00:00All right, let's begin with the latest news break that is coming in from West Bengal.
00:04Yesterday, you saw Mamata Banerjee, the incumbent chief minister, after the second phase ended, give multiple statements.
00:10Today, she has released a statement through a social media post from her party's handle, TMC,
00:17in which she practically states that TMC is forming the government in West Bengal and she signs off with Joy
00:22Bangla.
00:23Let's listen in to Mamata Banerjee, the incumbent chief minister.
00:27After all of this, also a game of optics, viewers, because the carder needs to be enthused,
00:32they need to keep energised, especially counting nearing on the 4th of May and where both level carder is concerned,
00:40you have to keep them on their toes and energised.
00:43And with the exit poll prediction, some of them giving BJP an edge, some putting BJP and the TMC neck
00:50-in-neck
00:51and only one or two giving the TMC numbers, which are ahead of the BJP.
00:56Optics important, Mamata Banerjee coming out in a message not just to the people of Bengal,
01:02but mostly directed to the carder of the TMC.
01:05Mamata, they're saying that the TMC will cross 226 seats.
01:10But here's what's interesting, all the exit poll numbers that are coming out,
01:13Mamata says it's a BJP conspiracy.
01:14That the BJP is dictating the numbers to pollsters and those are the numbers being released.
01:20But listen in to what Mamata said.
01:29He's a BJP boy, but he's saying that the BJP must have fallen against the human,
01:35so he'll find the BJP.
01:39He's saying that the BJP has fallen against the other side.
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01:58and 2011
02:01but
02:02the market is
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02:14the market
02:19Okay, let me bring in Tapas and Gupta for more details on this.
02:23So Tapas, you've got Mamata Banerjee dismissing all the exit poll numbers,
02:27particularly those that are projecting a win for the BJP.
02:31She's also, in fact, made it very clear that the TMC is 100% confident to offer a win.
02:37You're seeing all this rhetoric, of course, by all political parties right now in Bengal.
02:45Well, yes, absolutely. See, Mamata Banerjee's speech today was imperative
02:49because given the present scenario that exists in Bengal
02:53and after the exit poll results had come in,
02:56there were a lot of apprehensions on the Trinamul Congress stamp that what exactly is happening.
03:02And henceforth, it was imperative that Mamata Banerjee comes out and delivers a message
03:06and that's exactly what she has done.
03:08She has also set the benchmark that they would be crossing 226 for sure.
03:12They could also reach 230, means she is indicating that Trinamul Congress is all set for a landslide victory.
03:19She has also accused the BJP of trying to manipulate the numbers in the exit poll and not stopping there.
03:26She even cautioned the Trinamul carders not to be at their ease
03:34because as far as the strong rooms are concerned, she has expressed her apprehension that there could be a possibility
03:40that the EVM machines can be changed by the BJP leadership.
03:45Henceforth, they should be absolutely on standby mode all through 24 hours.
03:50Even the respective MLA candidates have been asked to be outside the strong room till the counting day.
04:00And there should be a rotational duty of all the Trinamul Congress leaders and workers outside the strong room.
04:06And she also made it very clear that on the day of poll counting, she will be visiting her counting
04:13center.
04:14That's here in Kolkata's Shakhawat Memorial School.
04:16She will be present there.
04:17So that is also something that we have never seen before.
04:20Mamata Banerjee doesn't usually go to any counting center on the day of the election counting.
04:26But this time around, she have all directed that she will be visiting the counting center.
04:30It's very clear that she's sending across a message to the people at large of her party
04:35that as far as counting center is concerned, it will be Shubhendu Adikari and Mahota Banerjee.
04:40Right. We'll track that very closely.
04:42You know, while we're getting all the updates coming in from Bengal,
04:45the other state we're closely tracking is that of Tamil Nadu,
04:48where the Axis My India exit poll has predicted that Vijay's party, TVK, will be the single largest party.
04:55Let's put out a news break now coming in from Tamil Nadu.
04:59All right. Let's quickly cut across.
05:00While we're keeping our eyes on the developments that are taking place in the state of West Bengal,
05:05let's quickly move on to the other set of news break that is filtering in from Tamil Nadu.
05:10The focus now will shift because the campaigning is done.
05:14The ballot boxes are sealed.
05:16The focus now will be strongly on EVM and strong rooms there.
05:20And there will be the focus of all political parties and to make sure that they have enough bench strength
05:28right outside the counting stations.
05:31And that is why it seems Vijay has shared a key TVK huddle right ahead of counting day.
05:37Vijay has instructed candidates to be at the counting center by 6 a.m. and be vigilant.
05:42Well, that's a small block of names.
05:42So that's why it's more technical behind it.
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