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00:00Good evening, hello and welcome. You're with the news today, your primetime destination news,
00:07newsmakers, talking points, the big talking point tonight. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
00:11is gunning for the Congress and the Gandhi family once again in Parliament. The opposition walks
00:18out. Who won this round, Prime Minister or the opposition? That's going to be our talking point.
00:24And also India's leading agriculture expert, Professor Ashok Gulati joins me on the Indo-U.S.
00:30trade deal and its implications for Indian agriculture. So we've got plenty as always
00:36on the show tonight. But first, it's time for the nine headlines at nine.
00:41Prime Minister Narendra Modi tears into the Gandhi Nehru family in his near 100-minute speech in the
00:47Rajya Sabha. Opposition stages a walkout during the Prime Minister's address. Says government is
00:53running away from the real issues.
01:02Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla makes a big charge. Says he had advised the Prime Minister to skip
01:09the speech as Congress allegedly plotted a physical attack on the Prime Minister. Congress calls
01:16his allegations absurd and baseless.
01:25Tensions, return and sporadic violence. A day after the new Chief Minister takes oath in Manipur,
01:31protesters in the Kuki area as opposed formation of the government claim that their demand for a
01:36separate administration has not been fulfilled. Say they will boycott the newly elected Deputy
01:42chief ministers from the Kuki area. At least 16 labourers have been killed in a coal mine blast in
01:51Megalay. Authorities fear that more bodies may still be trapped inside the mine. The Megalay police
01:58launches a rescue operation. A diary with an eight-page suicide note is recovered in the Ghaziabad triple
02:08suicide case reveals the girls' love for Korean culture. The teenage girls were reportedly in distress
02:16as they were unable to watch their favourite gay dramas.
02:23Nominations for the Mumbai mayor's post to be made on 7th of February. Deputy mayor election will also be held on the same day. It's more than three weeks since the Mumbai municipal election saw the BJP Shiv Sena take top spot.
02:37Political heat rises in pole-bound Tamil Nadu. BJP posts a video of DMK minister calling North Indians Panipuri cellars and table cleaners. BJP now demands an apology from DMK for what they claim is inciting hatred against North Indians.
02:58Massive layoffs in Jeff Bezos owned the Washington Post. The U.S. newspaper lays off nearly one-third of its workforce. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's son Ishan among those laid off.
03:14And ahead of the T20 World Cup that kicks off this weekend, Captain Surya Kumar Yadav breaks silence on Pakistan's planned boycott of the match with India, insists the men in blue are ready to take the field on the day of the match.
03:32But the story that's breaking right at the very top, a fresh protest has erupted in Tuibong in Manipur's Churuachandpur district on Thursday evening, just 24 hours after the formation of a new BJP government in the state.
03:59The protesters have opposed the formation of the government that has a methi, as the chief minister came to and sing, as well as two deputy chief ministers, one of them, who's a kuki.
04:12But the kuki groups are alleging that their demand for a separate administration has not been fulfilled.
04:17And they have also expressed strong resentment over kuki MLAs joining the newly formed government.
04:22According to police sources, protesters in the Churuachandpur area attempted to block roads by burning wood and tyres.
04:30They also pelted stones at security personnel who are deployed in the area.
04:35In response, security forces have been mobilised to control the situation and prevent any further escalation.
04:42And as I said, all of this coming within 24 hours of the new government being sworn in after almost a year of president's rule in Manipur.
04:55I'm joined at the moment by Tapas Sengupta.
04:58He's our correspondent who's tracking what's happening in the northeast.
05:03Tapas, it was 24 hours ago that we had a new chief minister and a new government in Manipur.
05:09President's rule was lifted. Now in Churuachandpur, presumably some of the kuki zoe militias are once again on the street.
05:18And we are told citizen groups as well.
05:21What are their demands? What is it that they really want now?
05:26Let's see, Rajdeep, from day one, Churuachandpur had been the epicentre of violence in Manipur since 2023.
05:32And with a lot of hope when the government was formed yesterday, when the new chief minister took oath and with the two deputy chief minister,
05:42one from Kuki and another from Naga, people thought and especially the government thought that things would subside over a period of time.
05:49But within 24 hours, we had seen that similar kind of violence that we had seen in yesteryear have taken place in Churuachandpur and things spiraled out of control very quickly.
06:00It's basically the kuki backed a group they had called for a complete shutdown, supported by civil society people.
06:06They had expressed the resentment over the formation of the government.
06:11They said that they were not happy because their perennial demand to have a separate administration was not met, as discussed earlier.
06:20And henceforth, they had called for a shutdown.
06:22And during the evening, when the roads were blocked and tires were burned, the security forces, which were adequately deployed, tried to disperse the crowd.
06:30And it is then that situation spiraled out of control.
06:34And in order to take control of the situation, the police even went further to corner the crowd.
06:40But as of now, the situation remains tense.
06:43Still, an hour ago, we had learned that the stone pelting is continuing sporadically.
06:48But more forces have been kept on standby.
06:50And it is imperative for the government and the law enforcement agencies to maintain calm over the night.
06:56Because if it spirals out of control, then things may get worsened by tomorrow.
07:00Back to you.
07:00Okay, Tapas Sen Gupta, with those very latest details, just highlighting the challenges facing the new government there in Manipur to bridge that simmering divide between the Kukis and the Metes.
07:14Okay, let's turn to our top focus tonight.
07:17The showdown in Parliament.
07:18Now, in the Lok Sabha, the motion of thanks to President Draupadi Murmu was passed without the Prime Minister's reply and without the leader of the opposition being allowed to complete his speech.
07:29Probably the first time that has happened in parliamentary history.
07:33But the Prime Minister did speak today in the Rajya Sabha.
07:36This amidst opposition sloganeering and eventually a walkout by the Congress in the middle of the speech.
07:43Other parties like the Trinamool had walked out earlier.
07:47Tonight, we start with excerpts from the Prime Minister's speech that targeted the Congress and the Gandhi family in particular.
07:57Along with the Trinamool that is its main opponent in Bengal and the DMK in Tamil Nadu.
08:04Take a look at Prime Minister Modi's speech, highlights of it, before we come to our face-off.
08:40This is not the proper purpose.
08:46This is the religious force.
08:47This is the religious force.
08:52This is the religious force.
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21:25which announced by the Trump, he is actually claiming so many controversial points, which
21:32Prime Minister Narendra Modi is keeping silence till now, except that 18%, earlier it was
21:372 to 3%.
21:38No, no, but why could you not, ma'am, I've listened to you, why could you not, ma'am,
21:42instead of walking out of parliament, instead of walking out of parliament, you could have
21:46raised this.
21:47No, no, Jyoti Maniji, you could have raised this issue, instead of walking out, this is
21:51precise, you could have get out the Prime Minister on this.
21:53I am coming to the point, leader of opposition, no listen, leader of opposition, Mr. Raghal
21:59Gandhiji, wanted to raise the same issue, not only Narendra Modi, Narendra Modi issue is very
22:05clear, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is afraid of China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is afraid
22:09of US, now Prime Minister Narendra Modi is afraid of Women's Congress MPs also, the fear
22:14is crippled the Prime Minister, that's what I would like to make a point, the fear is
22:18completely crippled the Prime Minister, he is the weakest Prime Minister in the Independence
22:22India's history.
22:23So that is why he does not want to talk about real issues, he want to go on and on and on
22:28and on and on and on, basing Gandhi family, we are used to it, we know Gandhi family is
22:33respected beyond political differences, they actually sacrificed their entire life, they
22:38built this nation, so we don't care what Prime Minister Narendra Modi is saying about Gandhi
22:43family and the Congress party, because we stood by this country and sacrificed everything, still
22:48we are fighting to uphold the values of this country.
22:50I have heard you.
22:51But Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not ready to answer single thing, why his name is figure
22:56out in the F-Sign files, why his Minister, Kardeep Singh Puri's name is figure out in the
23:02F-Sign file, F-Sign file is not something very simple, it was released by a US department,
23:08in this F-Sign is a F-Sign file, actually he is a criminal, someone is using young girls
23:15for, young girls and supply to many leaders, so many leaders names figure out in the list,
23:21but Narendra Modi, why Narendra Modi's name is present there, why Narendra Singh Puri's
23:25name is present, why don't Prime Minister answer those things in the parliament.
23:29Okay, okay, you made your point.
23:31Why are you stopping Raul Gandhi to speak from all these real issues?
23:34I have heard you now, you know, Raul Gandhi is another issue, whether the speaker should
23:39have allowed him to speak, because Raul Gandhi began his speech with Naraune, had he began
23:43his speech maybe with some of the other issues, like the trade deal that you mentioned, it
23:46might have been possible for him to speak on those issues.
23:49No, that you can't dictate, Rajivji, that we will decide what we will speak.
23:52The speaker made a ruling, ma'am, I am not dictating.
23:55We are no one to dictate us what we are supposed to speak.
23:58The speaker at the end of the day, whether you like him or not, makes these rulings.
24:01But let me, let's focus on what you've said and let Sudhanshu respond.
24:04Sudhanshu Trivedi, the Congress's charges, and they put up placards, Narendra surrender.
24:09And they have said, because of the Epstein files becoming a hot potato, because of Gautam Adani
24:16and the SEC rulings in America, according to the Congress, the government is surrendering
24:22to America.
24:23The government doesn't want to talk about what happened with China on the border.
24:27And therefore, they bring in other issues as a diversion.
24:30This is the Congress's claim.
24:31I'm showing those posters.
24:33Your response.
24:35The statement made by our opponent Congress MP is, it is an example of the height of prejudice,
24:47presumption to the extent of perversion.
24:50Why I'm saying like this?
24:52When there is no detail of Indo-U.S. nuclear deal on the floor of the House, Commerce Minister
25:01has said that we have protected the interest of our farmers and dairies.
25:07Still you are having problem.
25:08Then it's okay.
25:09It's your right.
25:10Then you show the base from where the source is coming.
25:13Have you seen the details of the news?
25:15On the contrary, Commerce Minister had said that whenever the final contours will be decided,
25:20it will be told to everybody.
25:22Now come to the second point.
25:24On the issue of Epstein files, I'm unable to understand that why a perverted, charge-seated
25:29criminal who is a suspicious, conspicuous is being consistently mentioned on the floor of
25:35the House.
25:36This is an utter disrespect to the August House.
25:38No, but why should your union minister be in touch with him?
25:42Your union, there are, there are, there are emails where your union, just a minute, ma'am.
25:45There are union ministers in touch with, just, no, no, no, no, no, Jyoti Mani ji, please
25:50allow me to anchor.
25:51If your union minister's name is coming up, the government should issue a clear clarification.
25:56Why no clarification?
25:57Prime Minister.
25:58No, no, Jyoti Mani ji, please.
25:59You cannot interfere, please.
26:00When anything officially comes, when anything officially comes, then the official reaction
26:12is required.
26:13As far as prime minister is concerned, not even a single email, not even a single telephone
26:18call, not even a single text message, not even a single meeting.
26:22And still, the leader of the opposition is saying that he was singing and dancing.
26:26Sir, there was only one song that is sang, that was the national anthem of India in Israel,
26:30because 2017 prime minister visit was a totally official visit, and each and every minute
26:35is officially documented.
26:36Haan, they might have thinking that the national anthem was just a singing, like at the time
26:41of Ram Mandir opening.
26:42They were saying ki natchgaana ho raha tha, to ho sakta hai bharat ki raashtgaan mein bhi unko gana
26:47this is up to them.
26:48But I want to ask, not even a single email, not even a single text message, not even a single
26:53phone call, not even a single meeting, still you want to rely on a charged seated perverted
26:58criminal that showed the prejudice against prime minister Modi to the extent of perversion.
27:04That is a fundamental problem.
27:06And one more thing I would like to act.
27:08That means, come se come, Jyoti Mani ji sahi toh bol nahi hai ki, Indo-US deal ka maamla
27:13uthana chahiye tha.
27:14But the tutors of Rahul Gandhi ji already given the issue of the book of Narwaneh, unpublished
27:19book of Narwaneh.
27:20So he went upon that with the prescribed format.
27:23He didn't thought out that the new issue has erupted in the last 48 hours.
27:27He was there.
27:29Whatever it dictated by solar sources, now I have to go on that.
27:33I don't, do not want to apply the main.
27:36Okay, good point.
27:37Can I, you know, Jyoti Mani ji, if Rahul Gandhi wanted to raise all these issues that he's
27:42raising outside parliament, whether it's the Epstein files, whether it is the alleged surrender
27:49to America, he could have done all of this on the floor of the house.
27:52He decided after the first day, after the speaker had ruled out and said you cannot raise
27:57Narwaneh.
27:58He insisted on raising it on second day, on third day, and then you say he's not being
28:02allowed to speak.
28:03The point is, Jyoti Mani, sometimes you have to also accept in parliament that howsoever
28:09high you are, whether you like it or not, the speaker is above you.
28:13You gave the floor as a result to the BJP and the Prime Minister.
28:16Rahul Gandhi could have made an equally strong one hour speech.
28:20Rajdeep ji, I already pointed out this.
28:25Will the speaker will decide, or the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, or the Bharatiya Janata
28:30party will decide what Rahul Gandhi will speak in the parliament, or which is his first point,
28:35second point, third point.
28:37They will dictate term to us, it's a party hour.
28:40He is a floor leader.
28:41He is a leader of opposition.
28:43He is a leader of this country.
28:45He will know what he will speak, when he will speak, what should he will speak.
28:49So, who is the speaker?
28:50Speaker does not have any power to dictate term to any member what we should speak, not
28:56only leader of opposition, even some normal MP like me.
28:59Speaker do not have power to dictate terms.
29:02So, that's what we are saying.
29:04Speaker is completely biased.
29:06Speaker runs the house on behalf of a BJP.
29:09Speaker, Madam Speaker today said, Jyoti Mani ji, Jyoti Mani ji, just a minute.
29:14Speaker today said, Madam, one minute.
29:17Speaker today said that you are going to physically, you are going to physically attack the Prime Minister.
29:22That's what the speaker has gone on record to say.
29:25Please answer.
29:26I want to answer.
29:28So, yeah, this is laughable Rajivji.
29:33See, this shows how speaker behave in the Lok Sabha.
29:36See, we are the MPs, some women MPs.
29:39We are protesting for the last four days.
29:41We want leader of opposition to speak, not only we, all the India Alliance partners are
29:46firmly with us, because that is why they do not want to speak, because leader of opposition
29:51Ragulji was not allowed to speak.
29:53Ragulji was coming to the parliament and trying to speak four days.
29:56He was not allowed.
29:58Top of that, this Nishikantube was being instigated by the top high command of the BJP.
30:02And talking such a derogatory, awkward, ugly things about the former Prime Minister in this country.
30:07We went to the speaker.
30:08The speaker said, four o'clock, you will come.
30:10I will do something.
30:11Then, four o'clock, we went.
30:12He said, I told the government.
30:14The government didn't come back to me.
30:16Then, who run this house?
30:17Obviously, the speaker conceded that the speaker is not running the house.
30:20The top of the government is running the house.
30:22That's what our charges is.
30:23The speaker is forced to say unbelievable, laughable lies, even against women MPs.
30:29Tell me, I've heard you.
30:30I've heard you, ma'am.
30:31I've heard you, ma'am.
30:32Am I looking like someone who'sтАж
30:33I've heard you.
30:34You're saying that.
30:35No, no.
30:36Am I looking like someone who go and attack the Prime Minister?
30:38Because they are women.
30:39They can't stand women asking raising questions.
30:41Women is protesting against the Prime Minister.
30:43Women is protesting against the ruling party.
30:46They can't stand women.
30:47Because their ideology is against women.
30:48I've heard you.
30:49That is why, actually, they are making this kind of absurd allegations against them.
30:54I'm playing the role of the speaker.
30:55That shows their characters, not ours.
30:56Trying to give equal time.
30:57Okay.
30:58You're saying it shows their character.
30:59There's one point, though, Sudhanshu Trivedi, which troubled me today.
31:02Prime Minister used the reference that Rahul Gandhi made to Ravinder Bittu, his former colleague,
31:09where he had called him a traitor.
31:11And Prime Minister said, this is a baddar versus a sardar.
31:14It is a baddar.
31:16Now, when you say that, don't you think these are statements which perhaps don't reflect statesmanship?
31:24They are playing to the gallery.
31:25This is whatever else the Congress has done.
31:28And for 1984, the Congress deserves to be completely condemned.
31:32Let's be clear.
31:33For the anti-seek riots that took place, Congress has blood on its hands.
31:37I'm very clear on that.
31:38But the same Congress had Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister for 10 years.
31:42Today now, based on what happened outside,
31:45it appeared to me as an outsider, as banter.
31:48One person called other Desh ka Dushpan, one said traitor.
31:53To now rake it up and say, sabhi sardaro ka appaan hua hai.
31:57Is this something that only is meant to inflame passions?
32:01Should the Prime Minister have even got into it?
32:03It happened outside the house.
32:06Okay.
32:07Rajdeep, I will answer both the things.
32:12Your question and also on the issue of what Jyoti Maniji has spoken.
32:17She is saying that the women MPs were making their issue.
32:22Okay.
32:23No problem.
32:24Then you can enter in the well.
32:26Okay.
32:27No problem.
32:28Then why you come to the side of treasury?
32:30And then you're having a banner and a shield of women MPs.
32:34And then try to enter into the benches or treasuries.
32:37How this can be a right?
32:39Your right can be the protest from your own seat, from the own area.
32:43This is right.
32:44You cannot enter there.
32:45And I would like to ask that putting the shield of women with the banners in the hand, which
32:50is prohibited in the parliament, from where you have got the idea?
32:53From Shaheen Bagh or Gaza?
32:55This is the same model which has been used in Shaheen Bagh or other protests that put a
33:00shield of women with a banner and keep on moving ahead.
33:04Shame on you, Shushant.
33:05Shame on you.
33:06Shame on you.
33:07On the floor of the Lok Sabha.
33:08This is my elimination.
33:09Shame on you, Shushant.
33:10And one more thing I would like to say.
33:11Now, what you have said about the Sikhs.
33:14Sardarichu.
33:15Rajdir ji, if there is a personal conflict between two persons and the caste of one person
33:22is sued, so suddenly the Congress said, oh, it's attack on Dalits.
33:25Okay.
33:26If there is a personal conflict between two persons and one is Muslim, oh, it's attack on
33:31Muslims.
33:32And even if a Muslim is a criminal and a terrorist and he is being hanged by the due process of
33:39law.
33:40Oh, it's an attack on Muslims.
33:42And when you are saying.
33:43This is wrong.
33:44Rajdir ji, you should not allow this.
33:45How can he use this model like this?
33:46Rajdir ji, this is very unacceptable using some kind of...
33:50No, no, no.
33:51No, this is wrong.
33:52How can you use that word on religion?
33:53Need not to shout.
33:54No, no.
33:55It's not about one reason.
33:56I have asked him a question.
33:57I have asked him a question, madam.
33:58Ma'am, he should be allowed to complete and then I am coming to you.
33:59Finish up in 30 seconds, Sudhanshu ji.
34:00Okay.
34:01Okay.
34:02This is one on one debate.
34:03There is no need of heckling.
34:04Madam, one minute.
34:05Yes, finish up Sudhanshu.
34:06We are not heckling.
34:07You just...
34:08You wait for your turn and destroy my argument.
34:09But wait for your turn.
34:10I'll let you speak.
34:11Finish up.
34:12You opposed it.
34:13I have taken your opposition on record and put down a fader.
34:14Yeah, go ahead.
34:15Finish up Sudhanshu.
34:16Was this the kind of statement a Prime Minister should make?
34:18Is it not dangerous and inflammatory?
34:19No, no.
34:20No, no.
34:21No, no.
34:22No, no.
34:23No, no.
34:24No, no.
34:25No, no.
34:26No, no.
34:27No, no.
34:28No, no.
34:29No, no.
34:30No, no.
34:31No, no.
34:32No, no.
34:33No, no.
34:34No, no.
34:35No, no.
34:36No, no.
34:37You belong to the family of Bayan Singh, Chief Minister.
34:40Listen.
34:41But he represents the family of Bayan Singh Ji, who has laid down his life for the country
34:46and not taken any Bharat Ratna.
34:49And you have humiliated Amrinder Singh, who was the only Chief Minister who was capable
34:54of stopping the Modi wave in the entire country from 2014 to 17.
35:00And forget about that.
35:02Gandhi family has said, Priyanka Gandhi openly said that she is ready to forgive the killers of her father Rajiv Gandhi.
35:10But had they given any statement, they are ready to forgive the killers of Indra Gandhi? No.
35:15So they're hated from Bada Per Gerta Hai Tuh Dharti Hilti Hai to Rannit Singh Bittu shows a pattern.
35:21So that's why, as I said, it's very, you know, I have high regard for you.
35:28You know, the fact is, as I said, this is the same Congress party, just a minute, had made Manmohan Singh as their prime minister for 10 years.
35:38So I think to rake up the Sikh issue in the context of what appeared clearly targeting someone who had left the party, I thought maybe was a bit of an overreaction.
35:49Madam, just a minute. Now you tell me, madam, all of what you are saying, you could have, I come back to it.
35:56If Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party believe that Narendra Modi's government has failed on various issues, this was the opportunity to completely nail them inside parliament.
36:08Don't you think it's a missed opportunity, ma'am, in that sense?
36:12See, I'm coming to that. Quickly, I make one point. Me and Bittu were colleagues from the beginning in the Youth Congress.
36:22Bittu was made as a Youth Congress president. Bittu was made many times MPs because of Rahul Gandhi.
36:27He backstopped us and went to BJP. So we have every right to point out someone who actually, who backstopped us.
36:33So there is no point, no sequel to this kind of backstopping.
36:37You could have called him a Bittu is a Bittu. You could have called him a Bittu is a traitor.
36:39So there is no point you expect.
36:42No, no, no. There is slight difference only, Rajivji. That is very wrong.
36:47You see, you don't have an ideology. You are with Congress.
36:49Then you go to BJP, totally against it. What do you expect us to call him?
36:54So then also there is no point to expect him to behave like a statesman. He never behaved one.
36:59So now coming to your point. See, we, see, I just want to say time and again, we wanted to speak every issue which is affecting this country in the floor of the parliament.
37:09That is why our fight, why we went to the Treasury Bench's side, as Sudhan Shirdi said, it is not prohibited.
37:15Protest is our right. It is a fundamental right. Constitution has enshrined in everybody, not only the member of parliament.
37:21So we have every right to protest. They have protested when we were ruling. They were in opposition.
37:25They have protested with banner, placard, whatever it is. So that is a democratical form.
37:31So there is no point to tell us not to protest. We wanted to speak in the parliament.
37:35Rahulji was not allowed by none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji and the Home Minister and the Defence Minister of this country.
37:41You are saying that, you are saying the Lok Sabha speaker was working, you are making a serious chat.
37:45You are saying the Lok Sabha speaker was working under the instructions of Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Shah to prevent Rahul Gandhi from speaking in parliament.
37:56That is the charge you are making here on the show. I will give 30 seconds.
38:00That is obvious.
38:01That is obvious.
38:01That is very obvious.
38:02You believe that it was entirely orchestrated. I have taken your point.
38:06Let me give me 20 seconds. I want to finish Rajiv ji. So the Prime Minister and the BJP does not want us to raise very important issue which shows Prime Minister in a poor life.
38:18Prime Minister was weak. He let down the country. He sold out the country. He does not want Rahul ji to say that in the floor of the parliament.
38:24That is why they are trying to silence us. But we are not silenced.
38:28I have heard both sides.
38:29I have heard both sides. I have given you equal time. I have heard both sides. I have tried to do what perhaps the Lok Sabha speaker unfortunately has failed to do.
38:39Give both sides equal time. That is what democracy really should be. That both sides should be heard.
38:45This time in parliament, unfortunately, for whatever reason, only one side's voice dominated over the other.
38:52Sudhanshu Trivedi and Jyoti Maniji for joining me here. Thank you very much on my face off.
38:57Meanwhile, Union Minister Piyush Goyal today said that the first tranche of the bilateral trade pact of India and the United States is almost ready with a joint statement likely in four days and the formal agreement likely in the middle of March.
39:14Now, that was Piyush Goyal. Listen in to what he said.
39:17Piyush Goyal.
39:19Piyush Goyal.
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40:00Piyush Goyal.
40:01Piyush Goyal.
40:02Piyush Goyal.
40:03First of all, there is a formal agreement, which is probably a half-month-old month, and there is a formal agreement to sign until mid-March.
40:21But the 18% of the U.S. tariffs, after the joint statement announced, will be done by the United States of America.
40:36Okay, let's then turn to the critical issue of that trade deal, likely impending trade deal, which is agriculture.
40:43Lots of questions, whether India's markets are going to be open now to U.S. agricultural products, is that a good thing or not?
40:50What could be the implications?
40:52Who better to answer that than the country's leading expert on agriculture, distinguished professor of agriculture at ICRIA?
40:59Professor Ashok Gulati, appreciate your joining us.
41:02In the Indo-U.S. trade deal, one red line and the one uncertainty is over agriculture,
41:07particularly after comments from the U.S. Agriculture Secretary and other officials saying that America will now get a huge benefit of access to our markets of agriculture products.
41:17Should that worry Indian farmers if the U.S. gets unlimited access to Indian markets for their agriculture produce?
41:24Well, as they say, the devil is in the details and we don't know the details.
41:32So it's a little premature to comment on that.
41:37But overall, I would say my feeling is, and whatever I'm reading from the two sides, is that there would be those commodities which are open, which are not very much produced in India.
41:55You know, I'll give you the example of almonds have been coming from U.S. almost 90% of what you're consuming in the country is coming from California,
42:06at a duty of about 13-14%.
42:09Whereas walnuts have a duty of 100%.
42:14What is the rationale of that?
42:15What is the rationale of that?
42:16I don't understand.
42:17So their interest is on many dry fruits, cranberry and all that.
42:23The big issue is in case of soybean, corn and dairy products if at all.
42:30And that is an issue of GM and non-vegetarian cows there.
42:35So would you draw a red line particularly on genetically modified soya bean and corn?
42:41Would you say that the Indian negotiators have to say that that is an area India is not ready to concede to U.S. demand to allow corn, GM, corn and soya bean easy access to Indian markets or ethanol?
42:54You know, it's always a give and take.
42:57If you feel in trade deal, you can't take one stand.
43:01No, nothing will come.
43:03There's that's an extreme position.
43:05Then how do we get access to our labor intensive products like textiles or leather goods or gems and jewelry and even our shims?
43:15You know, if they attract 50% duty, we were gone literally.
43:20So I think it's always a give and take.
43:24Now the issue of GM, you know, the GM has been in our food system since 2002.
43:31Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpay opened up BT cotton and our production which was 13 million bales at that time jumped to 39 million bales within 10 years.
43:44And the seed of cotton is in the food system both for animal feed, poultry feed as well as cotton seed oil.
43:55And soya bean oil is coming from U.S. in any case.
43:59So, you know, saying that nothing of soya will come, soya bean oil is already coming.
44:06But whether soya bean can come, how much quantity, at what tariff rate, that is all a matter of negotiation.
44:14And I'm sure our negotiators have taken care of that.
44:18You know, you're saying that you're confident our negotiators have taken care of that.
44:22But is there a sense that eventually this could become a very uneven battle given the sheer power of the U.S. agricultural market daring, for example,
44:31another area where India is saying that they will draw a red line.
44:35Can India and Indian farmers really compete with high-tech American farmers when it comes to agriculture?
44:41You know, 80% of our products are very competitive.
44:47In fact, we could be exporting.
44:48So, agriculture is not a gone case.
44:51It's a very efficient sector except edible oils and that too for palm.
44:56That is the cheapest oil in the world.
44:59And that's coming from Indonesia and Malaysia.
45:02A bit of pulses.
45:04You know, the statements that I read from the two ends,
45:08our ministers are saying they have fully protected the smallholders and agriculture will not be impacted.
45:15But when I read the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and they say,
45:20oh, we are going to flood the Indian market and so on and so forth.
45:25I trust my own ministers more than what the tweets are from the U.S. side.
45:31So, if there is a quota and gradually the tariffs are reduced,
45:38that is the way things have to be in every sector.
45:42Agriculture is not very different on that account.
45:46In a sense though, Professor Gulati, is this a time and opportunity for Indian agriculture to reform?
45:51Given the challenges I said that exist from U.S. agriculture, there will be opportunities.
45:57Do you believe that a debate should start on agri-reform or do you believe it's a political hot potato that no one will touch
46:04after what happened to the government's earlier plans for agriculture reform?
46:10I would say the reforms in agriculture are overdue and it was good to see after, you know,
46:20President Trump's tariffs threat and so on and so forth when he had raised it to 50 percent,
46:26Indian government got into action and did a lot of reforms of GST and doing his business and so on and so forth.
46:37So, you know, sometimes when you are faced with a challenging time, that's the time to reform and come out successfully.
46:48And I think Modi government has done pretty good coming out of this 50 percent tariff.
46:56Our exports have not dropped drastically, no hue and cry on that front.
47:01And our growth rate has sustained unexpectedly more than what perhaps any economist or at least I never expected 7.4 percent growth rate in GDP would be there.
47:13Right.
47:14And they have achieved that. So we have to give some credit whatever they have done in the face of these challenges.
47:22Sir, but farming in India, I come back to the agriculture point. Farming in India remains largely unmechanized, small fragmented land holdings.
47:29They don't have very little scope for large machinery.
47:33US farms, cutting edge equipment, even now AI driven technologies.
47:37How will I come back to the mismatch?
47:40There are many who fear that we are entering a trade deal which could be one sided.
47:46Do you believe these fears are exaggerated?
47:48These fears are exaggerated. I think our farmers, despite the small holding, have been our we are on agriculture basis.
48:00We are exporting about six billion dollars to US and our imports for last year.
48:06It was two and a half billion dollars this year.
48:09Perhaps it could be three billion dollars.
48:11So we are a trade surplus even in agriculture with respect to US.
48:17And think about whatever stringent conditions of SPS and other things are.
48:22Our shrimps have been going, you know, two billion dollars is shrimp exports.
48:27And overall, to the global market, India's exports of agriculture are 52 billion dollars and imports are 37 billion dollars.
48:37So we are a net exporter of agriculture, whereas US, though it's a big exporter, but on the whole it is a net importer of agriculture.
48:46Despite all their machinery, AI and modern technologies, they are net importers of agriculture.
48:52China is the largest net importer of agriculture.
48:56India of the big countries is a net exporter of agriculture.
49:01So there is something our farmers can do.
49:04Reassuring, you know, Professor, your words are reassuring, educative as well.
49:09There are those, of course, who are saying this, the trade deals that we are signing EU, America,
49:15all of this could be a 1991 like moment for trade and possibly some would argue for Indian agriculture.
49:23But do you really believe this is a 1991 like moment where we could turn adversity into opportunity?
49:29Well, we have to set our house in order.
49:34Our domestic reforms agenda has to be carried through.
49:38If you want to compete in the international market, you can't have all around restrictions.
49:45You know, our wheat exports were banned in 2022 when the Ukraine war started.
49:54And it is still banned after almost four years coming.
49:58And it is banned.
49:59We could be exporting wheat.
50:02Prof. Ashok Gulati for shedding your wisdom.
50:07I always appreciate it.
50:09Once the details come out of the trade deal, we'll come back to you to tell us more of the impact on Indian agriculture.
50:15But for now, thank you so much for joining me tonight.
50:18Let's turn to tonight's good news today story.
50:21It comes from a village near Jamshedpur where women are finding value in waste.
50:25The women are transforming discarded plastic to useful products, including vases, plates and cups.
50:31Good news today comes from a village near Jamshedpur.
50:34Women in Goburghusi village, 60 kilometers from Jamshedpur, are finding value in waste.
50:48A small group of them collect discarded plastics and old clothes from around 10 nearby villages.
50:55Then they transform the waste, which includes wrappers of food items, into useful products.
51:02The women make flower vases, baskets, plates and caps from the plastic, while doormats are made from the clothes.
51:10The handmade products are reaching big markets like Delhi and Mumbai, and they are priced between 50 to 600 rupees.
51:17The women are still worthntyre than 11 doses.
51:19The women is already getting more and have a limited amount of medicinal diseases.
51:23Therefore, we have taken a sale for a massive expo in Delhi.
51:27Because overseas they are being purchased, National purchases.
51:32So, we need to take the market in the main area.
51:37In addition to earning income, the participants in the program say they are doing it for a
51:53noble cause. Each of them earns 5,000 to 7,000 per month and it has been a year since the
52:19movement to recycle plastics started. With Anoop Sinha, Bureau Report, India Today.
52:49Head of the T20 World Cup. We'll have guests from Pakistan and more, including Sunil Gavaskar
52:55on the show tomorrow. That's tomorrow night. But for now, thanks for watching. Bye for now.
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