The rift between Elon Musk and Donald Trump has escalated into a public feud over a controversial economic package. Musk has labeled it the "big ugly bill," warning it could bankrupt the U.S., while Trump claims Musk is angry over reduced EV mandates. Their clash has rattled markets—Tesla shares plunged 14%, erasing $150 billion in value. Trump defends the bill as the largest tax cut in history, but Musk insists Trump would’ve lost the election without his support.
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00:00Now it seems like the high profile bromance between Elon Musk and Donald Trump may have come to an end
00:08with the world's richest man and America's most powerful leader getting into a dramatic spat.
00:15Now what began as a quiet disagreement behind closed doors has now exploded into a very public and bitter spat
00:24over the big beautiful bill, a sweeping economic package that Elon Musk has vehemently opposed.
00:31Musk has accused President Donald Trump of being named in the sealed Jeffrey Epstein files,
00:36claiming that's the real reason they have never been fully released.
00:40Trump accused Musk of being upset over cuts to EV mandate
00:45and insisted Tesla CEO was made fully aware of every detail before it was passed.
00:50Trump also took a jibe at the former allies, including Musk, suggesting those who left his circle
00:56only did so later to badmouth him.
00:59But Elon Musk has also fired back, claiming that Trump would have lost the polls without him,
01:05accusing the former president of ingratitude.
01:08Musk didn't mince words, calling the legislation the big ugly bill
01:12and warning that it could bankrupt America if not fixed.
01:17Musk has also said that he would decommission the dragon,
01:21this after Trump threatened to end government subsidies and contracts.
01:25Tesla shares went into a free fall on Thursday as Trump feud it with Elon Musk.
01:31Tesla shares ended the day down 14%, wiping off $150 billion in market value.
01:38Well, look, you know, I've always liked Elon, and it's always very surprised.
01:45You saw the words he had for me, the words of...
01:48And he hasn't said anything about me that's bad.
01:50I'd rather have him criticize me than the bill, because the bill is incredible.
01:55It's the biggest cut in the history of our country.
01:58We've never cut.
01:59It's about $1.6 trillion in cuts.
02:01It's the biggest tax cut.
02:04Tax, you would say, people's taxes will go way down.
02:09But it's the biggest tax cut in history.
02:12We are doing things in that bill that are unbelievable.
02:16And when you look at what we're doing for small businesses, for people, for middle-income people,
02:22all of the things that we're doing, nobody's ever seen anything like it.
02:26And, you know, Elon's upset because we took the EV mandate, which was a lot of money for electric vehicles.
02:35And, you know, they're having a hard time, the electric vehicles.
02:38And they want us to pay billions of dollars in subsidy.
02:43And, you know, Elon knew this from the beginning.
02:46He knew it for a long time ago.
02:48That's been in there.
02:48That's been...
02:49I would say, J.D., that hasn't changed.
02:52That's been right from the beginning.
02:53I think, Mr. Secretary, that hasn't changed at all, right from the beginning.
02:57But I know that disturbed him.
03:00He wanted, and rightfully, you know, he recommended somebody from...
03:04That he, I guess, knew very well.
03:07I'm sure he respected him.
03:08But to run NASA, and I didn't think it was appropriate.
03:12And he happened to be a Democrat, like totally Democrat.
03:17And I say, you know, look, we won.
03:19We get certain privileges, and one of the privileges, we don't have to appoint a Democrat.
03:24NASA is very important.
03:25We have great people.
03:26General Cain is going to be picking somebody with our...
03:31We'll be checking him out and seeing.
03:34But he wanted that person, a certain person, and we said no.
03:38And, you know, I can understand why he's upset.
03:41Remember, he was here for a long time.
03:43And you saw a man who was very happy when he stood behind the Oval Desk.
03:49And even with the black eye, I said, do you want a little makeup?
03:52We'll get you a little makeup.
03:54But he said, no, I don't think so, which is interesting and very nice.
03:59He wants to be who he is, so you could make that statement, too, I guess.
04:02Look, Elon and I had a great relationship.
04:07I don't know if we're well anymore.
04:08I was surprised, because you were here, everybody in this room practically was here,
04:12as we had a wonderful send-off.
04:14He said wonderful things about me.
04:16You couldn't have nicer.
04:17He said the best things.
04:18He's worn the hat.
04:20Trump was right about everything.
04:22And I am right about the great, big, beautiful bill.
04:26We call it a great, big, beautiful bill, because that's what it is.
04:29And, again, biggest tax cuts in history, biggest economic development moves anywhere.
04:35We've never done anything like it.
04:36Business is spurred.
04:39And I don't know if you've seen the numbers, but the numbers came out.
04:42Even the CBO, which is run by Democrats, said that we're going to be doing it.
04:47You know, I'd like you to discuss it, the $2.8 trillion, that CBO.
04:52This is a group of people that are Democrats.
04:56They're very hostile to us.
04:57Well, as tensions escalate, let's now bring in Pranay Opa, the editor of India Today Global,
05:05into the very conversation as he joins us on the Bulletin.
05:07Pranay, we have been keeping a close watch as to all that's developed so far.
05:12But let's also talk about how the upcoming days look like.
05:16What do they have in store?
05:18What are we expecting from this point onward in this escalation,
05:22in this war of words that's panned out between these two?
05:25Shreya, this is just a beginning.
05:29This is what we can say right now.
05:31Because once cozy bromance has turned out to be a bare-knuckle fight between these two individuals,
05:37and this clearly shows that this is a classic case,
05:39that when ego collides, then gloves go off.
05:43And the way Donald Trump and Elon Musk have traded allegations,
05:47have traded jibes on each other using social media platforms,
05:51this is all happening in full public glare.
05:55You know, once, not long ago, they have been praising each other,
05:59they have been going around together,
06:01they have been standing alongside each other,
06:03but now they are fighting against each other,
06:06and that to be via social media, via their statement,
06:09and choices of words have been hurled on each other.
06:11So this clearly shows that there is more than what meeting the eyes.
06:15This is not about a bill alone.
06:17This can't be a bill alone, you know,
06:19which actually induce differences between these two individuals.
06:23Because on one side, they're the most powerful politician on the planet,
06:27and on the other side, there's the richest man on the earth.
06:30When they are fighting, they have all the resources to fight.
06:32So it is going to be very bad, very ugly.
06:35And this is quite visible, what happened in the last 12 hours,
06:40that they have hurled, you know, choices of words against each other.
06:44Musk has raised the Epstein file issue,
06:47where, like, you know, allegations have been leveled against President Donald Trump,
06:51where the minor girls, the sexual abuse cases, were there.
06:54And he has asked.
06:56Also, Musk has asked, he started to guard any support for having another political party.
07:03I don't know whether he's serious about floating another political party,
07:05or he's just, you know, trying to hit out at President Donald Trump.
07:09And on the other side, President Donald Trump, you heard him,
07:11you played his soundbite of yesterday's Oval Office presser.
07:16Then he said that, you know, I don't know why Musk, who used to say all good things about me,
07:21how he turned hostile, how did, why he's, you know, calling out names.
07:26But definitely, this is going to be, and even later on in a social media post,
07:35President Donald Trump called Elon Musk crazy.
07:39And, you know, you could make out where he tried to elude that Musk was trying to get financial benefits.
07:45He wanted to get his people appointed within the administration.
07:48So, definitely, he was trying to put him in a dock that he was trying to get benefit,
07:54you know, for his own financial interests, for his own personal interests.
07:58And that's why these were the seeds of, you know, seeds of differences where the relationship went south.
08:06Right, Pranay.
08:06Interesting developments for sure.
08:08But, you know what, we do have some more breaking news coming in at this given point.
08:13Now, Trump-Musk talks to broker peace.
08:27This is a big development that seems to be coming in amid all the escalations.
08:31U.S. media has said that Trump-AIDS should use a call with Musk.
08:36They've also said that Trump-Musk call maybe to broker peace.
08:40Let's, in fact, bring in Pranay at this very point into the conversation to understand this in greater depth.
08:47Pranay, interesting developments.
08:49I would say it's getting more and more interesting with each passing hour,
08:54simply because, you know, only a few minutes back we were speaking of the developments that's taken place so far.
09:00And, you know, it's just the beginning.
09:02But at the end of the day, it may be that Musk indeed has more to lose.
09:07And hence, there may be a peace brokerage that takes place.
09:12Yes, Ashreya, President Donald Trump might be trying to broker peace deals for the global conflicts,
09:21but now there is a conflict at home and that involves this closed-eyed, you know, once closed-eyed.
09:26And, you know, they were very thick in relation as far as the visual optics are concerned.
09:30But here, now people in the Republican Party, the grand old party, must be concerned about this thing
09:35because this verbal spat, this open conflict between Donald Trump and Elon Musk
09:40is going to hurt the interest of the Republican parties
09:44because this is what the Democrats have been waiting for.
09:47Because, you know, Elon Musk hurling all those choices of abuses and, you know,
09:51allegations against Donald Trump is going to be a political embarrassment for him.
09:56And therefore, many people might be trying to reach out to Elon Musk
09:59because Elon Musk doesn't have any, you know, sound political base.
10:03He's not a politician.
10:04He's a businessman at the end of the day.
10:06And therefore, you know, there could be, you know, there could be some peace formula.
10:11People might be trying to broker a peace deal between these two individuals.
10:15But we are yet to see, Ashreya, that how it pans out.
10:17We do not know.
10:19That will they sit across the table again?
10:21Because so far, at least President Donald Trump has exercised some restraint,
10:26but he holds immense power.
10:28He holds immense authority.
10:29If he decides to go all out again to Musk Corporation, his business interests,
10:36then it's going to be really bad for Elon Musk.
10:39And if you see the dip after this feud, after this brawl between these two individuals,
10:45at least the Musk Corporation, the Tesla Corporation has taken a big hit.
10:49Even the Trump Corporation's business interests got hurt as far as the market sentiments are concerned.
10:56But let's see who brokers the deal and who plays as emissary between these two individuals.
11:01I'm sure there are individuals, there are people, those who have worked with Elon Musk,
11:05because it's about the business community as well.
11:08This is going to disturb the market sentiment in Nasdaq and Dow Jones.
11:14Absolutely, Brana.
11:15In fact, you know, speaking of the financial impact of this very fallout on what Musk has been losing
11:21and may lose more in the upcoming days because of this feud,
11:24let me take our viewers through this chart of the very Tesla prices, the stock prices,
11:31and how they have been plummeting, the downward spiral,
11:34which began somewhere at $332.05 billion.
11:38This is where it was at.
11:41First drop was here, where Trump had said that I'm very disappointed in Elon Musk.
11:46This is where the first drop was recorded at.
11:49It came further down and Musk said,
11:52without me, Trump would have lost the polls.
11:54Such ingratitude.
11:55That's the second comment where we record another downfall.
11:58Again, Trump having said, and somewhere between $300 to $290 billion,
12:02we see Trump having said, I asked him to leave, and he just went crazy.
12:07That is where this particular drop was recorded.
12:10And then further down, we have $284.68 billion.
12:15When Musk says such an obvious lie, so sad it came down directly from $332.05 billion
12:23to a whopping $284.68 billion in a downward spiral over this period of the feud.
12:30We do see it go further down, but then a small recovery.
12:35But the recovery may not be permanent at all,
12:37given the feud continuing at this given point.
12:39With that, let me in fact take you through another in-depth analysis
12:44of what the entire situation has been in the United States of America
12:48between the two most important faces in the United States.
12:53Mr. Johnston, you know, we're speaking of a rather few days that we are looking at,
13:03the past few days, in fact, a rather short period of time.
13:07From being best buds, if we may call it so, the bromance between these two,
13:12now seems to have turned out to be a call for impeachment from Elon Musk for Donald Trump.
13:19How are we looking at this entire series of events?
13:23And how may this, you know, affect Donald Trump's governance, especially for his second term?
13:32Well, what you're seeing here, Shreya, are two grown men who are emotionally 13-year-old boys
13:39misbehaving in public.
13:41Both of them have only a very loose and occasional relationship with truth.
13:48Both of them live in the myth-made world of their own design.
13:54And with Donald, who I've known for 37 years,
13:57all relationships are transactional and they are all about loyalty to Donald.
14:02Nothing else but loyalty to Donald.
14:04So the minute that Elon Musk realized he had interests that were being harmed in what Trump
14:09keeps calling the big, beautiful bill, it's, I think, better characterizes the big, very ugly bill,
14:16particularly as applied to his electric vehicle business, Tesla.
14:21It's not surprising that he broke with Trump on this.
14:25And the threat he's made regarding the Epstein files, the comments he's made, are very telling.
14:32It's, the government was, Donald Trump promised his government would make all the Epstein files public.
14:38They have not.
14:40And the reasons for that, Epstein, if you believe Musk,
14:45the reason the Epstein files are not all made public is quite obvious.
14:48It would show that Donald Trump was involved with underage girls.
14:52And let's remember, Donald, in fact, did things like walk-in on naked and half-naked 14-year-old girls
14:59at one of his beauty pageants claiming it was his right to do so.
15:03Would you say the situation looks rather bleak for President Donald Trump,
15:08especially with a bombshell of the Epstein files coming to the fore and being dropped by Elon Musk himself?
15:16Well, I would say a couple of things, one of which is that we're dealing with two megalomaniacs here.
15:23Sorry, that's my dog.
15:25Two megalomaniacs.
15:28And so you can imagine what that dynamic looks like.
15:33At the end of the day, when I, I'm trying to speak as a political scientist now, not as a psychologist.
15:40At the end of the day, when I look at what's going on politically in the United States,
15:44I think Donald Trump is winning this conflict.
15:51I think his various opponents always fade into the background because he appeals to a constituency,
16:03which I don't belong to, but I understand.
16:06He appeals to a constituency that gives him 50 plus 1% of the vote.
16:15And J.D. Vance is not going to take that away from him, nor is Elon Musk, nor is any of the other.
16:24I'm trying to, I'm trying to not describe them in pejorative terms, but my Irish grandmother would have called them Ejits.
16:38They're not, they're not going to beat him.
16:42He is simply going to prevail here because he has a message, which I don't buy,
16:48but 50 plus 1% of the American populace, the voting populace buys.
16:56And, and yeah, it, it just, it just boils down to that.
17:02Well, with that, let's get back to Pranay at this point to, in fact, discuss this further.
17:07Pranay, you know, speaking of probable peace being brokered at this point,
17:12what would you say, who is at a bigger chance of losing, especially if this feud continues?
17:21And more importantly, who among these two is more probable to back off from this very feud
17:28and also the war of words that's been continuing?
17:34Sir, this is a million dollar question or rather a billion dollar question
17:36because we, both these individuals are billionaires as well.
17:39Like, you know, Donald Trump is a, is, is not a traditional politician.
17:42He's a businessman turned politician.
17:44And now Elon Musk has also started talking like a politician.
17:48He started even, he even floated the idea of having another political party.
17:53So we really do not know it's an uncharted territory where like, you know,
17:56these two big titans are clashing because earlier, whenever there was a feud between,
18:01you know, Donald Trump and anyone other, either he or she was his opponent
18:06or one of his eyed who has worked as a subordinate to him.
18:10But here, Donald Trump, Elon Musk did work with Elon, with Donald Trump,
18:14but he was never been like, you know, a subordinate in those effective terms,
18:19though he worked as a, you know, as an aide and as an advisor to the, to, to the president.
18:24But having said that, if you see the trajectory of their relationship,
18:28it has, it went sour, not even in less than a month, less than a year.
18:33So this clearly shows that there has to be a peace formula that needs to be worked out.
18:39And if you see, you were showing the chart of the Tesla Corporation and its stocks going down.
18:44But if you see the trajectory of the Tesla Corporation stock in last, last six months,
18:49like, you know, after President Trump assumed the Oval Office,
18:52the Tesla stocks were at $379 per share at that point of time,
18:59say about, like, you know, 2nd of January 2025, and now they are trading at around, around $340.
19:05So, so consistently, there has been a dip.
19:07It has never reached the level of $379 in last six months.
19:12So there could be a possibly a business interest involved in this feud,
19:16because we have seen how Tesla cars were targeted within the United States,
19:20as well as in the European market, you know, as a, as a, as an icon of people,
19:26as, as a, as a symbol of, of people expressing their frustration against this association, this romance.
19:32And also, the, the business interests are getting hit, because there have been, you know,
19:38reports about how the Tesla investors, how their board of directors are not really happy of this association.
19:45And maybe, maybe this could be a reason.
19:48However, Elon Musk did get benefit out of it, Shreya, because, you know,
19:52there have been 13 cases pending against his corporation.
19:56Those are the, like, like business cases, investigation cases.
20:00He did get relief on that count.
20:02But if, now, Trump administration decides to go after Elon Musk,
20:06we are yet to see how much he has to lose.
20:09So will this end up becoming a major turning point in this very feud at this given point of time?
20:15That is what we are waiting to witness.
20:17Pranay, thank you for throwing such extensive light on this very subject.
20:24Now, US President Donald Trump on Thursday, for the first time,
20:28said that he is very disappointed in Elon Musk.
20:32And this comes only weeks after he has left the government as the Tesla CEO.
20:38Let's take a look at this very package to understand what exactly went down between these two.
20:45Elon Musk, a tech billionaire and the richest man in the world,
20:53was enlisted by Donald Trump to head his government reform effort.
20:58His name is Elon Musk.
21:00He saved free speech.
21:02He created so many different great things.
21:07Where is he?
21:08Come on up here, Elon.
21:10He created the first major American car company in generations.
21:15And his rocket company is the only reason we can now send American astronauts into space.
21:22Come here.
21:24Take over, Elon.
21:25Yes, take over.
21:31Hi, everyone.
21:32As you can see, I'm not just MAGA, I'm dark MAGA.
21:45Well, first of all, I want to say what an honor it is to be here.
21:48And, you know, the true test of someone's character is how they behave under fire.
21:55And we had one president who couldn't climb a flight of stairs.
22:03And another who was fist pumping after getting shot.
22:10Fight, fight, fight.
22:12Musk went from boardroom to politics, offering financial firepower, campaign showmanship and political loyalty.
22:20He opened his money reserves, promising $1 million every day till elections to one of those who signed his online petition,
22:31pledging support for the First and Second Amendments.
22:40Rallies, primetime appearances, even Thanksgiving with the Trumps.
22:45Musk became the unofficial face of Trump 2.0.
22:50And I have created the brand new Department of Government Efficiency.
22:56GOGE.
22:57Perhaps you've heard of it.
22:59Perhaps.
23:00Which is headed by Elon Musk, who is in the gallery tonight.
23:06Trump handed Musk's sweeping powers under the DOGE,
23:10the especially created Department of Government Efficiency.
23:13He wielded a tax and a broom, quickly shedding government jobs and even closing entire departments,
23:22including the massive USAID, which had a budget of $22 billion in 2024.
23:29But the political honeymoon didn't last.
23:33Backlash crew, protesters branded Musk a fascist puppet.
23:38Elon Musk has got another way.
23:40Tesla stock wobbled.
23:43There were also rumors of Musk in drugs, but Trump stood by Musk.
23:47Were you aware of Elon Musk's regular drug use?
23:51No, I wasn't.
23:52I think he's fantastic.
23:54I think Elon is a fantastic guy.
23:57And I'm not troubled by anything with Elon.
24:01I think he's fantastic.
24:02Did a great job.
24:04And, you know, DOGE continues.
24:05And by the time it's finished, we'll have numbers that'll knock your socks off.
24:10It's going to be, uh, he did a fantastic job.
24:13And he didn't need it.
24:14He didn't need to do it.
24:16How do you replace it?
24:16Do you feel final?
24:17Has it been finalized?
24:18It's fully replaced.
24:19He really is.
24:20Things were, however, unraveling fast behind the closed doors.
24:25Then came the breaking point.
24:28Musk turned on a Trump-backed spending bill, publicly calling it a disgusting abomination,
24:34saying the bill would bankrupt America and negate the purpose of DOGE.
24:40Inside Trump world, aides saw the tweet's term as betrayal.
24:44And then came the final blow from Musk himself.
24:48That, uh, this is not, uh, the end of DOGE, but really the beginning.
24:52Um, my time as a special government employee necessarily had to end.
24:55It was a limited time thing.
24:56It's 134 days, I believe, which ends in a few days.
24:59So, uh, so that, uh, you know, it comes with a time limit.
25:03Um, and, uh, but the DOGE team, uh, will only grow stronger over time.
25:08Um, the DOGE influence will only grow stronger.
25:11Elon Musk once, Margar's Dark Knight, was now publicly calling out the Trump administration
25:17on the new spending bill.
25:19An alliance forged in populism, fractured by policy, power and pride.
25:25Trump still praises him in public.
25:28But Musk, it seems, is done playing along.
25:32Bureau Report, Business Today TV.
25:34We have breaking news for you from the Karnataka stampede case that we've been closely covering.
25:42Siddha government knew about RCB victory bash.
25:45This is what we are learning.
25:46Explosive details come to light at this point.
25:48With Karnataka cricket body writing to state government, KSCA sought permission for event
25:54on June 3rd.
25:56The KSCA permission request letter for Vidana Souda event came in on June 3rd before the 7.30pm time
26:05is what we are learning.
26:06Now, if the KSCA had informed government on Vidana Souda event, it would have informed the government
26:12on the stadium ceremony too on June 3rd.
26:15Big details.
26:16Explosive ones.
26:17That is, that's coming to light at this given point.
26:19And Sagaraj comes into the bulletin at this point to take us through these very developments
26:25and put it into perspective for us.
26:26Sagaraj, a very good morning to you.
26:28Quite some crucial details and shocking ones that's coming to the light.
26:32What are we picking up?
26:37Absolutely.
26:38We got access to the letter where Karnataka State Institute Association had written to Karnataka government
26:43requesting to grant permission for felicitation at Vidana Souda.
26:47at around 3pm in the evening.
26:50And what we also get to learn is the government which received this particular letter, sat on the letter
26:55and did not process this further.
26:57What we also get to learn is that the Karnataka government was anticipating that they have to gather
27:04more forces across other districts as well.
27:08And they hadn't taken any decision despite a request which was being sent from Karnataka State Cricket Association.
27:14And the letter clearly mentions, if I read out, it can make out that the police had denied the permission
27:21even at that point of time for victory parade.
27:24But they were also given permission for the celebration and felicitation at Vidana Souda Grand Step.
27:31In fact, the police has also advised them to go ahead and do the celebration on 8th.
27:36However, the KACA had requested of our celebration on 4th.
27:42Right, Sagar.
27:43So, at this point, and this, in fact, this information comes in right after the information we'd received earlier
27:49of Nikhil Sasale being arrested and Karnataka State Cricket Association board members,
27:55in fact, absconding, who were also being looked at by the police.
28:00You know, this particular breaking news coming in at this point clearly shows that the blame game is still on.
28:06And more than the blame game, one would say that the government is still not completely absolved
28:11of all accountability or responsibility like they had been aiming from day one.
28:21Absolutely.
28:22And if you notice that the permission was sought by Karnataka State Cricket Association on 3rd
28:27because they were quite confident that RCB will win and they might require Karnataka government's permission
28:34because even if they lose, they can inform the government that they are not going to celebrate.
28:38But if at all, if they have to celebrate, they have to take prior permission from Karnataka government
28:43and they had followed the protocol.
28:45However, the police have denied permission stating that we should go ahead and do it on Sunday
28:49because it is an off day and nobody, there will be less people on the roads
28:54because nobody will be going to office on that particular day.
28:58Since there will be less traffic jam and they can control the crowd management on that particular day.
29:05However, RCB was in no position to compromise that.
29:09What you also get to learn through our sources is that a lot of foreign players had to go to their countries
29:16and they had also requested that they should finish as soon as possible.
29:20And there was a momentum and that is the reason they had put it on social media
29:24and Karnataka government who knew about all this development has also went with the momentum with RCB
29:30and they had all names for felicitation.
29:33But they should be aware, well aware about this particular letter
29:37that which was being sent by Karnataka State Cricket Association to Karnataka government.
29:43Right, Sagai. Sagai, do stay with us right now because we have more details coming in,
29:47more breaking news coming in at this very point on the story.
29:54Now what we are learning at this point is that Siddha government could have easily avoided the Stampede tragedy.
30:05State cricket body had informed the government on June 3rd itself.
30:10In fact, cops wanted to postpone the event on Sunday, June 8th.
30:14State could have arranged for more security forces with the time in hand.
30:19But Siddha government could have denied the KSCA and saved lives.
30:23But they did not end up doing that.
30:25And that becomes the question of the hour as to why was that particular plan not put into action.
30:31With that, joining me on the bulletin is Nagarjan Dwarkhanath on the story as well.
30:36Nagarjan, a very good morning to you.
30:38Important details coming in and in fact raising the questions of accountability
30:44to the Siddha government even at this point.
30:48They are not absorbed of accountability, they are not absorbed of responsibility
30:52despite going after other stakeholders like the cricket association body.
30:56Well that's true, absolutely true.
30:59We have accessed the letter written by the Karnataka State Cricket Association now
31:03pinning the blame completely on the government.
31:05Till now we were looking for who was responsible.
31:08Now we have an answer, the government is responsible.
31:10The Karnataka Cricket Association before 7pm on June 3rd had written to the government saying
31:15we want to have a celebration in Vidant Soudha and we want Chief CM and the DCM to ensure
31:20that they are on the grand steps of Vidant Soudha felicitating the players.
31:24Now which means that the government was also informed of the stadium event.
31:28So good, almost 20 to 18 hours the government had time to move forces.
31:34But why did the government sit on it just overnight?
31:37The letter clearly states that in case RCB wins, we would want to felicitate the players.
31:43We would request the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister to host an event in front of Vidant Soudha.
31:48Also this was the letter written from Karnataka Cricket Association to the government as well.
31:55But the government didn't seem to take a decision overnight and sat on it
31:59and in the morning we saw what happened.
32:01Right, Nagarjun, you know the point at this hour is, and it all boils down to one question.
32:10What was the rush for the Siddharamaya government despite them getting a letter and recommendations
32:16from the police as well that they should be holding the event on Sunday instead.
32:21They would be more prepared for this entire event.
32:24What was the rush for the Karnataka government then?
32:26It was the communication between the RCB team, Cricket Association and the government.
32:32The team felt that many of the foreign players will have to leave for the national duties
32:35and they've overstayed their permit already here.
32:38Many of the players from England and Australia had to rush back to their home countries
32:42and hence they didn't have time, another extra four days to wait in Bengaluru
32:46and the team manager was also keen to have it the next day.
32:49Hence, they immediately flew the players back from Gujarat to Bangalore on the 4th morning
32:55and landed in Bangalore around 1.30 is what we are told.
32:57And then finally we saw the tragedy turn out by 4pm.
33:01This forcing of the event to happen on June 4th was done by RCB is what we are told.
33:08But nevertheless, the government had all the power saying,
33:11no, we'll put our foot down, we can't do it on June 4th on your terms and conditions.
33:15And we can do it, the option is that we can do it on Sunday.
33:17But the government took the bite and did it on June 4th and we saw what turned out later.
33:23Absolutely, Nagarajan.
33:24Thank you for shedding more light on these details that have come into this very story at this point.
33:29And we will keep coming back to you to keep a track of all the developments taking place through the day.
33:38But the story doesn't end there, viewers.
33:41Hours after the Bengaluru cops booked RCB, Cricket Association and the event organisers
33:46under various charges, including culpable homicide, not amounting to murder and negligence.
33:53Now, the state government, led by Sidramaya, has in fact gone a step further
33:58and has suspended top-level police officers, including the Commissioner of Police.
34:03The government has suspended Commissioner of Police and seven others for negligence and acting irresponsibly.
34:08After making cops the scapegoat, Sidramaya government has also said that it will go after RCB,
34:15the event organisers and the State Cricket Association, as has been seen in the form of action since this morning,
34:21and will be arresting their representatives for the tragedy soon.
34:24RCB marketing head Nikhil Sasale is already behind bars.
34:27And the cops are also after Karnataka Cricket Association Secretary Shankar and Treasurer Jairam,
34:33but both of them seem to be absconding at this point.
34:36Meanwhile, the government has ordered a separate probe, headed by a former High Court judge.
34:41The one-man commission, headed by Justice Michael D. Kuna, will submit its report in a month's time.
34:47Sidramaya government has also transferred the stampede probe to the CID at this point.
34:53Let's take a look at some of the reactions that have come into the story so far.
34:57A few former Bangalore City police commissioners like me had an impromptu telephonic conversation
35:07and were aghast and furious at the action taken by the government in placing Mr. Dayanand,
35:15the incumbent police commissioner, under suspension.
35:18The city and the police personnel of Bangalore City are in shock that how is it that
35:27police commissioner can be placed under suspension.
35:30We appeal that this order should be taken back and let sanity prevail.
35:35And the police commissioner is an extremely trusted officer of the government.
35:40It only indicates that the government itself has failed if the police commissioner is placed under suspension.
35:45The aftermath to the stampede continues, as politics over the stadium's stampede continues to escalate.
35:54Seamanth Kumar has taken charge as the new commissioner of the Bangalore City Police.
35:58Now, the BJP has also attacked the Congress Party for making top-level cops the scapegoat.
36:03In fact, leader of opposition in Karnataka, Ashoka, has hit out at Sidramaya government,
36:08saying that how can cops who were praised for their job only a few days ago can be suspended with immediate effect.
36:16BJP has also demanded answers from the Congress' high command.
36:19However, the Congress Party seems defiant and has accused the BJP of playing politics over dead bodies.
36:27The Sidramaya government has also said that with this incident,
36:31Bengaluru's image has taken a serious hit, but they are not blaming others.
36:36It has also claimed that it will let law take its own course.
36:39Remember, the BJP has also called the Sidramaya government heartless
36:43and has even accused it of orchestrating the tragedy.
36:46Hitting out at the complete governance failure,
36:49they have demanded for the resignations of both the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Ministers.
36:59Now, amid this, Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir has also spoken on this entire matter.
37:06He has reacted to the Bengaluru Stadium stampede.
37:08Speaking at an event, he has said that he always believed that roadshows are unnecessary,
37:13asserting that lives are more important.
37:16He urged the franchisee and fans to be more responsible.
37:20He also asked the stakeholders to have closed-door events if at all needed.
37:25Guru Gambhir also termed the event tragic
37:28and hoped that an incident like this will not occur in future.
37:32Let's listen in.
37:33I was never a believer that we need to have roadshows.
37:40Never.
37:40When I was playing, I had the same statement we made, even after winning 2007,
37:45that we should not have roadshows.
37:47I think life for the people are far more important.
37:50And I will continue to say that, that even in future,
37:53I think we can be a little bit aware of not holding these kind of roadshows
37:57and can probably have it in a closed door or something like in a stadium.
38:01And it is very tragic what happened yesterday.
38:04And my heart goes to the family of people who have lost their loved ones.
38:07And I hope in future nothing like this can happen
38:09because I think we all are responsible
38:11and we all are responsible citizens and we should take care of all this.
38:44This particular bridge, built to withstand earthquakes, blasts and extreme weather,
38:49the bridge is designed to stand strong for a century.
38:53Prime Minister will also be unveiling the Anji Bridge,
38:56India's first cable state railway bridge,
38:59another key link in the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail line.
39:04A day earlier, Jammu and Kashmir's chief minister visited the Chinna Bridge,
39:07hailing it as a historic step in integrating Kashmir
39:11through modern rail connectivity.
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41:10It will also be ready and will also be ready for time and will also be ready for time.
41:15Our government will inaugurate them in order to be able to support people's support,
41:20support, tourism and tourism.
41:23It will start to show the heritage.
41:26It was our dream for 70 years,
41:30especially from Wadi Kashmir.
41:33It is a very interesting thing that it will be shared with the whole country.
41:38And our challenge, Wazir Azzam, is that this train should not be able to do the same thing.
41:48India's first cable-stayed rail bridge.
41:51The Chenna bridge will be functional soon and will provide all weather rail connectivity with Jammu and the rest of the country.
41:59The architectural marvel has been built across a gorge of the Chenna bridge in Riyasi and will be a game-changer.
42:07Here is a news report. Take a look.
42:14An engineering marvel.
42:20The gateway to the Kashmir Valley.
42:23The world's highest railway bridge, the Chenna bridge, is built at a cost of Rs. 1,400 crore and stands tall over the Chenna river in Jammu and Kashmir's Riyasi district.
42:46Standing at 359 metres above the riverbed, the bridge is 35 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower and is a testament to India's engineering prowess.
43:00After the 10 years of hard work, Chenna railway bridge is now ready to be dedicated to the nation.
43:07And right behind me, you can also see the engineering marvel railway track, which has been designed to give all weather connectivity.
43:16You can see the space, which has been given right under the railway track and also right adjacent to the track for the snow.
43:25Remember that if there is a heavy snowfall during that time also, there can be easy rail movement, train movement for that different technologies have been used here by the engineers.
43:37Part of the ambitious Uddhampur, Srinagar, Baramulla railway link, the bridge connects the Kashmir Valley to the rest of India.
43:46With scenic routes and faster travel, the Chenna bridge is integral to not only the tourism of the valley, but also its security.
43:58With 36 tunnels spanning 119 kilometres, this rail link is more than just infrastructure.
44:05It's a lifeline set to revive local economies, open doors to tourism and transform the way people move through the mountains.
44:15If we talk about the feature of this bridge, there are 17 pillars on which this bridge is based.
44:22There are a key star, 25,000 metric ton of steel, which has been used to construct this bridge.
44:28This bridge can easily face any terror attack.
44:32At the same time, this bridge has been constructed in a manner that it can also easily face the 220 km per hour high-speed wind.
44:45The Chenna bridge isn't merely a feat of engineering.
44:49It's a bridge to the future.
44:51It connects not just land, but lives and hopes.
44:55Kashmir is now just a train ride away.
44:58With Piyush Mishra, Puro Report, India Today.
45:05With that, that's it for this very edition of The Burning Question.
45:10With me, Sriya Kun.