00:00Hello and welcome. Good evening. You're watching Super 6 here on India Today. I'm Akshra Tananda Gopal.
00:04It's been a day of dharanas, of protests. I'm talking about all that's playing out across the country
00:11as the Congress, the opposition is upping the ante against the CEC.
00:15And on Super 6 this evening, we're giving you a sense of the protests that are taking place right now
00:20in Delhi
00:20where Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi are currently at Rajkart.
00:23Unlike yesterday, unlike the day before, they've been allowed to go inside
00:27and they're currently on their dharana there. We'll get you those live updates.
00:31But that's not the only update coming your way on Super 6.
00:34The other dharana we're focusing on is the one that took place today in Bengaluru
00:38where you had the CJP leading a stir against the CEC, a trailer, they say, of sorts,
00:44of what to expect on Saturday when CJP is planning this massive stir in the national capital, in Jantar Mantar.
00:50We'll get you all the live updates, reports on what each of these protests look like
00:55and what's happening on the ground across the country.
00:58We'll begin with the headlines.
01:04Day 3 of dharana of drama in Delhi.
01:08India Bloc MPs at Rajkart pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.
01:11Heavy police deployment in the capital.
01:13Opposition MPs adamant on CEC.
01:16Dyanesh Kumar's resignation.
01:22Rahul and Priyanka booked for assaulting cops.
01:25F.I.R. also against Congress workers over violence.
01:28BJP launched a scathing attack on Rahul.
01:30Asks, is this how Rahul smashes the patriarchy?
01:38Prime Minister Modi attacks opposition at the India Mobile Congress.
01:43As those who looted earlier don't like Modi.
01:46Assets, let them cry out loud.
01:47I will continue my crackdown.
01:55After Elon Musk claimed that his satellite broadband company Starlink
01:59was being blocked by certain oligarchs in India.
02:03Akash Ambani speaks to India today.
02:05Says focused on ensuring every Indian has internet access.
02:09Comments to make on the first one.
02:11We want to be our heads down and deliver values to our Indian consumers.
02:20Veteran actor Nana Patikar passes away at the age of 75.
02:24Last strides to take place this evening in Pune.
02:27As tributes pour in from across the country.
02:44It's a repeat of what we saw yesterday.
02:46A lunch meet followed by a march.
02:49A protest march.
02:50A flash protest, if you will.
02:51The opposition MPs once again coming together.
02:54But the difference this time is that they've been allowed to protest at the Rajgat.
02:58So as we speak, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and Malik Karjum Kargay are inside Rajgat.
03:04They're being allowed to sit there on their protest and will be allowed inside with a handful of Congress leaders
03:12who are all right now staging that protest.
03:14Along with them are some other members of the India bloc.
03:17It's a symbolic protest.
03:19They're saying it's a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.
03:21And we will ensure that our democratic right to protest is upheld.
03:25So as Congress, as the opposition attempts to put pressure for the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
03:31The kind of scenes that we witnessed yesterday of protests, of drama, of detentions.
03:36None of that playing out today.
03:37Yes, massive security on ground.
03:39But the Delhi police has given permission to Rahul Gandhi, to Priyanka Gandhi and to a handful of opposition leaders
03:45to visit Rajgat and to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi as their form of protest.
03:50As we get you those images from inside Rajgat, where you've got these opposition leaders
03:55who've in fact paid their tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.
03:58It looks like overall, compared to yesterday, things are much more peaceful in the national capital today.
04:04No detentions that have been placed.
04:07Largely, the Delhi police are also telling the opposition leaders that,
04:10look, if you cooperate with us, follow the rules and we allow you to protest in one particular pocket,
04:15you follow that, there will be no detentions.
04:17Anjali Pandey is joining me live.
04:19She's been covering these protests through the day.
04:21She's joining us live from outside Rajgat.
04:23Anjali, largely peaceful today compared to yesterday.
04:26No detentions, no drama playing out on the streets.
04:29A handful of them, we understand, are inside Rajgat right now.
04:38Well, absolutely, Akshata, the visuals and the scenes that we are witnessing today
04:43are very different from what we saw in the last two days.
04:46It's much calmer, much peaceful than the last two days.
04:51The reason is that, the difference today is that they were allowed to move to Rajgat.
04:56They wanted to move to Rajgat.
04:58They were allowed to do so.
04:59There were no detentions.
05:00There were no hurdles that they had to face.
05:02And that has made all the difference.
05:04And that is why the leaders, the opposition MPs, are inside the Rajgat.
05:07They are paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.
05:09They will be sitting there for half an hour or so.
05:11We spoke to some of the Congress workers who are waiting outside.
05:14They are staging peaceful protests outside Rajgat.
05:17And they were telling us how they were anticipating that they will be stopped.
05:21And that is why a huge number of workers had gathered.
05:24Because they were anticipating that once they will be stopped,
05:27that is when they will be staging a dharna.
05:29That is when they will be protesting.
05:30But nothing of that sort happened.
05:32So, today it was the cops that gave them a surprise.
05:35Every time we've been seeing how Rahul Gandhi has been surprising the cops.
05:39But today, it was the cops turn to surprise the opposition MPs.
05:43Because this is not something which they were expecting.
05:45They thought that even today they will be stopped.
05:47There will be confrontation that will be taking place the way we saw yesterday
05:51when they were stopped from going to Jantar Mantra.
05:53But nothing of that sort happened today.
05:54So, what we are learning after talking to some of the Congress workers
05:57is that it is highly unlikely that any sort of drama will now be taking place
06:03once the leaders get outside.
06:04They were telling us that the leaders will simply pay tribute.
06:09They will come out and they will go back to their homes.
06:12Tomorrow is when more action could take place.
06:15Tomorrow also the opposition is likely to stage protests.
06:18So, for now, the scenes are calm.
06:21The scenes are peaceful.
06:22They are peacefully protesting.
06:24And not much of a drama is what we are expecting even to take place in the coming hours.
06:29I'll just highlight that the images on our screens are the latest images of the opposition leaders
06:32who have been allowed inside Rajgat.
06:35And only a handful of India bloc leaders who are their representatives of different political parties,
06:40the Gandhis themselves, are all inside Rajgat right now.
06:44Now, you can see Jairam Ramesh, Sanjay, no, I'm sorry, that's Pawan Khera, Jairam Ramesh
06:49and a handful of other leaders that I'll identify for you shortly.
06:52Because the top leadership of the Congress is right now there staging a symbolic protest at Rajgat.
07:00Now, unlike yesterday where there was no permission given there to sit down in front of Jantar Mantar
07:06and then were taken away, paraded away by the Delhi police, none of that playing out today.
07:10The Delhi police instead saying that, yes, we will ensure a sea of security,
07:14but you will be allowed to go inside Rajgat.
07:17There are also a number of advisories, traffic advisories that have been put in place in the national capital
07:22because, mind you, this is in the heart of Delhi.
07:25Therefore, the last three days, these protests have also led to traffic disruptions.
07:30But the opposition has made it clear that they're going to continue.
07:32Three days and counting.
07:34Tomorrow as well, they're planning a mega protest.
07:36Amit, run us through what you're seeing around you.
07:39So, you know, it's interesting that the Delhi police, third time around, decided to say,
07:43okay, we're going to let you protest.
07:50Yes, that was the clearance given by Delhi police.
07:54But I will still wait for Rahul Gandhi and India block leaders, you know,
07:59that visual of them stepping out of Rajgat.
08:02Ideally, it is already time for the leaders to leave Rajgat.
08:06I can see some carcades making movement from here.
08:09But we do not know.
08:10Okay, this is, I believe, the carcade escort vehicles of the...
08:26Live there, just caught a brief bit in Malayalam, where he said that this is just the beginning.
08:31There's no question of our movement ending right now.
08:34We'll get you the detailed reaction in just a bit.
08:36Senior Congress leaders making it very clear that just because they were allowed to protest at Rajgat
08:41doesn't mean that their movement comes to an end now, that this is just the beginning.
08:46Rahul Gandhi, earlier today speaking, said very clearly.
08:48Okay, let's get you Pawan Khaira's reaction.
09:20The India block protest will be continuing, and if his masters Modi and Amit Shah are going for
09:29protest to Ganesh Kumar, they will also sink along with Ganesh Kumar.
09:34We are proceeding with resolve and determination.
09:48We are going to track all the latest reactions that are coming in, but the Congress making it very, very
10:03clear.
10:03In all of those interactions, all the Syria leaders are saying one thing only.
10:07Regards and respects to the father of the nation.
10:09Since we are working the principles, the ideology shown by the great Mahatma Gandhi,
10:13Mahatma Gandhi has always spoken about Satyagraha.
10:17Satyagraha teaches us two things.
10:18That if you are to follow that path, you have to shed two fears in life.
10:22One is the fear of going to prison, two fears of dying.
10:25So if we take the path, Satyagraha, first, Satyagraha is going to be...
10:32...regards of the agency and all the institutions, they have successfully bounced in.
10:37But what I want to tell you is that the number of people that have come out to the world
10:42yesterday,
10:43and the kind of people that have been pouring onto the streets from the last two months,
10:47especially from the time Bengal's results have come to the fourth months,
10:51is not only surprising, it shows us what the heritage of the country is.
10:55My last report, my books are so much, much, much, much, much of the day.
10:58If I don't doubt...
10:59We're going to get you that reaction from Abhishek Banerjee.
11:02We're having a bit of a problem there with Amit's network.
11:05But he was getting us that exclusive conversation with Abhishek Banerjee.
11:08The opposition making it very clear that they're going to continue their fight
11:11for the removal, the resignation of CEC, Gyanesh Kumar.
11:16And so tomorrow, you're going to see another protest by the opposition.
11:19What will that look like?
11:20Will it be a lunch followed by a march in the heart of the national capital?
11:23We don't really know.
11:25But now, with the Congress leaders and the opposition being allowed to enter Rajgat for today,
11:32it looks like the protest has ended.
11:34Unfortunately, with no drama, no detentions, none of that playing out.
11:38The Delhi police allowed them to enter.
11:40They've gone in.
11:41They've paid their tribute to Mahatma Gandhi as a form of protest, essentially.
11:46Let's get you more reaction.
11:54Okay, we'll keep dipping in and out as those live reactions come in from Congress leaders.
12:00They're all making their way out of Rajgat.
12:02And I think the question everyone's asking is, what is the plan for tomorrow?
12:06Tomorrow, the Congress is saying we will hit the streets once again.
12:09Will it be another lunch plus protest?
12:12We don't really know.
12:13Where will they plan the agitation?
12:15We don't know.
12:15The Delhi police also is on standby, which is why you see this massive deployment now for the last two
12:21days.
12:21It's going to continue tomorrow as well in the national capital because they want to be prepared in case the
12:27opposition decides to go ahead with another protest.
12:29And mind you, Saturday is also the CJP star in the national capital.
12:33So it's going to be a week of protests of Dharna say in Delhi.
12:37Some of them being allowed like this one.
12:39But in all other circumstances, it's led to an ugly, ugly showdown with even claims of assaults by both sides,
12:46which we'll tell you about in just a bit.
12:48But sticking to those live updates, Anjali, as we're getting in images and reactions from leaders who are making their
12:54way out of Rajgat,
12:55they're saying very clearly that just because we were allowed to protest today doesn't mean it's the end of our
13:00movement,
13:01that this is just the beginning, as they put it.
13:03Any details that have emerged about what tomorrow's plan is?
13:21So as the leaders have made it clear that though they have been allowed to protest today,
13:26so it was a peaceful day, no detentions have also taken place, but this is not the end of it.
13:30They refuse to let this issue die down.
13:33They've clearly stated that they want the ouster of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
13:37They want the resignation.
13:39They've also sought an appointment with the President over this matter.
13:44So the protest will continue.
13:46Tomorrow is the 9th of October.
13:48Then day after tomorrow, it's the 10th when the CJP protest is also slated.
13:52Tomorrow is what we are learning is that when a mega opposition protest can take place.
13:56Remember yesterday, Akshita, there were questions being raised on the opposition unity.
14:00People were saying that Samajwadi Party is missing.
14:03There are no senior leaders from the other allies of the India bloc.
14:07But today, that was not the case.
14:09There were representatives from the Samajwadi Party.
14:11There were representatives from the TMC.
14:14In fact, Abhishek Banerjee himself was there.
14:16And as you can see behind me, the bus has started moving.
14:20The MPs have once again boarded the bus.
14:22They're now leaving from the Rajghat.
14:24And the bus has now started moving.
14:26No drama took place.
14:28No protest that was staged by the opposition MPs.
14:31They clearly stated that because they were allowed to today reach Rajghat.
14:36And hence, there was no confrontation that took place.
14:40But they've also made it clear that just because they were allowed,
14:42just because things were peaceful today, does not mean that the protest has ended.
14:46The protest will continue tomorrow.
14:48And as you can see behind me, this is the bus in which MPs have boarded.
14:52But now we can't see Rahul Gandhi inside this bus.
14:59We're assuming that he must have left in his private vehicle along with his security.
15:05So as you can see, this was the bus.
15:07Jairam Ramesh can be seen in this bus.
15:09Jairam Ramesh is sitting here.
15:11And so the buses have started leaving along with the MPs.
15:15And there are two more buses.
15:17So in total, there were three buses, just like yesterday, that had come to Rajghat.
15:21But the route was very different.
15:23The venue was different.
15:24And what happened along the route was very different.
15:27Unlike yesterday, there was nobody stopping the MPs.
15:30That was really surprising, even for the MPs,
15:33because they themselves had not expected this to happen.
15:35So what happened today is not what was strategized or what was on the cards.
15:41This is not something that the MPs had expected.
15:43They themselves are very surprised.
15:45But it was a peaceful day.
15:47And of course, the hat-trick of detention of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi-Wadra
15:51did not happen for the last two days.
15:53And he's been daring the cops.
15:55He's been saying, let them bring on the FIRs.
15:57I'm counting them as if they're medals.
16:00And so he's made it very clear that the FIRs don't disturb him or affect him in any way.
16:06Anjali, continuing to get us those updates.
16:08Let's get you an explosive conversation now with Abhishek Banerjee.
16:14The message is very clear.
16:19The vote chodi has come into the forefront.
16:21And the allegation that the political parties have been raising from the last one year
16:25are the very allegation the chief election commissioners,
16:28the election commissioners are raising against the CEC.
16:31So we, at the opposition, 300 opposition MPs have been trying to meet the chief election commissioner
16:36from the day before yesterday.
16:37They are stopping us.
16:39Yesterday also, the designated protest site, which is the Jantar Mantar,
16:42the opposition MPs assembled there to sit on a peaceful protest.
16:46They were dragged from there.
16:47Women were pulled by their hair.
16:49We have seen those visuals.
16:50Today we have come to pay our respects and our deepest regards and respects to the father of the nation.
16:59Since we are walking in the principles and the ideology shown by the great Mahatma Gandhi,
17:03Mahatma Gandhi has always spoken about Satyagraha.
17:06Satyagraha teaches us two things.
17:08That if you are to follow that path, you have to shed two fears in life.
17:12One is the fear of going to prison.
17:14Two is the fear of dying.
17:15So if we are to take that path of Satyagraha, every person needs to understand that these two fears need
17:21to be shed.
17:22BJP can only bully you by showing their might with regard to the agencies and all the institutions they have
17:28successfully homogenized.
17:30But what I want to tell you is that the number of people that have come onto the streets today
17:36and the kind of people that have been pouring onto the streets from the last two months, three months,
17:40especially from the time Bengal's results have come to the forefront, is not only surprising,
17:46it shows us what the reality of the country is.
17:48My last resort, my vote is also being stolen by the government of the day.
17:52If I don't come and hit the streets and fight for my own right, nothing will be left for tomorrow.
18:01Okay, so we'll continue getting you those reactions, but also putting the focus on those images that have come in
18:07now of Rahul Gandhi inside Raj Ghat.
18:10Let's get you more reactions before I focus on those images.
18:40Telling on our Chief Minister Revant Reddy also speaking.
18:42Remember, there's an SIR controversy playing out in his state.
18:46He's currently in Delhi and a part of that protester at Raj Ghat that has now concluded.
18:56No drama, no detentions taking place today.
18:59But let me put the focus on what happened yesterday because it led to a full-fledged political fight
19:04with allegations of assault from both sides.
19:07While, in fact, the Gandhis yesterday claimed that they were assaulted, they were being dragged by the Delhi police,
19:14the Delhi police, on the other hand, has put out videos to say that their personnel,
19:18their women personnel, were targeted by, in fact, the Congress workers.
19:22There's also a video that's gone viral since of Rahul Gandhi shoving, pushing a woman police officer.
19:28The Delhi police, therefore, is analyzing videos amid allegations that several of its personnel were assaulted during that stir.
19:35An F.I.R. has been registered against Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi for assault of police personnel
19:40and for obstruction of police work.
20:04A protest, a street showdown, assault, abuse, torn uniforms and a war of words.
20:13Opposition protest against election commission has exploded into another political storm.
20:20Serious allegations are flying from both sides and now Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi-Wadra face an F.I.R.
20:30At the center of this firestorm is what the cameras captured and what each side says they show.
20:37The BJP alleged that Rahul Gandhi inappropriately touched a woman police officer during the confrontation.
20:45Rahul Gandhi has the audacity to lecture about smash the patriarchy and, on the other hand,
20:52he engages in such indecent behavior.
20:57Disgrace on Rahul Gandhi for insulting the dignity of a woman
21:02and if he has any sense of shame or guilt left, Rahul Gandhi should apologize immediately.
21:17The Congress is accusing police of brutality against party leaders
21:22and claims that Priyanka Gandhi was scratched by police personnel.
21:25This is how they treat members of parliament
21:29who are asking simply to meet the election commissioner.
21:33This is how they treat us.
21:34They are beating members of parliament.
21:37Their police members have scratched me all over.
21:40They have thrown us to the ground
21:41and now we are not going to move from here.
21:55The Delhi police personnel have allegations of their own.
22:14Constable Ankit Kasana claims he was surrounded by 35 to 40 people, abused and assaulted.
22:21The police have booked Congress leaders for allegedly assaulting police personnel
22:38and are now analyzing the video.
23:03The cameras captured the confrontation.
23:06The police filed cases.
23:08And with more dharna's plan in the capital against CEC Gyanesh Kumar,
23:13Delhi is set for more face-offs.
23:16Bureau Report, India Today.
23:40They were allowed inside, a handful of them at least, were allowed inside to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.
23:50This, they say, is their form of protest putting forward the message that they will ensure that their right to
23:57protest is upheld
23:58and that Mahatma Gandhi's ideals are upheld as well, which they say is about truth, about honesty.
24:04And so the demand being put forward by the opposition is that CEC Gyanesh Kumar must resign.
24:09There are questions about what really tomorrow will look like because the opposition says we'll continue our protest.
24:14Remember, there's also a demand from them to meet with President Draupadi Murmu and hand over a memorandum once again
24:22seeking action against CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
24:25So we'll have to see if, in fact, that permit is given if President Murmu accommodates them in her schedule
24:30tomorrow,
24:31in which case it's going to be another politically power-packed day in the national capital.
24:36But you've seen the last few days how the Congress seems to have changed their strategy as far as the
24:42attack on the Election Commission, the CEC, is concerned.
24:45You've got Rahul Gandhi leading from the front in protest politics.
24:49And it's taking a different shape from surprise sit-ins to sudden change of locations.
24:55The opposition's protests are increasingly built around an element of surprise.
24:59And Rahul Gandhi seems to have decided this is the way he's now going to take up issues.
25:22Two detentions in 24 hours.
25:25Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were detained by Delhi police again on Tuesday before being released within hours.
25:32But this time, the protests did not start with a march.
25:36It began with a lunch.
25:38India bloc leaders had gathered for lunch in central Delhi.
25:43It was a routine political meeting until the leaders suddenly got into buses and the lunch turned into a flash
25:51protest.
25:52No long march announcement, no elaborate build-up.
25:56Just a sudden change of plan and a protest on the streets.
26:04In fact, this was a second surprise move in 48 hours.
26:10Just a day earlier, the opposition's march to the Election Commission had been stopped.
26:15Police had barricaded the route.
26:18Priyanka boarded a bus.
26:20Rahul was about to follow.
26:21Then, the Gandhis suddenly changed direction.
26:25They dashed towards Akashbhani Bhavan, a move that caught police off guard and even surprised some Congress leaders.
26:33The detour turned into another city.
26:36But this surprise formula had been used before.
26:40On July 21st, Congress MPs were initially called to Mallika Arjun Khargay's residence.
26:47Then came the real plan.
26:49Rahul Gandhi and party leaders suddenly marched towards the Prime Minister's residence.
26:58A flash sit-in outside 7, Lok Kalyan Mark.
27:03Police moved in and Rahul was detained.
27:12Another unexpected move came on August 21st.
27:16Rahul Gandhi walked into Parliament Street Police Station with student Sahil Lochab
27:21and demanded FIR over alleged pellet gun injuries.
27:25When the FIR wasn't immediately registered, Rahul sat down outside the station.
27:31Priyanka Gandhi and opposition leaders soon joined him.
27:35Seven hours later, the FIR was registered.
27:42From the Prime Minister's residence to a police station to Akashbhani Bhavan.
27:48And now, another flash protest after a lunch meeting.
27:52Different locations, different triggers, but the same political playbook.
27:57For Rahul Gandhi and the opposition, the element of surprise is now becoming a key part of the protest strategy.
28:05We had a report, India Today.
28:10It wasn't just in Delhi that we saw protests on the issue of C.C. Gyanesh Kumar and with the
28:16demand of his resignation.
28:17While the opposition led that protest in Delhi, these were the images in Bengaluru's Freedom Park,
28:23where you had the CGP leading this massive protest at the Freedom Park in Bengaluru.
28:28And so this is the latest battleground over the election commission's SIR.
28:32You had the cockroach Janata Party demanding the scrapping of SIR, the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar.
28:39Several people came together for this particular agitation.
28:42But this, CJP says, is just a trailer of what to expect come Saturday in the national capital in Delhi,
28:49where they say much like the neat protest that led to the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan,
28:53they will be coming together with a huge crowd staging a sit-in at Jantar Mantar.
29:09The slogans grew louder at Bengaluru's Freedom Park,
29:12as protesters turned up to take on the election commission over the special intensive revision of electoral ropes.
29:19The protest was organized by the Kokoro Janta Party,
29:22with Abiji Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka taking center stage.
29:27Actor-activist Prakash Raj also joined the protest.
29:31Prakash Raj hit out at the election commission over SIR,
29:34alleging that the exercise had insulted the entire country.
29:39Prakash Raj to ihre
29:40V depends on the slogan of the international system,
29:44believe Kanasar Mantar,
29:44The employer said that Jantar Mantar,
29:46they have insulted the honour of this country,
30:17The folks have to look at these places.
30:19Most of them have to look at the country's democracy.
30:28It's the democracy of India that has died, not these people because these people are standing here alive.
30:36The CJP points out that the SIR has resulted in the deletion of more than 13 crore people across 20
30:42states and union territories.
30:44Protesters say that the issue is about the basic right of citizens to remain on electoral rolls and exercise their
30:50franchise.
30:51The Freedom Park protest also saw a People's Tribunal where alleged irregularities and revision of voter lists were raised.
30:58And the protest is not ending here. The organizers have announced a slipper protest as the next phase of the
31:04campaign against the election commission.
31:07People are being deleted from the voter list to benefit certain parties and yeah so it is not right.
31:15So we are demanding, we are supporting everybody else who is demanding that this whole SIR process be either it
31:23should become efficient and fair or it should be scrapped totally.
31:47The opposition and civil society groups are demanding the resignation of CC Gyanesh Kumar over the SIR exercise.
31:56But the election commission has rejected all charges so far.
32:00The demand of the people here is quite clear.
32:03Not only the SIR process, even the system of electing the election commissioner should be changed and ensure there is
32:10some kind of fairness and justice to be done.
32:12Nithira Janesh Shivu, Sakairaj reporting for India today from Bengaluru Freedom Park.
32:23There's been a raging controversy over SIR in Telangana as well, with only recently an FIR being filed against a
32:31BJP BLA for filing these Form 7s in Telangana.
32:35And now there's an incident that's come to light where a dead man has filed a Form 7, if that's
32:43even possible, to declare his living wife dead in Hyderabad.
32:47So many questions being asked of how something like this can happen.
32:51The woman is alive, the man passed away and yet the Form 7 has been filed in his name against
32:58the woman saying that she cannot be a part of the voter roll.
33:03The Congress therefore has picked this up to once again question these Form 7 applications, suggesting it's all a conspiracy
33:10to delete several voter names of the minority community in particular,
33:15which the Congress says is an attempt to wipe out those who will not be voting for the BJP.
33:20This incident has taken place in Mushirabad constituency of Hyderabad, the same constituency where you've had, in fact, mass applications
33:29of Form 7 already.
33:30That's been filed with the Election Commission.
33:33In Mushirabad, the Congress has alleged that 248 Form 7 applications had been received and around 60 to 70 percent
33:42of those applications contained blank or incomplete details.
33:45Another allegation by the Congress is that many of these Form 7 applications were pre-printed forms by the BJP
33:51and handed over.
33:53So the controversy continuing to play out in Telangana.
34:00We'll continue tracking the showdown over SIR, but let me also give you all of the other big stories coming
34:06in from the southern states.
34:07In Tamil Nadu, there's a big question mark on whether we're going to see another star enter into politics.
34:13I'm not talking about Dhanush because, yes, that speculation has been going on.
34:17But I'm referring to Sivakarthikeyan, who seems to have set his sight on politics.
34:22Why am I saying that?
34:23Because at a fan club meeting in Chennai, the actor spoke about being a star made by the people and
34:30having a larger purpose in life.
34:31He spoke of unity.
34:33He spoke of his Narpani Mandiram, which is to change the lives of at least a few people, which is,
34:39in fact, the association that he has.
34:41He's invoked the legacies of MGR of Captain Vijay Kant, who's hugely inspired even the likes of Vijay, saying they
34:47use their public standing to do good deeds.
34:50The line and the connect here is also that both MGR and Vijay Kant, of course, tried their hand in
34:57politics.
34:58MGR hugely successful, Vijay Kant not so much.
35:01But Sivakarthikeyan making a mention of them has, in fact, led to questions about whether after Dhanush, he too could
35:08be considering a political plunge.
35:10In which case, Chief Minister Vijay's success in politics seems to have rubbed off on many in the industry.
39:25I have no comments to make on the first one.
39:27We want to be our heads down and deliver values to our Indian consumers.
39:32From my perspective, you know, satellite is one of the technologies that's one of the
39:36biggest use cases is the home broadband, right?
39:39Today, we're making sure that every Indian home broadband has a solution that we're able
39:43to give.
39:44That's not in the future.
39:46That is today.
39:47And satellite is only going to have to express, to really extend those boundaries very, very
39:54quickly.
39:55We're making good progress.
39:57I think we're building an end-to-end indigenous stack.
39:59So, from my perspective, you know, we need to make sure that this technology is on power
40:04with or leading the world.
40:07And that's what we've done with the other technologies that we have launched.
40:11And we're making rapid progress on that.
40:13So, I don't want to give an exact answer of when we will launch.
40:17But what we're promising is that every Indian home will have a broadband connection that
40:21they can connect to.
40:24The other telecom tycoon, Sunil Bharti Mittal of Bharti Airtel, also dismissed Elon Musk's
40:30allegations, saying his own Satcom venture, Utilsat OneWeb, is awaiting approvals to start
40:38operations.
40:42Currently, the government has given licenses to three companies for satellite communication
40:46services in India.
40:48This includes the Musk-led Starlink, Reliance Geo Satcom, and Utilsat OneWeb.
40:56The telecom ministry also issued a statement slamming the allegations made by Elon Musk.
41:06The ministry said its authorization framework was fair and non-discriminatory and that there
41:12could be no compromise with security clearances.
41:15These include safety for all users as well as their data.
41:19It added that the allocation of spectrum may only begin once the security roadblock was
41:25cleared.
41:25The ministry also clarified that all licensees were broadly at the same regulatory stage.
41:34Ironically, Starlink is one of the star invitees to the Indian Mobile Congress.
41:39The government's private industry.
41:41For years, we've been setting the foundation for this same type of relationship structure
41:46here in India.
41:47Establishing MOUs with Airtel, Geo, and more, and working closely with state governments to
41:55listen and learn how Starlink might be able to best serve their communities once it's authorized.
42:00Starlink operations, specifically for India, in recognition of Indian security requirements
42:07and other regulations, establishing controls at every layer for India, and keeping Indian
42:15user data within India.
42:18The social media is meanwhile flooded with memes on Musk in Starlink.
42:24With most users finding the post ironic.
42:28Some were quick to point out that it was amusing to see the world's richest person talk about
42:33allegedly being blocked by oligarchs.
42:37Bureau Report, Business Today TV.
42:44Meanwhile, the Indian stock market witnessed bloodbath.
42:48The sense of crashing over 1,000 points and the nifty plunging below 22,250 to hit a fresh
42:5452-week low.
42:56What's triggered this?
42:57We'll break that down for you.
43:01It was a terrible Thursday for stock markets with a relentless sell-off pushing the nifty
43:06to a fresh 52-week low, wiping out investor wealth and sending shockwaves across the market.
43:13The 50 stock nifty plunged more than 370 points to close near 22,232, while the sensex lost
43:22over 1,000 points as selling intensified across sectors.
43:26The pressure began with relentless selling by foreign institutional investors.
43:31Overseas investors have pulled out nearly $5 billion in just nine trading sessions, adding
43:36to the record exodus from Indian equities this year.
43:39But the decline became even steeper as news came in of Brent crude crossing $105 a barrel.
43:45For an oil importing economy like India, that's bad news for inflation, corporate earnings
43:50and the current account.
43:52Adding to the nervousness, bond deals are climbing across global markets, making fixed income
43:57assets more attractive and putting further pressure on equities.
44:01And the rupee hovering near its record low against the dollar has only deepened the worries.
44:07Whether it is oil, whether it is interest rate across the world, inflation across the world
44:14and thereafter interest rate increased by Fed and now by Indian RBI.
44:19So I think world macros are challenging.
44:24Indian macros are in a good place and improving.
44:30But what we have seen now is basically on the back of an interest rate increase from Fed,
44:35I think RBI has also increased because there are concerns on inflation in India also
44:39and largely to do with the oil prices.
44:42Interestingly, the IT index was the lone bright spot for much of the trading session, pulled
44:47up by optimism around the TCS results which would open the Q2 earnings season.
44:51But even that, defence collapsed in the final minutes of trade as selling pressure dragged
44:56the IT index into negative territory.
44:58By the closing bell, not a single sector had escaped the market route.
45:03On one hand, oil prices have risen and import bills have gone up.
45:08Rupee has fallen.
45:09India's exports have fallen.
45:11And as a result of rising imports and falling exports, you have a further strain on the rupee.
45:18On the other hand, domestically, you've had a number of, you know, local factors,
45:23you know, unnecessary points such as insurance industry trying to bring down the pricing,
45:28brokerage industry, STT rates being high, hospitals, you know, talking about putting a pricing cap.
45:36Now, for companies to invest, we need certain amount of stability and clarity.
45:40So, I think domestic factors too have contributed.
45:43And third, strategically is, you know, innovation on a broad scale across any big sector
45:49has remained fairly subdued in India.
45:52So far, investors have lost around 11 lakh crore rupees in October in just five trading sessions.
45:57So, is the worst over?
46:00The immediate outlook remains fragile.
46:02Markets will closely track crude oil prices, global bond deals, the rupee and foreign investor flows.
46:08Unless oil prices cool and FII selling eases, any recovery could struggle to sustain.
46:14For now, the message from Dalal Street is clear.
46:17The bears are firmly in control and the next test for the market may be just around the corner.
46:23Bureau Report, Business Today TV.
46:28And let's hope things look up tomorrow.
46:30Thanks very much for tuning in to this edition of Super 6.
46:33I'll see you same time, 6pm tomorrow.
46:36Cheers.
