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On this edition of SoSouth, Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan speaks exclusively to India Today, calling for the formation of a Sanatana Rakshana Board to protect Hindu traditions. Kalyan stated, 'I think that's what every Hindu should learn from a Muslim, how to safeguard your religion when it is being attacked, when it is being desecrated.' He condemned what he termed 'pseudo-secularists' for targeting Hinduism, citing the Madurai Karthika Deepam incident and past court verdicts like Sabarimala. The bulletin also covers key developments from Karnataka, including an SIT probe into an alleged plot to defame Dharmastala and the government tabling the controversial Hate Speech and Crime Prevention Bill, 2025, which proposes stringent punishment for offenders.
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00:00Anakam, namaskara, good afternoon, a big welcome, this is SoSouth on India today, where we get you all the southern news that matters to you, go to destination for the south here on India today, and joining me are the team of reporters spanning across all the six states here in southern part of India,
00:27Sagai Raj from Belgam, Pramod Madhav from Chennai, Anaka Keshav from Chennai, Apurva Jayachandran from Vijaywada, Abdul Bashir from Hyderabad, and Shibi Moll from Trivendrum in Kerala, and let's begin the bulletin with stories coming in from Karnataka.
00:47And the first story is the Dharmasthala plot that has been busted, the Dharmasthala plot has been busted by the special investigative team here in Karnataka,
00:56the investigation team has busted the so-called mass paria lie factory in the Dakshin, Kannada.
01:01The SIT has submitted its initial findings to the Beltangri court while seeking more time for a full investigation or probe.
01:08As per the initial findings, the SIT said that it was manufactured narrative which aimed at defaming the Dharmasthala and the surroundings.
01:16Investigators say that accused were paid, coached and hand-planted evidence to script a fake narrative or a story.
01:23From procured skulls to tutored video statements as well.
01:28The conspiracy trail now heads straight to the anti-temple lobby, caught red-handed.
01:36Listening to all the reactions coming in on the story.
01:39I had openly said in the assembly,
01:43I had openly said in the assembly,
01:45that there is a conspiracy against Dharmasthala.
01:59I had openly said in the assembly that there is a conspiracy against Dharmastada, because
02:14I know what is going on, though some of our leaders had asked me about that also, I knew
02:22that this is not the fact, a big conspiracy is going on, but ultimately the truth has
02:30been prevailed, justice has been given to them, so I don't like to, I have not seen the
02:37chart sheet again, I have been heard from all of you, but the law has to take its own course,
02:46because this type of conspiracy will damage institutions which has come from generation.
02:53I did not know that this type of conspiracy is not going to be done, but this type of
03:11the truth should come out whoever is involved in the entire episode action
03:40should be taken they should be punished and we look forward for this investigation and for the
03:46inquiry to get completed as early as possible for the justice to prevail whatever the investigation
03:52has revealed it has revealed and everybody has to bow down to it in fact it was the chief ministers
03:58and the deputy minister for our initiative to start an s.i.t there are so much of speculations
04:04and so much of media coverage on this and you know media trial and everything so whatever is
04:11there i'm not privy to the exact investigation details and i'm a spokesperson for the party and
04:18not the government so on behalf of what i can say on the party what i can say is wait till the entire
04:24investigation is done until the charge sheet is submitted or whatever their final report is
04:29submitted and if somebody is clear of it more than welcome somebody whoever has done wrong in this
04:35whether those who were involved in fabrication and you know trying to malign this particular
04:42religious institution which has been there for tens of hundreds of years and being worshipped by so
04:47many people they deserve to be punished with the most stringent punishment drani me live is sagai raj
04:53from belgam sagai i remember you had spoken to the masked man also back then it was a big exclusive on
04:58india today now the s.i.t is saying this all the narratives were fake evidence were planted
05:02statements were fake created fake narrated what do you have to say about this what is the s.i.t
05:08saying on the whole issue and as the investigation completely over
05:17s.i.t has requested for more time to investigate further in multiple angles and they have also
05:23requested the court to allow them to arrest the accused involved in this particular case including
05:28chennyad mahishati timurudi uh uh kirish patanavar jayad and few other people who are part of this
05:34particular case and the the police have categorically mentioned that they have examined a lot of proofs
05:40and including the skull that he had produced initially when he appeared before the court and they say that
05:45it was fabricated uh to ensure that to defame uh the temple and they have also mentioned that uh probably
05:52once they investigate further and once they get to know the bank trials and everything they will get
05:57a clear picture what was the agenda who were the people who were finding behind this particular uh
06:02uh this particular case
06:09requesting you to stay back with me for the next story as well moving on
06:12further stories in karnataka it's day two of assembly session in belgam and the karnataka government
06:17has stable is all set to discuss the much debated karnataka hate speech and the crime prevention bill
06:232025 while the congress is keen on getting this bill passed in the assembly bjp is seeking a long
06:30discussion on the bill in the assembly as well the bill aims to prevent dissemination publication and
06:35promotion of hate speech other provisions of the bill include curbing of hate crimes that led to
06:41social disharmony hatred and punishing individuals groups and organizations that involved
06:47in such offenses the bill also pushes for punishment for such hate crimes as well for those committing
06:53the offense for the first time one to seven years of imprisonment plus a rupees 50 000 fine for repeat
06:59offenders the bill proposes two to ten years of imprisonment along with rupees one lakh fine
07:04offenses will now be cognizable non-bailable and tried by the judicial magistrate of the first class the
07:10government meanwhile claims that the bill aims to create no disturbance in the society congress also
07:15said that the bill does not so suppress dissent and that hatred will be dealt by stringent actions
07:22of the law listen in to reactions coming in from both bjp and the congress where this issue both the
07:27parties have locked on since the assembly either it is against any community caste region it is against
07:37those who are disturbing the peace of the society by doing irresponsible criticism and provoking people
07:47hate speech bill is intended to protect the peace of the society government is trying to distract the
07:58assembly as well as the people of karnataka from their administrative failures so they are getting in such
08:04bills and the second thing is they are trying to curb the voice of the opposition they're trying to
08:10curb the voice of the opposition they don't want any of us to speak against the government speak
08:15against their misdeeds speak against the corruption joining me live is sagai raj sagai i heard the home
08:20minister in fact table the bill in preliminary uh stage in the morning when is the speaker taking
08:26up for discussion what are the clauses that the bgp are vehemently opposing
08:35home minister g parmeswar has tabled the bill around 11 30 and it will be taken up for discussion
08:40probably end of today or probably tomorrow and if you notice that the many of the leaders were unaware
08:45what exactly is there inside the bill the many of them said that let them table let us look into the
08:51bill they later on we will discuss however barash city who spoke to a media went on to say that it
08:55is just a diversion tactic uh to to divert uh the main discussion of non-development and there is
09:02a political crisis within the government and in order to avoid that they are trying to bring this
09:06particular bill and he has also categorically mentioned that this is to target their workers
09:11and this is a this is an agenda of congress to curb the freedom of speech for bjp as well as their
09:18workers and they say that they will oppose this particular bill however the congress says that it
09:22is their agenda dk shukumar has mentioned that it is the agenda and we are committed to this and
09:27giving clarification on the bill uh the parliamentary and law of law minister went out to say that
09:32it is against anything which provokes the people anything which disrupt the peace in the society
09:38and they will ensure that they will not allow this and remember uh they have categorically mentioned
09:43that the first time of order will have to face uh close to seven years of imprisonment and 50 lakh
09:48sorry 50 000 rupees of uh uh penalty and the repeated offender have to be behind bars for 10 years and
09:55one lakh rupees fine so these are the uh new amendments which has been brought to this hate speech law
10:05thank you sagay in fact this is one of the kind of a bill that the karnataka government is bringing in
10:09that people who troll on social media will have to keep a watch because you invoke communal violence through
10:15social media then you will be dealt by the law is what the bill you build that the government is
10:20trying to bring in in the assembly these are the stories from karnataka and now we'll move on
10:24to the neighboring state of andhra pradesh akura jai chandran will take it from here
10:37andhra pradesh there is a lot that is going on right now in fact andhra pradesh deputy chief minister
10:45pavan kalyan has called for a sanatana rakshana board not only that he's also talking about the madurai
10:53kathika dipa mincerin he talks how parties have been uh you know uh studio secular let's listen in to
11:00this exclusive conversation speaking to india today pavan kalyan has not only spoken about the
11:20kathika dipam issue which is ongoing in taminadu in madurai bench the court has also been going on
11:27and taken up this uh incident of the kathika dipam incidents and pavan kalyan talking about uh you
11:33know this has talked about the shabarimala case how the court had given a verdict that had already
11:39uh you know heard the religious sentiments of devotees and now let's listen to what pavan kalyan has
11:46spoken to us
11:46you've talked about the madurai tirukara gunram uh you know uh issue karthika dipam issue you put a
11:59tweet also on it what do you have to say i feel it is uh how can you go for an impeachment thought
12:08which i don't understand uh with the india aliens that's the reason why i did it have they done it
12:14before uh even the former of uh supreme court chief justice also had said something which was not
12:21palatable for any hindu in this nation but people felt bad but when some kind of attack happened and
12:29uh the entirety of uh uh the entire communication i mean people they have communicated that's not the
12:36right thing to do uh and also and also the many judgments in shabarimala supreme court intervened
12:44but i said people had uh shown their displeasure but never know this one i feel that this is not
12:51the right president it won't set the right president and you are communicating to public
12:57you are threatening judges you are threatening judiciary anything which is doesn't fit into our
13:04frame uh line of thinking our frame of thinking about secularism this is how we're going to read it
13:09it is there uh some kind of uh i look at it as a kind of threatening do you think the dmk is trying
13:16to you know infiltrate these kind of ideologies it is i don't know whether dmk whoever does it
13:23not just for one one i say incident i'm saying anybody in this nation if they keep doing this way i think
13:31people who are hurt i think they should be very vocal they should be very open about it and they
13:35said they have to kind of this kind of practice as a protector of sanatana dharma how do you see these
13:39kind of instances coming up shabarimala incident we saw what the verdict was see i'm telling you
13:46this is every hindu's responsibility if you look at uh something happens in palestina even in my own
13:54uh um my constitution some people will come and say that they hold palestinian flags but when it
14:03comes to any hindu attack on hindu traditions on desecration of hindu guards and goddesses
14:11the problem is i am not the only protector for sanatana it is every hindu who goes and prays to temple
14:17it is everyone's responsibility that's what i've been even recently as i had said people should
14:23learn hindu should learn from muslims hindu should learn from muslim community how they safeguard their
14:32religion i think that's what every every hindu should learn from a muslim how to safeguard your
14:38religion when it is being attacked when it is being desecrated i think this is very essential
14:44and eventually that that kind of action will give empower strengthen uh uh sanatana dharma production
14:52no matter or endowments come under the state rule and they with their whims and fans if a good leader
14:57is that okay it can't be that the whims and fancies of uh state leadership there should be one universal
15:04thought people are not they don't dare to do such things for islam right they don't dare to do for
15:09muslims they don't do for christianity why only for hindus okay in fact hindus having this the concept
15:17is everyone says okay we are majority hindus are majority but hindus are very minor kind of minorities
15:24they are tamil hindus there is a subdivision of a caste so in fact i look at in such a way being from
15:32from if you look at like hindus are compositions majority in this nation but actually hindus are so
15:37fragmented that's the reason i think all uh such kind of acts are happening sort of reason we've
15:42seen a lot of cases going on where hundis have been hunted down in thirmala also we saw jagan mohan
15:48reddy's statement on the park company loot saying chinna tappan chinna neram jay sir it's a small
15:53mistake i think that shows i think it doesn't matter would they dare to do the same thing for islam
16:00with the day to day to do this for their own religion no they won't a hindu leader should be
16:05very in it should be in control about when you speak to other religions but any other leader who
16:12calls themselves as pseudo-seculars who call them as seculars but in my view they're pseudo-seculars
16:18and some some ngos whatever comes to their mouth whatever comes into their head they blurt it out
16:24i think this is what happens even in the case of previous uh regime chief minister also
16:29sir tirmala we've seen laddu scam take place we've seen parkamani scam take place today there's a
16:35dupatta scam that has taken place silk vasra also there's a scam that is allegedly taking place
16:41how do you see the last regime's uh you know vision for what they had do you think the malice that
16:46had intended by them first thing this explore there is a where they wherever there is money in
16:53fact i've been you see when i was talking about thiripati adulteration of thiripati lato i didn't blame a
16:58single uh religion i was blaming individuals who are these individuals if you look at their religion
17:06they're more or less they're hindus here when i'm saying adulteration of thiripati lato does not mean
17:12i'm targeting other religions i'm saying okay these are the people who have done this kind of
17:17scam i said punish them because to escape that i think these guys are finding alternatives first of
17:23all you you put your house in order that's what i think hindus should get into put your house in
17:29order before blaming anybody do you think it's right time it's more than time now for you know sanatana
17:34dharma rakshana board to be you know instated be it in andhra pradesh be it in tamir i feel i
17:41i look at it for for example if you say the entire uh for a muslim there is a one uh in jama
17:49mazir like there's one islamic board is there uh work board is there so for 25 crore of muslim
17:57there is a work support and entire each and every muslim will listen to that how come we don't have
18:03that kind of board if anything happens something happens in uh thiripati kundram why you should be
18:09confined to only people of that particular area we let it be state the problem is it does not go
18:16beyond that particular uh madura area forget about uh it won't even go to tamil so i feel i think this
18:25such incidence some somewhere something happens in balesina here people are going to have an opinion
18:31how come something happens in your neighboring state how come we we don't because we if we don't stand for
18:35each other irrespective of whether which caste you are which caste hindu you are which which region
18:42which language you speak all of you should come under common minimum program that that common minimum
18:49program is i feel uh sanathan that's how i look at it so the recent indigo issue what do you have to
18:55comment on that sir there's a lot of much sludging against tdp and the india alliance here by vice rcp and
19:01other parties saying because ramon i was at center i don't know because uh this is more of a union
19:07government issue which i don't have a great understanding about but from my point of view
19:12i think some mistake is i think better not to you know make it uh blow it out of proportion
19:18like samil all of us should look into it and we should turn down all right thank you
19:28well there you heard andhra pradesh deputy chief minister pavan kalyan well that you heard
19:33andhra pradesh deputy chief minister pavan kalyan speaking to india today in fact he's gone on and
19:38stated that there must be action against these pseudo secularists that's all from the state of
19:42andhra pradesh back to you nagarjan with that it's a wrap on today's episode of so south we'll see you
19:51once again tomorrow at 1 p.m with a power pack 30 minutes of all the southern news that matter to you
19:56thank you and keep watching india today
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