The BJP has intensified efforts to elect its new national president, with senior leaders holding key talks to finalise state unit chiefs. On Tuesday, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President JP Nadda met to discuss appointments for Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, and Odisha.
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00:00There's been a speculation why are the top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the ministers, meeting consistently over the past few days.
00:07Is there a big huddle that we are looking at and is this over the new party chief?
00:13The BJP top brass has been meeting and we are told that election of the BJP national president could happen very soon.
00:20But also not just with regard to the national president.
00:23There could be one for Uttar Pradesh, for Gujarat which is set to face elections, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka too.
00:30Big leaders brainstormed yesterday as reports have been surfacing to decide the name of the state president of the five big states.
00:38And Udisha also could be included in this.
00:40Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President J.P. Nadda held the meeting.
00:44We are told that 14 states have had their presidents decided.
00:47According to the party constitution, elections are necessary and for the national president as well that will happen.
00:53Himanshu Mishra joining me for the latest on this closely tracks the BJP and the government of the center as well.
01:03Himanshu, two, three days, there are a lot of talks that there are meetings until midnight, but there is no clarity of what is behind it.
01:11Do we go and say that the BJP national president is the main point of the president now?
01:15And let us know the details of which this protocol will follow?
01:18Do we go and say that the BJP national president is the main point of the party constitution?
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03:33We will be of course tracking the latest on that.
03:39Himanshu Mishra giving us the inside scoop.
03:41BJP national president elections for the states as well.
03:45Because remember, this is a big opportunity,
03:47especially with regard to the states facing elections,
03:50the southern states where the BJP intends to make inroads.
03:53Himanshu, thank you very much for now.
03:56Top story in this bulletin coming in from Bengal.
03:59Murshidabad victims, especially from the Hindu community.
04:02Led by Bengal BJP chief Sukhantu Majumdar,
04:05met the Bengal DGP at the police headquarter.
04:08And now Sukhantu Majumdar has escalated this political showdown.
04:12One, the claim that he's making is that the PFI was active in Murshidabad
04:17ahead of the violence as per statement of the victims.
04:20Then he's also gone on to make a very serious charge
04:23that there were the mosque loudspeakers that were allegedly used
04:27to attract and incite violence and call the congregation on the streets
04:32that turned violent.
04:33Again, he's saying it's from the statement of the victims.
04:36The BJP is also demanding a permanent BSF camp in riot-hit areas,
04:41immediate compensation to the victims of the clashes also from the government.
04:45Also remember, political showdown or the tensions on the ground aside,
04:49the CGI-led bench has also taken cognizance of it.
04:52The chief justice of India has said the violence in Bengal was very disturbing
04:56and the issue will be taken up by the top court.
04:59The TMC in their defence, as the ruling party say,
05:02that the aftermath that has led to the arrest of 270 accused already,
05:06homes are being rebuilt and that action is being taken,
05:10is what the government of the state says.
05:12The chief minister herself in West Bengal says that she will not accept
05:17and will not implement this act in her state.
05:22That will be construed as defying the constitutional spirits
05:28and also at the same time instigating the people.
05:31The violence which had happened in Mursidabad and other parts of West Bengal
05:35and we do sporadic incidents elsewhere,
05:39these are the result of these unmindful political statements
05:44given by Mahatma Banerjee and some of the political leaders.
05:48Now these are political stunts.
05:50If a chief minister says that he or she will not follow the constitutional requirement,
05:57that means his or her occupation into the position of chief minister-ship itself is untenable
06:04because any law passed by the parliament is for the nation.
06:07It applies to entire territory of India.
06:10So how can a person sitting in a constitutional position
06:13clearly, you know, defying the spirit of the constitution,
06:20that is undone, you know, we can't accept that.
06:23But as I said, these are political statements for political gains
06:29to take a posture to please certain communities for political interests.
06:35And that is totally untenable and we can't accept that.
06:39As mentioned by them, the call for riot was given from the loudspeaker of the masjid.
06:46If BJP comes into power and this type of incident happens,
06:50we will ban masjid or any other religion campus
06:55which will be used in case of provoking the riots in any area of West Bengal.
07:01We are looking at the country that is what the situation is in Moshidabad.
07:04We have 10-12 people here in Kolkata have come.
07:08But there is no time for Moshidabad to go to Moshidabad.
07:11We have a few people here in the country.
07:14We have a few people who are there.
07:15We have two people and a half of them who are sitting here.
07:18What is it?
07:20What do we want to do in Moshidabad?
07:22We have a few people here in Nature Indus Stadium.
07:24We have a few people who are taking so many people.
07:28But one time we have no time.
07:32But one time they didn't have time in Muschidabad,
07:35the people who were outside of the house,
07:37the people who were outside of the house,
07:38they would meet with them.
07:39There are a few Hindu people.
07:41What's wrong with them?
07:43What's wrong with them?
07:46If they have done something,
07:48then let them leave.
07:50What's wrong with them?
07:51Today, they're gone from home.
07:54They don't have a bed.
07:56They have some blood.
07:58They're eating there.
08:00Why?
08:01What for?
08:04Look at this.
08:05This world is going to happen.
08:06This world is going to happen further.
08:09If I say this,
08:12what do I say?
08:13If it's buttering,
08:16if it's going to happen,
08:19then this world is going to happen further.
08:21There are a number of ground reports
08:23that the BJP paid certain people to flee Muschidabad.
08:28The BJP-led central government is in charge of the border security.
08:33Now tell me, the BJP is telling us that Bangladeshi terrorists were involved in this entire chaos,
08:41or communal clash that took place.
08:43Now tell me who is in charge of the border security?
08:46Who runs the BSS?
08:48This is Mr. Amit Shah.
08:49So why is it that a section of Bangladeshi, these Jamaatis and Jihadis, they entered Muschidabad,
08:57they ransacked the houses of the Hindus, and they went back to Bangladesh?
09:02Who facilitated it?
09:04So, of course, a section of the BSF is involved,
09:07and this is a conspiracy hatched by the BJP-led central government.
09:12And one of the BSF jawans, or maybe someone else who was guised as a BSF jawan,
09:19he opened fire on a Muslim youth.
09:23So you cannot say that everything is hunky and dory.
09:25Let's keep the politics aside, I want to go across on the ground to Murshidabad,
09:48where all that violence in the first place took place.
09:51And my colleague Suryagni Roy is joining me from Murshidabad on this.
09:55Suryagni, what do you see around you, the situation, the status?
09:59Is there calm and normalcy, or you can sense tension around you?
10:01Because eventually, it's what the victims are saying.
10:04They're demanding a BSF camp, BJP is quoting them to say,
10:07MOS cloud speakers were misused, and then the PFI was active.
10:15Well, Pooja, there is a situation of an uneasy calm over here in, you know,
10:19various parts of Murshidabad, especially after the violence that had broken out last week.
10:24We did see multiple arrests, we did see a lot of political, you know,
10:27taking on each other from the both ends, be it the BJP or the Trinamul Congress.
10:32However, what, you know, the biggest story out of this was that, you know,
10:39so many people had to leave their houses.
10:41What we also have understood that, you know, many have even come back.
10:44But on ground, Pooja, the ones who have left their houses and staying at, you know,
10:51these camps in Malda, and our various colleagues have spoken to them over the past one week.
10:57All of these people, even if they want to come back, they want some kind of an assurances,
11:02be it from the central government or the state government, to make sure that, you know,
11:05their lives are not impacted in the way it was, you know, on last Friday, Saturday.
11:10Back to you.
11:11Suragni, keep tracking the latest on that.
11:13But eventually, remember, it will be what the survivors, the victims have to say,
11:17because political showdown continues.
11:20Eventually, it will be about, can they return to their homes that have been attacked and destroyed?
11:24We'll be tracking more on that.
11:25Suragni, thank you for now.
11:27But it's day two for the Supreme Court.
11:29The VACF Act amendments are going to be discussed.
11:32Three key issues will be the highlight for the top court.
11:34The CGI-led bench will perhaps bring in more clarity to whether the VACF properties will be denotified,
11:42because that's one of the concerns of the petitioners.
11:45Supreme Court will also determine whether the extent of the district collectors' powers,
11:50whether non-Muslim members can be included in the VACF board.
11:53Again, the references that have come in from the petitioners.
11:55Let's just take you through the first day arguments on your screen.
11:58Day one of the hearing, petitioners argued that the changes barred the declaration
12:03of the protected monuments as VACF, it's interfering with inheritance rights too.
12:07To that, Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna has clarified that major mosques,
12:11like the Jama Masjid, for example, will not be impacted.
12:14Inheritance laws apply across communities,
12:17and undoing the VACF could carry legal consequences too.
12:21But then, what are the big takeaways that we take from day one?
12:24The top court has signalled possibly a status quo on the three amended provisions,
12:29offering interim relief.
12:30Properties declared as VACF by user or court will not be notified for now.
12:36The collectors may initiate an inquiry as the power has been granted to them,
12:40but the amended provision will not apply at this stage.
12:43The court will also likely bring more clarity that only the ex-official members of the VACF board
12:49can be non-Muslims.
12:51These are some of the concerns that petitioners have been talking about,
12:53but I must add here that the violence that we saw, especially in Bengal,
12:57with regard to the anti-VACF amendment bill and now act, also will be taken up by the top court.
13:05We have put a provision. The creation of VACF cannot be done on tribal land,
13:12which is any land falls in sixth and fifth schedule of the constitution.
13:18So, it will not have an impact on the tribal areas.
13:21Protesting is only the opposition parties, those political parties,
13:25which treat the Muslim community as vote banks.
13:29They create, you know, fear-mongering. They keep scaring the Muslim community.
13:34And from the long time I have been witnessing these people, they don't want the Muslim community to develop.
13:39They want to keep them isolated, create fear in their mind, and then make them anti-BJP.
13:48But many of the Muslim communities are now coming forward.
13:51I'm sure that in 75 years there are no refugees in this country.
14:03I have been with them.
14:04There are many people out there in this country.
14:06There are many people out there.
14:08There are many people out there.
14:12The people who have lost this land.
14:17The people who have made a place in the country.
14:24This is the wrong way.
14:27The people who have lost this land.
14:31The people who have made a place in the country.
14:37I will tell you that you will understand that the Muslims and especially in the same way
14:44they will keep the views of the Muslims.
14:47The Congress party when the government did the movement,
14:52the government did not do it.
14:56No one did not do it.
14:59But this is not happening in the end of the year.
15:04Muslims target and target the property of the people's own property for this is a brutal process.
15:12This is why it is a brutal process.
15:15This is a brutal process.
15:17This is a brutal process.
15:21We have faith that we will get a peace of mind.
15:25And the government will be stopped by the government and government,
15:40to the government and the government will be able to think of the government and government.
15:45When the government will be at the government,
15:49He was the first time in the country.
15:59We are much more confident that
16:29our religious freedom will be restored and we will continue to run and administer
16:36our work properties as per our religious custom traditions and laws and we expect
16:43from the Supreme Court that our religious freedom will be restored.
16:59I understand that after the district and state, there will be a selection of these properties
17:04and when they are left, they will be removed.
17:06So, day one done, what can we expect on day two with the Supreme Court bench that would
17:14hear the matter further?
17:15Three big points.
17:17De-notification of the work properties.
17:19Now, this is what the petitioners have been asking for more clarity about.
17:22Which properties could be de-notified and what properties will receive the notification?
17:26Number two, this would be important.
17:28Remember that the district collector, now with the new 2025 work floor, will get more powers.
17:34They will be the ones to decide.
17:36Unlike earlier, where the work board had the sweeping power, the district collector may
17:40decide this time who the property belongs to.
17:43Now, can that be an absolute power or will that perhaps need a certain bar and border as
17:49well with regard to final decision?
17:50And number three, inclusion of non-Muslims in the new work board.
17:55At what level, what designation and what kind of influence can these non-Muslim members
18:00possibly have?
18:02Amit Bhardwa joins me for the latest on that.
18:04Amit, tell us, what are we expecting on day two with the Supreme Court hearing?
18:08Because day one in itself was very crisp, very sharp, very specific points that were discussed.
18:13Well, Pooja, you know, the all eyes will be on the fact whether the Supreme Court of India
18:22passes the interim order that it was pondering upon yesterday, because it is very clear that
18:28the Supreme Court wanted to give interim order on two counts, especially on work by user
18:34properties, which essentially means that all the properties that are owned by work by user
18:41entities, you know, these properties cannot be denotified by the government.
18:45That was the decision that Supreme Court of India wanted to pass yesterday.
18:50And another being that the non-Muslim members should be limited to the ex-official members.
18:56Now, what are ex-official members?
18:57The members who are nominated onto the work board by the government are the ex-official members.
19:03Now, the petitioners have been claiming that like other entities, be it Hindu endowments
19:11or the Sikh religious management committees, you cannot have the non-member from beyond the
19:18community.
19:19Similarly, why have non-Muslim members on the work board?
19:22So, these were the two angles that the Supreme Court wanted to pass interim order work by user.
19:27properties cannot be denotified and limiting the non-Muslim members to the ex-official members
19:32on the work board.
19:34Now, we will have to see as to what are the arguments that are being given by the government
19:38in this particular regard, whether the government is okay.
19:41So, let's solicit a general arguing on behalf of the government is okay with the fact that
19:46the court wants a bar on denotifying of the work by user properties and limiting the
19:53non-Muslim members on the work board to the limit of only ex-official members.
19:58Now, if the SG gives his own argument, the petitioners are most likely to oppose it with
20:04their own, you know, keeping in mind their own perspective.
20:09And the senior lawyers such as Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Kapil Sibbal, Rajiv Dhawan, these are the
20:15prominent lawyers amongst the petitioners who could actually respond to the, you know, arguments
20:21of the government of the solicitor general.
20:24So, today, largely, all eyes will be on the fact as to what are the arguments of the government
20:28of India.
20:28Because that's what government has also said, urging the top court, to not give an order
20:32without taking into account or listening to what the centre has to say on this.
20:37So, that could be good point, Amit.
20:39A big issue right now, we'll be tracking more on how the government defends the new 2025 workflow.
20:45We have more news coming in.
20:46Let's take a look at that.
20:51A new book makes a revelation, a charge, a claim with regard to Farouk Abdullah and Article 370.
21:01Could that land Farouk Abdullah, the former chief minister, who's been a senior member of
21:05parliament, in trouble?
21:07The former top spy, who was, in fact, heading the research and analysis wing, The Raw, at
21:13one point, Ayers Dholat has made what looks like an explosive claim.
21:18He says that Farouk Abdullah, even if at some point may not have wanted the Article 370 abrogation,
21:26but appears to have been in support if Delhi had approached him.
21:31And this is a private conversation that he appears to have put in the book, that Farouk
21:36Abdullah appears to be, at some point, been in support of the abrogation of Article 370
21:42when it happened in 2019.
21:44Remember, this is very unlike what the Abdullahs had maintained.
21:47They had also been in, Farouk Abdullah was in house arrest, while Omar Abdullah was moved
21:52to a certain location in Srinagar.
21:53And Farouk Abdullah was very clear, at that point of time, on camera, when he had spoken,
21:59that he does not agree with it.
22:01But for Dholat to say that he may have supported, he may have been in support instead, with Delhi,
22:07with the government at the centre, to pull back, to abrogate the special starters, Article
22:12370.
22:14Farouk Abdullah has responded to that now.
22:16Cheap stunt to sell the book, Farouk Abdullah says.
22:19But remember, political war already erupting.
22:22Some of the Kashmir leaders of opposition parties already charging.
22:27Adda Abdullah, especially the senior Abdullah, has been a former CM.
22:29And I must add here, that for those who know Farouk Abdullah and Dholat, will also tell
22:34you that Dholat and Farouk Abdullah have been good friends, so to say.
22:39They've had a good equation.
22:41And that is why, does Farouk Abdullah, what he has said, possibly allegedly to Dholat, being
22:48seen as a believable claim?
22:50Because if they knew each other, should this be something that should be believed?
22:56Meer Fareed is joining me for the latest on that.
22:59Fareed, very interesting.
23:00It looks like some headache is brewing for the senior Abdullah.
23:03Now, what has Farouk Abdullah said to the claim coming in from the book of A.S. Dholat?
23:08We'll try and get more clarity on this.
23:13Just to let you know, basically A.S. Dholat has written a book in which this one mention
23:19has gone around clearly about Farouk Abdullah, whether he wasn't supportive, required, that
23:25he was willing and was okay for the abrogation of Article 370's abrogation that eventually did
23:33happen in 2019.
23:35Abdullah's had made it very clear that they'll go to court against it, that they are completely
23:39in opposition to it.
23:40But if Dholat's claim is anything to go by, it means Abdullah's behind the curtains were
23:46in support, were okay with it.
23:48But of course, they did a certain public political posturing.
23:51Fareed joins me now.
23:52Fareed, though, what is Farouk Abdullah saying on this?
23:55Because this could mean trouble for the ruling party, for the leaders, who literally had
24:00a lot to say against Article 370 abrogation, isn't it?
24:06Yes, Pooja.
24:07There's no doubt this has triggered a political storm.
24:09In fact, given a lot of emanation to the detractors, the opposition of the National Conference
24:15government and especially the Abdullah since yesterday, there's not a single opposition
24:19party who has not reacted to it.
24:21And there's demanding explanation from the Abdullahs, who on the face of it, we know
24:25the stand of the National Conference, the Abdullahs, they have been tooth and nail against
24:29the Article 370 abrogation.
24:31And very recently, even on the Waqf bill, they've gone to the court.
24:35But then, yes, Dholat, we know he's someone who's very close to Farouk Abdullah, a very
24:40good friend of his.
24:41And in his previous book, also, he had made mention about this relation.
24:44But this line of affairs in his book, where he had said that Farouk Abdullah was very upset
24:51when he heard that Article 370 has been abrogated without their consulting.
24:57In fact, they would have told or suggested a better way to go about it.
25:02And this obviously has raised a storm.
25:05Now, we'll have to wait and see.
25:07As of now, there's just one reaction that has come from Farouk Abdullah, where he has
25:11obviously rejected it and said that this book is a bundle of lies.
25:15There is no truth in this.
25:17And in fact, that is the statement of the National Conference as well.
25:20Any word, Fareed, from the incumbent Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, the son of Farouk Abdullah?
25:27Well, Omar Abdullah is silent on this.
25:30But as I said, the party has reacted to it.
25:32We know Omar Abdullah is very fast to react on things on Twitter.
25:37But on this, he's absolutely silent.
25:39But obviously, the party stand is not a surprise.
25:41They're rejecting it, saying that this is nothing but fiction and a bundle of lies.
25:46Remember that Ayaz Dholat appears to be quoting from a private conversation.
25:51So there wouldn't be any evidence of it.
25:53It's who said what.
25:55But while Farouk Abdullah is negating it, could there be some truth in what Dholat has to say?
26:00Big news coming in from Karnataka.
26:09Governor of the state, Havarchand Gailoth, has reserved the bill pertaining to the 4% reservation
26:14for the government contract that could go to specifically the Muslim community members,
26:19while the Congress government says it will be for all minorities.
26:21But the bill has been reserved, which means it will now be sent to the President for their approval.
26:28Raj Bhavan's sources have confirmed to India today.
26:30According to the sources, Gailoth marked the bill as reserved for the presidential approval eventually,
26:35which means it's been sent to the Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Department.
26:38So eventually it will be about the President's office and what President Ropdi Murmo decides on this.
26:45I want to bring in Sagai Raj for the latest on that.
26:48Sagai, this was one controversial reference point that had come in.
26:51Can you have a religion-based government contract as well?
26:55What do we mean when we say that the governor has reserved the bill?
26:59And is it what the government was expecting?
27:02Or does the government have to work around it now?
27:04The government was expecting on this particular line.
27:07In fact, when the BJP delegation met the governor,
27:10they have also requested the governor to escalate the issue with the president,
27:14stating that this religion-based reservation which has been given,
27:17and it is against the Constitution.
27:19And subsequently, even in the note, when the governor has recommended to the president,
27:23it is categorically mentioned that the reservation is given based on the religion,
27:27and it is unacceptable.
27:28And remember that the Karnataka government has advocated,
27:32stating that they are giving the reservation on the basis of the economy,
27:36as well as the social background of that particular community.
27:40And but still, the opposition have refused to accept their argument,
27:45and now it is in the court of the president,
27:47and the president will take a call on whether to go ahead with this bill,
27:52or we will reject on the same.
27:54Sagai, keep tracking the latest on that.
27:56This is very interesting, because this is, remember,
27:58only one of the two big issues that are currently in controversy with regard to Karnataka.
28:02Does the president give approval to this?
28:04Will there be changes and more?
28:05We will be tracking more on that.
28:06Sagai, thank you very much for now.
28:08But the trouble that's basically mounting for the Congress government in Karnataka,
28:12it's about the caste census.
28:13Remember, the caste census is what the Congress government or the Congress party
28:17at the national level has been boasting about,
28:19that it's all about equality.
28:21But the Chief Minister may have to do a key cabinet meeting today,
28:24because protests have come in on the controversial
28:26socio-economic and education survey report.
28:28Chief Minister Sidhara may assuring that his government will not allow injustice to any community.
28:34But why is it turning into a controversy,
28:36even though the details have not been made public?
28:39The Vokaliga and the Lingayat population appears to have been,
28:43according to the survey, estimated to have been declining in the state.
28:47On the other hand, the population of the Muslims and the scheduled tribes have increased in the state.
28:52Now, this has led to a certain unrest,
28:54because remember, based on the survey,
28:55there could be welfare schemes,
28:57there could be guarantees that will be announced as well,
29:00and the Vokaliga and Lingayat,
29:01otherwise a dominant group,
29:03feels they will be underrepresented and facing injustice.
29:06Several Congress leaders, MLA's and ministers,
29:09have spoken out against the census,
29:10and they are saying this could spell doom for the Karnataka Congress.
29:14The census has happened in 2014 to 2015.
29:18It is 10 years.
29:20So, we are requesting him,
29:21since we have come back to power,
29:23since our All India Congress Committee,
29:25our leader Rahul Gandhi has said,
29:27we come to power everywhere,
29:29we will do this cash census.
29:31Since we have already done it,
29:32so we are requesting today,
29:34again, we have done it many times in the last one year.
29:37Today, our Honourable Chief Minister should accept this,
29:40and put it to the purview of the public in Karnataka at the earliest.
29:43This is not a caste census.
29:45It is a socio-educational survey,
29:48conducted by Kantaraj and Jaiprakash Ekadeh,
29:51submitted the report to the government of Karnataka.
29:54We are the people.
29:55We are the people who demanded for the survey to be placed in the cabinet
29:58for quite some time.
30:00I was also a part of it.
30:01So, I welcome the move of Sudramaya Saab,
30:04placing the report before the cabinet.
30:07Let us wait for the cabinet to take a decision on this.
30:09This socio-economic survey is for the whole society,
30:13to understand the societal background.
30:16The survey has come out.
30:18The cabinet is going to discuss this.
30:20It is too early for people to jump in
30:22and come out with a reaction.
30:25MLAs can have their own opinion,
30:28but the party as a whole has come out with a decision
30:33that socio-economic survey should be conducted
30:35and its recommendations should be debated
30:38and it should, in consensus, try to implement it.
30:43So, according to estimates of the survey,
30:45there has been possibly a 38% increase in the OBC groups
30:48and therefore the OBC quota may have to be then increased as well.
30:53That's what has upset Lingayat and Bokhalega groups.
30:55But remember, a survey that was done 10 years ago,
30:58does it stand even now in 2025 or does it need a revision?
31:02Here are details in this report.
31:07Hours before the Karnataka-Cast survey report
31:09is placed before the state cabinet,
31:12a big political storm is brewing in the state.
31:16The survey that recommends increasing the OBC quota in the state
31:19from the existing 32% to 51%
31:23has sparked massive churn within the Congress
31:25and the dominant communities.
31:27On Tuesday night, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar,
31:34a Bokhalega leader himself, met community leaders.
31:37The report shared 13 months after the Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission
32:01presented it to the Siddharamaya government
32:03has estimated the population of OBCs to be 69.6%,
32:0838% more than the existing estimates.
32:13The socio-economic survey has come under fire
32:16from the Bokhalega ministers and leaders within the ruling party
32:19who have described it as a grave injustice to their community.
32:23Our top Bokhalega seer has also called for D.K. Shivakumar
32:40to be made Chief Minister.
32:41the Karnataka State Backward
33:11attention has also turned to
33:16Jai Prakash Hegri, Chairman of the Karnataka State Commission
33:19for Backward Classes and a Bant Bokhalega himself.
33:22The family members who are living there,
33:24they should not complain without seeing it.
33:27It's just for the sake of politics, they should not complain.
33:31I would ask them to, even after tomorrow's Cabinet decision,
33:37they should take the cassette or CD, whatever it is,
33:41compare it with the figures.
33:43Chief Minister Siddharamaya, who initially backed the report,
33:48is now more cautious.
33:49B.J.P. is questioning the legality of the caste survey
34:01and accusing the Congress of playing caste politics.
34:18With concerns raised within the Congress and outside,
34:37the question is, why has Karnataka Chief Minister
34:40suddenly decided to go public with a caste survey
34:43a decade after it was conducted?
34:47With Nagarjal Dwarkhanath and Sagai Raj
34:49in Bengaluru, Bureau Report, India Today.
34:53Amadmi Party is claiming CBI officers at Gujarat
34:56co-in-charge Durgesh Pathak's Delhi residence.
34:59This is AAP coming forward to allege
35:01and ask why are the CBI personnel
35:03at Durgesh Pathak's Rajinder Nagar residence.
35:08Now, this is interesting because, just to let you know,
35:10Durgesh Pathak has been an old hand at the Amadmi Party,
35:14has been closed with Arvind Kejriwal and others as well
35:17and has been with them since the beginning.
35:20He's now Gujarat co-in-charge.
35:22Gujarat is the state heading for elections.
35:24So, the Amadmi Party is claiming
35:25that there is a CBI raid happening at his house
35:27as soon as he got responsibility
35:29for the Gujarat elections 2027.
35:32So, they are linking it with regard
35:34to the state election responsibility.
35:37Amadmi Party is alleging, this is no coincidence.
35:39This is a conspiracy deliberately borne out of fear
35:42by the BJP.
35:44And they are saying that BJP realises
35:46only the Amadmi Party in Gujarat
35:48can shake them, can give them a tough fight
35:51and now they are misusing the CBI on that.
35:54Amit Bhardwa joins me for the latest on that.
35:56Amit, tell me more about this.
35:57What is the Amadmi Party claiming?
35:59And what does your information suggest?
36:02Is the CBI raid really happening
36:04at Durgesh Pathak's residence?
36:05Well, Pooja, you know,
36:11Amadmi Party's top leadership
36:13right from Sanjay Singh to Manish Sisodia
36:15and even Atish is now claiming
36:17that CBI officers are raiding
36:19Durgesh Pathak's residence.
36:20Now, for our viewers' perspective,
36:23understanding who is Durgesh Pathak,
36:24Durgesh Pathak is co-in-charge
36:27of Amadmi Party Gujarat.
36:29Before that...
36:30On with the Amit, Sanjay Singh,
36:31Amadmi Party, Member of Parliament speaking.
36:33Amadmi Party,
37:03Amadmi Party,
37:05I will call you the only one
37:08I will call you the only one
37:11which you will give in a way
37:14which you will be able to join
37:16I will do not charge
37:18no the party is not
37:20and the other one
37:21this is a lie
37:23the whole body is not
37:24the only one
37:25this is a lie
37:27CBIA
37:27I will show you
37:29this is a lie
37:31the whole body
37:34Not here.
37:39There is no a problem by doing perhaps not here.
37:44It had just no barriers there to change.
37:46There was a sticker.
37:49There was no approach here except for the government.
37:55Just one approach to such a surprise.
38:01So that's the big charge coming in.
38:07Now from the Aamadni party, there is a CBI raid that's happening and Durgesh Pathak has been associated, I must add here, since the beginning with the Aamadni party.
38:18So we'll try and get more details on this as and when more developments unfold.
38:21Third straight day for Robert Wadra to be questioned by the Enforcement Directorate, Wadra crying conspiracy over the ED grilling.
38:37Remember, very interesting, since day one, Robert Wadra hasn't wasted any opportunity to speak to the media persons deployed there.
38:44He's ensuring that his version goes out every day.
38:47Today, day one, Wadra was questioned for about six and a half hours.
38:51Yesterday, day two, he was grilled for about five hours.
38:55This, remember, is with regard to a 2008 Haryana land deal case and if there have been violations in the manner in which property was procured.
39:02Let's listen in to what Robert Wadra, son-in-law Sonia Gandhi, husband of Priyanka Gandhi Wadra, has to say on the day three.
39:09Let's listen to what Robert Wadra was asked.
39:39Because there is nothing. If they want to do something fake that they want to do something wrong, they want to show it. I can't control it. But there is nothing.
40:09All right, Pooja. You know, that's what his legal advisors must have told him as well to speak less about the legal case or the land deal case of 2008 and speak more about the politics and optics of it.
40:24And that is why from day one, when he was called for the questioning by the enforcement directorate at the ED headquarters, he chose to walk from here where I'm standing right now, Sojaan Singh Park, to the ED headquarters, which is nearly two kilometers away.
40:38That was a political optics. And Robert Padra was marching with his set of supporters to the ED office.
40:45And that day as well, you know, when we had asked him direct question, he said that this is misuse of the agencies and this is political conspiracy, political vendetta against him.
40:55And he had tried to equate himself with Rahul Gandhi, saying that, you know, Rahul Gandhi is being stopped in the parliament time, being stopped on the ground.
41:02And that's been a constant, you know, narrative by Robert Padra as well.
41:08Day two, a similar stance was made. Day three, when he's supposed to appear before the enforcement directorate, is again reiterating that stance.
41:14So, clearly, he understands that the legal battle needs to be fought in the court.
41:19But in terms of optics, it has to be, you know, direct attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party and accuse BJP that it's a political vendetta.
41:27And very interesting, like we're all noticing, Amit, isn't it, that while Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, even Priyanka don't have much to say.
41:35In another case with the ED, with the National Herald that's been going on, or even with this case,
41:39Robert Padra is ensuring that his view, his perspective consistently for three days would go out.
41:44And how? We'll be tracking more on that.
41:46I have some big news coming in. Let's take a look at that.
41:55The Border Gawaskar Trophy was one tournament where Indian team's performance was criticized and questioned.
42:02And BCCI has taken a big step.
42:05BCCI appears to be now sticking out with regard to discipline, wanting results that are expected from the Indian team.
42:12BCCI removes four staff members from the Indian team and some of them, we are told, is close to Gautam Gambhir, the coach.
42:20The batting coach, Abhishek Nayar, has been shown the way out.
42:25Fielding coach, Pete Dilip, is also included in it.
42:28Strength and conditioning coach, Soham Desai, also has been asked, as it appears, to leave right now, after a series loss, while other countries may take it lightly.
42:43But BCCI ensuring, for all the investments, efforts that is put into the Indian cricket team, that how, after Border Gawaskar Trophy, and we saw also how a lot of muck was thrown in the air.
42:56Was there a certain rift within the team members, among the coach and team members?
43:00We are told that this was a tournament, remember, Rohit Sharma-led team, lost by 3-1, and then other issues also cropped up.
43:09We are told BCCI has sprung into action.
43:12They have sacked some of the coaches, and coach means also, remember, the support staff of the head coach, Gautam Gambhir, also possibly losing some of the support staff members, that means.
43:23And we are told, right now, we are waiting for an official confirmation from the BCCI side on this.
43:29But according to our sources, this has come, and I must add here, for the batting coach and the fielding coach, T. Dilip and Abhishek Nayar, there is no new appointment that has been immediately announced, or what they could get next.
43:43So that's also interesting, that BCCI ensuring that coaches face the acts.
43:47What about the players? Are we looking at players also in the days to come, to face the acts from the BCCI?
43:55And one of the biggest boards, remember, that the BCCI has been, whether it's regard to money, influence and more, the Board of Control for Cricket in India,
44:06has shown the door to at least 3-4 support staff members.
44:10So, assistant coach, according to reports, the fielding coach, a trainer, have been shown the door.
44:18India's poor performance in the Boragavaskar Trophy has been one of the main reasons for this step.
44:24But remember, there was also a certain rift that was consistently seen between the players, the coach, the support staff.
44:31Even though Gautam Gambhir said what happens in the dressing room should stay in the dressing room.
44:34But it appeared that some of the players also had expressed apprehension and had given out a few statements.
44:41Nitin Srivastav joins me for the latest on that.
44:44Nitin, tell me more.
44:45What does it mean when the BCCI takes action against these assistant coaches?
44:50Tell us more about them.
44:52And are we looking at some action against players too?
44:54Pupuja, I mean, I'll start with your second question that you asked me.
45:01Bishishai is actually thinking about to take some action against players.
45:04Not at all.
45:06They are not, you know, thinking on that page, which is very sure.
45:10But yes, Bishishai has taken a half step and they have decided to say goodbye to a few support staff.
45:17For example, Abhishek Nayar, who had joined the team 7-8 months ago, Bishishai is not happy with Abhishek Nayar.
45:23And why? Because India had lost, you know, the home series of red ball against New Zealand.
45:29And right after that, when the Indian team went to Australia for quarterbacks trophy, there was also, you know, a big disappointment.
45:35So that is why they have decided that they will not move forward with Abhishek Nayar.
45:40And also there were some reports, you know, which were suggesting that, you know, someone is leaving the dressing room, you know, conversations to, in my opinion, is making it public.
45:50So that is why Bishishai was absolutely not happy.
45:53So that is why Abhishek is not going to be there in the support staff.
45:57That is what Sorts are, you know, telling us.
46:00And secondly, Steve Dilip, who was building coach with the team for a very long time and he has completed his term.
46:06Actually, he was, you know, with the team for at least three plus years.
46:12So that is why he is also not going to be there.
46:13Bishishai don't want to, you know, continue with Steve Dilip.
46:16And same with Sorm.
46:18But one more thing, which is, you know, sources are telling me that the Messiah, he is also not going to be there.
46:24So in total, four members, you know, have been down from Gotham Gambhir support staff.
46:31But one more thing, which we are actually expecting in a day or two, and that is the players' central contract.
46:37You may see, you know, some big faces over there in the A-plus category, but it is...
46:43So will there be a replacement?
46:45Or perhaps this is, for now, the main support staff that will be what remains with Gotham Gambhir and the team.
46:51So we'll be tracking more on that.
46:52Thank you very much, Nitin, for this big breaking news coming in this morning.
47:01There's been a language war between whether north or south, or especially in Tamil Nadu right now.
47:08Maharashtra is implementing the national education policy.
47:11This is very important.
47:12Remember, Tamil Nadu said we will not be implementing the national education policy with the changes, the new policy that has come in.
47:19It discriminates, it forces and imposes Hindi on us.
47:22But the state of Maharashtra has decided to go ahead with it.
47:26Just to let you know, Hindi language will become mandatory for class 1 to 5 in all schools, including now, of course, in Maharashtra 2.
47:34There could be a gradual rollout for class 1 from current year.
47:38BJP, Roode, Maharashtra clearly sending out that message that we'll go ahead with it and that there is no harm.
47:44And in a state, remember, where though the Marathi language issue has also been very high.
47:50And there have been instances that we have seen have been controversial with regard to that.
47:55However, Maharashtra government says we are implementing the policy.
47:58Tell me more about that.
47:59Ritwik Bhalekar joins me.
48:01Ritwik, so Maharashtra government sending out a message in support of the centre here.
48:04Absolutely, amid Marathi language row erupting in Maharashtra, the government has come out with a government resolution
48:15which outlines a detailed plan for implementing National Education Policy 2020 starting from this academic year.
48:22And the key feature will be, a plan will be introduced where Hindi will be made a mandatory third language in grades 1 to 5
48:33for especially Marathi and English medium schools.
48:37Because there were only two languages which were used as compulsory languages in the curriculum and syllabus of Maharashtra state-run schools.
48:48But now Hindi will be also mandatory third language and it will be rolled out gradually from grade 1 from this academic year
48:59and extending to all grades by 2028-29.
49:04So, the curriculum of the Maharashtra government will also adopt 5 plus 3 plus 3 plus 4 models
49:11with a localized curriculum developed by SCRT and Balbharki syllabus.
49:16Right, so there could be a combination of both, how the state board wants it with regard to the NEP
49:22and could that collaboration actually work then for Maharashtra
49:26and will Tamil Nadu eventually give in and perhaps have more consultations with the centre.
49:31Thank you very much for now Ritwik on that.
49:33Maharashtra implementing the new National Education Policy.
49:35Maharashtra with is the National Education Policy.
49:37Maharashtra buddies?
49:49Ritwik on that one.
49:54Oh goень.