The trust of the people of Maharashtra
43:35is decreasing in the police department.
43:37So, there is a need to increase this.
43:39I feel that they will pay attention to this.
43:41This is what I expect.
43:43It is a very shameful incident
43:45which happened in Maharashtra's Wahini,
43:47which is called the ST.
43:49And in that too, the Shivshahi,
43:51which is written on the bus,
43:53if there is an incident of rape,
43:55then this is a very problematic incident
43:57and a very bad incident
43:59that has happened in Maharashtra.
44:01After this incident,
44:03the accused has not been caught yet.
44:08So, the government's negligence
44:10has been exposed through this incident.
44:14And the law and order in the city has been violated.
44:18It is very unfortunate that such an incident
44:21of assault has happened
44:23in the Shivshahi bus in Pune.
44:26Although the investigations are going on,
44:29the police will come out
44:31with its first information report.
44:33After that, only we can say
44:35what the situation was.
44:59Exactly.
45:01Now, state transport ministers
45:03have given an order
45:05that the bus should be shipped
45:07to the scrap.
45:09And also,
45:11it is supposed to be scrapped
45:13as soon as possible.
45:15Abandoned buses, action is being taken.
45:17Now, I am standing on the Swargat bus station
45:19where exactly this incident took place
45:21around 5.30 early morning on 25th.
45:23Now, it is taken to the forensic lab
45:25and police personnel
45:28are also deployed here.
45:30But from the way incident took place
45:32around 5.30 in the morning,
45:34security cabin,
45:36if you can see in the visual,
45:38security cabin is just 15 meters
45:40away from where the incident took place.
45:42And that is why the questions are being raised
45:44what those security guards were doing
45:46in the morning
45:48and what police were doing in the morning.
45:50Because women's safety
45:52is a key issue in Maharashtra right now,
45:54especially in Pune.
45:56Because Swargat is located
45:58in the center of the city,
46:00one of the crowded places of Maharashtra
46:02and most crowded place of Pune.
46:04And still, incidents like
46:06physical abuse and rape are happening here.
46:08So that is why questions are being raised
46:10on the women's safety and security
46:12in this issue.
46:14Now, almost 13 teams of crime branch
46:16have been deployed.
46:18They are still hunting the accused.
46:20It has got some criminal background
46:22before some local cases were registered
46:24in Swargat police station.
46:26But the issue is
46:28it's been 48 hours,
46:30where is he?
46:32Police are not able
46:34to locate his location.
46:36Omkar please, we have got some breaking news
46:38coming in with regards to this case.
46:40The government has now announced
46:42a prize money of 1 lakh rupees
46:44for the person who will come and give
46:46information about this accused.
46:48The bus has been sent for testing.
46:50Forensics will be conducted on the bus
46:53A horrific incident took place.
46:55The accused was wearing a mask.
46:57His face could not be recognized immediately.
46:59It was recognized later.
47:01The team will very soon catch this accused.
47:03This is a promise that is being given
47:05by the government which is led
47:07by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
47:09and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
47:11A reward of 1 lakh rupees has been declared
47:13to be given to the person who informs
47:15the police about the accused.
47:19Picture of the accused has now been circulated
47:21across the state
47:23and a reward of 1 lakh rupees
47:25has also been announced.
47:47My colleague Omkar is still with me on the story.
47:49You are standing right at the spot
47:51where this horrific incident took place.
47:53The government has given all assurances.
47:55They are saying that they will make sure
47:57that they nab the accused as soon as possible.
47:59Not just that, they are also saying
48:01that they will make sure 1 lakh rupees
48:03reward is given to the person who gives information.
48:09Exactly, since yesterday
48:11several meetings are happening
48:13even in Mantralaya, Mumbai
48:15at the administration and even with
48:17teams already trying to hunt him down
48:19even sniffing dogs are there
48:21so they can locate the accused anywhere
48:23but the issue is
48:25it's been 48 hours
48:27they are not able to locate his location
48:29and they are not able to trace him
48:31and that is why last night
48:33Pune cops had held a meeting
48:35in Commissionerate and Amitesh Kumar
48:37and later on Smarthana Patil
48:39DCP of the specific zone
48:41has declared 1 lakh reward
48:43to find the accused.
48:47Right, thank you Omkar for giving us those details
48:49let me just sum up for you
48:51what exactly has happened in Pune
48:53horrific rape incident coming to the
48:5526 year old woman has been raped
48:57the government is saying they will make sure
48:59that the rapist is nabbed as soon as possible
49:01the police in fact has also announced
49:03a 1 lakh rupee bounty
49:05on the accused, anyone who comes
49:07and gives information, the face of
49:09the accused has now been sent
49:11to all the police stations across the state of Maharashtra.