- 5 days ago
Chaos broke out at an MDMK meeting in Satur after journalist was assaulted and cameras seized while filming empty chairs during party chief Vaiko's hour-long speech. As attendees began leaving, Vaiko allegedly directed party members to stop journalists from capturing the half-empty venue. Several media personnel were manhandled, with at least two regional reporters injured. Vaiko’s son, Durai Vaiko, called the incident unfortunate but blamed a power cut that disrupted catering services for the audience's early exit. The ruling ally DMK has so far remained silent, offering no response or condemnation.
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00:00We'll kickstart this edition with some breaking news coming in.
00:03Journalist has been assaulted under MDMK chief's watch.
00:07DMK ruling ally beats up a journalist at an event.
00:12Journalist was assaulted for filming MTMDMK event.
00:17Vico orders Carter to snatch the camera from the journalist in question here.
00:22Seen on your screens at this point in time.
00:24After Maharashtra on Neta Thagari, which has now been seen in Tamil Nadu.
00:54I'm here.
01:06I'm here.
01:13I'm here.
01:17They were giving the money back.
01:21Come here. Please remain.
01:24Why are you talking about it?
01:26Why are you talking about it?
01:30Pramod Madhav for more on that.
01:31Pramod, this is Gundagirdi which is being now seen here.
01:35Hooliganism at its peak.
01:37A journalist is getting assaulted for showing that the event had no takers essentially.
01:41Talk to us about what is being said.
01:44What's the kind of action that is going to be taken?
01:47It's quite appalling that a senior leader from the state of Tamil Nadu like Vaiko has behaved in such manners Neha.
01:53Because it's a stage speech and we also have him asking like the skaters.
01:57Kind of like ordering him to snatch away the cameras as well.
01:59What happened is that Vaiko was conducting a meeting in Saathur which is at Virudanagar district.
02:04And while speaking to his skaters some of them actually left the event.
02:07And it is the duty of the journalist to actually see what is happening around.
02:10And these regional journalists were recording it.
02:12This is when he got upset.
02:14You can actually see him visibly yelling at the journalists asking them if they have any sense for showing empty chairs.
02:20And he's ordering his skaters to actually snatch away the cameras and in a kind of way saying that pull the films out of it.
02:25This is like old slang of saying remove the like footage from it and such.
02:29And this is what led to a kind of chaotic situation over there.
02:32And as the journalists were exiting the spot they have reportedly been attacked.
02:36And we are expecting complaints to be filed today as well as Neha.
02:38Right.
02:39Be with us from Narayanthirupati from the Bharatiya Janta party.
02:43Is with us Narayanthirupati.
02:45What's your take on this thagari on the part of Vaiko here and the carder.
02:52They were recording the event which had no takers it seems.
02:55The people had started to leave.
02:57And the journalist was beaten up for doing his job here.
02:59Yes, this is highly ridiculous and this is condemnable.
03:05Mr. Vaiko, a person known to be a very senior politician, behaving like this is absolutely arrogant.
03:13This shows his defeat in politics.
03:15He is a failed politician at his age and for his experience.
03:22The person who came against dynasty politics, came out of DMK for dynasty politics,
03:27he has created again his own bringing his own son, doing the same dynasty politics.
03:33Now he should apologize for bringing his son and also apologize for this severe attack on journalists.
03:40This is highly condemnable.
03:42We need to, we need, we demand action against Mr. Vaiko for instigating this kind of violence against journalists.
03:51You know, at the end of the day, this is a very senior leader who is doing this.
03:55It's rather shameful.
03:56The leader of that stature is, in fact, ordering workers to beat up a journalist.
04:03I mean, what do you expect DMK to do in all of this, really?
04:07DMK will be very happy that Mr. Vaiko has behaved like this.
04:11In fact, Mr. Stalin will be very happy because he had accused Mr. Stalin as a, you know,
04:17murderer against Hadik Basha, you know, during the 2G issue.
04:22So, they will be very happy because a lot of people are joining DMK from MDMK.
04:28So, this is it.
04:29He is a dejecter.
04:30Yeah, yeah, yeah.
04:31Mr. Vaiko is dejected, defeated.
04:34And that is the reason he is behaving like this.
04:36I think he should retire from politics now and say he should feel sorry for bringing his son
04:41and also feel sorry for supporting the DMK for so long.
04:45I think this is what he should retire from politics now.
04:48Thank you for joining in and sharing your views with us.
04:53It's very, very shameful.
04:54A journalist was just simply video recording this event, doing his job,
04:58was asked by Vaiko supporters, the MDMK supporters, the workers of the party to beat up.
05:04The journalist was simply doing his job.
05:07The BJP demanding strictest action possible.
05:11Listen in to what Vaiko said and why and how he got upset there.
05:15Nothing else.
05:20Okay.
05:23What a getaway.
05:24What a very good day.
05:33What a very good day.
05:36What a very good day.
05:38What a very good day.
05:39How very good day.
05:40Go!
05:44I am out of shape.
05:47I am out of shape.
05:49You all have to do it again.
05:55Granddad, he gave us a game.
05:56Why would I get on the road?
06:00You are giving us a wonderful lad today.
06:03I am here.
06:04Please make a good good game.
06:05Why do I do it?
06:08What's wrong with God?
06:10So talk to us, Pramod, about what the journalist is now doing, Pramod.
06:15Given that he's been assaulted, will there be some sort of a formal complaint?
06:19What more can you tell us?
06:21Journalist from the state of Tamil Nadu has condemned this Highness Act
06:24because maybe we could see the actual leader of the party yelling from the state,
06:28claiming that, like, do you have any spells?
06:30And also ordering his cadres to, like, you know, snatch away the cameras.
06:34He's literally telling them to snatch away the cameras and pull the film rolls out of it.
06:37And now what has happened is that two of the journalists have been identified
06:40who have been injured in this particular attack.
06:43They are under treatment and we're expecting the police to go ahead and, like, inquire with them
06:47and formal complaints will be taken today, Sneha.
06:50Journalist, in fact, was roughed up, is what Pramod is telling us.
06:54He's been hurt as well. He's been beaten up by the cadre.
06:57But just as of now, there has Pramod been no action for doing his job,
07:02showing the empty chairs. People were leaving this event.
07:06However, VICO said that he should be, in fact, beaten up and was extremely angry, visibly angry there.
07:12Pramod.
07:14It surely is, Sneha. Like, you could see the witness, actually.
07:16We are not, you know, taking it on account of reporting from any other source
07:20because on this stage, it is VICO, a senior leader, a veteran politician from the state of Tamil Nadu.
07:25He's simply asking the journalist, which means, do you have any sense?
07:29And then he's actually instructing the, you know, he's completely upset because empty chairs were shown.
07:34We've been told that the carers were the ones who actually exited the spot.
07:38So, it's not the journalist's fault who are actually asking the carers to exit the spot or anywhere like that.
07:42But for showing those empty chairs, Michael lost his temper and he instructed the carers,
07:46which went out of hand and his attack has occurred, Sneha.
07:50You know, Pramod, I also want to ask you, what is Zalai DMK saying in all of this, if at all anything?
07:54Well, this is like, this happened yesterday in Sathur, like late night yesterday.
07:59So, we are waiting for any kind of, like, reaction from the DMK because that's the main ally of MDMK in the States, Sneha.
08:07Waiting for a reaction to come in from the DMK.
08:09How would they respond to this thagari from an ally?
08:12There is a big question from Ud Madhav, getting in those details.
08:15Thanking you for the moment.
08:16And saying with thagari of netas, this is an incident that we reported on extensively.
08:29Thug neta's shameful divisive twist to assault.
08:32This is Sanjay Gaikwad.
08:34Defence self-blames South Indian owner.
08:38Gunneta says South Indians can't give good food.
08:41Sena Emile, who was seen assaulting a canteen owner, says South Indians run dance bars, ladies bars.
08:51Gaikwad said a Marathi must run canteen.
08:55Threatens once again.
08:56Fir Marunga is what he said.
08:58Injects Marathi versus South India venom.
09:01Poisonous twist to goon neta assault.
09:04So, he's not just brazening it out.
09:06He's also bringing in a region angle here.
09:09Talking about South Indians not being able to serve good food.
09:13License bhi suspend ho gaya.
09:20Carvai ho rye.
09:21Manager bhi suspend ho gaya.
09:22Manager bhi suspend ho gaya.
09:24Sabse paheile baat, toh aapke maadyam se joh maharashto gaya.
09:27Dish ko bataya jarae ki, ye kamadar ne eek waiter ko maharapit kiya.
09:31Toh waiter ko maharapit kiya.
09:32Waiter nai hai.
09:33Manager ko nai maharapit ki.
09:35Aanjee.
09:35Jaha hai.
09:36Jaha hai.
09:36Mujhe jantaho ki.
09:37Mera tariqa galat tha.
09:38Lekin manjil sahhi thi.
09:40Aanjee.
09:41Maanre ki tariqa galat tha.
09:42Bilkul.
09:43Mujhe.
09:43Kyunki 2-4.
09:44Saba bole ki nahi.
09:45Mä fhir maharunga.
09:46Aanjee.
09:46Maya bola raha hou.
09:48Aanjee.
09:48Aanjee.
09:48foreign
10:01foreign
10:05foreign
10:09foreign
10:15foreign
10:17The dance bar, ladies bar, this is not our maharashtra, we have also done some dance bar.
10:23The president and the president have all worked in maharashtra.
10:27Today, these people are working here today.
10:30So, today, I am talking about maharashtra's hit.
10:36I want to save millions of people's lives.
10:38You are leaving all these things.
10:41That is our life.
10:43Vidya is getting in more details in conversation with the MLA in question.
10:48Vidya, this is absolutely shocking and shameful.
10:51I mean, he is brazening it out.
10:53He is also talking about the fact that there is a reason to why this canteen was not working right.
10:58Because the man in question running the canteen was a South Indian.
11:01Only Marathis can do this right.
11:03Only Maharashtra can do this right.
11:06So, this is a regional and bizarre sort of a shameful twist also that he is giving to what he did.
11:13In fact, you know, certainly what he is saying again reiterating is that he will beat up if he is not getting good food.
11:24And the worst is when we spoke to his followers, there were a lot of Shiv Sena party workers there as well.
11:30We spoke to them and they also said that, you know, probably he should not have beaten.
11:34But, you know, the food quality, if someone gets a bad quality food, then what should one do?
11:40That's the kind of question that even the Shiv Senaics across his supporters have been saying.
11:45But then certainly, you know, the Maharashtra government as we saw yesterday,
11:49Devendra Pandavas himself had reacted to it and said that, you know, this beating up should not have happened.
11:54But even then, has there been an FIR registered against this beating up? No.
11:59No complaint has been registered.
12:01The Mumbai police has not even taken a super mortal cognizance of this.
12:04Apart from that, the FDA ran into action immediately.
12:08Now, the minister claims that he had given complaints earlier as well.
12:12But because there are, you know, people taking money, that's the reason why bureaucrats don't take action,
12:17is what his allegation in that interview is.
12:19And further, he says that, you know, he has complained earlier.
12:22But FDA did take an action until he beats up people.
12:25And that's one of the reasons why he says that what he did was right.
12:28And FDA now finally has taken action and has, in fact, suspended the license until the, you know,
12:34some kind of tests are run for this entire, you know, the samples that have been collected.
12:40They have been sent to the lab.
12:41The report will come in the next 14, 15 days.
12:43And only then will probably something be done if there is something found in those reports.
12:48So we'll really have to see what really happens fortnight later.
12:51But then as of now, yes, the license of that entire eatery has been suspended.
12:56It's closed for now.
12:57People who work there will no longer be able to work at least there for at least a few fortnight or so.
13:04It's absolutely unbelievable while you tell us that there has been no action taken against this man in question.
13:09He's speaking to us and giving interviews and talking about the fact that this is something that's going to be done again.
13:15It's absolutely shameful.
13:16Be with us.
13:17I'll come back to you in a second.
13:18Listen in once again to what he told you earlier.
13:22It's clear.
13:23foreign
13:29foreign
13:37foreign
13:41foreign
13:45foreign
13:51foreign
13:58foreign
14:05foreign
14:10foreign
14:15foreign
14:20we are doing a work that we have done
14:23dance bar ladies bar
14:24we haven't done
14:26it's not
14:27we have a dance bar
14:29we have all done
14:30we have all of this work
14:31we have all the work
14:32today we are working
14:35working here
14:36today my story is
14:38I am saying that
14:40you are talking about
14:41hit
14:42you just want to say
14:42that you are doing
14:43you want to be a life
14:44you want to say
14:45you are doing
14:46you are doing
14:47this work
14:48that we are doing
14:50All right, so you heard that from Sanjay Gaikwat, the defiant MLA who says that he's going to do it again if required, Clyde Presto.
14:57Off, in fact, the NCP is now joining us. Thank you so much for your time. This is, of course, the Sharit Pavaar faction.
15:02I want to begin by asking you, what do you make of the fact that this man is just so brazen?
15:07He's not only assaulted the owner of the canteen, he also goes on to give this as, you know, a South Indian kind of a twist,
15:14saying that South Indians aren't capable of running eateries. They are more into dance bars and ladies bars,
15:21and they are the ones who are spoiling the culture, and that this is what he deserved, essentially.
15:25He'll do it again if required.
15:28See, Sanjay Gaikwat is behaving like a gunda. And why he's behaving like a gunda is because he's been given the loose end by the government.
15:35Till today, it's been more than 24 hours. Every channel is showing how this man is beating up an innocent guy.
15:42It's not his fault if there was something wrong, something was not cooked properly.
15:46It was the duty of Sanjay Gaikwat as a public representative to make a formal complaint.
15:52He had no business to take law in his hands. He's not about the law.
15:55Just because he's in government, just because he's in MLA, does that give him the right to take law in his hands?
16:01Nobody is about the law in this land. Remember that.
16:05So if he's doing something like this, he has to be pulled up. He hasn't been pulled up. There's no case lodged against him.
16:10And he has the audacity to say that if something like this happens, I will do it again.
16:15That means he thinks it's above the law.
16:17What is the Home Minister doing? What is the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Mr. Devendra Fadnavi, the Home Minister also, what are they doing?
16:24Why is the case not lodged against him?
16:26And now he's giving it a different color, of a different state, of a different language.
16:30All these years when he was there with him, he was, as a friend, he says this, you know, Mr. Shetty is his friend.
16:36And all this while he never thought of a South Indian angle to this.
16:40And today when he's been pulled up by everybody, he goes ahead and says that, you know, these people are doing whatever they're doing.
16:45And why were you quiet all these years? Have you not been in government for so many years? Why were you quiet?
16:51Nothing but absolute brazenness, thuggery like you've been showing right now on your channel.
16:56This man is a thug and he's only trying to cover up what he has done. This is a violent act.
17:02It deserves punishment and he has to be arrested.
17:05If the Home Minister cannot do this, that means they have failed in maintaining law and order in the state which has happened.
17:11Whether it's the Pune case, whether it's the Wally case, whether it's Badlapur case,
17:15the government of Maharashtra run by the BJP has failed to control law and order.
17:20And an example that needs to be set is by arresting this man is not being done.
17:24In fact, a different example is being set.
17:27The MLA now goes and takes law in his hands. He's being violent. He's beating up people.
17:33Also, the license of the canteen owner has been suspended is what I want to ask you.
17:38And once again, we have this narrative being, you know, woven in in this controversy as well about how Marathis can do it right.
17:46You know, the South Indians in that way are not doing this right.
17:50They're, you know, messing around with the culture of Maharashtra.
17:52So, this narrative again is being brought in by Sanjay Gaikwad.
17:57Sanjay Gaikwad is bringing this narrative only to cover his mistake.
18:01What he has done is a violent act. He's trying to cover it.
18:05An individual who is running the canteen could be anybody.
18:08Yes, it's what the canteen has done or whatever the cooking department has done is wrong.
18:14They cannot serve stale food. But that does not mean it allows anybody to take law in their hands.
18:19There is a process, there is a system.
18:21The food and administration department is part of the Maharashtra government where this MLA belongs.
18:25All he has to do is give a written complaint or talk to the food and administration department.
18:29How can he take law in his hands?
18:31And the failure of the home department to book this person because it's been more than 24 hours this video is going on and nothing has been done.
18:40So, this man thinks he's invincible.
18:41That's right.
18:41He'll continue to do it brazenly.
18:43All right. We'd understand that the canteen owner would have been afraid to, in fact, register some sort of a complaint.
18:49But nothing that stops the administration from taking Suomoto action against him.
18:53I'm going to leave it at that for the moment.
18:54Thank you for joining in with your views.
18:57Listen in once again to how Sanjay Gaikwad is not only brazening it out.
19:02He's also given a divisive angle to this entire controversy.
19:07I'm going to leave it at that point.
19:37I'm going to leave it at that point.
20:07I'm going to leave it at that point.
20:37Lydia, what is the government doing about this entire situation?
20:41How are they explaining, shielding this MLA in question and also suspending the license of the canteen owner here who was at the receiving end, as we can see?
20:49Well, you know, technically, if you look at it, when a fault is found, then when a complaint is generally lodged, then this is exactly what the FDA generally does.
21:03You know, go on collecting samples, check the kitchen and the storerooms of any canteen or a restaurant.
21:10But the point that everyone is really asking is to why is it that this has only happened after this entire slapgate event?
21:17Why doesn't it happen when, say, an armed Mumbaiker actually complains to the FDA?
21:23Do they really take this kind of action even then?
21:25And if not, then why is this kind of an arbitrary action being taken now against this?
21:30Moreover, when we were speaking to a lot of people who were eating there yesterday, they said very clearly that the food was fine.
21:37And they eat there regularly over the years whenever there is a, you know, right now there is a budget session of the assembly going on.
21:43That's the reason many people from across Maharashtra come to Mumbai and eat at that very place because they come with their MLAs or to meet their MLAs.
21:51So, a lot of people do eat at that canteen, which is right next to the Mantralai, which is the administrative hub of this entire state of Maharashtra.
21:58But in spite of all these complaints, as Sanjay Gaikwad himself was saying that I have lodged many complaints, but they did nothing.
22:05So, FDA, does it not take action in other cases?
22:08Why did it not take action earlier?
22:10Because when we had spoken to the FDA officer yesterday, he said very clearly that in February and in April,
22:16hygiene test was done and, you know, certificates have been given to this particular eatery.
22:22Now that there has been a complaint, so they have taken this action.
22:26So, we really have to see exactly as to what this report really comes out, what does it say, you know.
22:31But then certainly the law against this fact that he has beaten up people, that's really not taking place.
22:37That's one question a lot of people are asking about as to why is there no FII.
22:41Now, the Mumbai police has very clearly said that they will not register an FII on their own.
22:46Until and unless someone from the canteen comes.
22:48Now, the people working at the canteen, the people who, the manager of the canteen,
22:52you know, they have very clearly said they do not want to press for this.
22:55They want to continue with their business.
22:56And they are just hoping that the, you know, the lab tests now that have been invoked
23:01and this entire procedure that has started, that really does not come against them
23:05and that the entire reports are fine and that they can start working at least after 14 days,
23:10you know, when the sysons can be renewed.
23:13You know, Vidya, I also want to ask you,
23:15this is a man who has been a habitual offender, isn't it?
23:18Sanjay Gaikwad has been in news for the wrong reasons in the past as well,
23:22including making some very serious and offensive statements
23:26against the now leader of the opposition in Lok Sabah Rahul Gandhi, isn't it?
23:31Yes, you know, this is certainly not.
23:37But, you know, as we have been speaking to his supporters as well,
23:40they said, well, this is the style of Shev Sena,
23:42this is the style of what they have learned from Eknar Shinne
23:46and the Deputy Chief Minister and the Bala Sahib Thakre.
23:49You know, these are the kind of rhetorics that we generally do see.
23:52But certainly it remains that every time this kind of incident,
23:55especially when a video really goes viral,
23:57Sanjay Gaikwad has always stood on that one ground
24:00that what he has done is right.
24:02So he's quite brazen about it.
24:04He's never apologised on any of his actions that we have seen.
24:08And this is probably what, you know, his supporters also,
24:11some of them did agree that he should not have beaten.
24:14But that some of them also gave this reason
24:17that, you know, what should a man do
24:19if he's given rotten food by a restaurant
24:21after working the entire day in Mantralaya.
24:23So there are people...
24:24So there are people who say such kind of,
24:29you know, supporters are there also.
24:33Vidya, be with us.
24:34This is coming back to you in a moment from now.
24:36In fact, we'll listen in once again
24:37to what Sanjay Gaikwad told you
24:39when you were asking him questions
24:40about what he did, why he did.
24:43License v. Suspend ho gaya.
24:47Carvai ho rye.
24:48Manager v. Suspend ho gaya.
24:50Manager v. Suspend ho gaya.
24:51Sabse pehli baat to aapke madhyam se
24:53joh maharashto gaya deish ko batae jarae kye
24:56eek kamadar ne eek waiter ko maharapit kaya
24:59to waiter ko market.
25:00Waiter nahi hai.
25:01Manager ko n maharapit.
25:02And I know that my way
25:04my way jantau ki mera tariqa galt tha
25:05lelikin manjil sa hi thi.
25:07Or maan rai ki tariqa galt tha.
25:09Bilkul.
25:10Mujhe kyunki 2-4.
25:11So, aap bolei ki nahi mai phir marunga
25:13agar eesitara kala dhya.
25:14Maai bolna hu.
25:15Aagar ko aisa karanga to mahi phir marunga.
25:17Yeh meh meh dhurao.
25:18Shetty, naami shetty yeh mehra
25:20mtlb mehra dhosa aisa nai
25:22ee ki kumma mehra iska dushman ho.
25:24Lekin usko bhi meneh kai war bataya raha
25:25aapke khani ke quality ba hii
25:27sudhar riye.
25:28Voh bhi mujhe puchta ta ki
25:29kaisa ra kaisa nahi.
25:31But, maa south ke logo ka
25:34joh tendency ashtak marashto ke prathiy rahi hai.
25:36Dekhiye, pure ladies bar, dance bar
25:38hamaray pure marashto ke jawan
25:39bachyokko kharapkanne ka kama
25:41hamaray marashto ke sanskurti kharapkanne ka kama
25:43yun logu nai kiya.
25:44Dance bar, ladies bar
25:45yeh to kai hamaray marashto ke sanskurti nai hii hai.
25:47Iske khilaap me to hamaray eknis shindir sahib nai bhi
25:49kari dance bar toori thay.
25:51Balas sahib nai, raas sahib nai
25:52sabi nai iske khilaap me marashto me kama kama kia hai.
25:55Aaj vohi prarurti lekar
25:56you know vidya continues to be with us.
26:13You know vidya this has been a common refrain of many of these
26:15political leaders, so called political leaders
26:19who are in fact
26:21hooligans really, you know
26:23nothing else, nothing less
26:25nothing more than hooligans
26:26that they keep saying that this is in the
26:29hate of maharashtra. This is in the
26:31interest of the people of maharashtra.
26:33You vandalize the toll plaza, you say they
26:35weren't doing their jobs, right?
26:37This is the tendency and this has always been a common
26:39refrain, isn't it?
26:44In fact, if you look at it
26:45it's across party line
26:47whether be it MNS, I mean remember
26:48June 29th we saw that incident of
26:51the trader being slapped.
26:53Since then, none of the
26:54you know MNS workers or even
26:56any of their leaders have apologized.
26:58In fact, they have gone on to say
27:00that you know if
27:01someone chose this kind of attitude
27:02against Marathi, they will do it more.
27:05So even
27:06recently at a toll plaza when there's
27:08hooliganism and vandalization that happened
27:11you know no one has actually
27:13apologized for what has been done.
27:15In fact, from this stage
27:17we did see Udav Thakri also say
27:19that you know if protecting
27:20Marathi, if we are called
27:23hooligans, we are hooligans.
27:24You know, this kind of narrative
27:26that has been set, especially now that we see
27:29an election now really coming ahead
27:31in the local body elections
27:32that will be happening across Maharashtra.
27:34This is the kind of narrative of violence
27:36and not apologizing for the violence
27:39is something that we'll probably see
27:41in the next couple of months more.
27:43They're getting in those details.
27:44I'm going to leave it at that for the moment
27:46but we are not losing sight of that big story
27:48that we are tracking.
27:48Sanjay Gaikwad there
27:50brazening it out
27:52now giving a divisive South India
27:54twist to this entire
27:56assault saga that we've seen
27:58play out in front of us
28:00to tell our viewers
28:01there's been zero action
28:02that has been taken against
28:03this so-called MLA.
28:05He's a member of the Legislative Assembly
28:08a legislator, a lawmaker
28:09and this is what he does.
28:11More news coming in
28:19and Shashi Tharoor, we are learning
28:21has attacked the Congress
28:22over emergency atrocities.
28:25Indra's emergency eroded freedom.
28:27Tharoor has hit out
28:29at Indra Gandhi's
28:30draconian emergency excesses.
28:33Today's India not like Indra's India.
28:36Must learn from dark chapter
28:37of emergency is what
28:39Shashi Tharoor has now
28:40controversially said
28:41yet another controversial statement.
28:43It has been made something
28:44that the Congress
28:45isn't going to be happy about.
28:48Alright, so this is not
28:50the first time that Tharoor
28:51has said anything
28:52which is going to be
28:52offending the Congress Party
28:53but this one
28:54has got to do with
28:56the position that
28:57the BJP has often taken
29:00against Indra Gandhi
29:02and against emergency.
29:03Tharoor has attacked
29:04the Congress Party
29:05over emergency atrocities.
29:07Talking about the fact
29:08that Indra's emergency
29:10which is Indra Gandhi
29:11the former Prime Minister's
29:13emergency imposition
29:14in the country
29:15eroded freedom
29:16is what he said.
29:18Slamming Indra Gandhi's
29:19draconian emergency
29:20excesses says
29:22today's India
29:23not like Indra's India.
29:26Must learn from the dark
29:27chapter of emergency
29:28says Shashi Tharoor.
29:30We'll be going across
29:31to my colleagues
29:32for more details
29:33on what has he said exactly
29:34and in what context.
29:36but he's clearly said
29:37something that is going
29:38to be offending
29:39the Congress Party
29:40once again.
29:41A string of comments
29:42that have been made
29:43in the past also
29:44with enough indication
29:46and more that he is
29:47leaning towards
29:48the Bharatiya Janata Party
29:49more specifically
29:50towards the Prime Minister.
29:51Modi praising him
29:53in the past
29:53this time around
29:55condemning emergency.
29:58I'm going to go
29:58straight across to
29:59Shibi Moll
30:00for more on that.
30:01Shibi,
30:01what has the Member
30:02of Parliament
30:03from Thiruvanthapuram
30:04he has said exactly
30:05in what context
30:07was he asked
30:08these questions
30:09you know
30:10put this into perspective.
30:12Well,
30:13Sneha has actually
30:14written an article
30:15with the headline
30:16that heeding the lessons
30:17of India's emergency
30:18on the occasion
30:19of the 50 years
30:20of the Indian emergency
30:22which was in force
30:23in 1975.
30:24You know,
30:24it's coming down heavily
30:26on what happened
30:27during the emergency
30:28the cruelty
30:29that took place
30:29during the emergency.
30:31He says that
30:31Prime Minister
30:32the then Prime Minister
30:33Indira Gandhi
30:33insisted that
30:34all these draconian
30:35measures were necessary
30:37and only a state
30:38of emergency
30:39could combat
30:40internal disorder
30:42and external threats
30:42and bring discipline
30:43and efficiency
30:44to a chaotic country.
30:45And then the next paragraph
30:46he goes on to say
30:47that
30:48you know
30:49in the quest
30:49for discipline
30:50and order
30:51what happened
30:53and what followed
30:53was unspeakable cruelty.
30:56He takes the examples
30:57of Sanjay Gandhi's
30:59vast extominion campaign
31:00and says that
31:01it all concentrated
31:03in the poor
31:04and rural areas
31:05and where violence
31:07and many other
31:08you know
31:08draconian measures
31:09were used
31:10to meet arbitrary targets.
31:11So he says
31:12very effectively
31:13very you know
31:14very clearly
31:15that about the cruelty
31:17that took place
31:17during the emergency period.
31:19We don't remember
31:20when was the last time
31:21we saw Congress MP
31:22coming out
31:23and expressing
31:24you know
31:25so openly
31:25about the qualities
31:26and whatever measures
31:28were imposed
31:28during the emergency period.
31:30The one of the other paragraphs
31:32that he
31:32in one of the other paragraphs
31:33he says that
31:34India of today
31:35is completely different
31:36from what it was
31:37in 1975.
31:38He says that
31:39we are today
31:39a more confident
31:40more prosperous
31:41and in many ways
31:42a more robust democracy.
31:44That's the main part here.
31:45And also
31:46but one line
31:47he says in the end
31:48is that
31:48but
31:49the lessons of emergency
31:50should be kept in mind.
31:52Though we have changed a lot
31:53though the country today
31:54is a robust democracy
31:55there are still
31:56you know
31:57measures that can change
31:59the whole thing.
32:00So people who walk
32:01who want democracy
32:02the democratic stalwarts
32:04should keep an eye
32:05on the situation
32:06in the country currently
32:07and not let this fade
32:09is what he says.
32:10So this definitely
32:11raises a lot of questions
32:12to the Congress leadership
32:14and also one more time
32:15raises questions
32:16between the Congress leadership
32:17as well as
32:18the Congress MP
32:19from Sirwantapuram
32:19Shashi Taro.
32:21Be with us.
32:22Coming back to you
32:23in a moment from now
32:23Moshmi also getting
32:24in more details.
32:26Moshmi this is going
32:27to hugely upset
32:28the Congress party
32:29given that now
32:30he's talking about
32:31today's India
32:32is not like Indira's India
32:34heading out
32:34at the former Prime Minister
32:35in a way
32:36talking about the excesses
32:37during emergency
32:38isn't it?
32:41You know
32:41the Congress would not
32:43fail to see
32:44the irony of it all
32:45where you know
32:46the Congress party
32:47is hammering in
32:48on the 11 years
32:49of emergency
32:50and Mr. Tharoor
32:52a Congress MP
32:53is you know
32:55talking about
32:561975
32:57and speaking
32:59about the excesses
33:00that you know
33:01Gandhi's son
33:02Sanjay Gandhi
33:03did and talked
33:04about how you know
33:05in terms of
33:06urban renewal
33:07or family planning
33:08the excesses
33:09were implemented
33:10and people
33:11being snatched away
33:12from their shelters
33:13and
33:14getting in a reaction
33:16also from Tom
33:17Vadakin
33:17of the Bharatiya
33:18Janta party
33:18Tom Vadakin
33:19what's your take
33:20on what Shashita Roor
33:21has said
33:21that this is not
33:23Indira's India
33:24an emergency
33:25eroded
33:25of freedom
33:26he's speaking
33:27about the excesses
33:28during emergency
33:29the fact of the matter
33:31is
33:32the Congress party
33:33itself had told
33:34its spokesmen
33:35at a given time
33:36not to defend
33:38the emergency
33:38but then
33:40under Rahul Gandhi's
33:42leadership
33:42it took a U-turn
33:44and the U-turn
33:46policy is to
33:47praise it
33:48that it is
33:49within the
33:50constitution
33:50and
33:52Sashita Roor
33:54has seen
33:55through all this
33:56and has an
33:57independent mind
33:58he has seen
33:59what actually
34:00happened
34:01and what
34:02continued to happen
34:03and
34:04this whole
34:05business
34:06that it was
34:06within the
34:07constitution
34:08that the
34:08emergency
34:09was asked
34:10and it
34:10was withdrawn
34:11and election
34:12was held
34:13as a whole
34:14voter
34:14the kind
34:15of things
34:15that happened
34:16during that
34:16period
34:17people have
34:18seen it
34:19and people
34:20have lived
34:20through it
34:21so the
34:21reality
34:22will dawn
34:23and at
34:24a given
34:24time
34:25these things
34:26cannot be
34:27you know
34:27put under
34:28the carpet
34:29so it is
34:30essential
34:30that people
34:31do know
34:32about it
34:32if Sashita
34:33Roor
34:33is doing
34:34it
34:34I think
34:35it is
34:36a realization
34:37which
34:38every
34:38congressman
34:39had
34:40and believes
34:41happened
34:42at that
34:42period
34:43all right
34:45what do
34:46you expect
34:46or what
34:47would you
34:47think
34:47that the
34:48congress
34:48would do
34:48given that
34:49these are
34:49statements
34:50you know
34:51made by
34:52Tharoor in
34:52the past
34:53as well
34:53and the
34:53very fact
34:54that he
34:55seems to
34:55be you
34:56know
34:56in perfect
34:57you know
34:58I would say
34:59in line
34:59with what
35:00the BJP
35:00has been
35:01saying
35:01also
35:01all this
35:02while as
35:02far as
35:03emergency
35:03is concerned
35:04and is
35:05leaning
35:05essentially
35:05towards the
35:06prime minister's
35:07policies
35:07his own
35:08policies
35:08this has
35:10nothing to
35:10do with
35:11the BJP
35:11this is
35:12an independent
35:13mind
35:13thinking
35:14has his
35:15own thinking
35:16and believes
35:17what he
35:19sees
35:19and he
35:20knows of
35:20the period
35:21these are
35:22people who
35:22have seen
35:23the time
35:24I have seen
35:25that time
35:26and I know
35:27what happened
35:27during that
35:28period
35:28so it
35:29essentially
35:30comes to
35:30the heart
35:31and you
35:32can't hide
35:32these facts
35:33if BJP
35:34has nothing
35:35to do
35:35with this
35:36or
35:36leaning
35:37to BJP's
35:38policy
35:39this is
35:39the ground
35:40reality
35:40every congressman
35:41knows it
35:42and what
35:43kind of
35:43suffering
35:44people went
35:45through
35:45and how
35:46many people
35:47went to
35:47jail
35:47lakhs of
35:48people
35:48colleges
35:49were raided
35:51and even
35:52classrooms
35:52were raided
35:53and they
35:53were arrested
35:54the entire
35:55country was
35:56converted
35:57into a
35:57jail
35:58democracy
35:59they scream
36:00about democracy
36:01being murdered
36:02democracy
36:03was murdered
36:04and slaughtered
36:05and there
36:05was no
36:06post-mortem
36:06done
36:06at that
36:07period
36:07today
36:08people are
36:09asking
36:09questions
36:10it's a
36:10deserving
36:11question
36:11and answers
36:13need to
36:13come from
36:14Rahul Gandhi
36:14and his
36:15mother
36:15Tom
36:17Wadakin
36:17I'm going to
36:17leave it at
36:18that for the
36:18moment
36:19you heard
36:19from the
36:20Bharatiya
36:20Jinta
36:20Party
36:21spokesperson
36:21Tom
36:22Wadakin
36:22talking about
36:23how the
36:24congress
36:24must have
36:25answers
36:25I'm going to
36:26go back
36:27to Moshmi
36:27for more
36:28details on
36:28that
36:29Moshmi
36:30of course
36:30we were
36:30talking about
36:31how the
36:31congress is
36:31going to
36:32be very
36:32upset
36:32about what
36:33has been
36:34said
36:34as far
36:35as
36:35Shashi
36:36Tharoor
36:36is concerned
36:36correct me
36:37if I'm
36:37wrong
36:37I don't
36:38think
36:38he's
36:38spoken
36:38about
36:39the
36:39emergency
36:40in the
36:40past
36:40like he
36:41has
36:41today
36:41isn't
36:42it
36:42see
36:44Sneha
36:44you know
36:45reporters
36:46are bound
36:46to read
36:47between
36:47the lines
36:48and if
36:48you see
36:48what
36:48Mr.
36:49Varka
36:49and
36:49who's
36:50an
36:50erstwhile
36:51congressman
36:52who's
36:52from
36:53Kerala
36:54the same
36:54state
36:55as
36:56if I
36:57am
36:57right
36:57as
36:58Mr.
36:58Tharoor
36:58immediately
36:59said
37:00that the
37:00BJP
37:01has
37:01nothing
37:01to do
37:02with
37:02it
37:02so
37:02the
37:03question
37:03really
37:03is
37:04with
37:04the
37:04continued
37:04widening
37:06of the
37:07differences
37:07between
37:08the
37:08party
37:08high
37:09command
37:09and
37:09Mr.
37:09Tharoor
37:10would the
37:11BJP
37:12really have
37:12to do
37:12anything
37:13with
37:14Mr.
37:14Tharoor
37:15or
37:15he's an
37:16asset
37:16for
37:16the
37:16BJP
37:17till
37:17he stays
37:18in the
37:18opposition
37:19camp
37:20targeting
37:20the
37:21opposition
37:21from
37:21within
37:22that's
37:23a matter
37:24of
37:24politics
37:25but
37:25yes
37:25if
37:26you
37:26look
37:26at
37:26the
37:27entire
37:27article
37:28that
37:28Mr.
37:28Tharoor
37:29has
37:29written
37:29it's
37:30a
37:30very
37:30skating
37:31article
37:31it's
37:32correct
37:32that
37:32the
37:32Congress
37:33is
37:33not
37:33defended
37:34and
37:35has
37:35apologized
37:36to an
37:36extent
37:37about
37:38the
37:38emergency
37:39in
37:391975
37:40not
37:40justified
37:41it
37:41but
37:42on
37:42the
37:42other
37:43hand
37:43rather
37:45than
37:45talk
37:46about
37:461975
37:47tried
37:48to
37:48redirect
37:49it
37:50to
37:50the
37:51current
37:51state
37:51of
37:51political
37:52state
37:52of
37:52affairs
37:53in
37:54the
37:54Modi
37:54government
37:55where
37:55the
37:55institutions
37:56are being
37:56compromised
37:57they say
37:58that
37:58this is
37:59an
37:59undeclared
38:00emergency
38:00and
38:01it
38:01definitely
38:02is
38:03the
38:03article
38:03is
38:04not
38:04on
38:04those
38:04lines
38:05because
38:05Mr.
38:06Tharoor
38:06just
38:06leaves
38:07that
38:07wider
38:07question
38:08that
38:08we
38:09should
38:10take
38:10lessons
38:10from
38:11the
38:11emergency
38:11of
38:121975
38:12no
38:13way
38:13talking
38:14about
38:14the
38:14present
38:15situation
38:15that's
38:15right
38:16he's
38:16written
38:16a
38:16whole
38:17in
38:17fact
38:18an
38:18article
38:18detailing
38:19on
38:19what
38:19he
38:20thought
38:20and
38:21about
38:21the
38:22emergency
38:22situation
38:23he's
38:23spoken
38:24about
38:24the
38:24role
38:24of
38:25the
38:25judiciary
38:25he's
38:26spoken
38:26about
38:27that
38:28this
38:28is
38:28a
38:28lesson
38:29that
38:29which
38:30perhaps
38:30is
38:30the
38:30most
38:31pertinent
38:31one
38:32in
38:32our
38:32current
38:32political
38:33climate
38:34and
38:34this
38:34comparison
38:35is
38:35something
38:35that
38:36is
38:36going
38:36to
38:36in
38:36fact
38:37get
38:37the
38:37Congress
38:37to
38:37see
38:38red
38:38isn't
38:38it
38:38not
38:39just
38:39condemning
38:40what
38:40happened
38:40then
38:40but
38:41the
38:41comparison
38:42to
38:42how
38:42things
38:43are
38:43so
38:43different
38:44today
38:44like
38:45you
38:45said
38:46Moshmi
38:46because
38:46the
38:47Congress
38:47has
38:47been
38:47saying
38:47okay
38:48we
38:48declared
38:48emergency
38:49was
38:49declared
38:50then
38:50as per
38:51the
38:51norms
38:51of
38:52the
38:52constitution
38:52but
38:53this
38:53is
38:53what's
38:53happening
38:54right
38:54now
38:54is
38:54undeclared
38:55emergency
38:56yeah
38:58you
38:58know
38:58if
38:59we
38:59go
39:00by
39:00the
39:00word
39:01and
39:01the
39:01paragraphing
39:02of
39:02the
39:02entire
39:02article
39:03Mr.
39:04Tharoor
39:04talks
39:05about
39:05the
39:05past
39:05and
39:06stops
39:06short
39:06about
39:07you
39:08know
39:08critiquing
39:08the
39:08present
39:09or
39:10talking
39:10about
39:11the
39:11current
39:11dispensation
39:12talking
39:13about
39:13you
39:14know
39:14the
39:14leaders
39:15it's
39:16more
39:16of
39:16an
39:16advice
39:17to
39:17Prime
39:17Minister
39:17Narendra
39:18Modi
39:18perhaps
39:19and
39:19that's
39:19also
39:19a
39:20very
39:20vague
39:20one
39:20a
39:21generic
39:21advice
39:21talking
39:22about
39:22take
39:23the
39:23lessons
39:23from
39:23emergency
39:24so
39:25you
39:25know
39:26being
39:26a
39:26member
39:27of
39:27the
39:27opposition
39:28party
39:28a
39:29congress
39:29MP
39:30you
39:30know
39:30somewhere
39:31Mr.
39:31Tharoor
39:32is acting
39:32on his
39:33own
39:33in terms
39:34of
39:34drawing
39:34inferences
39:35and
39:35comparisons
39:36between
39:37present
39:37state
39:38affairs
39:38and the
39:39past
39:39and
39:40this
39:40is
39:40completely
39:41divergent
39:42to the
39:43stand
39:43of the
39:44party
39:44yet
39:44again
39:44and
39:45he's
39:45done
39:45it
39:46again
39:46so
39:46one
39:46will
39:46have
39:46to
39:47wait
39:47and
39:47see
39:47how
39:48the
39:48party
39:48that's
39:49been
39:49you
39:50know
39:50just
39:50giving
39:51him
39:51the
39:51long
39:51rope
39:52I
39:52remember
39:52Mr.
39:53Karge
39:53last
39:53time
39:54saying
39:54Mr.
39:55Tharoor
39:55is good
39:55in
39:56English
39:56and
39:57that's
39:57why
39:58he's
39:58in
39:58the
39:58CWC
39:59so
39:59somewhere
39:59you know
40:00drawing
40:00that
40:00Rekha
40:01that
40:02Mr.
40:02Tharoor
40:02is
40:03constantly
40:04breaching
40:04that
40:04boundary
40:05but I
40:05don't
40:06think
40:06that
40:06they
40:06want
40:06to
40:07really
40:07pull
40:07that
40:07rope
40:08and
40:08leave
40:08it
40:08at
40:09that
40:09till
40:09Mr.
40:10Tharoor
40:10tries
40:11to find
40:11his
40:11own
40:12exit
40:12I
40:13still
40:13think
40:14that
40:14he's
40:14still
40:21seen
40:21in
40:21Delhi
40:22and
40:22the
40:22national
40:22capital
40:22region
40:23it's
40:24a
40:24shocker
40:24coming
40:25in
40:25on
40:25your
40:25screen
40:26take
40:26a
40:26look
40:26at
40:26these
40:26pictures
40:27caved
40:28in
40:28road
40:28swallows
40:29an
40:29entire
40:29truck
40:30in
40:30Gurugram
40:31after
40:32hours
40:33of
40:33rain
40:33a
40:33road
40:34has
40:34caved
40:34in
40:34where
40:35an
40:35entire
40:35truck
40:36has
40:36been
40:36swallowed
40:37as
40:37you
40:38can
40:38see
40:38in
40:38these
40:38pictures
40:39an
40:39accident
40:39that
40:39has
40:40taken
40:40place
40:40here
40:40civic
40:42apathy
40:43writ
40:43large
40:44here
40:44speaking
40:45volumes
40:46of
40:46absolute
40:47in
40:49fact
40:49of
40:49civic
40:50apathy
40:51but
40:51the
40:52fact
40:52that
40:52the
40:52infrastructure
40:53is
40:54crumbling
40:55in
40:55Gurugram
40:56one
40:57set
40:57of
40:57rains
40:58here
40:58in
40:59Delhi
40:59NCR
40:59region
40:59and
41:00this
41:00is
41:00how
41:00the
41:00road
41:01caves
41:01in
41:02I'm
41:02going
41:02to
41:02go
41:03straight
41:03across
41:03to
41:03Himanshu
41:04for
41:04more
41:05details
41:05Himanshu
41:06you
41:06can
41:06say
41:07construction
41:09quality
41:09suffer
41:10car
41:10raha
41:10hai
41:10kharaab
41:12hai
41:12or
41:12is
41:13liye
41:13truck
41:13milkur
41:14escaped
41:15in
41:15road
41:15me
41:16ghus
41:16gaya
41:16hai
41:29gener
41:32car
41:34car
41:34car
41:34car
41:42car
41:43car
41:44car
41:44car
41:45car
41:46If you look at the car, you can see that the car is in the middle, because the car is in the middle and the car is in the middle and the car is in the middle.
42:16this is the whole service road here.
42:18This whole truck is in the same place.
42:23And when I was watching this,
42:26I was watching this,
42:27but when I was telling you that,
42:30when I was in the truck,
42:33there was something that happened.
42:35Is everything together or something?
42:37Yes, exactly.
42:38Yes, exactly.
42:39No, no, no.
42:41So, when you started this truck,
42:44foreign
42:56foreign
43:00foreign
43:04foreign
43:08foreign
43:12foreign
43:40and as the next part came, the last part came here,
43:43the road started to die and after that, the road came out.
43:46With the road, this is the whole area of the road.
43:49Look, this is the middle, this is the middle part of the road.
43:53This is the middle part of the road, which is the middle part of the road.
43:56And after that, the call is called immediately.
43:59This road has been closed, this road has been closed.
44:05Himan Chumashra getting us those details.
44:06I'm going to thank you for the moment telling us about what has happened in Gurugram here,
44:11not too far away from Delhi City.
44:13This is the national capital region and we've seen several roads, in fact,
44:16cave in in the past and this is the latest one in these monsoons
44:20where the road, in fact, gave away completely with a truck now stuck in that,
44:27in fact, when the road gave away and it caved in essentially
44:30and the truck met with that accident there, this in Gurugram.
44:36So, we're going to look at the front of the road.
44:41So, here's the green part.
44:43So, we're going to go to the back of the road.
44:44So, let's go into the front of the road.
44:47And I'll put it in the east of the road.
44:50So, now we're going to take care of the road.
44:52So, at this road, I'm going to take care of the road.
44:57I'm going to get out of that road.
44:59So, this is definitely a few miles away when it comes up.
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