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This edition of Super 6 focusses on the political deadlock in the Lok Sabha as opposition protests prevented Prime Minister Narendra Modi from delivering a scheduled address on Wednesday evening.
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00:00Hello and welcome. Good evening. You're watching Super 6 here on India Today.
00:04I'm Akshita Nandakopal and this evening we're going to be getting you all the latest updates
00:08coming in from Parliament. An hour ago, it was expected that Prime Minister Modi would speak
00:13but that didn't happen. That's what we're going to be talking about in this edition of Super 6.
00:18Adjournment after adjournment and we have for you the video of what exactly played out at 5pm
00:25when the Prime Minister was expected to speak in the Lok Sabha. What really was the opposition
00:30strategy that ensured in a matter of 60 seconds the House was adjourned? The question now is whether
00:36the Prime Minister will be allowed to speak come tomorrow or are we going to see this kind of chaos,
00:41this deadlock continuing? We'll get you all the Parliament updates also coming up on the show at
00:466.30 this evening. The latest updates on the big showdown in Karnataka over an alleged liquor gate.
00:52BJP holding a sleepover protest in the Karnataka Assembly. Those updates, those reactions coming
00:58your way. So we've got a packed show lined up for you. We begin with a news break coming in from Parliament.
01:10We're going to play out for you now the full 63 seconds of mayhem in the Lok Sabha. 63 seconds,
01:17that's all the House managed to function. It was reconvened at 5pm for the Prime Minister to speak.
01:22And only for 63 seconds was the House in session. Let's listen in to exactly what happened.
01:28We're playing out for you that full footage.
01:30From the
01:30The
01:33Tony
01:50foreign
02:14foreign
02:20So one minute, that's exactly what played out
02:32Non-stop chaos
02:34And this is clearly a planned protest by the opposition
02:36You see that sequence there
02:37Where all the women MPs from the opposition came together
02:40Stood right in front of where the Prime Minister would usually be seated
02:43He wasn't there in the House just yet
02:45They held up posters
02:47There was sloganeering
02:48There was no way
02:50The House could function
02:51The message was very clear that the opposition will not let the Prime Minister speak today
02:5624 hours later, tomorrow
02:58Will the deadlock continue?
02:59What will play out?
03:00These were women opposition MPs
03:02Who essentially led the protest
03:04Gerowing the Prime Minister's chair in the Lok Sabal
03:07Again, highlight in that footage that you see there
03:09You see all of them in the well of the House facing the Treasury bench
03:11Where usually the Prime Minister is seated in the first row
03:14The Prime Minister wasn't there just yet
03:17But it was impossible
03:18To let the House function through this
03:21Through this chaos
03:22Through this commotion
03:23I'll bring in Piyush Mishra for details of what exactly played out
03:27Piyush? It was clear that this was a planned protest
03:30The opposition had no intention of allowing the House to function
03:32Let alone allow the Prime Minister to speak
03:34Well, that's right
03:37The opposition had no intention to let the Parliament function
03:40And that's what we also witnessed
03:42Like you rightly showed to our viewers
03:44That the House, when it got resumed
03:46Was able to function for only 63 seconds
03:49And after that, the House had to be adjourned
03:51Because of the massive protest
03:53Sloganering ruckus
03:55Which was created by the opposition MPs
03:57And Akshita
03:58We have also spoken to
04:00Eyewitness to all the mayhem
04:02BJP MP Marush Tumariya's
04:04Told us what actually transpired
04:06He told us that
04:07Even before Prime Minister could enter in Lok Sabah
04:10A large number of women opposition MPs
04:13Had gerowed the place
04:15Where he usually sits
04:16You know, they also
04:18Had gerowed the entire area
04:20From where Prime Minister enters in Lok Sabah
04:22Which means that
04:23Quickly, you know, there was a stalemate clearly
04:27For the last many hours
04:28So even before the House was reconvened
04:31There were questions about whether the Prime Minister
04:32Will get to speak at all
04:33Was there any attempt made to reach middle ground?
04:36Was there an outreach to the opposition
04:38Despite which they continued with this protest?
04:40Well, multiple times
04:42We know how Lok Sabah's speaker has been trying to get in touch with opposition MPs
04:46He has been requesting them to let the parliament function
04:49There have been meetings with the government representatives also
04:53In which opposition leaders have also participated
04:54But despite holding multiple meetings
04:57Despite sending out
04:58Okay, I'm cutting across to more breaking news coming in
05:00Piyush, just stay with me
05:01A reaction that's coming in from Rahul Gandhi
05:03The leader of opposition
05:04He has put out on social media
05:06That he believes Prime Minister Modi
05:09Won't come to parliament
05:10Because he's scared
05:11And doesn't want to face the truth
05:13This is the message from Rahul Gandhi
05:15He says, as I said
05:17Prime Minister Modi will not come to parliament
05:19Because he's scared
05:19And doesn't want to face the truth
05:22This is what the Congress has been maintaining
05:24Remember, Rahul Gandhi
05:25The leader of opposition
05:26Over the last two days
05:28Has been trying to speak
05:29Over General Narawaneh's unpublished memoir
05:32Wasn't allowed to do so
05:33And since then has been saying
05:35That it's because the Prime Minister is scared
05:37He fears the truth
05:38And so with the Prime Minister
05:40Not speaking today
05:41Or rather not being allowed to speak
05:43Rahul Gandhi maintains
05:45That the reason that has happened
05:46Is because Prime Minister Modi
05:48Won't come to parliament
05:49Because he's scared
05:50And doesn't want to face the truth
05:52Moshmi Singh is joining us
05:54With poor details on this
05:55Moshmi, the opposition
05:56Is using this to their advantage
05:58They're using this narrative
05:59That the Prime Minister
06:00Is refusing to speak
06:01In the House
06:02See Akshita, I saw what unfolded
06:07In the well of the House
06:09Today
06:09I was seated right there
06:12And you know
06:13The atmosphere was absolutely
06:15You know, confrontational
06:17I can say
06:18The opposition MPs
06:20Started with sloganeering
06:21And the Treasury benches
06:24Were also ready to confront
06:26It was
06:26Aamne Samne
06:28Sloganeering
06:30That was happening
06:31And there was a big banner
06:32That the opposition leaders had
06:35And post that
06:36You know
06:37The women MPs
06:38Started moving towards
06:39The Treasury benches
06:40Someway they were calling out
06:42For Nishikant
06:43What Rahul Gandhi is saying
06:44We had said it in the afternoon also
06:46That Pradhan Mantri ki himmat nahi hogi
06:49Aaj house mein aane ki
06:50But repeatedly
06:52It was said that
06:53Prime Minister would be speaking
06:54At 5pm
06:55At 4pm
06:57Let me tell you
06:57That Priyanka Gandhi
06:59Met the speaker
07:00The opposition MPs
07:03Met the speaker
07:04K.T. Vedogopal
07:05And Priyanka Gandhi
07:07Apparently
07:07Met the speaker
07:08That
07:09The action
07:10Will be taken
07:11Against Nishikan Nube
07:12For what he did
07:13And said in the house
07:14Which was
07:15They said
07:16That a clear violation
07:17And a discrepancy
07:19As far as
07:20You know
07:20Rules
07:22Applying rules
07:22To the leader
07:23Of opposition
07:24And applying rules
07:25To Nishikan Nube
07:26Is concerned
07:27But they said
07:28They were not happy
07:29With what the speaker said
07:30The speaker told them
07:32That we will get back
07:34The government
07:34Will get back to him
07:35And that didn't happen
07:37It was clear
07:38That the house
07:39Will not be allowed to run
07:40And PM
07:40Would not be allowed
07:42To speak
07:43Okay
07:44So clearly
07:45You know
07:45It was a strategy
07:46That the opposition
07:47Put in place
07:48That they will not allow
07:49The Prime Minister
07:50To speak
07:51And the messaging
07:52Was very clear
07:53They said that
07:53Because the leader
07:54Of opposition
07:54Wasn't allowed to
07:55Why should the Prime Minister
07:56Be allowed to speak
07:58Without any sort of disruption
08:00While Rahul Gandhi
08:01Says this is because
08:02The Prime Minister
08:03Scared he will not speak
08:04In parliament
08:04The reality is this
08:05That there was a strategy
08:07In place
08:07Not to make it
08:08Conducive enough
08:09For the Prime Minister
08:10To come
08:10And address the house
08:12The same can be said
08:13Of course for Rahul Gandhi
08:14Who wasn't allowed to speak
08:15On the issue
08:16That he wanted to
08:16Of that unpublished memoir
08:18But while we're talking
08:19About really
08:20What the Congress said
08:22And while Rahul Gandhi
08:23Says here
08:23That the Prime Minister
08:24Will not turn up
08:26Will not turn up
08:27Because he's scared
08:28The reality is
08:29That multiple Congress leaders
08:31Including the likes
08:32Of Priyanka Gandhi
08:32Wajra
08:33Had said
08:33We will not allow
08:35The Prime Minister
08:35To speak
08:36Because the LOP
08:37The leader of opposition
08:38Rahul Gandhi
08:39Wasn't allowed to speak
08:40So it was clearly
08:41A strategy by the opposition
08:42That the second
08:43The house reconvened
08:45At 5pm
08:46They gathered in hordes
08:47To all women MPs
08:48Opposition women MPs
08:49Gathered and bunched up
08:52At the well of the house
08:53Right by the treasury bench
08:55Holding up posters
08:56All facing the chair
08:58Where the Prime Minister
08:59Would usually sit
09:00I want to in fact
09:01Get you that particular statement
09:02From Priyanka Gandhi
09:04In which
09:04When she was asked
09:06About the Prime Minister's speech
09:08Coming up
09:09And this was a few hours ago
09:10She says very clearly
09:12That the LOP
09:12He wasn't allowed to speak
09:13Why will we allow
09:15The Prime Minister
09:15To speak
09:42So we played out
10:03Two sequences
10:04There one
10:05Where Priyanka Gandhi
10:06Says that
10:07The LOP
10:07Wasn't allowed to speak
10:08The Prime Minister
10:09Will not be allowed
10:10To speak
10:10We will ensure it
10:11And the other
10:12Where after
10:13There was no chance
10:15Of really
10:15Any proceedings
10:16In the house
10:17She says
10:18The Prime Minister
10:19Got scared
10:20Moshmi Singh
10:20Is joining us
10:21With poor details
10:22So on that
10:22Moshmi
10:23You know
10:24You had a very
10:24Very clear message
10:25From Priyanka Gandhi
10:26That this was
10:26The opposition strategy
10:27All along
10:28But the question now
10:29Is what happens tomorrow
10:30Piyush tells us
10:31There have been
10:32Multiple attempts
10:33To break this deadlock
10:34It hasn't led
10:35To anything whatsoever
10:36Now tomorrow
10:36When the Prime Minister
10:37Attempts to speak
10:38Will the opposition
10:39Stall it again
10:40So that is what
11:04Priyanka Gandhi said
11:05And clearly
11:07Perhaps they felt
11:09That the speaker
11:10Was helpless
11:11They said that
11:11The speaker
11:12Didn't take any action
11:13Against Nishikaan Dubey
11:15Who waived
11:16All those books
11:17That he got
11:18And this was
11:19Clearly
11:20If you look at
11:21The ruling
11:21Of the Lok Sarbha
11:23Speaker
11:23He said that
11:24You know
11:25You cannot quote
11:26From a book
11:27The ruling
11:27That the speaker
11:28Gave
11:29If it is not
11:29In context
11:30Of the topic
11:31That is being
11:32Discussed
11:33So day before
11:34Yesterday
11:34The speaker
11:35When the
11:37Discussion
11:38Started
11:38The speaker
11:39Had said that
11:41So clearly
11:42The opposition
11:44Felt that
11:45We will not
11:45Let the house
11:46Function
11:47And there was
11:47An entire
11:48Synchronization
11:49I spoke to
11:50Abhishek Banerji
11:51About at 3pm
11:52And she said
11:53Suspense
11:54Thoda rehne dije
11:55We won't let
11:56Our strategy out
11:57That was after
11:58It came back
11:58From the Supreme Court
11:59That means
12:00That the congress
12:01In tandem
12:02With the Samadwabi
12:03Party
12:03Now in those visuals
12:04Also
12:05That you are showing
12:06Our viewers
12:06Ashita
12:07If you look
12:08At the opposition
12:08Ventures
12:09The Trinamul
12:10Congress
12:10The Samadwabi
12:12Party
12:13The DMK
12:13MPs
12:14All are up in arms
12:16All are standing
12:17Right when the house
12:18Started at 5pm
12:20So the PM
12:21The plan was
12:22Perhaps when the PM
12:23Would come
12:23All the opposition
12:25MPs would show
12:26That banner
12:26To the Prime Minister
12:28Which is saying
12:29What Rahul Ghali
12:30Said outside the house
12:31And all their
12:34Women MPs
12:35Then
12:36You know
12:36March
12:37When they realized
12:37That the PM
12:38Is not there
12:39They started
12:39Started to call out
12:41Nishikaan Dubey
12:42And Priyanka Gandhi
12:43Is saying that
12:43That bullet train
12:45Ki tara bhaage
12:45So perhaps
12:46Tension's peaking there
12:48In the lower house
12:49And I don't think
12:50That unless
12:51There is some
12:52Big reach out
12:53Anything can happen
12:55Or some action
12:56Against Nishikaan Dubey
12:57Is what the opposition
12:59MPs would be demanding
13:00To say the least
13:02Okay
13:02Moshami
13:03Getting us
13:04All of those details
13:04Of what really
13:05Played out
13:06And the fact
13:07That you had
13:08All of these
13:08Women opposition
13:09MPs
13:10Get around
13:10The treasury
13:10Bench
13:11Largely to send
13:12Across a message
13:12To Nishikaan Dubey
13:14As well
13:14The BJP MP
13:15Who was involved
13:16In that book
13:16Versus book
13:17Phase
13:17So which we'll
13:18Tell you about
13:18In just a bit
13:19I want to cut
13:19Across to another
13:20News break
13:21Coming in
13:21And what played
13:21Out in parliament
13:22The BJP now
13:38Is alleging
13:39That the reason
13:40The opposition
13:41MPs had
13:41Get around
13:42The prime minister's
13:43Chair in the
13:44Lok Sabha
13:44Was because
13:45They had an
13:45Intention of
13:46Attacking the
13:47Prime minister
13:48Big big claim
13:49Being made here
13:50By the BJP
13:51Maintaining that
13:52The reason
13:52Women MPs
13:53Gathered in
13:54Those big numbers
13:54We've got that
13:55On our screens
13:56As well
13:56Are towards
13:57The treasury
13:57Bench
13:58Usually where
13:59The prime minister
13:59Is seated
14:00Right in the
14:00Front row
14:01There
14:01The BJP
14:02Says it's
14:02Because they
14:02Wanted to
14:03Attack the
14:04Prime minister
14:05Listen in
14:06To what
14:06The BJP
14:07Had to say
14:07On this
14:08As well
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15:20। wannikam Tagore of the congress is joining us on this broadcast Mr Tagore we've seen
15:37the images on our screens of the house essentially functioning for one minute at five P M sir
15:43The BJP is saying that this was an intentional strategy by the opposition.
15:49This is a day where Indian, for the past three days,
15:54Indian parliament has been insulted by the arrogance of BJP.
15:59Again and again, opposition leaders are not allowed to speak.
16:03When he was given opportunity also, his speech was cut out.
16:07Then all other opposition parties, their speech has been bulldozed.
16:10Suddenly, they listed Prime Minister's reply.
16:14And the Prime Minister also has come to, has backed out in the last minute to attend the parliament.
16:20The Prime Minister wasn't allowed to speak, was he, Mr. Tagov?
16:24What is it?
16:25Was the Prime Minister allowed to speak?
16:26We're seeing images of all these opposition MPs facing the Treasury bench.
16:31The BJP says it was to target the Prime Minister.
16:35Where was the Prime Minister?
16:37He wasn't there. Yes, you're right. He wasn't there.
16:39But their opposition did continue their sloganeering.
16:42Was it a conducive atmosphere to have the Prime Minister speak?
16:46Yes, he has faced the opposition like this a previous time also.
16:51They were shouting in the well only.
16:53And when he kept on speaking also, he offered water also.
16:56You people only run that studio also.
16:58No, so you're suggesting that the Prime Minister had no intention to speak?
17:00He's afraid to come to Parliament.
17:05The question is that only.
17:07He is not ready to come to Parliament.
17:09He is unable to face Parliament.
17:11They don't want the opposition leader to speak.
17:14When he's quoting a book, they are making a reckless book which has been written by General...
17:19General Naramini, yes.
17:23And that book, they created two, three days of Parliament.
17:30I think it's because of that book.
17:32And today, they are asked the people like dealmakers, like Nishikans to bring in all other books which insults Nehru and Indira Gandhi and they did it in record of the Parliament.
17:44No, but sir, if the opposition had allowed the House to function at 5pm and the Prime Minister was supposed to speak and then he didn't speak, that would have led to the BJP having to answer all of these questions, sir.
17:58Oh, that is the way.
18:00Then how is Nishikans in Dubai, they allowed him to speak?
18:03He held up a book, Mr. Tagore.
18:05He held up a book.
18:06There was chaos then too.
18:07There was ruckus then too.
18:09Yeah, then he spoke, you know.
18:11You have to understand it, when you enter into Parliament, you will see now, these rucklings, whatever we shout also, no voice is heard there, anywhere.
18:19The mic system is so improved, nobody knows what is happening.
18:23Whenever they want, they will show these kind of images.
18:25Let them stop these kind of cheap politics.
18:27BJP and particularly Kiran Reju must stop these kind of things.
18:31He has completely failed as the Parliamentary Minister.
18:36The Trade Minister has completely failed as the Trade Minister.
18:39This country is going through a complete meheng and the Prime Minister is not ready to come to the Parliament.
18:45He was scheduled to address the equation on thanking the President to address the Parliament.
18:53He has backed out of it.
18:54And you are not ready to discuss about it.
18:56And you are asking Parliament, opposition, women and peace.
19:01And speaking about those kind of Manoj Kiwari-like characters.
19:06No, sir, let me be very clear, Mr. Manikam Tagore, we are showing both sides.
19:09We will let both sides speak.
19:11We are letting members of Parliament or the BJP speak.
19:13We are letting others also speak, which is why we have you also, Mr. Tagore, on this broadcast.
19:17To show both sides.
19:18We let the viewers decide what they must of what they are seeing right now in Parliament.
19:22Ultimately, look, the Parliament is not functioning, Mr. Tagore.
19:25There is zero business that is happening.
19:27A house is being convened for exactly 63 seconds.
19:31Who adjourned it?
19:33Why the Prime Minister, it was scheduled to 5 o'clock, Prime Minister.
19:38You people are only running it.
19:39The Pradhaar Mandirika Sundays, you people are only running it.
19:42That Prime Minister is going to debate on Wednesday at 5 o'clock.
19:46Who ran it?
19:48The media ran it.
19:50Because the government feeded the media with that information.
19:52Why Prime Minister ran away from that thing?
19:54My question is that only.
19:56No, so, I think it's very convenient to blame the media amid this.
20:00Again and again, I will reiterate that we are showing all sides here.
20:03And that's very evident in the fact that we had Mr. Manoj Tiwari and now you, Mr. Tagore,
20:07joining us on this broadcast.
20:09But I'll thank you there.
20:10I'll wrap it up.
20:10You've heard from both sides.
20:12You, the viewer, can decide what really you think of what's played out in Parliament.
20:15Those are the images on your screen.
20:1763 seconds.
20:18There's all that the House convened for.
20:20At a time when the Prime Minister was supposed to speak, it didn't happen.
20:22The Prime Minister wasn't there.
20:24And you had these opposition MPs all gathering in the well of the House, holding up posters.
20:29In 63 seconds, the House was adjourned.
20:31Now, the question is tomorrow, are we going to be seeing again a washout day?
20:35Or are we going to see any business?
20:37Because ultimately, remember that this is the story every single session.
20:41We keep, keep rehashing, keep highlighting the cost of a washout.
20:45And I'm going to do it again now.
20:46That running Parliament for just one minute, the 63 seconds that you witnessed at 5 p.m., that costs 2.5 lakh rupees.
20:55Running Parliament for just one minute.
20:57That's how much it costs at 5 p.m.
20:59Besides that, for one hour, 1.5 crores.
21:02For six hours a day, it's 9 crores.
21:05For 13 days, which is usually the duration of an entire session, it's 117 crores.
21:12Now, think about that.
21:13Where is the money going?
21:14Because ultimately, there's zero business that's happened.
21:16It's adjournment after adjournment.
21:18And we will hold the members of Parliament responsible, accountable, whether it's the BJP or the opposition.
21:25That ultimately, this deadlock is leading to zero business in the House.
21:30What did we see today playing out?
21:32A face-off, a Sardar versus Gaddaar war.
21:35All of this playing out in the Parliament premises.
21:37Again, let me highlight zero business.
21:39This bickering continues.
21:41Rahul Gandhi was standing outside the Parliament complex.
21:45That's the sequence there.
21:46He was standing with the suspended MPs when Ravneet Singh Bhitto, a former Congress leader, current union minister, walked by.
21:54Rahul Gandhi calls him a traitor.
21:56Says, hello, brother. Hello, traitor.
21:59Now, the BJP leader hit back, calling him a desh ki dushman.
22:03We play out for you their entire controversy.
22:07Here is a traitor walking right by.
22:11Gaddaar.
22:12That's what it looks like.
22:14Hello, brother.
22:14A bitter banter between leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi and Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bhitto, who used to be in the Congress once.
22:28It all happened when Rahul Gandhi went to greet suspended opposition MPs protesting at the Makar Dwar outside Parliament.
22:35Just then, the union minister approached the stairs to enter the House.
22:40Rahul took a jive at Bittu, calling him a traitor.
22:43Here is a traitor walking right by.
22:47Take a look at your face.
22:48That's what it looks like.
22:49Hello, brother.
22:51My traitor friend.
22:52The comments by Rahul Drew laughs from opposition MPs.
22:55It was then Bittu's turn to hit back.
22:58He called the opposition anti-nationals.
23:01Later, Bittu described the Congress as an anti-Sikh party.
23:12Sikh leaders in the BJP slammed Rahul and urged Speaker Aum Bhirla to take action against Gandhi.
23:32No, no, no.
23:33My brother, if you are a traitor, you will have more friends and friends who will be a traitor.
23:39But then why do you want him to come back if he is a traitor?
23:41No, it's a mindset.
23:44Desecration of Golden Temple, 1984.
23:49Day in and day out.
23:51Day in and day out.
24:21And the Congress rubbished BGP's charges.
24:26The Sikh community and Congress share a strained past.
24:51Due to the 1984 riots that killed thousands of Sikhs in Delhi after Indira Gandhi's assassination by Sikh bodyguards.
24:59The Congress later gave India its first and only Sikh Prime Minister in Manmohan Singh,
25:06but the ghosts of 1984 still haunt the Gandhis.
25:09The face-off between Rahul Gandhi and Ravneet Bittu has now sparked what many would call a needless controversy.
25:17With Piyush Mishra and Moshimi Singh, Bureau Report, India Today.
25:22And the reason you saw endless disruptions in Parliament today is because,
25:30after Rahul Gandhi brought up former Army Chief General M.M. Narwane's memoir in Parliament,
25:36and it led to that showdown where he wasn't allowed to speak,
25:38the BJP's hit back with its own book attack.
25:40BJP MP Nishikand Dubey walked into the House holding up books on alleged Congress graft,
25:47including one of the Beaufort scam, which is what he's holding up in the House amid loud protests from the opposition benches.
25:53The situation quickly escalated.
25:55Opposition MPs started throwing papers, hurling them, tearing them up, all of this inside the House.
26:01And then you had torn sheets being hurled back amid the commotion.
26:05So nobody knows who actually threw these papers.
26:07Some of them were hurled towards the chair as well.
26:10Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi has accused BJP of using Nishikand Dubey to disrupt proceedings.
26:16She's alleged that Dubey was doing the government's bidding to create disruption
26:20so that the Prime Minister didn't have to speak.
26:22The Prime Minister of Nishikand Dubey
26:52The Prime Minister of Nishikand Dubey
27:22The Prime Minister of Nishikand Dubey
27:52The Prime Minister of Nishikand Dubey
28:22The Prime Minister of Nishikand Dubey
28:52We're expected to speak tomorrow in the looks about the questioners
28:54whether the House will be allowed to function at all for any sort of speeches, any sort of statements.
28:59After 12 months of President's rule in strife to Manipur, there's finally a new Chief Minister who's been sworn in.
29:12Yumnam Kheemchand Singh takes the oath as a Manipur Chief Minister, a METE leader.
29:18Vaiky Singh is now the Manipur Chief Minister, having been sworn in, having taken the oath as a Chief Minister.
29:25Now remember the announcement was made yesterday that finally Manipur, after being under President's rule for 12 months, would get a new Chief Minister.
29:33Government formation has been done.
29:35Importantly also, there are two Deputy Chief Ministers and one of them is a historic one.
29:40Name Cha Kim Ken, a BJP Khookhi leader.
29:43So you've got representation of the Khookhi community also.
29:46One of the highest posts in the Manipur government.
30:10Khookhi component.
30:11And Manipur has been able to maintain this 36 communities.
30:17So the sense of participation is there.
30:20We have a hope to bring in a peaceful atmosphere.
30:24Okay, I'll bring in Baby Shireen for more details on this.
30:29Baby, good evening.
30:30Just run us through the significance really of the choice of leaders here.
30:34Whether it's a METE leader, Chief Minister, or for that matter, a Khookhi leader,
30:38the first woman to be the Deputy Chief Minister of Manipur.
30:51Hello?
30:52Baby Shireen, go ahead.
30:53We can hear you.
30:58Yeah, repeat the question because there is a noise and I can't hear you.
31:03Okay, we're going to reconnect with our correspondent there to get you those details.
31:12But important highlights here.
31:13One is that after 12 months, President's rule being revoked,
31:17Manipur getting a new Chief Minister.
31:19In YK Singh, a METE leader, but importantly also two Deputy Chief Ministers,
31:24in which the symbolism is hugely important here.
31:27Nemchak Kipgen, first woman, first person from the Khookhi Zoo community
31:31to hold such a high-ranking position in the state.
31:33And the second Deputy Chief Minister, Lossi Diko.
31:36Now, represents the Naga majority region affiliated with the NPF.
31:42That's a BJP ally.
31:43So, very carefully, leaders have been chosen.
31:46Also, with the hope that with this kind of representation,
31:48that you have a METE Chief Minister
31:50and someone from the Khookhi Zoo community
31:52as a Deputy Chief Minister,
31:54the strife that we've witnessed in Manipur comes to an end.
31:59Baby Shireen is with us for more details, Baby.
32:01If you can hear me, take us through the significance
32:04of the leaders who've been chosen,
32:05the symbolism involved here.
32:06Yeah, uh, today, uh, uh, uh, um,
32:18Go ahead, we can hear you.
32:29Okay, I sense your apologies there for, uh,
32:32not getting that connection through,
32:34but we will get you more details, really,
32:36that we're picking up on the significant moment,
32:38a historic moment indeed, for money.
32:45Okay, let's move on to news from Karnataka.
32:48You had BJP and JDA's MLAs today
32:50staging an overnight sit-in protest
32:52at the Vidana Sada, a sleepover protest.
32:55Why?
32:55Because they're demanding the resignation
32:57of excise Minister R.B. Timapur
32:59over allegations of a massive corruption scandal
33:03involving his department.
33:04Despite the growing pressure,
33:05the minister has remained defiant,
33:07saying he's done nothing wrong.
33:15Karnataka's Vidana Sada
33:17turned into a political battleground overnight.
33:19BJP and JDA's MLAs spend the night inside the Assembly,
33:33staging a dharna,
33:34demanding the resignation
33:35of excise Minister R.B. Timapur
33:37over alleged liquor gate.
33:40The opposition is alleging large-scale bribery
33:43in the excise department,
33:44particularly in the granting of liquor licences.
33:49This is the biggest loot in Karnataka.
33:54Already, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
33:56told in the press,
34:00in Maharashtra election,
34:02700 crores from the liquor,
34:05Karnataka came to Maharashtra election.
34:07This is the statement of Honorable Prime Minister.
34:10When this is the case,
34:13there cannot be investigation
34:16as per their wishes.
34:18The proper investigation has to be carried out
34:20and truth should come out.
34:23This is our demand.
34:26So if investigation has to be carried out,
34:28the concerned minister,
34:30the allegation of 6,000 crores corruption,
34:33the excise minister is bound to resign.
34:39No evidence, nothing.
34:41Minister Thimapur refused to buckle under pressure.
34:46I'm necessarily creating the problem.
34:50No evidence, nothing.
34:53This is created by politics.
34:59Therefore, I have not resigned and nothing.
35:01Tempers flared further
35:04when a Congress MLA sparked fresh controversy
35:06with a dog jibe aimed at the NDA.
35:08From religious chants to slog naring in assembly,
35:37the battle lines are clearly drawn in Karnataka.
35:41With Sagai Raj, Bureau Report, India Today.
35:44Let's get you breaking news
35:53that's coming in from the Kolkata airport
35:55of a Turkish Airlines flight
35:56making an emergency landing
35:58after an engine fire scare.
36:01Two 36 people were on board
36:02this particular flight.
36:04The Turkish 727 aircraft
36:05was operating from Kathmandu to Istanbul
36:08when the captain informed
36:10the Kolkata air traffic control
36:11about the suspected engine fire.
36:14Following this,
36:15the flight was immediately diverted
36:16to Kolkata
36:17with a full emergency being declared.
36:20The aircraft landed at the Kolkata airport
36:22at about 2.50 this afternoon.
36:25It's still stationed at the Kolkata airport.
36:27The inspection is still underway.
36:29Those are the images,
36:30all new screens
36:31from the Kolkata airport
36:33of the grounded Turkish Airlines flight.
36:35We're still awaiting details
36:36of what really has emerged
36:38post that inspection.
36:39But huge scare there,
36:40what we can confirm for you right now
36:42is that the passengers are on board.
36:44About 236 people
36:46who are on board this aircraft
36:48have all been safely evacuated.
36:50It is yet to be confirmed
36:51whether there was a fire
36:53in the aircraft or not.
36:55This was based on the suspicion
36:56that a full emergency was declared
36:59and the aircraft was allowed
37:00to land in Kolkata.
37:02The Turkish Airlines flight
37:03was flying from Kathmandu to Istanbul.
37:06So right after takeoff from Kathmandu,
37:08it seems that the pilot did suspect
37:10that something was wrong,
37:11suspected that this could be
37:13of an engine fire,
37:15which is why in fact,
37:16after an SOS call,
37:18immediately the flight was given permission
37:19to touch down in Kolkata.
37:21All emergency measures
37:23were immediately kicked in.
37:24This touchdown took place
37:26at 2.50 this afternoon.
37:28Tapas Sen Gupta
37:29is joining us from Kolkata
37:30with more details on this.
37:31Tapas, what's the latest
37:32you've been able to pick up
37:34on the searches
37:35that have taken place,
37:36the checks that have taken place?
37:38Has the inspection
37:39confirmed a fire?
37:42Oh, well, yes.
37:42There was a malfunction
37:43on the right engine
37:44of the Turkish 77 airline
37:47which was en route
37:48from Kathmandu to Istanbul.
37:50And having noticed
37:51that the captain
37:52of the flight immediately
37:53informed the nearest ABC
37:55that was Kolkata
37:56and finally they got permission
37:58to land
37:59and at around 2.50
38:00in the afternoon today
38:02we had 236 passengers
38:03on board at Landways
38:04to Kanshara airport.
38:05And as of now,
38:06the inspection is going on.
38:08All passengers are safe
38:09and once there's a go-ahead
38:10from the technical team,
38:11it is likely to fly back.
38:13Or if we have been given
38:15to understand,
38:16if the technical problem
38:17cannot be sorted out,
38:18then there would be
38:19alternative arrangements
38:20that could be made
38:20for the stranded passengers.
38:22Back to you.
38:22All right, thanks very much
38:23Tapas for that update.
38:24Tapas confirming for us
38:25that yes, there was in fact
38:27a fire that was reported
38:29in the engine.
38:30So huge mishap
38:31that's been averted there
38:33courtesy the pilot
38:35realizing that something
38:36wasn't right
38:37and ensuring that he declared
38:38an immediate emergency
38:40and the flight
38:41on a priority basis
38:42was allowed to touch down
38:43at the Kolkata airport.
38:47Okay, let's move on now
38:49to a huge debate
38:50that's been sparked over
38:51whether there's a need
38:52to ban social media
38:54for minors,
38:55for those under 16.
38:56Australia had done it
38:57a few weeks ago
38:58and now Spain
38:59has also planned
39:00to ban social media
39:01targeting minors under 16,
39:03calling it a shield
39:04against the digital wild west.
39:07This is what the Spanish
39:08Prime Minister has said
39:10in Dubai
39:11when he spoke out
39:12about the menace
39:13of social media
39:14and how there's
39:14a need for regulation.
39:15There's also a whole lot
39:16of debate about whether
39:17this is a need of the hour
39:19in India too.
39:20Let's get your details
39:21of how different countries
39:22now are taking the step.
39:29Spain's socialist government
39:31will introduce a bill
39:32next week in parliament
39:33to block children
39:34under 16
39:35from social media platforms
39:36like TikTok,
39:37Instagram and X.
39:40Social media websites
39:42will have to ensure
39:43a robust age verification process.
39:45Spanish Prime Minister
39:48Pedro Sanchez
39:49who announced the move
39:50at the World Government Summit
39:51in Dubai on Tuesday
39:52slammed social media
39:53for flouting laws
39:54and ignoring crimes.
39:56He said the new rules
39:57will hold executors
39:58liable for hate speech
39:59and illegal content.
40:03Algorithm manipulation
40:04to boost harm
40:05will become a crime.
40:07Spain will ban access
40:11to social media
40:12for minors
40:13under the age of 16.
40:16The political class
40:18in Spain is divided.
40:19Conservative opposition
40:20supports the ban
40:21but the far-right walks
40:22blasts it as censorship.
40:26Elon Musk
40:27who owns X's
40:28hit out at Sanchez
40:29calling him a tyrant
40:30and a traitor
40:31to the people of Spain.
40:32Using an explicit insult
40:35like Dirty Sanchez
40:36with a poop emoji
40:37he labelled Sanchez
40:39as a true fascist
40:40totalitarian
40:40on X.
40:43While the move
40:44seems to have upset
40:45teenagers in Spain
40:46parents welcome
40:47the proposed ban.
40:50I honestly think
40:51I'm a little against it
40:52because even though
40:53there are many bad things
40:54about social media
40:55there are also good things
40:57and I think
40:57it's more of a decision
40:59for parents
40:59than for the government.
41:00I think it's fine
41:03yes it's a good measure
41:04to encourage children
41:05to play with each other
41:06and not to be
41:07on their mobile phones
41:08which I think
41:09is terrible
41:09to be honest.
41:11Well I don't generally
41:13like prohibitions
41:13but I understand
41:14that this measure
41:15is necessary.
41:19The ban drafted
41:20with the help
41:21of UNICEF experts
41:22could deactivate
41:237 lakh teen accounts
41:24in Spain.
41:27Australia had announced
41:28a similar ban
41:29in December
41:30to curb grooming
41:30cyberbullying
41:32porn exposure
41:33and addiction
41:33while the United Kingdom
41:35and France
41:36are also considering
41:37similar age-based
41:38restrictions.
41:40Bureau Report
41:40India Today
41:41we'll see you next year.
41:44To arrange audiences
41:45as the
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