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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin participated in the Congress's Voters’ Adhikar Yatra in Bihar, joining Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, and Tejaswi Yadav.
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00:00Hello and welcome. Good evening. You're watching Super 6 here on India Today. I'm Akshita Nanda Gopal here, wishing all of you a very, very happy Ganesh Chaturthi.
00:09What do we have lined up for you over the next 60 minutes? Well, we will be getting a quick check of the top stories coming in from the southern states.
00:16And our focus this evening is on those images that came in today of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin, campaigning all the way in Bihar.
00:26Stalin was speaking also at this rally. This was, of course, the Congress's vote-chory campaign that they've been going forward with.
00:33So, in Bihar, Chief Minister Stalin addressed a rally in Tamil. So, there are a lot of questions about why really Stalin has been roped in for the Congress and the India bloc's campaign in Bihar.
00:45What does he really bring to, in fact, the opposition's campaign in Bihar?
00:51We'll be talking about that, but also the fact that the BJP has raked up a series of comments made by Chief Minister Stalin and the DMK against the state of Bihar.
01:01Also coming up on the show, those images you see on your screens of a fan who tried to get close to the superstar Neta Vijay last week in his rally in Madure was thrown off by a bouncer, resulting in grievous injuries.
01:15He's now filed a complaint against Vijay, questioning why he was treated in that manner.
01:21Is Vijay really an armed Admi, Neta, if he has bouncers all around him that people who want to meet him have no chance whatsoever, instead are thrown aside in the manner that you see on your screens?
01:32Those two stories and a lot more coming your way. Let's begin with the headlines.
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02:33Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin joins Rahul in Bihar rally and speaks in Tamil.
02:38After BJP attacks says Stalin previously spoke ill of Biharis, has he forgotten his Bihar hate?
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03:14So the Congress in the last few days has been ensuring that they have this massive show of strength to show unity in their fight against the Election Commission.
03:31Raising in fact their charge of vote churi repeatedly.
03:34And in the last many days we have seen leaders, interestingly all from the South, making their way to Bihar to be a part of Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi's campaign.
03:43And today it was MK Stalin who was sharing the stage with Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and Tejasvi Yadav.
03:49It was a rather stark image because, mind you, the Dravidu Munetra Karagam has previously several times made comments against the state of Bihar, against Biharis.
04:01Referring to them as people who aren't as sophisticated as the people of Tamil Nadu.
04:07Interestingly, Chief Minister Stalin in Bihar too, in a rally, spoke in Tamil to the people of Bihar.
04:13Let's get your details first in our report on some of the highlights of that campaign.
04:17It took place in Darbanga of Bihar.
04:19A big entry in Rahul Gandhi's Bihar campaign.
04:26Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, MK Stalin and DMK MP, Kani Mui, joined Rahul, Priyanka and Tejasvi on the campaign trail.
04:41Stalin also addressed a gathering in Tamil.
04:44His speech translated into Hindi.
04:46Stalin repeated Rahul's vote-chori charge and reminded Bihar about Karuna Nidhi-Lalu connection.
04:53That's right.
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05:01Each fund, I have called a
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05:08If you listen to me, my dafür is a government.
05:12If you listen to us, we don't have one.
05:13Sorry.
05:14BJP questioned the presence of Stalin in Bihar poll campaign to back Congress, reminding
05:30his past wabs at Hindi and Bihar, posting a video of alleged anti-Bihar hateful remarks
05:36by Stalin and a handful of DMK netas.
05:39The Safran party reminded Stalin that his party had called Biharis less intelligent and blamed
05:46them for job loss in Tamil Nadu.
06:09BJP also slammed Telangana Chief Minister Rewanth Reddy for his Bihar DNA jibe at his political
06:18opponents.
06:25The DMK hit back, calling it a non-issue by BJP, and claimed that the
06:55Safran party insulted a Tamilian in Odisha by questioning his credentials to run a state.
07:02What did the BJP, what kind of an advertisement did they release?
07:06They made advertisements making derogatory accusations against Tamilians.
07:12Mr Modi asked, oh, how can a Tamilian rule Odisha?
07:15And shamelessly he is coming to the state of Tamil Nadu and seeking votes.
07:19This is the duplicity, this is the hypocrisy of the BJP.
07:22With the North-South issue in the spotlight, will it become a flashpoint in the Hindi heartland?
07:29With Pramod Madhav, Anagar Keshav and Karan Singh, Bureau Report, India Today.
07:36Okay, let's take this across to our reporters.
07:41We've got Moshami Singh, who's been tracking this particular rally being led by Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi.
07:48She's joining us live from Sita Madi in Bihar.
07:50We have Pramod Madhav joining us live from Chennai.
07:52Moshami, I'd like to begin with you on the messaging involved here by the Congress.
07:56What we've been seeing is, of course, a show of strength.
07:59But interestingly, most of these shows of strength, it's been leaders from the South who've been a part of a Bihar campaign.
08:06Right, so, you know, there's a common thread that perhaps the RGD, the Congress combined, think would be amplified by calling M.K. Stalin.
08:21Perhaps the message of social justice is what the entire opposition has been harping on.
08:29And if you see what Mr. Stalin said, and the thanksgiving by Mr. Tejasvi and Rahul Gandhi, that also underlined that factor of social justice that has corrected the DMK patriarch, Lalu Prasad Yadav, and all the activists who have fought for social justice.
08:54And Bihar, per se, they say is the mother of, the genesis of democracy in India, was from Bihar.
09:03And that's one reason that, you know, we've seen, despite the fact that, you know, the vote-chori echo was right there, but Rahul Gandhi and Tejasvi Yadav left no stone unturned to send out a message of a united opposition by putting Mr. Stalin right at the center stage.
09:28Even while they were, the cavalcade was going on, Mr. Stalin was in the center, Tejasvi and Rahul were on the right and the left-hand side.
09:37So, clearly, you know, perhaps a united opposition fighting for social justice and change is the message they want to send out.
09:45Okay, Pramod Madhav is joining us live from Chennai also to kind of decode for us what the DMK is thinking is here, Pramod.
09:51Because we've seen repeatedly how the Dravidar Munetra Karagam has, you know, lashed out of what they call the north mentality at the people of Uttar Pradesh, people of Bihar.
10:01It's even been a pole issue in Tamil Nadu.
10:04So, the messaging is stark here when you have Chief Minister Stalin then in Bihar.
10:08Well, it surely is, Akshita, just like Mausami mentioned, it was that particular vehicle which was carrying Rahul Gandhi, Tejasvi, Priyanka Gandhi and Kani Modi along with the Chief Minister MK Stalin where he claims in the speech in particular which he made today,
10:24he wanted to make it very clear that Bihar has been the land that has made dictators bow down.
10:29So, that was a cryptic message the Chief Minister had already given and he said that this particular unity between Tejasvi and Rahul Gandhi has come together for the future of India.
10:38The victory in Bihar would be the first victory for India alliance in the future passage as well.
10:45So, that way the Chief Minister made his comments over there.
10:47But the CM MK Stalin wanted to make it very clear that this is a very important election and he also is predicting that Tejasvi, Surya and Rahul Gandhi's, you know, being one together as brothers, victory is for sure.
10:58And that's the reason BJP, he claims, is trying back channel and back door kind of like works and he calls that is the reason behind vote showery.
11:06CM Stalin also appreciated Rahul Gandhi claiming that Rahul Gandhi has become the lawyer currently and he will deliver justice, Akshita.
11:14Well, it either way made for a very, very interesting headline to see Chief Minister Stalin speaking in Tamil in Darbanga of Bihar.
11:22But thank you very much Pramoda and Moshmi for joining us with all of those updates.
11:26Let me open this up. Joining us here on India Today on this broadcast is Mr. Mohan Kumar Mangalam, National Spokesperson of the Congress.
11:33We have Zayed Zafar Islam, National Spokesperson of the BJP and Dhani Dharan of the Dravidar Munitra Karagam.
11:39Thank you all very much for your time. I'd like to start with you, Dhani Dharan, on Mr. Stalin's participation in that rally.
11:46Yes, I know it was a show of strength, a message of unity.
11:48But surely, and I'm sure you've seen the kind of comments that the BJP's put out when they refer to old videos of DMK leaders mocking the people of Bihar.
12:01See, DMK as a party has never been against any religion or any language or any people for that matter.
12:08It is only the BJP that has been creating a foul perception.
12:11Right, when DMK says we do not want imposition of any language, the case being Hindi, then the perception created is that we are against Hindi.
12:20And we have called Hindi this, we have called Hindi that.
12:22So in Tamil, there is a saying...
12:24No, what is language? Panipuri sellers, toilet cleaners.
12:28You know, that's not language. That is actually where you're questioning some, you know, a group of people.
12:32You're doing that. Those are comments that have been made.
12:35I'll tell you this. Go ahead. I'm coming to that.
12:40Sure.
12:40In Tamil, there's a saying it's called Vantare Valavekham Bhumi, which means that anyone who can come here and embrace and live well.
12:47So that's why if you go to anywhere in Tamil Nadu, Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, you find people from all over India, from Bengal, from Uttar Pradesh, from Bihar, from Rajasthan, from even Sindh.
12:57They all are flourishing. They are integrated into the Tamil society and culture.
13:01You're from Tamil Nadu and you know it. I think that is what the DMK has also stood for.
13:05Even during the migrant crisis, which was created by the BJP in Tamil Nadu, because the police handled it really well, we identified that it was the BJP IT being in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, who spread fake videos, videos of some mishaps in Nigeria, mishaps of Karnata Governors ruled by BJP, here and then created a false sense of fear.
13:28So the intent of the BJP is very clear to show that DMK is against North Indian workers, DMK is against this, DMK is against that.
13:35But the fact is, some of these metaphors, not spoken by my leader or by myself or the other spokespersons,
13:41but in a stage by certain people of the party, is also that the metaphor is that the language of white-collar jobs, even in Uttar Pradesh, is English and language of blue-collar jobs, even in Uttar Pradesh, right, is Hindi.
13:56That's all. That was the metaphor made here.
13:59Okay, I'm going to let our viewers decide.
14:00Before I bring in Mohan Kumar Mangalam, Danitaran, just stay with me.
14:05I want our viewers to decide.
14:07These are a series of old statements by the Dravidar Munetra Karagam, all put out currently by the BJP, to question Mr. Stalin's visit to Bihar.
14:16Listen in to some of these statements and then I'll bring in Mr. Kumar Mangalam.
14:19So, these are, in fact, statements by DMK leaders, which the BJP has put out today.
14:28You've got one statement by Chief Minister Stalin, where essentially he's criticizing who he refers to as Hindi-speaking Biharis.
14:36And then there's the likes of Dayanadi Maran, which many would have deemed extremely controversial.
14:41But let's play those out for you.
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16:13You are saying that not too far.
16:16We are and we are in that time.
16:20I say that you are telling the truth of how long those are.
16:26You have to find someone else.
16:29You are telling them all.
16:31So those were some of the bites. Mohan Kumaramangalam of the Congress is also with us. Mr. Kumaramangalam, we played out those. Then I'll come to you. Let Mohan Kumaramangalam make his opening comments, please.
16:47These are some of the statements made. And look, if we look at some of those extremely controversial, the likes of what Mr. Maran said when he says, you know, cuckoos cleaners, we know what that means.
16:57Of course, he's saying toilet cleaners. So you're branding them a certain way. And we've seen these kind of politics before.
17:02Is this something that the Congress is OK with, especially since right now you've got Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi campaigning there with Mr. Stalin in Bihar?
17:10Akshita, first, let me wish you and all your viewers and my fellow panelists a very happy Ganesh Chaturthi.
17:18Thank you very much.
17:19Let me start by saying that context matters in pretty much every one of those bites that you put out there.
17:26Some of the things are not, you know, are not forgivable by any measure.
17:30I don't think any profession should be treated lesser than any other profession.
17:34And there is a point Mr. Maran's making, though, which is well taken, that English is very much the language of social mobility.
17:42And the context in which he was saying this is when there was widespread information being spread by the BJP in Tamil Nadu that if you don't learn Hindi, you cannot move to the next level.
17:53You can't do business anywhere in India. And therefore, Hindi is really the language of social mobility.
17:56In offering that contrast, he might have put down some professions versus the other, which is, you know, I would say is probably not the right way for him to have done that.
18:06The chief minister himself was making a larger point.
18:08And it was a political point when he said that the BJP is trying to get more and more Hindi speakers to take up local jobs.
18:15And that causes a problem. You are trying to effect demographic change for your own political board bank.
18:19So I don't think he's disparaging anyone anywhere there as far as and I'll take up on what Dhani Dharan said and expand on that a little bit.
18:27When we talk about the issues that occurred about two years ago, where BJP spokespersons in UB and Bihar spread awful rumors about, you know,
18:37Biharis being targeted and killed in places like Tirpur, where there are a large number of Bihari migrants that you'd find it interesting to know came as workers.
18:45And some of them actually now live in Tamil Nadu as entrepreneurs. They have started their own businesses.
18:51So they've become very much part of the fabric in Tamil Nadu.
18:54And it was then I remember that the chief minister said to Nidish Kumar, who was the chief minister in Bihar then, that Bihari workers are our workers.
19:03You don't have to worry about them. We're going to treat them and take care of them like they're one of our own.
19:09So it's that spirit that matters more than any of the stray comments or any of the comments that are being taken out of context.
19:15And being presented by the BJP. Tamil Nadu has always treated all its migrant workers as its own.
19:22And many of them, as I'm saying now, are moved from becoming workers to entrepreneurs.
19:26What more proof do we need that Biharis or people from UP or Haryana or anywhere are doing well in Tamil Nadu?
19:34Okay. Saeed Zafar Islam, your opening comments. You know, the Congress DMK is maintaining that a lot of these statements are being taken completely out of context.
19:43Tamil Nadu, at the end of the day, is extremely welcoming to anyone from any state.
19:47That's not true. They have a special hatred for Hindi and more particularly Hindi-speaking people.
19:58They have not expressed once or twice. All the time they are expressing and they have been extremely vocal.
20:05Extremely vocal about their dislikes about Hindi and Hindi-speaking people and more particularly about Bihar.
20:11People coming from Bihar. They have made derogatory statements against them.
20:16They have always played a nasty game against the Bihari migrants, laborers.
20:23They have always put them down. They have always ridiculed them.
20:26They have always made a statement which is definitely hurting their emotions, sentiments, everything.
20:32And they do it for political gains, for political purposes.
20:37But today when he was in Bihar, he was praising Biharis and people of Bihar and the land of Bihar as a land where a lot of things has happened in the politics.
20:52These are all mockery of democracy, what these people keep doing that.
20:59Because they do not believe in democracy. They only believe in autocracy.
21:03That's why in Chennai, they behave like they have their own freedom in Tamil Nadu.
21:10But this doesn't work in Bihar and this will not work in Bihar.
21:13Whether he goes with Rahul Gandhi or whether he goes with Tejasvi Adho, none will appeal to people.
21:20Because people of Bihar knows that there is only one political party and there is only set of political parties comprising of parties from Bihar.
21:32No, but Zafar Islam, Zafar Islam, away from really the messaging that you are referring to.
21:37Look, the Congress is ensuring a message where the country, they are saying the political parties across the country are coming together to question the election commission.
21:46A vote-chori charge that Rahul Gandhi has been raising.
21:49And that's the focus really.
21:50The fact that you have representatives from different political parties, chief ministers from different states joining the campaign.
21:55No, but he is also making similar kind of a statement, just echoing their sentiments purely because they are part of their partners in crime.
22:10And that's why they are making this kind of a statement.
22:12When they lose, they hold EVM responsible.
22:16Now they have made enough number of statements.
22:19ECI had invited them to show where the loophole in EVM.
22:23They couldn't do that.
22:24They didn't show up.
22:25So, now they have thought that EVM cannot be blamed, let's blame ECI.
22:29But ECI has asked them to give an affidavit and everything will be shown to you in black and white.
22:36But they are refusing, Rahul Gandhi is refusing to give an affidavit because they know that every time he has made this kind of statement and eventually he had to say sorry to the poor people.
22:46Let me bring in Dhani Dharan who wants to make a point.
22:48He did same thing with Ghatkariji and he had to say sorry.
22:52Okay, Dhani Dharan go ahead.
22:52All I am saying that this is a stunt.
22:54What they are doing in Bihar, it will backfire on them.
22:57Backfire on them.
22:58Okay.
22:58Okay, Dhani Dharan go ahead.
22:59If it has to backfire, it will backfire.
23:04Why the panics then?
23:05But I think it's ironical that BJP, we know how they campaigned in Orissa because BK Pandian
23:11and Tamil were supposed to be leading the campaign.
23:13You know how the Prime Minister himself ridiculed Tamil culture and the kind of preposterous ad that was telecast about the ridiculing the eating habit as a caricature in Orissa, eating habits of Tamils, right?
23:26This is what Orissa would become.
23:27That is how the BJP behaved.
23:29Now the BJP behaved and now the same Prime Minister and the same BJP is coming and asking for votes in Tamil Nadu and they are asking about dividing people.
23:36I don't want to go and reiterate things they said in Orissa, the things that they say about minorities and they still continue to say so in Uttar Pradesh and then also in Bihar.
23:46But having said that, I want to add on to what Mohan Kumar Mangalam said.
23:50Dhani Dharan clearly says English is a working language, white collar job for across the world, not just in India, but even in France now, even in China now, not just in English speaking country, but across the world, for professional jobs it's English.
24:04So if you don't study English, even in Tamil Nadu, if you study only Hindi and Tamil…
24:07No, but I hope you'll also agree with Mr. Kumar Mangalam and he says the kind of language that was used could have been, you know, avoided.
24:13Dhani Dharan, I hope you agree with that point too. There's a way to drive a message across, you don't say…
24:18Please, I understand, but I want to add one more point also.
24:20Yeah.
24:21No, no, I'm coming there. See, see, Tamil and English, two very different languages.
24:26When you literally try to translate that to taking 20 seconds from it, of course the essence would be lost because Tamil is a language in which you use a lot of…
24:33Dhani Dharan, come on, I know Tamil. What does Muttal mean?
24:36Very simple.
24:37What does Muttal mean?
24:38Dhani Dharan, you can't take a literal word and translate to what he was trying to say was human resource capital…
24:45Say, exposed.
24:46…in those states are low, which is a fact.
24:48That doesn't mean that we don't like them.
24:49Dhani Dharan, you know, you know I know Tamil, so come on.
24:54Exposed.
24:55Exposed.
24:56No, I know, okay. I want to add one more point, okay?
24:59Truly exposed.
25:00I said what I have to say on this matter. I am saying human resource capital is low.
25:03You have no point to make. You have no leg to stand.
25:06I don't know how is that wrong. See, one more important point…
25:09Dhani Dharan, you have no leg to stand. You are exposed. You stand exposed completely.
25:14Please, can I?
25:15Dhani Dharan, go ahead.
25:16Just don't speak over me, sir. You can speak. You will get a chance to speak.
25:20Can you hear me? See, I want to speak on…
25:23All I am saying that you stand exposed.
25:25Can I? Come on.
25:30See, when it comes to electoral commission, we know who appoints election commissioners.
25:35The election commissioners are appointed by the BJP party.
25:38There are four thousand to five thousand not officers.
25:40The BJP will decide and chooses two offices or three offices of their choice.
25:44So, which is why they are behaving in a partisan manner.
25:47Why is this happening? Because they had, through a bill, they replaced Chief Justice with the Union Minister of the BJP party.
25:54Right.
25:55Okay.
25:56So, now, because of this, there are a lot of discrepancies happening in the election commission.
25:59What is the Supreme Court saying? The 65 lakh vote clackers who are left behind is wrong.
26:03That is why Aadhar should be included.
26:05Okay.
26:06Which is why those who have been left out should be… those who have been left behind, they should give a chance to appeal.
26:12Okay.
26:13And thirdly and foremost, they wanted the election commission to…
26:16Let me…
26:17Let me…
26:18The names of those who have been…
26:19Okay.
26:20I am running out of time but I want to give both Zafar Islam as well as Mohan Kumar Maghlamal
26:25chance to quickly make their points as well.
26:27Said Zafar Islam, to you first.
26:29First of all, the DMK spokesperson totally stands exposed. They always pretend what they are not.
26:41How?
26:42And then…
26:43How? How?
26:44I am thankful to the anchor that she understands Tamil, she has exposed you completely.
26:51So, please do not pretend. You have a hatred for Hindi. You have a hatred for Biharis.
26:56You have a hatred for Hindi speaking people.
26:58What about Orissa? How the Tamil people are equal to Orissa?
27:00That is very apparent. But let me tell you, Arbeet, let me… No, let me tell you one thing.
27:05No, no.
27:06As far as BJP is concerned, we are making inroads in Tamil Nadu. Listen to me, my friend.
27:12You know what? We have done it… Tamil Sangamam. You have heard about it.
27:17It is that we are… That is the respect we have. The Bharati Janda Party has respect for the Tamil culture.
27:23And slowly we are making inroads. Next time, you will be completely uprooted.
27:28Okay.
27:29You will be uprooted in Tamil Nadu completely and you will never be able to come back to the power.
27:33Okay. Finally, finally…
27:34This is your last…
27:35We will be in the same media…
27:36Finally, Mohan Kumar Manglam… Mohan Kumar Manglam to you.
27:38You know, we are seeing a lot of face-off of thoughts between the BJP and the DMK.
27:44But I want to bring in Mohan Kumar Manglam before I wrap this up.
27:47We have seen in the last few days in Bihar…
27:50You know, the attempt by the Congress to kind of show that, you know, we have got everyone on board.
27:55The reality is that most of the leaders who have come into Bihar to be a part of this campaign are from the south.
28:01And does that kind of also show that for the Congress to actually show this kind of support, there is a challenge
28:07because most of the support comes in from South India who have no bearing whatsoever in a Bihar election.
28:14Akshita, so both the South Indian states won.
28:17And Telangana, I think, is Rebant Reddiji and, you know, Tamil Nadu.
28:21Both are home to millions of Bihari migrants who work there and have families back home.
28:27So, what level of influence they have over their propensity to vote in one direction or the other, you will find out when the votes come.
28:34But to say that leaders from the south coming in shows that they don't have any, you know, any weight in the north.
28:41In that case, I'd say that, you know, Yogi Adityanath coming and campaigning in Tamil Nadu or anywhere else in the country would also deserve the same sort of criticism.
28:49I think this is normal.
28:50You know, I will ask you, if Yogi Adityanath goes to, let's say, a Coimbatore which does have a sizable Hindi-speaking population versus Mr.
28:59Stalin speaking in Tamil Nadu and a Darbanga in Bihar.
29:02No, I'm saying Mr. Yogi Adityanath doesn't have any political heft outside his own state.
29:11The language is not the only thing that connects people.
29:14He would not go to some place where people speak Hindi and expect that his word would give someone votes.
29:19There are various reasons why someone votes.
29:22And I just gave you a reason where that both these southern states have lakhs of migrants from Bihar who have families back home and who might have an influence over which way they vote.
29:30So that might be one of the ways that these people have an impact as well.
29:33Their presence doesn't mean that there's no ground.
29:35In fact, there's a groundswell in favor.
29:37And I'll make two quick points, Sakshita, to counter some of the things I've heard.
29:40One, the language that the BJP spokesperson is using saying that DMK and Tamilians hate North Indians and hate Hindi is extremely wrong.
29:50You will see the DMK especially and many people in Tamil Nadu vociferously opposing any implied imposition of Hindi.
29:58So this can be seen in everyday when you meet someone from the north and they start talking in Hindi assuming that that's the language of conversation.
30:06You will see a more vociferous opposition coming from someone from Tamil Nadu than other states.
30:11Because that has been an issue that has plagued Tamil Nadu politics for many, many years.
30:15The second thing is he talked about the SIR in the voter list revision in Bihar.
30:20And he talked about the expose that Rahul Gandhi did and said that an affidavit has been asked for.
30:25It's the most ridiculous thing to ask for an affidavit in this manner.
30:28And it's legally untenable, which many legal experts do.
30:32If the election commission truly was a bipartisan and independent autonomous constitution entity,
30:39they should be worried about what was exposed that day and they should send people on the ground and do their own press conference
30:45to dispute every single data point that Mr. Gandhi put out there.
30:49Instead, they did a damn of a press conference where everybody in India is laughing at them at this point.
30:56Okay, we'll leave it at that.
30:57We'll leave it at that.
30:58Thank you very much, gentlemen, for your time, for joining me here on India Today.
31:01We'll leave it to the viewers to decide really whether it was a success or really a flawed strategy to have Chief Minister Stalin,
31:08the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister campaigning in Bihar with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi.
31:13Let's get you now an exclusive news break.
31:23Here's an exclusive conversation with Priyanka Gandhi Vajra, who's been on the campaign trail in Bihar,
31:27part of the vote chori campaign that the Congress has been putting forth.
31:32Priyanka Gandhi, speaking to India Today, has highlighted that this yatra, this campaign that she and her brother Rahul Gandhi are on
31:40is for people's rights. She said that we are doing this to ensure that people have a chance to fight for their rights.
31:46Listen in to this exclusive.
31:52How do you see this yatra, Priyanka?
31:55How do you see this yatra?
31:57This yatra is a yatra.
32:00It's a yatra.
32:01It's a yatra.
32:02It's a yatra.
32:03It's a yatra.
32:05It's a yatra.
32:07It's a yatra.
32:08It's a yatra, man.
32:09It's a yatra.
32:10It's a yatra.
32:11It's a yatra.
32:12It's a yatra.
32:13It's a yatra.
32:14It's a yatra.
32:15It's a yatra that the people have a chance to fight for their rights.
32:20And people have a chance to understand this.
32:23Thank you, man.
32:25Let's get you some of the highlights of what Rahul Gandhi has had to say today in Bihar, in Darbanga,
32:31where for the first time he also spoke about Gujarat, alleging that BJP is stealing votes in Gujarat as well.
32:55Gujarat's model is not a Arctic model.
33:25Gujarat's model is a model.
33:29And this model is in 2014, in the national level.
33:36You can see,
33:41Madhya Pradesh has been stealing,
33:46Haryana has been stealing,
33:48Maharashtra has been stealing.
33:51We didn't say anything, because it was not a proof.
33:53Yeah
34:23foreign
34:37foreign
34:53I will be
34:55I'll be
34:57I'll tell you
35:00Oh
35:02I'll tell you
35:05yeah
35:08I'm
35:10I'm
35:12I'm
35:13I'm
35:15I'm
35:16I'm
35:18I
35:21When you had no opportunity, you didn't have any opportunity, you didn't have any education.
35:30Ask them from your mother's mother.
35:34Ask them what they had to do.
35:37What they had to do, what they had to do.
35:42What they had to do in their mind.
35:47On a day when the 25% additional tariff has come into effect, you've got a big statement coming in from the US Treasury Secretary, Scott Besant, who's stated, and I quote his exact statement.
36:08He says, at the end of the day, I think we will come together with India, referring to the ongoing trade negotiations amid tariffs and oil disputes.
36:16So this is obviously messaging involved here and there will be questions about whether America now is finally stepping down, coming on to the bargaining table with India.
36:26Will this essentially pave the way for further negotiations?
36:33Let's get your details now of superstar Neta, TVK chief Vijay, who's in fact entered into politics the last few months, held mega events.
36:50And then there was last week, when on August 21st in Madurai, there were lakhs, nearly 7 lakh people who came together for his event.
36:57But there's been controversy too.
36:59See that particular footage, when Vijay was walking on the stage, it was this massive ramp, the idea was for him to interact with fans.
37:06There were many moments like this when fans managed to get up onto that platform.
37:11He had bouncers with him.
37:13And watch very closely how the bouncer pushes one off and the other is literally lifted out of the ramp and then thrown aside.
37:21That particular fan has also suffered grievous injuries, pushed away by that bouncer, thrown.
37:27He sustained a chest injury.
37:29And now this fan has filed a complaint against Vijay on three serious charges.
37:35He's accused Vijay of threatening a public servant, of disrupting a religious assembly and abetting a serious crime that was not committed.
37:42These charges, if proven, could carry significant legal consequences.
37:45But it's also raised several questions, with political parties questioning Vijay, saying,
37:50You can't be a superstar, Neta.
37:52You are not an arm admin, Neta, clearly, if people can't come anywhere close to you.
37:56He had bouncers with him.
37:57And these bouncers were very clearly rough, manhandling fans who dared to come anywhere close to Vijay.
38:04If you look at that footage closely, Vijay is seen soon after attempting damage control, telling his bouncers,
38:10Don't do that.
38:11Don't throw them aside.
38:12But clearly, it was too late, because the bouncer was doing his job.
38:16And so, we see this very, very often, with stars who turn into politicians.
38:21They're surrounded by these bouncers, who then go ahead and rough up fans, who attempt to get close to their star.
38:29This is not some nightclub, where you just throw people, toss them around, you know.
38:34These are people who are coming to see, they're a person who they admire.
38:39But I think this episode has thrown a lot of light on the attitude of Vijay towards his fans.
38:44And I think fans all across the state are pretty much in shock, utter shock after seeing the way,
38:49you know, these fans are being handled.
39:16being handled and I think it's a lesson for people who think he's going to be a good leader.
39:21So who is he?
39:22Is he a security threat?
39:23He's your fan.
39:24He has come to the hall, he has come to this place, crossing all security measures and
39:30he has, with his enthusiasm, he wanted to see his leader, he wanted to see his hero
39:36and this is the way you treat him, push him off, throw him.
39:39That video was very viral and you expect when he gives a complaint, you expect everybody
39:45else to, oh, this is Mr. Vijay, so we should not take any action.
39:48Is this what he expects?
39:50We can't understand this, anybody, the law will take its own course, let them face the
39:56music.
39:57The bouncer culture should be abolished.
40:00Any politician have no right to have bouncers and have control on their party workers.
40:09If at all a disciplined party, this incident should not have happened.
40:14Right from the day one Vijay came into being in politics.
40:17I have been condemning that using of bouncers is not going to help, this is not a democracy,
40:24this is not politics.
40:26So first of all Vijay should announce that he will do away with bouncers.
40:33If not, there is no use in having a political party within.
40:39After all, political party is for the masses, is for the people who want democracy.
40:45There is no democracy.
40:47That's it.
40:48We bring in Pramod Madhu, who is joining us live from Chennai with more details on this.
40:53Pramod, there were multiple such videos that showed fans being roughed up, many of them
40:58trying to climb onto the ramp, quite some unruly scenes that were witnessed.
41:02But has there been any statement from Vijay or for TVK, for that matter, on the manhandling
41:07of these fans and particularly this incident?
41:10You are absolutely right about that, Akshita.
41:15There were multiple incidents of people, especially fans and cadres, trying to climb into that
41:19particular ramp.
41:20And that's the reason the bouncers were there.
41:22In fact, many bouncers tried to either stop them or move them aside.
41:25But this is one incident that caught everybody's eye because the person is actually being held
41:29up and thrown out of the ramp.
41:31He had the presence of mind to hold onto a pipe and that's the reason his life is safe
41:35right now or else it would have completely turned into an uttermost disaster.
41:39But so far, TVK has not reacted to this particular issue.
41:42All they are trying to claim is that they tried to handle the situation and one has occurred
41:46right now.
41:47But this person, this carer called as Sharath Kumar, he very clearly insists that he got
41:52injured and right now he wants people who are responsible to take accountability and
41:56that's why he has gone and filed a case with his mother and that case under three sections
42:00has been filed against Vijay and his bouncers, Akshita.
42:03All right, Promo, thanks very much for joining us with those details.
42:06Let's cut across to a news break coming in.
42:18Actor Lakshmi Menon, who's acted in several Malayalam and Tamil films, has been
42:21named as an accused in an incident of kidnapping and assaulting a young IT employee in Kochi.
42:29Now, what we understand is that the actress was spotted in the car of the abductors.
42:34This happened after some sort of a brawl had taken place in a bar.
42:39The incident had taken place in Kochi where, in fact, we understand there was an argument
42:44that took place after which the accused outside the bar stopped the young IT employee who was
42:50returning in his car.
42:51Right after that, from the car, people emerged and started arguing with him.
42:56And then it was noticed that the actor Lakshmi Menon was also in the car of the accused.
43:01These are the details we're picking up right now.
43:05The police has gone ahead and named Lakshmi Menon as an accused as well.
43:08We don't have any statement from the actor just yet, but these videos that you see on the right
43:13of your screens show exactly what had happened.
43:16A brawl that had taken place in a bar then led to a showdown on the streets also with an argument
43:24breaking out.
43:26And it seems like this particular video that was shot was taken by the young IT professional
43:32who was being hounded by this group.
43:34Now, the Kerala police has named Lakshmi Menon as an accused too in the case of abduction and assault
43:41because we understand that right after this, the IT professional who was involved in that brawl too
43:47was abducted, was kidnapped by this group.
43:51The actor Lakshmi Menon was with her friends.
43:53She is known for several films that she's been a part of in both Mollywood as well as Collywood.
44:02And sticking to news from Kerala, the Kerala police have registered a case against a school teacher
44:11for allegedly urging Muslim students to abstain from participating in Onam celebrations.
44:16So, Onam is next week and even as preparations are on, a voice note has gone viral in which
44:22the teacher is telling parents of Muslim children to ensure their children don't take part in Onam festivities,
44:30saying that it's not a festival for Muslims, that it's a festival of other religions.
44:36And so, the teacher in that voice note says children should be raised in an Islamic culture
44:41and must be kept away from rituals of other faiths.
44:43Why is this controversial?
44:44Because Onam is considered to be a festival of Kerala, not belonging to any one religion
44:50is constantly the message that, you know, you've got Christians, Muslims,
44:54all who embrace this particular festival. Following the controversy, the management of the school,
44:59this is the Sirajul Ullum English High School, they've announced that two teachers have been suspended,
45:05one for putting out that audio and the other for circulating it as well.
45:09And they've maintained that this is not the school's stand, that they ensure Grand Onam celebrations every year.
45:15So, there only those arguments have been discussed in Indian Indian children.
45:33These are the two big things they have to do.
45:39They are the ones who have come to us.
45:45They don't have to worry about it.
45:47They don't have to worry about it.
45:50They don't have to worry about it.
45:53They can't be told to live in Islam.
45:58How can the people speak to the people of the country?
46:06Their family is to teach.
46:09They have to speak.
46:11They have to speak.
46:11They have to speak.
46:16They are to speak.
46:21They are to speak.
46:23They are to speak.
46:28You
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