BJP slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after her speech was disrupted at Oxford University. The saffron party called Mamata a disgrace to Bengal and criticised her for safety of women in the state.
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00:00Mamata Banerjee is currently abroad and there was an embarrassing moment at the Oxford University
00:05when she was speaking and her speech was disrupted by left-bagged SFI students.
00:11Remember left has been in many ways still very strong in the state of Bengal at least
00:17when it comes to student wing organizations but all the way at the Oxford University in
00:22London.
00:23Now the BJP has jumped in on this slamming Mamata Banerjee as well.
00:27BJP hits out says Mamata Banerjee has become a disgrace to Bengal.
00:32BJP says Hindu diaspora wants her out as Bengal CM.
00:36Mamata is answerable for the RGK rape and murder horror case.
00:39So it's a double down whammy for the incumbent Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
00:44She was as you can see in London.
00:46She's been there for a few days now.
00:48She was at the Oxford University, a prestigious university giving speech and then this happened.
00:53SFI students basically left-bagged groups were there on the ground and they disrupted
01:00her speech, said she's a liar, she's been lying on development, meet and greet the cheats
01:06and criminals some of the posters are saying.
01:09So after the left-bagged protest, BJP makes it more general and says it's not just them.
01:15All the Indian diaspora also want Bengal CM out.
01:19She's become a disgrace to Bengal.
01:24Please don't do politics here, it's not a political state, that you can do it with me in my state,
01:30not here.
01:31If you want to make it a political platform, go to Bengal and tell your party to be more
01:37strong and more stable.
01:39To fight against the communal people.
01:46This is you, this is you want to kill me.
01:50I was about to die.
01:52This is your atrocities.
01:54Just see, just have a look, have a look.
01:58Same thing can be repeated when your leaders will visit.
02:02It is very easy to do the politics here, to do the narrative work here, to see the negative
02:10work here, but please my ultra left friends and the left friends and some communal forces,
02:19don't behave like this.
02:21You encourage me.
02:23Please smile with a hope that Didi will come every time.
02:28Didi don't bear border.
02:30Didi don't border anybody.
02:32Didi walk just like a royal Bengal tiger.
02:36If you can catch, catch me if you can.
02:40But don't fight me if you don't catch me.
02:51Today, an incident like RGK is happening all over Bengal.
02:54Women are not safe.
02:56The most recent marriage of girls is happening in Bengal.
02:59Thousands of girls are pregnant, underage.
03:02Why is this happening?
03:03What is going on in the society?
03:04Everyone knows this.
03:05So if anyone asks questions, you have to answer.
03:07You will get spoiled, you will get angry.
03:09Who will leave you?
03:10So I want to go across to my colleague Suryagini Roy on the ground in Kolkata.
03:15Suryagini, while you are tracking what's unfolding in London and also how the BJP has
03:20jumped in, so it's very interesting.
03:21Otherwise, polar opposites, left and BJP, but doubling down here against Mamata Banerjee.
03:30Well, Pooja, you know, last night when we were hearing the speech of Mamata Banerjee
03:36at Oxford, we saw extremely dramatic visuals wherein not only SFI students,
03:46that is the Students' Federation of India's UK branches, students who were protesting
03:50and chanting Go Black, Go Back slogans on Mamata Banerjee.
03:54Also, we saw some members in the audience who were questioning her on the condition
03:59of the Hindus in the state.
04:01So as you rightly mentioned that, yes, it was a double whammy.
04:05On one side, you had the SFI students who were protesting against Mamata Banerjee
04:10and trying to interrupt her speech.
04:12On the other side, there was a section which was, you know, taking on Mamata Banerjee,
04:17asking her questions on the condition of Hindus.
04:19Now, that interrupted the speech of the Chief Minister, but Mamata Banerjee rightly got
04:25back to them, stating that this is not the place to do politics.
04:28It's an internationally acclaimed university which has invited her for a speech.
04:33And, you know, this is not exactly a place to do politics.
04:37It's better to do politics in the state of West Bengal.
04:40This is what the Chief Minister said.
04:41What's very interesting is when the SFI, you know, when the SFI students were, you know,
04:47protesting with placards inside that particular venue, Mamata Banerjee also took out a placard.
04:54That had the poster of hers wherein, you know, she was completely in a bandage and that's
04:59from the early 90s during her opposition days and she was, you know, brutally attacked in
05:04one of the protests.
05:05So she even went to further mention that, you know, you people tried to kill me.
05:09That was to the SFI people who were protesting.
05:12And also you have rightly mentioned that yes...
05:14So, can we say then, Suryagini, what you're saying is interesting.
05:18That perhaps she anticipated that there could be protests like this and the Chief Minister,
05:23the speaker herself came prepared.
05:25Well, absolutely.
05:27You know, somewhere, you know, she, you know, she's the Chief Minister of West Bengal...
05:32The poster.
05:33Suryagini, we have that poster with that image with Mamata Banerjee also holding a poster
05:38encounter.
05:39Remember, she's also been a street leader in many ways.
05:43She understands the theatrics of it.
05:45So if the protesters came with posters, so did the speaker, Mamata Banerjee herself.
05:50We'll soon put out that image on your screen.
05:52Go ahead, Suryagini.
05:53Yes.
05:54Well, you know, she is a three-time Chief Minister of a state.
05:59There's always an intelligence that works around every Chief Minister.
06:02So, maybe she, you know, she would have anticipated that, you know, there might have been a chaotic
06:09condition over there when she would have been making her speech.
06:12So, and, you know, maybe that's the reason why she was completely prepared.
06:17And what we saw was, as you showed up, you know, as you showed our viewers, the poster
06:22that I'm talking about, that was the answer to the protests that were happening.
06:26That, you know, when she was the opposition leader in the state of West Bengal, that was
06:31her condition, how brutally she was attacked.
06:33Amidst all of this, what we did see is that, yes, it was extremely, extremely traumatic.
06:40Something that, you know, we wouldn't have, we wouldn't have expected.
06:44This is interesting.
06:45I don't think I've seen this ever, where, remember, a speaker who, there have been Chief
06:49Ministers or speakers who've been heckled for different reasons, especially when they
06:53go abroad to speak.
06:55But for the speaker herself to bring a poster and say, you are attacking me, but you literally
06:59attacked me years ago in the 90s, carrying her poster with the bandages on her, this
07:05is likely, as my colleague is telling me, possibly from the 90s, when she was more of
07:09an emerging leader.
07:10Suryagini, keep tracking all the latest on that.
07:12So, in case you're tuning in right now, here's what happened.
07:15Bengal Chief Minister was at the Oxford University.
07:19She was speaking there.
07:20And she's been in the United Kingdom for a while.
07:23This time, she was addressing a crowd of students at the prestigious university.
07:26But while she was speaking, a group of students started to protest.
07:29We are told that they were primarily, not just left-backed SFI student groups, but left-backed
07:35groups, who were there.
07:37They said, go back slogans, prompting Mamata Banerjee to intervene and retort with a response
07:42that she's not bothered.
07:43And then she also put forth a poster of her own.
07:45Amid all of this, she also went and charged against the SFI.
07:49The BJP has doubled down on this, saying, look, even the Indian diaspora does not want
07:53the Bengals here.
07:57You know the case is subdued.
08:00And also the central government has taken over.
08:03It is not with us.
08:05Please don't do politics here.
08:07It is not a political state.
08:08That you can do it with me in my state, not here.
08:12If you want to make it a political platform, go to Bengal and tell your party to be more
08:18strong and more stable.
08:20To fight against the communal people.
08:25Don't fight with me.
08:27Just show me one photo.
08:30Yes, I'll give you reply.
08:32Wait, wait.
08:33Wait a minute.
08:37This is you.
08:39This is you want to kill me.
08:41I was about to die.
08:43This is your atrocities.
08:45Just see.
08:46Just have a look.
08:48Have a look.
08:51Didi will come every time.
08:53Didi don't get bothered.
08:55Didi don't bother anybody.
08:57Didi walk just like a Royal Bengal Tiger.
09:01If you can catch, catch me.
09:04If you can.
09:05But don't fight me.
09:07If you don't catch me.
09:12So this is what is happening right now.
09:14Also joining me now on the phone line.
09:17Sukanto Majumdar, tracking all the latest on what's happening when it comes to this
09:23sort of theatrics or drama that unfolded.
09:26He's also a member of the Lok Sabha.
09:28Mr. Majumdar, you tell me, what does one make of it?
09:31SFI groups, then the BJP also jump in.
09:34What do you think happened?
09:36Should a Chief Minister be heckled like this?
09:38See, first of all, being a Chief Minister of a country, of our country, it is really
09:45not good that some people are agitated there.
09:49But the thing is that the Nirbhaya Kanda or Abhaya Kanda of Kolkata, along with the
09:55security, safety of the Hindus, are really in question.
09:59Even when Mamata Banerjee, she is in London.
10:03At that point also, the riot erupted in the Malda district, Mothabari and adjacent area.
10:10And from yesterday, we were very busy, the BJP leaders, to manage that riot.
10:18So this is the situation of West Bengal.
10:20West Bengal is really, Mamata Banerjee is making West Bengal a graveyard of the common
10:26people, especially the Hindus and the educated people.
10:29So are you saying this is anger of common people, this is not just politically bagged,
10:34but common people anger even in London against Mamata Banerjee?
10:38Yes, it is the anger of the common people because, you know, this kind of agitation.
10:44Even I have seen before in some other countries, foreign countries, when Mamata Banerjee was
10:51not there.
10:52Because the way in which Mamata Banerjee handled the RJ Kerr and the other issues is really
10:59not right.
11:00Because, you know, the main accused who burned the body of Abhaya, of RJ Kerr incident, he
11:07has been promoted to the chairman of that municipality, Panihatti municipality.
11:12So this is the, you know, way of handling.
11:15The main accused, Somnath De, he was accused of burning the body after the post-mortem
11:23without the consent of the family and opposed by the federal political parties.
11:28At that time, we demanded the second time post-mortem.
11:32But that man, Somnath De, he was the councillor of the Panihatti municipality.
11:39He burned the body and he was hurried.
11:43And that man now promoted to the chairman of Panihatti municipality.
11:48And sir, also, yes, also the situation I see what's unfolding in Malda is also concerning.
11:54There also seems to be some violence that has happened.
11:57So, but she says in her defence, sir, your chief minister of the state says that don't
12:03come after me.
12:04You want to attack me.
12:05You've tried to kill me.
12:08So this is the, you know, this is the ploy of Mamata Banerjee.
12:12Nobody wants to kill her.
12:14Nobody wants to kill her.
12:16Even I think during the late regime also, nobody tried to kill her.
12:21But, you know, these are the propaganda of Mamata Banerjee.
12:25By this, by doing this, she wants to attract the sympathy.
12:29Always she played the sympathy game as she is a lady and she is unmarried.
12:37So, always she tried to, you know, encash these attributes of her life for sympathy
12:44game.
12:45Thank you so much, Sukanthu Bajodari.
12:47Yes, union minister.
12:48He's also from Bengal.
12:49MP and minister.
12:50He's speaking right now.
12:51He's saying this is common people's anger and she just wants to play the sympathy card.
12:54So a lot of theatrics and drama unfolded in London at the Oxford University and clearly
12:59a reflection of perhaps the protests even abroad against Mamata Banerjee.
13:03She says all of this is a political ploy against her.
13:06We'll be tracking that.
13:07I have some news coming in.
13:08Let's take a look at that.
13:16Another incident now coming in from Bengaluru.
13:19What's happening in marital alliances in different parts of the country?
13:23One after another we are hearing stories this time coming in from Bengaluru but with connections
13:28to Maharashtra.
13:29Satara police has taken Rakesh and accused right now in the murder case.
13:35Remember, otherwise looking like a happily married couple with this image, you wouldn't
13:40guess what exactly happened perhaps few months or weeks after this.
13:45We are told that he's been taken in custody at 8pm last night.
13:49He was caught from Maharashtra and that is when in Satara district, a four-wheeler driver
13:55was seen feeling dizzy on the road.
13:57Locals called the police.
13:58When police arrived at the location, they found this man, Rakesh in an unconscious state.
14:03It appears that the cops also had been tracking his movement.
14:07So did he consume a poison-like substance?
14:10Was he aware that he's being tracked because he was rushed to a hospital?
14:13He's undergoing treatment right now.
14:15Remember, this murder took place in Bengaluru.
14:17This man has been accused of killing his wife and then stuffing the body into a suitcase.
14:25Barely few days ago of a different nature, we heard an incident from Meerut and of course
14:32so on and so forth.
14:33So this time, incident, the crime in Bengaluru.
14:37He's been nabbed in Pune, in Satara district.
14:40But of course, how and why did he consume a poison-like substance?
14:45And his condition right now, critical as well.
14:47We'll be tracking that and more.
14:49So this is the incident that has come in.
14:52Remember, and fairly young couple, now accused of killing his wife and that's not it.
14:57Remember, stuffing the body parts into a suitcase.
15:01In Meerut, it was the issue of stuffing the body after killing with the partner in a drum.
15:06There have been incidents like we have seen earlier as well, remember, that have come in
15:10and that have taken communal overtones as well.
15:15I want to bring in Omkar Wable for the latest on that.
15:19Tell me more about this, Omkar.
15:21What exactly happened?
15:22How did the thread connect Bengaluru to Pune here?
15:28Pooja, after committing the crime, he got to know that Bengaluru police are behind him
15:35and that is why Rakesh was running towards Pune.
15:38There are some relatives in Pune, so he was in contact with them.
15:42Also, Bengaluru police were following him.
15:44But during the journey, he had a poison-like substance.
15:51That's how he started feeling dizzy.
15:54He stopped his car and some localites called the police.
15:57Till then, Satara rural police knew about the incident.
16:01Also, Bengaluru police were in contact with the Satara police.
16:04And that's how Satara rural police detained him between 8 to 9 pm last evening.
16:11But just because he had poison-like substance, now he is hospitalized.
16:15And some formalities are going that accused has to transfer from the Satara police to the Bengaluru police.
16:21So, formalities are underway and police are trying to find out with whom he was in contact with.
16:27So, there are different kind of facets are being uncovered during the investigation.
16:32So, he was also already on track of the cops.
16:36And remember, the incident in Karnataka caught from Maharashtra.
16:39Also, that means police teams of different states would have been coordinating and involved in this.
16:45Disturbing incident. Keep tracking all the details in this, what exactly happens to this man.
16:49For a case of gruesome murder, this time in Bengaluru.
16:52A woman's body was recovered in a suitcase.
16:55She was 32-year-old Gauri Samrekar, allegedly killed by her husband Rakesh.
17:01She is the main suspect in this case right now.
17:03Police said the couple had frequent arguments between them during which, allegedly,
17:07the wife would physically assault her husband and sometimes hit him and beat him.
17:12The couple had an argument where it appears that he went on to stab her repeatedly with a knife.
17:18And then slit her throat.
17:20The details what I am giving you, of course, are graphic in nature.
17:23But it is important to understand how, remember, otherwise happily married looking couple
17:27turned into this murderous scenario in a crime scene.
17:31The couple said to be originally from Maharashtra, were working in private firms in Bengaluru.
17:35After he killed his wife, allegedly, Rakesh stuffed the body and fled to Maharashtra
17:40where he was eventually nabbed by the Pune police who had been tracking his mobile phone data as well.
17:45But he appears to have consumed some poison-like substance.
17:48He is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital.
18:15The information suggests that this was, in fact, a fairly newly married couple.
18:36They had been married for barely about two years.
18:38Originally from Maharashtra, working in Bengaluru, which is, of course, a cosmopolitan high-tech city.
18:43And they were working, at least he was working.
18:45Information suggests that she was a homemaker for now.
18:48But these frequent arguments is information that has come in.
18:51But the question is, eventually how did the body get recovered
18:56and the suspect turned into, the husband turned into the big suspect and now an accused.
19:01We will be tracking that disturbing story and perhaps a reflection of what's happening
19:05to some of our young married couples too.
19:14Alright, political news coming in.
19:16Aam Aadmi Party going all out against the new BJP government in Delhi on the issue of power outages.
19:21Remember we are heading to the summer season now in Delhi.
19:23There are areas already in Delhi reportedly witnessing power cut as the temperature is beginning to rise.
19:30Burari in Delhi appears to have reported last night long power cuts through the night.
19:36Aam Aadmi Party will be raising this issue in the ongoing assembly session.
19:40Employees of the electricity department reached the village in the Burari assembly constituency
19:45where they found that, because there were complaints of electricity outage
19:51but it led to, we are told, a scuffle with the local residents.
19:55The electricity officials also attempted to do a raid but led to some sort of a confrontation.
20:01In revenge, allegedly the electricity department cut the electricity from 12 pm.
20:07So there's also another layer to this coming in that between the residents and the electricity department officials
20:13there was some confrontation that led to, was it a deliberate power outage then?
20:18So we will be tracking that.
20:19You can see people are out on the streets late into the night protesting after the commotion broke.
20:26So that's the big news coming in.
20:27It's a massive war over power outage.
20:30Remember that in the national capital Delhi ahead of summer season
20:34there will have to be preparations made at least so that, to ensure that at least electricity remains.
20:41And in Burari, which is more towards the border areas of national capital Delhi
20:45there appears to have been a confrontation, protest.
20:48People are out on the streets late into the night.
20:51But did the electricity department deliberately cut off the power outage after a scuffle?
20:56What exactly happened? We will try and get more details.
20:59We are told residents of Jagatpur village got angry with the officials.
21:03There was a commotion. They blocked the road.
21:05But Aam Aadmi Party now in opposition is ready with a strategy.
21:09They want to target the incumbent BJP government led by Rekha Gupta.
21:13And remember one of the big faces of Aam Aadmi Party now in the assembly is Atishi.
21:19One of the few big names who managed to retain her seat from Kalkaji.
21:23So she's also the leader of opposition.
21:25And she will be preparing a strategy to charge at Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and the BJP administration
21:31over how ahead of summer season people are forced to live without power,
21:35without electricity even during the night.
21:39Arvind Doja joins me for the latest on that.
21:41Arvind, on one hand there is no electricity for a few hours
21:45but you can see people's anger in Burari.
21:48Yes, absolutely. And there is a local issue on this.
21:51Sources say that in some areas electricity was being stolen.
21:57And because of this, people from the electricity department
22:02cut off the electricity for a while.
22:05And then people's anger escalated.
22:08But sources say that in this area electricity was being stolen on a large scale.
22:14And because of this, the electricity department cut off the connection for a while.
22:21And then people took to the streets and protested.
22:26Very interesting. So there's another layer coming to it.
22:28Was there a case of electricity theft as well that was being raided?
22:31We'll be tracking all details but a political showdown.
22:34Expect fireworks in the Delhi Assembly on that.
22:37Arvind, thank you very much for now.
22:38The BJP vs TMC face-off over infiltrators.
22:41Now, accusing the Trinamool Congress-led government of Bengal
22:44for not taking action against illegal infiltration,
22:47Amit Shah said 450 km of fencing work on the India-Bangladesh border has been pending
22:53because Bengal government did not give enough land for it.
22:56Home Minister Amit Shah saying that the fencing work remains pending
22:59despite all the clear letters and approvals that have been sent,
23:04possibly from the Home Ministry.
23:06Seven rounds of talks with state officials have happened, he says,
23:09and then accusing the TMC government of providing fake Aadhaar cards
23:13to the infiltrators, specifically those coming in from Bangladesh.
23:17Now, the TMC is hit back on this at Home Minister Amit Shah saying,
23:20why are you maligning Bengal's image?
23:22Claiming that Home Minister Amit Shah has failed to protect the borders,
23:25the Home Ministry comes under his supervision,
23:27and now hiding failure in blaming TMC.
23:31It is a matter of great concern,
23:34that today, the way they have infiltrated illegally,
23:39because of the 450 km fencing work on the India-Bangladesh border,
23:44it is clear that the Mamata government is responsible for it,
23:48the government of India-Bangladesh is responsible for it.
23:50The day the government of the BJP is formed in India-Bangladesh,
23:56the infiltration will stop.
23:58This means that to stop the illegal infiltrators,
24:01Bangladeshis and Rohingyas,
24:04immediately, for the protection of our borders,
24:07the 450 km border which is still open,
24:11we will do the work of fencing there.
24:15This 450 km, where only the state government will do such work,
24:21it will not provide land,
24:23the government has fenced the rest of the places.
24:26To fence the borders here also, the government should help.
24:29The Home Minister has clearly said,
24:31who is providing protection to the infiltrators?
24:34Who is making their ration card?
24:36Who is making their voting card?
24:38So all these things,
24:40today, the Home Minister has revealed their reality.
24:44If they have even a little bit of shame,
24:46then to stop the infiltrators,
24:49immediately, the government should help.
24:51In this, we should follow the instructions of the Home Minister.
24:56Today, on the basis of facts,
24:58through the Sadana,
25:00the whole of India has been told the reality.
25:05The 450 km area,
25:10there is a need to provide land.
25:14Up till now, the Home Ministers of India,
25:18have met with the Chief Secretary of the Home Ministry.
25:21But the government of Bengal,
25:23has not given a single inch of land.
25:25And the matter of fencing,
25:27it is very clear,
25:29that the government of Bengal,
25:31is doing the work of infiltration.
25:34The bill which is being discussed in the Parliament,
25:37and very soon it will be enacted also,
25:40immigration bill,
25:42important legislation that needed to be in place,
25:45because four laws, either two,
25:47were there for the same thing.
25:50Only careers liability,
25:52that which came into being in 2000.
25:56Otherwise, all three were pre-independence laws.
26:00And many of the provisions in the laws,
26:05four laws were there,
26:07overlapping each other.
26:09It's been a big issue,
26:10and this is not just about a political showdown,
26:12but national security concern as well.
26:14Infiltration from Bangladesh,
26:16has been a big concern,
26:17and especially in the backdrop of the instability,
26:20that we have seen ever since the government changes happened,
26:23and now led by the UNESCO government.
26:25We've seen that the concerns with infiltration,
26:27have only been escalated,
26:29specifically even with regard to the,
26:31whether the refugees,
26:32or those using the conflict zone right now,
26:35to enter into Bengal.
26:37Piyush Mishra is joining me for the latest on that.
26:39Piyush, this should have been an issue,
26:41that both the TMC government in Bengal,
26:43and the Home Ministry,
26:44should have collectively collaborated and worked,
26:47because eventually it's about our country's borders,
26:49but we see a showdown here.
26:51Tell us more about it,
26:52and what's happening.
26:54Well, certainly Pooja,
26:55we are now seeing as to how big allegation,
26:57has been leveled by Home Minister Amit Shah,
26:59that whenever the central government,
27:01has tried to fence around 450 kilometer of area,
27:05at West Bengal-Bangladesh border,
27:08it's the government of West Bengal,
27:10which has created the law and order situation there.
27:12The oligarchism has taken place.
27:14Snow grading has taken place.
27:16In fact, he has gone on to say,
27:19that earlier infiltration used to take place,
27:21from the border areas of Assam.
27:23But now, after BJP has formed the government,
27:26the infiltration has been stopped from there.
27:28But still, the illegal infiltration,
27:31is taking place from the borders of,
27:34Bangladesh, West Bengal.
27:36And that's because the government,
27:38the state government,
27:39is not helping the central government,
27:41to fence that entire area.
27:44He has also added that,
27:45the government is not providing land for,
27:47making or fencing,
27:50or creating some sort of a system,
27:52there at that particular area,
27:54which connects the border areas,
27:56from West Bengal to Bangladesh.
27:58You would also remember Pooja,
28:00that while he was replying to that debate,
28:03on this well,
28:04he said that,
28:06maximum infiltrators across the country,
28:08have their Aadhaar card registered,
28:11at North Chowbe Spargana.
28:13So, we are now seeing,
28:14big allegations coming in,
28:16from the other side.
28:18TMC has rejected all these allegations,
28:20and saying that,
28:21the infiltration,
28:22the illegal infiltration,
28:23is a failure of central government.
28:25Bengal government showing,
28:26mercy to Bangladeshi infiltrators,
28:29in Rohingyas,
28:30is what the Home Minister,
28:31Amit Shah has said,
28:32to which TMC leaders,
28:33and Mamata Banerjee says,
28:34do not malign Bengal.
28:36Remember,
28:37this is not just about a showdown,
28:38we are talking about,
28:39national security concerns here.
28:41Just to give you a background,
28:42what happened?
28:43The new immigration bill,
28:44has been passed in the Lok Sabha.
28:46The bill was tabled,
28:47by the Home Minister Amit Shah.
28:48He claimed that,
28:49proposed legislation,
28:50will strengthen country's security,
28:51boost the economy and business,
28:53besides encouraging health and education.
28:55But Amit Shah then added,
28:57that there are some people,
28:58who wanted to enter India,
29:00and create unrest,
29:01stressing that the country,
29:02is not a dharamshala.
29:04Such individuals,
29:05will be strongly dealt with,
29:06referring to the infiltrators.
29:08But the opposition MPs,
29:09are raising concern,
29:10over the immigration,
29:11and foreigners bill 2025.
29:12They are saying,
29:13there are some provisions,
29:14that grant arbitrary powers,
29:16to immigration authorities,
29:17that can be misused.
29:18It needs to be sent,
29:19to the Joint Parliamentary Committee.
29:20There should be scrutiny on this.
29:23Overall, if you ask me,
29:25there was a need for this.
29:27You know Rohingya,
29:28you know Bangladeshi,
29:29who have come illegally.
29:31So, to stop them,
29:33this bill has been brought.
29:35And very strictly,
29:37the documents will be checked.
29:39And the people,
29:40who will violate the rules,
29:42definitely,
29:43strict action should be taken,
29:44against them.
29:45When we went there,
29:46people at the border said,
29:47that sir,
29:48as Bangladeshi people come,
29:50they get a hot Aadhar card,
29:52from the Trimool Party,
29:54in Kanhaiwan.
29:56They get a voter card.
29:58And Mamata Didi,
30:00has made them,
30:01her vote bank.
30:03This bill,
30:05this bill,
30:06protects India,
30:08protects India's integrity,
30:10protects India's integrity,
30:12this is the bill,
30:14that will ensure this.
30:16And now,
30:17after this bill is passed,
30:18all these people,
30:20will not be able to come.
30:22The people,
30:23who were encouraging this,
30:25who were making all the documents,
30:27all of them,
30:28will also go inside.
30:30PM Modi Ji,
30:31does say,
30:32that voting,
30:33is the soul of democracy.
30:35But,
30:36we don't see,
30:37any environment of voting,
30:38in the Parliament.
30:39Nor,
30:40when people from outside,
30:41our Indian people,
30:42want to come.
30:43Even then,
30:44against voting,
30:45this government,
30:46which is capable,
30:47to listen,
30:48we don't see,
30:49that kind of,
30:50capability.
30:51we don't see,
30:52that kind of,
30:53capability.
30:54Unfortunately,
30:55there was no satisfactory answer,
30:57from the Home Minister.
30:59The bill has,
31:00many infirmities.
31:02It impinges upon,
31:03civil liberties.
31:05There is a lack of equilibrium,
31:06in the bill.
31:07It would have been much better,
31:08that it should have been referred,
31:10to a joint Parliamentary Committee.
31:12So,
31:13Piyush Vishwa continues to be with us.
31:15Piyush,
31:16that means,
31:17it's not just about Bengal.
31:18Of course,
31:19it's about immigration.
31:20And I see,
31:21a lot of border states,
31:22representatives,
31:23from our parliamentarians,
31:24are speaking on this.
31:25Tell us more about,
31:26this immigration bill.
31:27Why is the opposition,
31:28raising a charge on it?
31:30Well,
31:31the opposition is saying that,
31:32it infringes,
31:33the civil liberties,
31:34and also,
31:35does not provide,
31:36the equal opportunities,
31:37to the people,
31:38who are coming here.
31:39And that is why,
31:40they want proper scrutiny,
31:41of this bill.
31:42You remember that,
31:43when Home Minister,
31:44Amit Shah was,
31:45flying on this,
31:46specific bill,
31:47he had categorically said that,
31:48the government wants,
31:49proper security,
31:50in place.
31:51He had said that,
31:52through this bill,
31:53we are going to have,
31:54better economy,
31:55more better universities,
31:56and a lot of things,
31:57will be dealt with.
31:58He has also added,
31:59Home Minister Amit Shah,
32:00has also assured,
32:01that,
32:02because of this bill,
32:03the illegal infiltrators,
32:04will be dealt severely,
32:05because the government,
32:06does not want to,
32:07tolerate any kind of,
32:08any kind of,
32:09any kind of,
32:10any kind of,
32:11any kind of,
32:12any kind of,
32:13any kind of,
32:14any kind of,
32:15any kind of,
32:16any kind of,
32:17any kind of legal infiltration.
32:18He has also gone on to,
32:19say that,
32:20a lot of security,
32:21will be provided,
32:22to the people,
32:23who want to travel,
32:24to India,
32:25in a legal manner.
32:26So the government,
32:27is welcoming,
32:28the legal route for that,
32:29but on the other side,
32:30the opposition is,
32:31raising a lot of questions,
32:34over the nuances of this bill.
32:35We will have to wait and watch,
32:36how the government,
32:37further clarifies the,
32:38appearance of opposers.
32:39We will keep tracking,
32:40all the latest,
32:41because eventually,
32:42it will have to be,
32:43here any concerns as well but here's what is some of the highlights of this
32:48immigration bill let me tell you more about it for example the punishment could
32:52be five lakh rupees fine or up to five year jail term or illegal entry into
32:57India if you're a foreign national hospitals hotels and colleges must
33:02report about the foreign nationals to the government there could be in fact a
33:06ten lakh rupees fine or up to seven year jail term for using a forged passport to
33:12enter or exit from India and this is where the fake Aadhaar card fake
33:16document accusation came in from Home Minister Amit Shah against the Bengal
33:20government but also in many ways a bigger issue to use forged documents to
33:24make an entry into India specifically we have some big news coming in let's take
33:28a look at that
33:35Muslim law board calling for the waqf bill protest remember we have seen in
33:39the background of how there have been anti waqf amendment bill protest
33:43especially in Delhi at Jantar Mantar now the Muslim board says wear a black band
33:48for namaz today's Friday afternoon prayers where you can expect of course
33:53big congregations with regard to the namaz prayers but the Muslim personal
33:58Muslim cleric here appears to have said don't do sloganeering there should not
34:03be any violence but wear a black band black band symbolic in representation to
34:09the protest against what will go out as a message against the waqf bill let's
34:14listen in to who is this cleric why is he making this kind of a demand and I'm
35:18I request you to wear a black band in your right hand and protest peacefully
35:32so different areas in Karnataka two clerics at least have come forth
35:36remember this is primarily from the state of Karnataka right now where these
35:40appeals have come we'll see if this becomes a pan India protest but this
35:44will be more of a photo opportunity unless this turns into a violent
35:48agitation the Muslim board the Muslim clerics are saying where a black band
35:53and one of these clerics also showcasing it how to be done and then for the
35:59namaz prayers where there are massive gatherings saying do not indulge in
36:02violence or sloganeering but where it is a symbolic protest what amendment will
36:07remember has been more about the arbitrary powers of the waqf board that
36:11have been long in question in fact primarily has been some of the southern
36:14states including Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala where there have been complaints
36:19and concerns that have come in if the waqf was misusing its powers over land
36:24and was leading to land grab cases but it appears some of the Muslim
36:28organizations believe that this is misuse and it's cramping down on the
36:33Muslim rights and of the waqf board as well which is rightful in its demands
36:38with regard to the land so that's a big issue right now while remember
36:41negotiations have happened Muslim delegations have been invited there have
36:46been discussions from across the country with the government of the center there
36:49has been a process that has been followed and then this bill came to
36:53the Parliament but while we have seen a showdown of it in the Parliament clearly
36:57on the ground as well we can see possibly we wait for more visuals coming
37:02in by the afternoon so two clerics appealing for black ban to be now worn
37:07by the Muslims in protest against waqf amendment bill
37:15let's take you to Maharashtra because it's still over the removal of Aurangzeb's
37:20grave which continues to be a big showdown Shiv Sena making a new plea to
37:25remove the tag of the protected monument at least to the Aurangzeb tomb which is
37:29presently under the protection of the Archaeological Survey of India former MP
37:33and Shiv Sena leader Rahul Chivali called on Union Minister for Culture
37:36Gajendra Shikhabad and said that he demands the removal of Aurangzeb's tomb
37:42from the list of protected national monuments the controversy surrounding
37:46the tomb of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj erupted with the release of the film
37:49Shava it's a film based on the life of Sambhaji Maharaj but also in many ways
37:54the brutalities that have been known and documented in Aurangzeb's time since
37:58then the demand of Aurangzeb's tomb has gained more momentum and even remember
38:02triggered violent clashes mob violence and arson was seen in Apur
39:03we have a report coming in from Karnataka if you're a resident of the state milk
39:18prices have again been increased by four rupees remember it's an essential item
39:22and therefore could actually pay heavy to the budget for the middle income at
39:26least a middle-class household what is the government's defense of this hype
39:30let's take a look at the special
39:32Karnataka government hikes milk prices again the decision follows ongoing
39:48demands from farmers and the Karnataka Milk Federation for a price increase to
39:53offset rising expenses while the initial demand from the Karnataka Milk Federation
40:00was for a five rupee per litre increase the Siddharamaya government has decided
40:05to raise milk prices by four rupees per litre the KMF has welcomed the move but
40:13consumers are expected to bear the brunt of the price hike
40:18the present Congress government has derailed the entire economical situation
40:44of the state this is how they are trying to play with the common people which has
40:50impacted the state treasury and also the common man's life this isn't the first
40:56time milk prices are being raised in Karnataka in August 2023 milk price was
41:03hiked by three rupees in June 2024 by another two rupees and now in 2025 milk
41:11prices are set to rise by four rupees effective from April 1st apart from milk
41:18several other price hikes have burdened Karnataka citizens in February 2024
41:25stamp duty charges hiked by 200 to 500 percent March 2024 lifetime tax on
41:32electric vehicles priced above 25 lakh rupees increased June 2024 petrol and
41:40diesel prices raised by three rupees due to tax hike January 2025 15% bus fare
41:47hike approved and duty on beer increased across the state in February 2025 50%
41:55hike on Bengaluru metro fares and in March power tariffs were hiked by 36
42:01paise per unit the recent milk price hike has sparked political tension in
42:06Karnataka with the BJP criticizing the Congress-led state government
42:10the state government has defended its decision
42:33as the final decision is being made the Karnataka government faces the challenge
42:50of balancing consumer affordability with ensuring fair compensation for farmers
42:55Bureau report India Today