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Karnataka Cooperative Minister K N Rajanna has admitted that voter list irregularities took place during the Congress government’s tenure, including duplicate and fake entries, which went unchecked. His statement undercuts Rahul Gandhi’s recent allegations that the BJP committed voter theft in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Rajan cited cases such as one person voting in three places and over 16 names being added to a booth with only 15 residents, blaming the Election Commission but conceding Congress failed to object during the list’s drafting. The remarks sparked backlash within the state Congress, with complaints filed against him. Meanwhile, the Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer has served Rahul Gandhi a notice seeking proof for his voter fraud claims, even as examples of duplicate voter entries, including a 70-year-old listed twice, fuel questions over electoral integrity.
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00:00Welcome and Namaskara, another episode of SoSouth here in India today, I'm Nagarjun Dwakanath, bringing you all the top stories from southern part of India, and it's not just BJP versus Congress in Delhi, but today it's BJP versus Congress across the southern part of India.
00:27Joining me now are Sagai Raj from Bengaluru, Pramod Madhav from Chennai, Apoorwa Jai Chandran from Vijaywada, Abdul Bashir from Hyderabad, and Shibhimol from Trivendram. Let me go to Pramod. Pramod, what's happening in your state? Is it the same repeating in Chennai as well?
00:42Well, it surely is Nagarjun. We have support from the state of Tamil Nadu to Rahul Gandhi, and we also have certain controversial statements made by certain people, and also about a political twist between a father and a son, Nagarjun.
01:02Thank you, Pramod. Abdul Bashir, what's happening in Hyderabad? Is rain making the news, or some other news is making top headlines today?
01:09Well, today the weather seems a little calm in the city of Hyderabad. Well, the other news from Telangana is actor Rana Dagubati appears before the enforcement directorate as he was summoned in the elite online betting case that he was promoting, and now the investigation is ongoing.
01:32And the other story is that the BRS now slams the state government, that is Congress, for their financial borrowings in the first year, basing on a CAG report that was released. So, we'll get more details on this in the next move.
01:50Apoorwa Jai Chandran, what's making news? I'm told there's an India Today impact story.
01:54Well, that's right, Nagarjun. In fact, we have an India Today impact story here from the state of Andhra Pradesh, especially with respect to the stories we've been bringing out from the tribal regions of Allurusi-Taramaraju district.
02:10More so, from India Today impact stories, we also have shocking news coming in from the expected ZPTC by-elections that is all to be conducted in Puli-Vendula tomorrow.
02:22Remember, Puli-Vendula is former Andhra Pradesh Chiefs Minister and YSRCP Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy served there. So, high tensions in Puli-Vendula. More details ahead.
02:36Shibimol, what's making news in Kerala? Is it political or criminal stories?
02:45Oh, well, Nagarjun, it's the Congress and the left strengthening its allegations as far as the Trishul Lok Sabha seat is concerned.
02:51And also, we have an interesting case where a missing complaint has been filed against actor MP Suresh Gobi, alleging that he's missing in the constituency since the last two months.
03:01Thank you, Shibimol. And let's dive into, for the first story of the day, it's coming from Karnataka.
03:10D.K. Shivkumar, the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, dares the election commission to issue notice to Rahul Gandhi.
03:16D.K. Shivkumar asserts that there is no declaration or oath will be given by Rahul Gandhi and says,
03:21We have won the elections in a democratic way. D.K. Shivkumar says,
03:26Election Commission has no right to issue notice and hits out of the BJP over the voter fraud allegations.
03:32D.K. Shivkumar says,
04:02We have powers to give notice, we will give him notice. He doesn't have any powers to give us notice.
04:08D.K. Shivkumar says,
04:09Election Commission has asked for some clarifications, including some documental evidences.
04:29D.K. Shivkumar says,
04:30Joining me now is Sagai Raj for more updates.
04:44D.K. Shivkumar has challenged the election commission. What exactly has he said?
04:49Has he given an ultimatum to EC saying, take our affidavit or take our documents and verify it and then come back to us rather than don't hit out Rahul Gandhi?
04:57Absolutely, D.K. Shivkumar just spoke to us. He went out to say that we are not schoolboys for whatever the election commission will ask.
05:09We'll give an explanation for that. He says that we have given a representation.
05:14We have sought information accordingly and they have to reply with those information.
05:19And we have sought officially with a memorandum submitting to the election commission.
05:23And he has also categorically mentioned that Rahul Gandhi will not take oath of his office for this particular allegations that he has made.
05:31Instead, he has made everything open in public statement that he has made during a public rally.
05:37So, they continue to defend their leader and they say that the election commission have to respond for all those allegations that the Congress party has made.
05:49Well, thank you, Sagai Raj. Another story coming from Karnataka as well.
05:53Karnataka Cooperative Minister K. Rajana has heard another controversy by admitting voter list irregularities occurred during their own Congress rule and regime.
06:02And it went unchecked. This revelation clashes with the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's recent remarks of voter chori by the BJP in the 2024 recent Lok Sabha elections.
06:13Rajana claimed that the duplicate and fake entries were made, including one person allegedly voting in three places and over 16 names added to the local booth with just 15 residents.
06:23He blamed the election commission for the irregularities but admitted that the Congress failed to raise objections when the list were being drafted.
06:31His remarks have sparked backlash within the Congress in Karnataka and some Congress workers have filed complaints against him calling his statements damaging to the party as well as to the government.
06:42This comes amidst Rahul Gandhi's sharp criticism of the election commission for allegedly hiding evidence of the electoral fraud.
06:49The Karnataka chief electoral officer has issued a formal notice to Rahul Gandhi asking him to furnish documentary evidence for his allegations on the voter fraud.
07:01K. Rajana claimed that the Karnataka chief hoe-wilded gitudsee the election commission for the judicial charges are under the trial I am not going to the trial.
07:14When I talk to the Afghan, they're just telling me, and I'm just telling them, it's the truth.
07:19They're not telling me about me.
07:23If we're telling the actual actions that we're trying, that will take on me.
07:28I'm not trying to believe that.
07:31If we have a good idea, we're not going to publish the first voter list.
07:36If we publish an objection to the draft electoral rolls, we'll never do that.
07:40What do I do?
07:42They said, they say, he said, he wants to put the vote.
07:49And that is not a good answer.
07:53That is a good answer.
07:55If we publish an electoral roll draft, he will stand a little while.
08:00On his way, he will stand a little while.
08:05There are three people who have written a letter list, and they don't have an address, and they don't have a name, and they don't have a name, and they don't have a name.
08:24That means when I published these electoral roles in draft roles, my objective is to apply it.
08:32They say me and I will just accept my job.
08:35I shall assume that I have always taken the steps of the competition.
08:40The reason that I am not in the direction of the competition is to be convinced of the people who are doing it.
08:45I will just try to look at it and then I will just try to find the most important questions.
08:50What Rajana said...
08:54may not be wrong. Every voter has to be careful, not just one party or one leader or one person.
09:08The election commission should be more careful while doing the hotel list. They should see that any deletion should be done,
09:19only somebody is dead and there is a proof. The election commission will have to bring more transparency and work on that line.
09:29Rajana, cooperative minister has it out at his own party saying that all this hotel list done when their government was in power.
09:37He means to say congress government was in power when this hotel list has happened.
09:41We should not try to dig old things and what their government was doing when this hotel list was happened.
09:46So he is targeting his own government. Rajana is not targeting his own party or congress party.
09:53He has spelt out the truth. Today congress which has lost in last Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi is also desperate,
10:04congress is also desperate that they could not come to power at the centre. Now they are blaming the election commission for their failure.
10:12When Rahul Gandhi was here last week in Bangalore, after that protest Rahul Gandhi was supposed to meet election commission.
10:20Rather than doing that he ran back to Delhi. Why is that? Because they lack proofs.
10:25Mr. Rajana, the minister of congress government has made the right truth statement. I really welcome his statement, a sensible statement.
10:33making this kind of irresponsible statement. Making this kind of irresponsible statement is a shame.
10:38What he has clearly said, it's a shame, irresponsible statement what has been given by the Mr. Rahul Gandhi and Mr. Chief Minister Sidramaya,
10:46Deputy Chief Minister Mr. D.K. Shukumar. All these three people and many more leaders have made irresponsible statement.
10:53That is what he has clearly, Mr. Rajana himself has exposed this irresponsible Congress party.
11:00Now I will tell you about the story of Shukun Rani.
11:02He is a first time voter. He has been 70 years old. He has been 70 years old.
11:07He has done one time Form 6.
11:09He has done one time Form 6.
11:10He has done a few months later.
11:11He has done another time Form 6.
11:13He has done two times his name in the voter list.
11:16He has done a first time voter.
11:19He has done a first time voter.
11:21So what? Shukun Rani Ji has voted?
11:23I have been following.
11:26Or this SHukun Rani Ji alone.
11:30Why doesn't your supporters裝 livane?
11:32There are thousands of guys that escalate City and survive23 a day.
11:40This first election commission,
11:43he has also an electronic voter list report, CCTV footage.
11:48That Palpatine started looking –
11:52investigation, RTI
11:54and we have data.
11:57Brothers and sisters, it is true
11:58that in Hindustan
12:00election commission
12:02and BJP are
12:04getting the election jury.
12:12And breaking news, coming in,
12:14the deputy chief minister of Karnataka
12:16slammed his own cabinet minister
12:18K.N. Rajana for his remarks
12:19on the voter fraud allegations. Rajana
12:22had said that they didn't rule
12:24congress government, they were in government
12:26and why didn't they check back
12:28then the draft electoral list was given to
12:30the party. The party had to do
12:32their due checks. Now the deputy chief
12:34minister of Karnataka, D.K. Shubh Kumar
12:35has slammed Rajana saying the
12:38minister doesn't know what he's talking about.
12:39The chief minister and the government
12:41and the party would reply to
12:43Rajana's remarks. Party workers have
12:45already given a complaint against the
12:47minister K.N. Rajana for his remarks saying
12:49that he is causing embarrassment
12:51to the party, not just in Karnataka
12:53but nationwide because BJP has picked
12:55up Rajana's remarks and latched
12:57onto it. Now D.K. Shubh Kumar has
12:59slammed the minister in his cabinet saying
13:01the minister is not aware
13:03of what he's talking about. Rather than him speaking
13:05people should listen to the chief
13:07minister of Karnataka and him as the
13:09party president. D.K. Shubh Kumar stands
13:11by Rahul Gandhi's statements that voter fraud
13:13has happened in Mahadevpura
13:15constituency and the
13:17allegations that the congress is making
13:19and the congress allegations are
13:21valid is what D.K. Shubh Kumar is saying.
13:23Joining me now is Sagai Raj
13:25on this breaking news. Sagai
13:27D.K. Shubh Kumar has slammed his own
13:29minister in the cabinet. What's going on in Karnataka
13:31government?
13:45Sagai, if you could hear me
13:48what's happening within the Karnataka government
13:50that the deputy chief minister
13:51is slamming his own minister
13:54didn't the minister know what he was talking
13:55about when the leader of opposition came
13:57to Bengaluru. Data press conference held
13:59a protest. Data press conference in Delhi
14:01as well giving out the documents and the
14:04data. Why is that the congress
14:05minister talking against their own leader?
14:08S.K. Shubh Kumar
14:12Yeah, if you notice that K.N. Raj
14:14has went on to claim that
14:15their party was in power when
14:18all this voter mist was
14:20prepared. And he has also said that
14:22if you try to dig more down there
14:24may be more allegations which will come out
14:26and he has also questioned that why the
14:28government and why the party were keeping quiet
14:30all this while when the
14:32voter mist was made. Why we are even
14:34appraising this particular issue.
14:35Now reacting to it, the deputy
14:38chief minister and K.P.C.C.C.P.
14:39President D.K. Shukohar went on to say that
14:41he's making all false allegations
14:43and his party and
14:45chief minister will reply
14:47to all the false allegations
14:48made by K.N. Rajendra.
14:53Thank you, Sagai. And the next
14:55story coming in from Tamil Nadu. Rahul Gandhi
14:57has got support from his ally party
14:59DMK where the chief minister
15:01Stalin backs Rahul's photo fraud
15:03allegations. Stalin has said that
15:05election commission has become
15:06a poll-rigging commission and also
15:08has said calculated plot to steal
15:10people's mandate. While election
15:12commission has asked Rahul Gandhi
15:14sign the declaration or
15:16apologize and BJP has hit out at
15:18Rahul saying his claims are baseless
15:20and without evidence.
15:22Pramod is joining me now for more on
15:24this. Pramod, Rahul has got more
15:26support from his ally party. What is
15:28the chief minister saying?
15:29Well, Nagarjun, it's surely a
15:35bonhomie moment for Rahul Gandhi from
15:37the state of Tamil Nadu, especially
15:38DMK because the chief minister, just
15:40like you mentioned, he has excellent
15:42support. Imagine for the state of
15:44Tamil Nadu, especially for DMK
15:45government, chief minister MK Stalin
15:47has spoken against the deal
15:49limitation against a special intensive
15:50revision and with the same kind of
15:52angst, he is also opposing right now
15:55election commission with over this
15:57particular issue. In fact, he is
15:59calling the election commission as a
16:01poll rigging commission and election
16:03commission is in a way stealing the
16:05votes and this way the chief minister
16:07MK Stalin has extended his complete
16:09support to his brother Rahul Gandhi
16:12Nagarjun.
16:16Well, it's not the first time that the
16:17Congress is making allegations on the
16:20voter fraud in Bengaluru. Now, Venugopala
16:22has also spoken about Kerala. People are
16:24talking about UP. Now, is there any
16:26allegations that the Congress is making
16:28in Tamil Nadu? Has DMK also picked up
16:30any such data in Tamil Nadu? Are they
16:32looking at it or is Stalin just
16:34reiterating whatever Rahul said about
16:36Bangalore Central Lokseva Constancy?
16:41Well, for now, the chief ministers in
16:43Nolik are kind of like trips across the
16:45state. But one thing is very clear, Nauta,
16:46DMK will also go ahead and look into
16:49this matter very clearly because, sir,
16:50just like you mentioned earlier, it was
16:52a kind of issue already DMK opposing
16:54delimitation and SIR. But right now, this
16:57has become very big and chief minister
16:59MK Stalin completely supports and believes
17:01whatever allegations that have been
17:03placed by Rahul Gandhi, which means just
17:05like you are considering, there is high
17:07chance that DMK would also go ahead and
17:09look into this matter very clearly, Nagarjun.
17:11Thank you, Pramod. And the Tamil Nadu BJP has
17:20attacked the Congress Party as well as the
17:22DMK government over the support it has
17:25given for Rahul Gandhi's allegations.
17:27Former Tamil Nadu President Annamala has
17:30stated that did Rahul do voter fraud to
17:33win Vainad as well as he said, voter
17:35chori by Rahul to win Rai Barili in Lokseva.
17:38What is this that the Congress is alleging? Have they done the same
17:41in Vainad and Rai Barili? Is what
17:43K Arnamala is asking the former IPS as well as
17:46former Tamil Nadu president for BJP has hit out at
17:49the DMK government and the Tamil Nadu chief
17:51minister for giving support to Rahul Gandhi's
17:54allegations. Now, Tamil Nadu BJP has questioned
17:57Rahul Gandhi and has alleged that Rahul is only
17:59spreading fake news and asks him to apologize
18:02immediately and says that Stalin's foundation built on falsehood
18:07and false promises and Stalin and Rahul together are making
18:11false allegations is what critics from BJP are alleging against
18:16Stalin and Rahul Gandhi.
18:17The story is coming from the neighboring state of Kerala where Congress
18:33general secretary organization KC Wayne Gopal has made another allegations that
18:37vote chori charged in the Suresh Gopi's constituency, Tirshur. They
18:42alleys that Suresh Gopi won by manipulating the voter list. Congress alleges that
18:47Tirshur population grew by 2.5 times in five years and then say that the
18:52voter fraud has happened in Kerala's Tirshur Lok Sabak constituency. While EC has
18:58accused Rahul Gandhi of creating fake data and fake poll data, EC as election
19:03commission has said Rahul Gandhi is showing forged document and alleged Rahul of
19:09faking the poll data. Joining me now is our correspondent from Kerala and Trivendram
19:13Shibhimol. What exactly is KC Wayne Gopal is saying? Do they have
19:17a credible data like Bangalore Lok Sabak constituency or is it just in a proper
19:21research stage and is giving out information that something might have
19:25occurred in Tirshur also?
19:26Well Naka what KC Wayne Gopal is saying is that in Tirshur also this manipulation has taken
19:36place and you know the Congress has decided to conduct a detailed audit into the
19:40constituencies of Kerala focusing on Tirshur because it's a constituency where
19:44Congress not just lost the election but also finished third. So there was a massive
19:48difference in their votes. So where exactly did it go wrong is what the Congress is asking.
19:53They will look into it. In fact the left and the Congress are strengthening the allegations
19:57as far as the Tirshur Lok Sabha seat is concerned. There are many allegations that they raised
20:01when the elections were taking place. It's saying that there were many voters from various
20:05constituencies of Kerala especially neighbouring constituencies of Tirshur that were added
20:09to Tirshur voters list. Now the Congress in Kerala, their official page have also released
20:14a data which says that in 2019 the Tirshur seat saw an addition of 62,000 votes but when
20:21it came to 2024 there was 1,46,000 additional votes added to the voters list in Tirshur. So
20:26that's a huge difference is what they are pointing out saying that did the population in Tirshur
20:30suddenly explode because if it's about jobs and migration then it's mostly to cities like
20:34Trivandrum, Ernakulam and Kodikod. We see that surge but in Tirshur we don't see because
20:39there's no IT sector as such in Tirshur. So how did this population increase? They're
20:43also questioning the family of Suresh Gobi because they are settled in Tiruvandrum, they
20:48were voters in Tiruvandrum until the last 2024 Lok Sabha election when they took an apartment
20:53for rent and around 11 votes from his family also were registered in Tirshur but they no
20:58longer stay there. So this was all as part of manipulation is what the Congress and the
21:03left is strongly alleging. They were also hit out at the election commission saying that
21:07these complaints were registered during the elections itself but there was no action taken
21:11and suddenly when the election commission is asking that why didn't you all inform us
21:14earlier it's unfair is what the Congress and the left is saying. They are planning to strengthen
21:19this allegation in the coming days also. Interestingly we haven't heard anything from Suresh Gobi yet,
21:24any kind of response from him yet so probably we'll have to wait for the coming days to see
21:27if he's going to respond to this allegation because he's the first and the only MP for the BJP
21:32from the state of Kerala.
21:33Well thank you Shibimur for bringing those updates and now let's listen to what KC Venugopal,
21:41the Congress General Secretary Organization has spoken about this Tirshur Lok Sabha allegations.
21:45Shibimur for the Mr. Shibimur for the President, I think that the very top two months
22:00Mr. Shibimur for the President is paid for the Democratic Party. But the government has searched for the
22:05election sources and for the people who have been settled. We have already asked the President of the
22:13the government will begin with the crash as a result,
22:18if you do not consider the nouvelle place,
22:20the 경우에는 should be the best for the Sureshubbe,
22:22which means that we are all aware of the results of the crash,
22:27I am going to sue the first thing,
22:28I am going to sue the Congress,
22:30and that came after the coronavirus,
22:34we now started to sue the auditing,
22:37it was open to theisée,
22:40If you don't want to, don't want to, don't want to, don't want to.
23:10The police were calling them baseless.
23:13They demanded an immediate end to such propaganda.
23:17While this was happening, the security was tightened and police were deployed around the Deputy Commissioner's office in Dharmat district.
23:24Joining me now with Sagai Raj for more updates on this.
23:29Sagai, tell us what's happening in Dharmatala and now people have protested in Dharmat district.
23:34Is it just one district or people are protesting in Mangalore, Dharmat as well as in other districts?
23:39What's the update in Dharmatala issue?
23:46If you notice that last week there was protest in Dharmatala itself where supporters of temple administration came out and protested against the media reporting on Dharmatala.
23:56And today if you notice that it has gone to Dharmat, where people are coming out in support of temple administration,
24:02alleging that people are trying to tarnish the image of Dharmatala and the God.
24:08And they have also said that the permission which has been granted for SIT for exhibition process should be withdrawn.
24:14And all this reporting on Dharmatala should be stopped immediately.
24:18And they feel that it is hurting the sentiment of Hindu community when it comes to this investigation which is happening in Dharmatala.
24:25Well, thank you Pramod. Now I am handing it over to Pramod Madhav from Chennai for more updates from Tamil Nadu.
24:35Over to you Pramod.
24:36Thank you Nagarjun. It's a very important case that's happening in the state of Tamil Nadu right now considering we have the elections for 2026.
24:50And as you know, there are leaders who come and go and there are leaders who stick to the hearts of the people for a very long time.
24:57And such we have in Tamil Nadu quite a few handful leaders like that.
25:00And what happened right now is one leader from the party VCK made comments about such leaders and that has turned out to be an issue.
25:09Tol Tirumavallavan, the leader of Vidarang Chintagal Kachi, while speaking about Karnanadi during his Memorial Day, on his Memorial Day went ahead and spoke about MGR, about the legendary fight MGR and Karnanadi had.
25:23And he went ahead and said that MGR did hate politics, sowed the seed of hate politics against Karnanadi.
25:29But Tol Tirumavallavan did not stop with that.
25:32He went ahead and said that MGR paved the way for Brahminism to enter or penetrate Dravidian party.
25:40That is something completely opposite because Dravidianism is in a way completely against Brahminism.
25:46And he also went ahead and said that MGR is a reason a Brahminic woman was able to lead a party that is AIDMK indirectly talking about Jainalata.
25:56This did not go well with AIDMK and in fact, the General Secretary of the party, Eda Padike Paraniswamy, very clearly stated that Tol Tirumavallavan do not have the standard to speak about MGR.
26:08And he said that MGR still remains a god in the hearts of the people.
26:12And APS Eda Padike Paraniswamy also stated that if Tol Tirumavallavan makes such comments, he will vanish from politics.
26:20Here's what the leaders had to say.
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30:17Well, Patali Makal Kachi is a party in the state of Tamil Nadu
30:46which is of importance and prominence because they are based on a community called as Varnia
30:50who make up to 20% of the Tamil community and it is very important when it comes to elections
30:56to know about the place of Patali Makal Kachi.
30:59But for the past two years, there has been an issue that was brewing within the party
31:04between the father who is the founder of the party, Ramadas, and his son, Anbamani, who is the current president.
31:11In fact, for the past two years, there have been several allegations made by Ramadas' team
31:16against Anbamani of one even went over the board claiming that Anbamani's team
31:22has reportedly placed a kind of listening device inside Ramadas' residence
31:27and that turned out to be extremely ugly.
31:29But after two months, now Anbamani has come forward and he has broken the silence.
31:35Anbamani says that he hasn't slept for a very long time, wondering how did this happen,
31:41why such a gap has come back, come between his father and himself.
31:46Anbamani says, in a way, Anbamani is blaming DMK for this issue,
31:51but at the same time, he also says that after being chosen one more year
31:55as the president of PMK, that a chair, a father of the party for Ramadas,
32:01that chair will be always empty and he claims that sometimes God becomes angry
32:07and ritually, we perform a lot of rituals to appease that God.
32:11And here, he claims that even though his father, like, you know,
32:15he has gone ahead and spoken nearly 40 times to his father over the issue,
32:19just like many mentioned, to resolve it, the father would listen to Anbamani,
32:24but in between, just like he claims, that even if the God want to give a wish,
32:29you know, fulfill a wish, the priests would stop it.
32:32There are some people, kind of like priests, who are blocking it
32:36and they are responsible for all the issue.
32:40Here's what Anbamani had to say.
32:41I said,
33:02I never did that, but I thought.
33:03Come in and say,
33:04I'm not talking, sometimes I don't know.
33:06I'm talking to a person too.
33:08I speak to a person.
33:09But then I'm talking to a person.
33:10That's why I talk.
33:11I never'm talking to a person.
33:13I was talking to a person even more than 40, and I'm talking to a person.
33:14But he didn't talk to a person.
33:15I was talking to a person.
33:16At that time, he was saying,
33:18And I didn't say,
33:19Because he said,
33:21He was telling us,
33:21Now I told his people,
33:24He was in the district.
33:25I didn't say this.
33:27I don't say him.
33:28Instead of him,
33:29And what is up with this online betting case and Rana Dagupadi, over to Abdul Bashir for more info on this.
33:59Thank you, Pramod. Well, in a major development in the online betting app case, Rana Dagupadi appears before the enforcement direct rate in the online betting app case.
34:10Alleging, you know, this allegations of promoting online betting apps has been there on celebrities. There are four celebrities on whole. 29 celebrities, including YouTubers, influential personalities, have been summoned by the enforcement direct rate, among which stand Rana Dagupadi, Vijay Devrakonda, Prakash Raj and Manchu Lakshmi.
34:30Where now, Prakash Raj and Vijay Devrakonda had recently appeared before the ED, providing details about how they are named in this online betting app case.
34:41Where in Prakash Raj, who was seen in a Jungle Rami video, as everybody has seen. Now, here, the enforcement direct rate had questioned him regarding his appearance, to which he has replied.
34:51And after the investigation, he has stated that in hand sports, he is not going to take part or promote any illegal betting app.
34:57Now, Vijay Devrakonda, after he appeared before the enforcement direct rate, he had clearly mentioned that his name, why his name has come up in this particular investigation is not known to the agencies as well.
35:08But he has provided clarification about online gaming apps and online betting apps, where he has not taken or promoted any online betting app.
35:16But yes, he has promoted online gaming apps, but what, you know, exactly has happened is that Vijay Devrakonda has clarified that, you know, online gaming apps are licensed.
35:29They pay GST, TDS and they are completely legal, which also sponsors several national and international games.
35:36And he is, you know, clear, he has provided the clarification pertaining documents have been given.
35:42And further investigation into these two, you know, celebrities is ongoing, wherein Vijay, you know, Rana Dagupati had appeared before the enforcement direct rate today at around 11 a.m., where the questioning is right now ongoing.
35:55And he is seen participating in a Jungle Rami app.
35:58Now, here, he is said to provide crucial information as to his involvement in this particular alleged promotion of illegal betting app case.
36:06And the enforcement direct rate is said to record a statement.
36:11Now, further details into this investigation are yet to be known.
36:16Well, the next story about the BRS and Congress, you know, politics over the CAG report,
36:22wherein BRS working president and former minister has cited serious concerns over the CAG report,
36:30which mentions that Telangana government is now going towards a debt trap.
36:34Now, in the first quarter, that is from April, May and June of 2025,
36:40the government has borrowed 20,266 crores, that is 37.5 percent of the, you know, annual income of open market.
36:50Now, here, this is the serious concern that has been flagged by BRS working president, KTR.
36:56Well, the next story comes from Andhra Pradesh.
36:59Apoorwa J. Chandran gets us more.
37:11Thanks, Abdul.
37:12Well, now we are in for a treat.
37:14We have India today, in fact, that has come in from the state of Andhra Pradesh.
37:18Good news for the children of Aluri-Sitara Maraju district, especially those in the tribal Hamlet region.
37:25After Andhra Pradesh, education minister approves over rupees 45.02 crores worth of money
37:32for development of schools in remote areas in Aluri-Sitara Maraju district.
37:39This, you know, this comes just after India today had been covering several remote areas
37:46inaccessible by either roads or even proper vehicles there to these regions where, you know,
37:53forget about basic necessities like Anganwadi or even a medical center there.
37:59Even some basic necessities such as schools were, in fact, found in deplorable conditions out there.
38:04Following reports that we have put out over the last couple of episodes here on SoSouth,
38:10Andhra Pradesh, IT minister and education minister there, Nara Lokesh, has now put out a geo,
38:16issued a geo there, wherein this geo is roughly worth over rupees 45.02 crores.
38:23And this geo has been issued for implementing and construction of schools and educational institutions
38:30in Aluri-Sitara Maraju district, one of the corner-most districts and remote areas in Uttara Andhra Pradesh,
38:36the northernmost part of Andhra as well.
38:39Several tribal hamlets have also been known to be living that decade after decade with conditions deplorable
38:45such that there is not even proper transportation to that area.
38:49With the geo that has now been passed, definitely, hopefully, good news awaits for those tribal children.
38:56Following this, we also have an update coming in from the YSRCP there regarding the ZPTC elections
39:05that is scheduled to take place tomorrow in Puli Vendula and Ontimita there in YSR Karpa district.
39:11In fact, YSJaghan Mohanbretti has also talked on this, stating that there are possible instances of violations
39:22that might occur tomorrow.
39:23But more on this later on.
39:25Now, moving on to the state of Kerala, my colleague Shibhi Moll will get you more details.
39:30Over to you, Shibhi.
39:38Thank you, Apoorva.
39:39Now, interestingly, in a turn of events, a complaint, a missing complaint has been filed against MP and Union Minister Suresh Gobi
39:47alleging that he has been missing from the constituency of Trishur since the last two months.
39:52Now, the missing complaint was filed with the Trishur East District Police by the KSU District President Gokul Gurwai.
39:58Now, KSU is the Kerala Students' Union, which is a student wing of the Congress Party in Kerala.
40:02They are saying that ever since the attack took place on two nuns in Chathisgarh,
40:06Suresh Gobi has been missing from the scene and including when people like mayor and state ministers tried to contact him,
40:13he has been absent.
40:14He has not been responding to those messages and calls is what the KSU has said.
40:18They are saying that it is a symbolic protest and they are planning to take this protest in the coming days.
40:22Now, remember, Trishur is a constituency that has considerable Christian population
40:26and in the last Lok Sabha election, the community came out supporting Suresh Gobi,
40:31which many people, at least the Congress and the left believes, led to his victory in Trishur.
40:36Let's listen in to Gokul Gurwai, what he had to say about this missing complaint that he filed.
40:40Trishur is a member of the Congress Party in Kerala, which is a member of the Congress Party in Kerala.
41:10Well, interestingly, you know, there are many issues in the state relating to Suresh Gobi,
41:21but we haven't heard from him yet on any of the issues.
41:24Hopefully, in the coming days, we'll get to hear from the Union Minister and Trishur MP Suresh Gobi.
41:28That's all we have from this segment. Back to you, Nagarjan.
41:30Well, thank you, Shibi. And with that, we come to the end of today's episode of Suresh South.
41:37And tomorrow, once again, we'll get you more news from southern part of India.
41:41Keep watching India today for more updates.
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