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00:01Hello and welcome. This is Five Life. I'm Solon Merothra Kapoor. A lot is in news today, but two
00:07stories that will remain our top focus. Number one, the fake medicines in Kota, remember, where
00:13five mothers had died, either during childbirth or immediately after. Well, it now turns out
00:20that the oxytocin that was given to them, which is essentially a medicine to stop the bleeding
00:25or hemorrhage in, you know, C-Sec operations or caesarean, that vial of oxytocin had water.
00:33You heard me right. The companies behind it, they have now been banned. But what about the
00:41background checks and importantly, who's responsible? Are these drugs from this particular batch
00:47from the same company still in the market? We'll decode that for you in a bit on the program.
00:53Also with us today, the Great Indian Fake Bazaar. A special investigation story by India Today
01:00Group Today tells you how in the national capital region, inside salons, orders online, etc.
01:09Fake cosmetics are being sold. So you thought you bought a particular brand which is known
01:16for its formulations. But what you're getting in salons, what you're paying prices for, they're
01:22all fakes. How to spot them, how to know that you are not being scammed is what we'll cover
01:28on the program. With that, let's begin with all the top stories on Top of Five.
01:34Big milestone for NDA government as Prime Minister Narendra Modi becomes the country's longest
01:38continuously serving elected premier, making 12 years at the helm of the central government.
01:45Prime Minister Modi got a standing ovation there in the cabinet meeting today. Meanwhile,
01:50a mega NDA huddle is underway at Delhi's Bharat Mandapam, where a resolution for congratulating
01:57the Prime Minister has been passed. Also, Chandrababu Naidu was the one actually behind it.
02:04Prime Minister will also address the NDA chief ministers and mantris in the meet.
02:11All right, let's cut across to some shots coming in now.
02:34All right, on your screens over there, 12 years of Prime Minister Modi as Prime Minister
02:39the Prime Minister of a country, continuously serving 12 years there, being facilitated
02:46and felicitated there by all the NDA leaders, chief ministers who have traveled, NDA chief ministers,
02:54that is, who have come from all over the country to congratulate him. Those are shots now of the
02:59standing ovation that he got earlier when he attended the meeting as well. Nitin Nabeen, also there,
03:05the BJP party chief congratulating the Prime Minister.
03:16My colleague, Piyush Mishra, has been tracking the story. Let's cut across to him.
03:20Piyush, it's been a day of celebration for the BJP Prime Minister there being, you know,
03:26welcomed by the BJP party chief, Chandrababu Naidu there as well. All the right notes,
03:31all the right gestures being made at the moment. Since morning, we've been seeing pictures of
03:37different leaders going to different temples as well and praying. I want to understand where
03:43are the celebrations at, at the moment. What's happening at the moment at Bharat Mandapam?
03:52Personal celebrations have been taking place in the, since, in the last one week. We have seen
03:57various leaders of Modi government reaching out to people, taking part in various initiatives,
04:03highlighting how the government has worked in the last 12 years. Right now, I'm present at
04:07Bharat Mandapam, where a mega meet, mega NDA meet is underway, where NDA chief ministers and deputy
04:14chief ministers have come here. All of them are present in main summit hall of Bharat Mandapam.
04:20A resolution has already been moved congratulating PM Narendra Modi for surpassing the record of
04:24Jawaharlal Nehru and becoming the first sitting Prime Minister to record, to break the record of
04:31serving as the longest serving Prime Minister. After that, what we are now learning is that
04:36other allies of NDA, they are going to second that resolution and they will put forth their views
04:42on how NDA has performed, how it has worked in the last 12 years. Before the strategies, how to
04:49have a review on the planning for elections in states. Remember that states like Uttar Pradesh,
04:57Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Punjab, they are going to go polls in a few months from now. So all these things
05:04are in mind as NDA is holding its meet. But the big focus is 12 years of Modi government and
05:10PM
05:11Narendra Modi becoming the first Prime Minister to cross the limit of 12 years to break the record,
05:19in fact, of being Chief Minister, for being Prime Minister for around 4,399 days. So it's a big day
05:25where all NDA allies are present. This meet is going to take place till 8 p.m. in the evening.
05:32And after that, PM Narendra Modi is going to make the concluding remarks. The resolution has already been
05:39moved by General Mambu Raidu. It will be seconded by various other NDA allies. And as far as this resolution
05:45is concerned, on this resolution, Rajna Singh is going to make the concluding remarks. And after that,
05:50discussions will happen on further strategies of National Democratic Alliance. Right now,
05:55I'm present at Bharat Mandapam. And let me try to show you the banner right behind me,
05:59the poster which has also been put up here. And here it is written,
06:02Rastriya Janatantrike Gatbandhan Samaylan. And a huge photo of PM Narendra Modi has also been pasted
06:08here, where it is written, Deshke Sarwadik Karekal Ke Nirantar Nirvachit Pardhan Mantri
06:14Narendra Modi. So this is also a welcome step by the NDA to welcome PM Narendra Modi and also
06:21congratulate him on becoming the longest serving Prime Minister of country for at least 4,399 days.
06:29So it's a big record which PM Narendra Modi has broken. Remember, in the last 12 years,
06:34the government has focused a lot on various aspects, be it about infrastructure development
06:39or about security or about working for downtrodden people or about working for farmers. Almost all
06:45sectors have been touched upon by the Modi government. So that is now being celebrated,
06:50not only here at Bharat Mandapam, but across the country.
06:53Piyush, two questions really. One, when you say that a motion has been passed to felicitate Prime
07:00Minister Modi by the NDA ministers as well, different leaders as well, what exactly does that mean?
07:06Motion for what? What will this entail? And number two, there is a controversy building up.
07:13Congress coming out to say at this point that this is not the longest, Prime Minister Modi is not the
07:17longest serving Prime Minister. It was actually Nehru. BJP in its argument says that they are not
07:23counting the first few years where, you know, Prime Minister Nehru at that point was elected before
07:31the first election took place. How is BJP countering that argument?
07:39Well, BJP is making it very, very clear that on 27th May 1964, Jawaharlal Nehru had died and before
07:47that he served in the capacity of Prime Minister for 4,398 days. But that record has been broken and
07:54PM Narendra Modi is now the sitting Prime Minister serving the country for 4,399 days. So the record
08:03has been broken. And as far as this motion is concerned, this is a resolution which has been
08:08brought by Chandra Babu Naidu, who is the senior most colleague of NDA. He has put forth this resolution
08:16congratulating Prime Minister for becoming the longest serving sitting Prime Minister of the country.
08:22And that resolution has been seconded by other ally partners like JDU, we have APNADAL here,
08:30we have RLD here, various other ally partners of NDA are present here. They all are seconding that
08:37resolution. So after they second that resolution, Rajna Singh from Bharti Janata Party is going to make a
08:43concluding remark. And soon after that, you know, all ally partners will also speak not only on the
08:49resolution, but also on how NDA has performed in the last 12 years and how they are looking,
08:55you know, they foresee the future of NDA, how they expect India to perform in upcoming state
09:02assembly elections. So right now as we are speaking, the meeting is underway. Top leaders of NDA are
09:08present here, chief ministers, deputy chief ministers are also present here. Mind you,
09:12Sonal, this is also a very important meeting just ahead of expected reshuffle in Modi cabinet,
09:19just ahead of announcement of a new BJP team. So a lot of things could be a part of this
09:25discussion,
09:25which is right now underway here at Bharat Pandapan. But the biggest agenda of this meeting is 12 years
09:32of Modi government and PM Modi breaking the record of Jawaharlan Nehru and becoming the only Prime Minister,
09:38sitting Prime Minister to serve the nation for so many days.
09:43All right. My colleague Ashwarya also joins us for more details.
09:47I beg your pardon. On this, please, let's cut across to Ashwarya as well. Ashwarya,
09:52I'm trying to understand here, apart from all the congratulations, we see Prime Minister with a
09:56bright smile on his face. We see a lot of NDA, you know, leaders there. We see chief ministers
10:01from at least 12 states, if I'm wrong. Last time I checked, you can correct me over there. And all
10:08of them have come together. Are there some talks going on? Is there when Piyush says there is a
10:14resolution to congratulate him? What does that mean? Does it lead to anything? Are there more
10:19celebrations in the year ahead? Give us more details on that front. And also the same question,
10:25is BJP countering the narrative? Are they saying that Pandit Nehru was elected, not selected for his,
10:34actually the opposite, was selected, not elected in the first term, which is why
10:40Prime Minister Modi becomes the longest serving now?
10:47Right. You know, Sonal, because the period from 1947 till 1951, because our first elections were
10:52held between 1951 and 1952. But during the period when the elections were not held from 47 till 51,
10:58that time also Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister of our country. So that time,
11:03he was someone who was not being elected. So that's the reason. And you know, if you look at the
11:07number
11:07of days, so today is the day when Prime Minister Modi actually surpasses that record of Jawaharlal
11:12Nehru, when he was actually being elected by the people. And that was the term when he had become the
11:17Prime Minister. See, let me tell you what we will see coming out of this meeting. You were speaking about
11:22the NDA chief ministers, the number actually, Sonal, it's 22, because you have to look at the other
11:27allies also, the allies also now are a part of this big meeting, which is taking place. And at
11:32the end of the meeting, what you will have is a blueprint, because the government believes that
11:36there have been certain schemes that they have already launched, there have been many,
11:39many flagship schemes. Is there a revision of sorts that needs to be done? Are there more
11:44schemes that the government needs to come out with? How to shield the Indian economy from the impact of
11:49what we are seeing in West Asia? See, Sonal, the entire world is looking at what's happening.
11:54The war, it seems, has already begun, and there is no end to it. The stalemate still continues. So,
11:59in which one ways can you make sure that India's growth trajectory remains the same? The big goal
12:04is crystal clear between the NDA. The goal is 2047. That's what all of them together are working
12:10towards. So, at the end of the meeting, we will see a blueprint of sorts of what needs to be
12:13done next.
12:14Solal. All right. Give us an idea, Aishwarya, of what next is in the agenda for the Modi Sarkar at
12:21the
12:21moment. We understood that this year itself, they have managed to put Lotus in West Bengal. In the
12:29North East, we have the next big eye of elections is going to be on Punjab and then UP as
12:36well. Those are
12:36big goals that we know of. What else, ideologically, is the BJP and the NDA government looking at in the
12:43years ahead?
12:47Well, you know, the two states, Sonal, let me tell you that you mentioned, they are the
12:51ones that the Bharti Janata Party is keeping a hawk's eye on. The state of Punjab, they believe,
12:55because it's a border state, they believe that it's a state which should be very, very strong.
13:00The kind of news that's coming in, the kind of, you know, what people say about the Ahmadni Party is
13:05not very promising for the Ahmadni Party at the moment. And yes, you rightly pointed out, we are
13:09seeing a full bloom of Lotus actually happening in the state of West Bengal. You know, one MP quitting
13:15in the morning, the other quitting in the evening. That's the kind of status that one can see coming in
13:19from the state of West Bengal. So, the BJP keeping a hawk's eye on the state of Punjab, making sure
13:24that they
13:24do really well. And if, you know, they plan it well, they believe that this time around, they can
13:28actually win the state of Punjab. The state of Uttar Pradesh also, they believe that there could
13:32be an alliance between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress Party. Both of them will also put their
13:37best foot forward. So, all those things are things that we will see being discussed in the meeting.
13:42And with regards to shielding the Indian economy, some kind of measures that both the central as well
13:48as state government can take, those are the things that will be discussed and a blueprint of sorts
13:51will come out at the end of this very crucial meeting.
13:54Right. Ashwarya, would we be right in understanding that the next big goal nationally for BJP is also
14:01the delimitation bill, which is why we are seeing a lot of politics happen over the numbers in Rajasabha,
14:06getting an absolute majority over there. Could that be one of the key things? You're right about
14:11economy being one of the worries that the government has to solve for, jobs being one of them,
14:15the onset of AI and its impact on our country. In fact, also, one of the fallouts of the West
14:22Asian
14:22war is, you know, what's happening with our supply chain. All of that has to be looked at. But
14:27politically speaking, would you say the biggest thing on the agenda at the moment nationally is
14:31going to be the delimitation bill?
14:37Well, definitely. And let me tell you, you know, the top bosses at the BJP, the top sources have told
14:43me that they will definitely bring the bill. But this time around, they will bring the bill when they
14:47will have the majority mark. So that is something that the BJP behind the curtains, behind the scenes
14:52is very keenly looking at. And the majority will be not just in Lok Sabha, it will also be in
14:57Rajasabha.
14:58So that is what the BJP at the moment is looking at. It's the delimitation bill. We will also see
15:03the
15:03one nation, one election bill. That is also something that BJP very keenly is looking at. And all this will
15:08unfold in the course of the next six months. So those are the things that the BJP at the moment
15:13is
15:13gearing at how to make sure that more parties and more people come within the fold of the NDA,
15:18because only then can they get the majority mark. The BJP at the moment also making sure that if
15:24there is a separate group that is being made, it should support NDA on certain issues. So that is
15:28also, that is something that has been the focus of the Bharatiya Janta Party and the top leadership
15:33of the BJP.
15:34Right. Actually, you know, the really, you know, interesting bit about the BJP government,
15:40or in fact, the entire BJP machinery is that there are always different sections,
15:45which are at work right now. We would assume that all the chief ministers are here,
15:49the entire cabinet and NDA leaders are here. And this is where all the discussion is at.
15:54But in the back channels, we already know there's a lot of work going on to get the numbers in
15:58place
15:58when it comes to Rajasabha. We know what happened in Madhya Pradesh, you know, just yesterday and
16:03otherwise as well. So who exactly is in charge? Who's taking care of all these conversions that are
16:08happening in TMC? Give me an insight into who's at work when, while the bosses are there at
16:15Bharat Mandapam at the moment.
16:20Well, you know, those are the things which have already been spoken about. You know,
16:23you did see those famous visuals coming out. It was Sushmita Dev, who actually is from Assam.
16:28She had a long conversation with Hemant Vishwadar Sarma. And she, in fact, let me tell you,
16:32is a former Congress Party leader. So they have these kinds of bonds that obviously are now
16:37taking place. So Vendu Adhikari also, let me tell you, he is the person who understands the nubs.
16:42The, you know, he understands what's happening within the TMC because he himself was associated
16:48with TMC for such a long time. And he now is the chief minister. He also is at work. He's
16:53been able
16:54to tell the MPs and the MLAs what exactly will happen in days to come. And also he's been able
17:00to
17:00convince them and tell them that the ground beneath Mamata Banerjee and her nephew,
17:05Ashwarya, just hold on to that thought. You mentioned Suvendu Adhikari and look what are
17:09the visuals that we are getting right now. Just hold on with us because we have now
17:12these visuals of Suvendu Adhikari, the chief minister now of West Bengal, the first BJP
17:18chief minister there serving jhal moody with an extra, you know, dash of mustard oil over there
17:24to the prime minister along with other senior ministers. I believe there's a gnat sound also
17:29coming in. Let's just try and listen in to what that conversation was really about. And I'll come
17:33back to Ashwarya and Piyush.
17:58All right there, jhal moody, which became like a symbol of sorts of how
18:04localized the BJP was in the region. Now Suvendu Adhikari taking a moment and ensuring that he's
18:11serving that, turning it himself and mixing it up and giving it to the prime minister along with
18:18other senior members of the NDA. That's a light moment over there inside Bharat Mandapam.
18:26Let me get a word with Ashwarya and Piyush on that. Ashwarya, Piyush, thoughts on what's
18:31happening inside? Jhal moody being served, rather celebrated and enjoyed?
18:39Well, no doubt about it. Celebrations are underway and Jhal moody could be the best example
18:44of having this conversation and serving each other a plate of Jhal moody certainly can be seen here.
18:51PM Narendra Modi, who was standing there, you know, in Bharat Mandapam's summit hall,
18:57just right outside the summit hall, beg your pardon. There we are now seeing how
19:01Suvendu Adhikari, Chief Minister of West Bengal, is standing at this stall. He is serving Jhal moody
19:08to prime minister and that plate of Jhal moody is further being served to other NDA partners. So we
19:14have Chirag Paswan, Sanjay Nishad, Upendra Kushwa, H.D. Kumaraswamy. They are the prominent faces of
19:21NDA partners. They are standing there and PM Narendra Modi, while he receives Jhal moody from
19:26Suvendu Adhikari, then further passes on to his ally partner. So what a great example of camaraderie
19:32which can be seen between PM Narendra Modi and other partners of NDA. Top leaders are already
19:38present there and before. What we are now told is that all this has happened just before the meeting
19:44could begin here at Bharat Mandapam. And remember that Jhal moody changed the fate for BJP in the
19:50state of West Bengal. One plate of Jhal moody was the topic of discussion. Everybody was just seen
19:57having Jhal moody. BJP workers were celebrating while eating Jhal moody when BJP crossed the mark
20:03of 200 in the state of West Bengal. Even today, it has become a symbol of BJP celebration in the
20:10state of West Bengal. So that is now being replicated here at Bharat Mandapam and Prime Minister is in a
20:18way is also trying to tell NDA partners, see we have a great victory in West Bengal and that Jhal
20:25moody
20:25interestingly Sonal is being served by Chief Minister of West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari. So this shows the
20:31kind of camaraderie, the kind of equation which is there between NDA partners and PM Narendra Modi
20:36was basically taking that Jhal moody from Suvendu Adhikari and then was giving it to
20:41Let me go to Ashwarya as well. Let me go to Ashwarya as well on this point. Ashwarya, would you
20:46say
20:48that one of the biggest wins for Prime Minister Modi at the helm of affairs with the NDA government has
20:56not
20:56just been what he's done with governance, but it has been in the political expansion of the BJP itself under
21:05him. And what we are seeing right now is not just the Prime Minister as the as the administrator,
21:14but the politician.
21:23Right, Sonal, you know, we have seen the footprint of the Bharti Janta Party increase by almost a hundred
21:28folds under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and under the leadership of Home Minister Amit Shah. We have seen
21:33how one after the other there have been fortresses. People used to say that the state of West Bengal is
21:38a fortress that the Bharti Janta Party will never be able to reach, but they have turned this argument on
21:43its head. And now you are seeing a sweeping victory for the Bharti Janta Party. The top leaders, in fact,
21:48also believe that other states also are within the grasp. Case in point, the state of Punjab,
21:54they believe that the people really want an alternative. The alternative is not the Congress
21:58Party or even the Akali Dal. The alternative for the people in the state of Punjab is the Bharti Janta
22:03Party.
22:04What has happened in the state of West Bengal? BJP was able to sense that, yes,
22:08there is a huge vacuum. People were unhappy with Mamata Banerjee and the kind of promises
22:14that were being made. See, there was a huge difference, Sonal, between the way in which BJP
22:17fought the 2021 election and the way in which they fought the 2026 election. This was a silent campaign
22:23that was being done by the BJP. Last time, all the leaders were very, very vocal. They were speaking
22:28about Hindutva. This time also, the plank was Hindutva, but it was a silent campaign that was being done.
22:34You also saw those images of the BJP leaders indulging and eating meat, eating fish. So,
22:39the BJP also dispelled the myth that was doing rounds. You know what the TMC was trying to say,
22:45that they will come and they will change the habits of a normal Bengali. The BJP said,
22:49no, we are not here to do that. We are here for the development of the state of West Bengal.
22:53So,
22:53those are the things that we have seen happening under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendi
22:57Modi. And this is what they will be discussing today and a blueprint of how to go into the next
23:01cycle of elections and how to make sure that, you know, they are able to bring through the bills
23:06that they really want to do. Those are some of the things that will be discussed in this very
23:10crucial meeting. So, all right. Ashwarya Paliwal and Piyush, thank you both for joining us for the very
23:15latest. I'm sure the pictures will continue and we'll have a lot of more stuff to discuss as the
23:19day progresses. But for now, thank you so much for joining us. Let's move on to the other big story
23:28we are tracking here. Just last week, we brought you the story of five pregnant women who died in
23:34a government hospital in Kota. They died during or just after childbirth. Inde2day reported even then
23:40that it looked like a case of fake medication and now we have sadly been proven right. The state's
23:47drug laboratory has formally declared that oxytocin given to the women was, in their technical terms,
23:53not of standard quality and spurious. In plain terms, what we have found out is that one injection
24:00that was supposed to stop a newborn mother, a new mother, from bleeding to death, was in effect
24:09just water. The vial that was supposed to be the oxytocin was just water, no drug in it at all.
24:17And here are the facts, pretty straight. The injection in question is Tocin, batch number
24:25I7881, made by Jackson Laboratories in Amritsar. Please note that number, please note that name.
24:31The active oxytocin content in it was found to be zero. Of the medicine samples sent to the state
24:39lab in Jaipur and on to the national labs as well, almost everything came back with a complaint.
24:46This one did not. Oxytocin is not an ordinary drug, remember. It is what doctors reach for
24:53the moment a woman starts bleeding after delivery because it makes the uterus contract clamp down
24:59on the bleeding. Postpartum hemorrhage, remember, is the single biggest cause of maternal deaths in
25:06the world. And when the bleeding starts, you have minutes, not hours to make it stop.
25:12The medical team handing, you know, sort of handling their entire hambridge situation was unknowingly
25:17pushing in just water and hoping that it will work. It did not work. And five mothers,
25:25new mothers have lost their lives. And this is not one stray while. The supplier, the Rajasthan
25:32Medicine Hall brought in 16,000 injections of this batch. They went to JK Lyon Hospital,
25:40to the New Medical College Hospital and to Rampura as well. And before anyone caught it,
25:4512,499 of these injections had already been used.
25:51The agencies there have now seized about 3,500. Inside Rajasthan, the stock reached only quota.
25:59But the same batch also went on to New Delhi, to Indore, to Gonda in Uttar Pradesh. So the question
26:06is,
26:07who else got that empty vial? Because it is not about one state. It is not just about the death
26:13of
26:13these five. There were so many more. And now something to understand carefully.
26:21Because proving the drug was fake is not the same as proving that the drug did the killing,
26:26right? There's a distinction. And the distinction is the heart of the entire story. Now, the while
26:31being spurious is settled, whether it is what took these five people's life, that really has to be
26:37monitored and seen. And to do that, a team from Ames Delhi has visited quota and recommended testing.
26:43the medicines before drawing any conclusion about the deaths as well, which is
26:50what we have to be very, very careful about because we don't know what kind of a Pandora's box this
26:55will
26:55really open. Now, one of the women who actually died here reportedly was never given the injection at
27:01all, yet she suffered a kidney failure. Doctors have now pointed out that this drug is mainly caused
27:07or used for that matter in deliveries. While these women had caesareans, the fluids and anesthesia used
27:15during the surgery needs to be examined as well. We need to get to the bottom of what really happened.
27:20So we understand what exactly was the cause of death.
27:25But for now, what is clear? That these medicines were fake.
27:32On the record, this fake injection with zero medicine in it reached thousands of women in a
27:38government hospital and one just unnoticed for four months. That alone is a big medical scandal.
27:49And it does not need a death toll to be attached to it to be true. Remember, this is never
27:56one
27:56rogue while in the same window, 11 other medicines sold across the state failed quality checks.
28:02Drugs for fever, allergies, infections, pain, antibiotics. Every day we hear of a story.
28:08Only when somebody dies is a check done. Who's doing the check before?
28:13And also remember, not very long ago, we brought you the story of cold drift,
28:18a cough syrup that was given to children and it took away lives of children.
28:24It was cold drift then, it is tossing now.
28:29When the medicines fail the state, they fail children, they fail mothers, we have to stop
28:37by and ask ourselves some tough questions. The question is about the quality of healthcare
28:44in this country and whether anything handed out to us across hospitals counter can be trusted.
28:52So when you hear suspicion, you have to be cautious.
28:59The fake has now been proven. The system that let it reach 12,500 women
29:07has to be held accountable. It has to start there.
29:13It's very easy for the politicians to say when it comes to health, it's a concurrent subject.
29:17The state is responsible, the centre is responsible, the agencies who are clearing it is responsible.
29:22Then there are vendors for the hospitals and there are government hospitals, other places,
29:26so many checks. Nobody taking responsibility. For now, listen in to the Health Minister of the State.
29:44Doubting the chauffeur doctor, the hospital, we have tolysate, and there are 一部
29:54of the doctors and doctors. The doctors have to take care of the hospital.
30:00The doctors have to leave the hospital, um, they are very small and they have to rent their
30:02After the delivery, there is bleeding.
30:06So, when the injection was given and the drug was not in it,
30:09and the water was removed, then excessive bleeding was required.
30:32India has now opened a rebellion against Mamata Banerjee.
30:36India today has accessed that list.
30:40So, let me bring it forward for you.
30:43This is the list of 19 rebel MPs who are now ready to break away from the TMC.
30:51November 19 is the magic number to cross over without losing your candidature or your seat in the parliament under
30:59the anti-defection law.
31:01What are the names? Let's get to that.
31:03Kakoli Ghosh.
31:05There is Jagdish Chandra Basunya.
31:08There is Kali Ur Rehman.
31:09There is Yusuf Pathan.
31:11There is Partha Bhomik.
31:13Abu Tahir Khan.
31:16There is Bapi Haldar.
31:17There is Sayoni Ghosh.
31:19Mala Roy.
31:20Mitali Bab.
31:21Deepak Adhikari.
31:23Kalipada Soren.
31:25Jun Malya.
31:26Aroop Chakrabarti.
31:27Dr. Sharmila Sarkar.
31:28Shatrugand Sinha.
31:29Asit Kumar Maal.
31:32There is Rachna Banerji.
31:35And there is Shatavodi Roy.
31:41All the list of the 19 MPs who are ready to switch over.
31:48Piyush Mishra joins us for more on this.
31:51Piyush, this is just the magic number they need.
31:55If they have this number with them, if they have these signatures, what are they waiting for?
32:01Why have we not seen them at the speaker already?
32:04Is there still a bit of pull and push that's happening?
32:06Mamata Banerji has some sway?
32:08Or is this a done deal now?
32:10Well, what we are now hearing from our social channel is that a few meetings are taking place in Kolkata.
32:16And a maximum of these MPs have now flown back to Kolkata in the last few days.
32:22We have also seen active pilots taking place in Delhi.
32:25And now it has been completely shifted to Kolkata where the organizational leaders are holding meetings there in Kolkata.
32:32MPs are having their own gatherings in Kolkata.
32:35And after the final decision is taken by all MPs, they are going to approach Kolkata's speaker.
32:42The sources have also confirmed to us that they have requested their time from the office of Kolkata's speaker.
32:50And after requesting for time from Kolkata's speaker, and when they get this time,
32:54then these MPs will fly back to Delhi in the leadership of Kapuli Kolkata.
33:00And they are going to submit this list of MPs who have signed this letter.
33:09So after submitting that letter, they will be requesting the office of the speaker to announce that they have been
33:15mandated,
33:16they have the numbers, and Kapuli Kolkata should again be appointed as the leader of the rebel PMC.
33:24Those who have had a series of meetings in the last few days.
33:27So it's a big jolt to a month of energy.
33:30Now it's how you know upon that how around 19 MPs.
33:33And this is the exact number, which you need out of 28 MPs of Nambul Congress.
33:39Remember that Nambul Congress has 29 MPs, one MP dies.
33:43So if you go by the current strength, you need 19 MPs in your city to break away,
33:51the faction of Nambul Congress.
33:53And it seems like the numbers are sufficient with the rebel faction of Nambul Congress.
33:59And very soon we will see Nambul Congress, you know, baking out and open.
34:05The split is already there in the open.
34:07But officially, the new faction will get its number and will get its name very soon as the list is
34:13now open.
34:15Alright, those 19 MPs now switching over the magic number for the anti-defection law to kick in.
34:24The golden number there, 19 is what the rebel MPs claim that they have.
34:30They want to merge with the BJP now and leave the TMC tag behind.
34:35This is a script we've seen before. We saw that with Raghav Chadda and the other seven,
34:40who actually switched over from the Amadi party to the BJP not very long ago.
34:46That was right before the Punjab election.
34:48This time right after in West Bengal, we are seeing, you know, rebel MPs joining the BJP.
34:57Svamta Banerjee seems to be losing trust, not just of the people on ground, but even her own party, Kada.
35:02Because remember, it's not just MPs at the centre in the parliament, but MLAs as well who are switching over.
35:08And there seems to be a real hard time ahead for Mamata Banerjee to actually hold on to them.
35:15Some very shocking names amidst that entire list.
35:18People who you have seen as staunch BJP, you know, critics online.
35:24People who vouched for Mamata Banerjee and spoke about her leadership style.
35:30And not very long ago were on the streets against the BJP, questioning their policies, questioning their politics,
35:37have now overnight turned over.
35:39It can only happen in Indian politics where there seems to be no loyalty at all.
35:45There seems to be no ideology either.
35:47Because what else would explain this switch over that we are seeing in party after party, in state after state?
35:53What exactly is going on over there? Let's try and understand that.
35:57And we'll cut across to our colleagues who are bringing in more perspective, both from the centre and also in
36:03the state.
36:04Look at that. Shaini Ghosh, you've seen her reels go viral online on how vocal she was in her support
36:11for TMC
36:12and how anti-BJP she was. What happened overnight?
36:16How is she suddenly shifting loyalties and moving over to the BJP?
36:20What exactly is the kind of politics that we are seeing unfold in our country right now?
36:24That's something you and I as voters have to ask today.
36:27But for the moment, let me take that question to Indrajeet Kuntu, who's joining us from Kolkata at this point.
36:32Indrajeet, shocking names really. And you know, it's not even been a month since the Bespringol elections got over.
36:40We saw the same leaders fiercely speaking against the BJP and here they are ready to switch over loyalties, join
36:49that party.
36:49How does that happen in Indian politics?
36:52Well, as they say, impossible is nothing as far as Indian politics is concerned or politics in general.
36:58You can't rule out anything. But what we are seeing is almost like a, you know, script of a film
37:05that's playing out as far as West Bengal politics is concerned.
37:08Less than a month, a party that was in power just a month back. Now, you know, and now it's
37:14complete disarray.
37:16It's disintegrating with each passing moment or perhaps each passing hour.
37:22And the names that we are putting out right now, there have been a lot of speculation over them.
37:26We have been, you know, learning from our sources. Most of them, most of them were confirmed.
37:31There are a few additions. I'm surprised by one such name. And that is Sattrugna Sinha.
37:36We can also confirm that even his name is there. Yusuf Pathan, we were given to understand that he was,
37:41he had flown down to Delhi.
37:44And he was in talks is what we were told. So, not very surprising.
37:50Shiny vote we've broken earlier in the day that she has been in touch and she is one of those
37:55rebel, she is one of those MPs in the rebel camp right now.
37:59But, you know, Sattrugna Sinha, till yesterday I was told that he was in Mamata Banerjee's camp.
38:06But now we are given to understand, as is being confirmed to us, that he is one of the signatories.
38:12So, the rebel camp now has 19 MPs.
38:15Let me, help me understand this. What do they gain by switching loyalties? And is their electorate not watching?
38:22They have to go back and fight elections, ask for votes again later. How will that happen?
38:28And how, what exactly is the incentive at the moment? We understand the incentive for the BJP.
38:34They want those numbers to get brute majority and get their, you know, all the bills that they have in
38:40mind, especially the delimitation bill and one nation, one bill to be passed.
38:43We know the objective of the BJP over there, but what do these MPs get?
38:51Well, as I said, you know, each one has their own equation and they are assessing the situation individually.
39:00So, all these MPs who have taken the call, who have now gone to the rebel camp, they have taken
39:08the decision individually, even though it does look like a collective decision.
39:13Individual in a sense that each one has assessed their own individual political reality in their own constituencies.
39:21And of course, vis-a-vis West Bengal politics and way it has changed over the past one month, ever
39:28since the election results were announced.
39:30The reality on the ground is that many of these MPs want to be able to work in their own
39:38local constituencies.
39:39There are people who have come in not from politics. A lot of them, like Rochona Banerjee, like Dave, who
39:45is a superstar in Bengal.
39:46He's a reigning superstar in Bengal. And he's also a Lok Sabha MP.
39:50I can tell you, with quite a lot of certainty, that in 2024, Dave did not want to contest.
39:58There were two others, you remember Nusrat and Mimi?
40:01Yeah.
40:01They two were Trinamore Congress MPs. And they had come in from the film fraternity.
40:06They have quit. Nusrat, after one term, she has quit. She's left politics. So has Mimi.
40:12She formally quit politics. But Dave continued. And he was literally coaxed by the Trinamore Congress to enter into the
40:19fray in 2024,
40:20which he did not want to, but he went in without much of his wish. And then he won the
40:26seat.
40:27So while the Trinamore Congress used his stardom and used him as a star campaigner across the state,
40:33he also got coaxed in and he agreed. Finally, at this point in time, given the kind of political turmoil,
40:41he finds himself in a weird situation where he is not a politician.
40:45Right.
40:45He is not into politics, but he is an elected representative. So what does he do?
40:51So what we are gathering is that, so he says, and he said it in no uncertain terms,
40:56that he needs to work for his constituency, for his people. So there are two options.
41:00And this is a script. Yeah. So this is a script, like you said, Indraji, that is being laid out.
41:05And this is only part two, because we saw part one of the same thing happen with Aam Adni Party.
41:10But like I said, there, the focus was more local. Here, the focus seems to be more national.
41:15And BJP stands to gain in both places. It's perform or perish for any other political party at the moment.
41:20We leave it there. Thanks so much for joining us.
41:26This comes from our very unstead, WP.
41:29It feels like it's falling from the whole house. It feels like it's falling from the whole house.
41:33It feels like it's falling from the whole house.
41:34Fragrant, no? It smells so good.
41:37So if you saw last video, we compared rice, white, brown and red.
41:41And then you said, if it's only for diabetics or insulin resistance,
41:47they have some kind of rice. So today, we have brought rice gems.
41:53So this episode, we have used research done by Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium,
41:59or the SFAC under the Agriculture Ministry.
42:03So we'll talk about five varieties of rice that are low GI.
42:05Number one is the Manipuri black rice.
42:08Number two, Kala Namak that comes from UP.
42:11Ajra Ghansal rice that comes from Kolapur region in Maharashtra.
42:15Kalo Nunia rice that comes from West Bengal.
42:18And then there is Tulsi Bhog that comes from Eastern India.
42:21Let's look at the glycemic index of all these five now.
42:24Glycemic index, what is this? You'll know quickly.
42:26This is how fast the food that you consume is raising your blood sugar on a scale to 0 to
42:31100.
42:32Low GI tab, it's below 55.
42:35Black rice is about 35 to 42.
42:37Kala Namak rice is about 49 to 52.
42:40Kalo Nunia is 45 to 50.
42:42Ajra Ghansal and Tulsi Bhog are about 50 to 55.
42:47Just for a reference, if you're taking regular white rice in Basmati,
42:50your GI is 7070.
42:53Let's talk about their nutrition profile now.
42:54Now, because these varieties are unpolished or minimally polished,
42:58they all have great amount of fibre.
43:01The coloured black rice,
43:02Kalo Nunia, it comes from anthocyanins.
43:06It's the same family of antioxidants that give jamon, blueberry, all of that its inflammatory benefits.
43:12Kala Namak rice that is rich in iron, zinc and carries almost double the protein of common rice.
43:19But cost kya hai?
43:21Black rice jo hota hai, that is about 300 to 600 rupees per kg.
43:25Kala Namak comes at about 150 to 400 rupees per kg.
43:28And it depends on where you are actually getting it from.
43:30Ajra Ghansal jo hota hai, that's about 200 to 300.
43:32Kalo Nunia is about 160 to 600.
43:35Tulsi Bhog is about 108 to 140.
43:38Now, the range is wide because location really matters.
43:42Health wealth verdict kya hai.
43:43If you only care about the lowest spike, black rice wins.
43:48But you also put in the most effort.
43:50So, if you want an overall all rounder, then you can actually say that Kala Namak,
43:55not just because it's from UP, is actually a very good source.
43:58Low GI hai, cost itna saadha nahi hai, widely available hai, GI tagged hai,
44:02good protein ka source hai, iron bhi acha hai.
44:04Local rice, if you want to take it, it will be good for your digestion.
44:10Like we always recommend,
44:11a doctor or a certified nutritionist,
44:13if you want to talk about your meal swaps,
44:15you must talk about it.
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