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00:00Good evening, hello and welcome. You're with the news today, your prime time destination, news, newsmakers, talking points, Wednesday night,
00:07news without the noise, our big talking point, Home Minister Amit Shah has broken his silence, has dared the opposition
00:14now to come to a debate, even as Parliament's set to conclude tomorrow.
00:18Among my guests, Aparajita Sarangi vs. Pawan Khera, BJP vs. Congress and the face of the Jarkhand protest, Devendra Mato
00:27in an exclusive. Plus, Chandrasekran has quit Tata's son's chairmanship. What happens next? I'll be joined by a Tata insider
00:36on the show tonight. But first, as always, it's time for the Nine Headlines at Nine.
00:43Amidst, the long-running Parliament deadlocked, Home Minister Amit Shah finally breaks silence, says ready to give a statement on
00:52the student protests. But opposition must let Parliament run. Rahul Gandhi says not interested in Home Minister's lecture, demands his
01:04resignation.
01:08Government makes a big foreign funding bill climb down. The FCRA bill is sent to a JPC amidst the ruckus
01:15in the Lok Sabha. Congress SP want a complete withdrawal of the contentious bill that would regulate foreign contributions.
01:25Inquiry report against Justice Verma tabled in the Lok Sabha. Impeachment motion likely in the winter session. Justice Verma accused
01:32of three charges by a panel. Conspiracy charge is debunked.
01:38Air India accident probe widens post-flight maintenance report for flight AI-2379. Recorded multiple hydraulic warnings, autopilot disconnections, other
01:49technical alerts during the journey.
01:53After 10 days of delay, portfolios allocated to ministers in Karnataka. Chief Minister D.K. Shiv Kumar keeps finance law
02:02portfolios. Women ministers still missing from Team DKS.
02:08Tamil Nadu Assembly passed the resolution to permanently freeze Lok Sabha seats to 5.43. DMK backs the resolution. But
02:16Putsar Rider says that if the numbers are changed, Tamil Nadu's percentage must remain the same.
02:26Students continue to protest over exam mess in Rachi. Devendra Matto, the student leader, warns now of a mass movement,
02:34protesting students adamant on a CBI probe. Matto will join us on the show tonight.
02:41The Cockroach Janta Party convener Abhijit Deepke says Season 2 of Jantar Mantar Movement will take place soon.
02:47Vows to launch a new school thikkarow campaign to improve government schools.
02:54And after Maharashtra, it's now Karnataka. Its health department raids its own canteen. Along with three government canteens, unhygienic conditions,
03:03expired food items were found.
03:05Karnataka minister vows safe food for the people.
03:16But our top story tonight.
03:18Union Home Minister Amit Shah has finally broken his silence over the parliament logjam caused by the student protests on
03:26July 20th and allegations that pellet guns had been fired on them.
03:31The Home Minister claimed he is ready for any debate on neat paper leaks and the student protests
03:37and challenged the opposition to take part in it.
03:40Leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi rejected the offer,
03:44saying all the youth wanted to know is who ordered the crackdown on protesters in Delhi on July 20th
03:50and Shah must resign.
03:53With one day to go for the parliament session to end,
03:56it appears that the monsoon session has been a bit of a washout.
04:01When it comes to this contentious issue.
04:04Take a look at tonight's top story.
04:20For the last three weeks, parliament has been locked in a political deadlock.
04:26The opposition and treasury benches have been at loggerheads over a range of issues
04:30with repeated disruptions, bringing proceedings to a near-stand state.
04:36At the heart of the standoff is the July 20 police crackdown on protesting students in Delhi.
04:41The opposition has been demanding a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah,
04:45seeking answers on the police action and allegations of pellet gun use.
04:52The Home Minister broke his silence on the issue on Wednesday.
05:17Amit Shah also wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Aum Birla urging him to hold a discussion on the student protest.
05:23He said, Speaker should consult with the opposition and allocate time.
05:28Shah claimed he will be present in the house during the scheduled time to participate in the discussion
05:33and will answer all questions raised by the opposition.
05:37He added that in a democracy, solutions emerge only through discussion and dialogue.
05:44But leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi dismissed the offer.
05:48We're not interested in him giving us a lecture or a discussion.
05:51We're interested in one simple thing.
05:54And when I say we, I mean the younger generation of this country.
06:00Who shocked those students?
06:03Did Mr. Amit Shah give this order to shoot our children or did he not?
06:08If he did, he should resign because he's culpable.
06:13And if he did not, he should resign because he's incompetent.
06:20The opposition has also insisted on a discussion of the alleged Ram Temple donation irregularities,
06:27calling the demand non-negotiable.
06:30And yet, parliament was not completely without legislative business.
06:36The government managed to push through 19 bills during the session.
06:44But the manner of passage has raised questions.
06:50Several bills were passed with little to no debate.
06:53At one point, seven bills were passed in just 36 minutes.
07:02But the government has had to backtrack on two of its key agenda items.
07:06It sent the FCRA bill to join parliamentary committee
07:09and did not table the delimitation bill.
07:14Bearer Report, India Today.
07:18Okay, let me go.
07:20Guest today, Pawan Khera, Congress MP and someone who is in charge of their media.
07:26Appreciate you joining us, Pawan Khera.
07:29Today, very clearly, Amit Shah said,
07:32I am ready for a parliament debate to answer all questions.
07:36I am ready to sit through the night.
07:38And yet, the Congress Party rejected the offer made by Amit Shah.
07:46Rajdeep, that ship has sailed.
07:48For the last 21 days,
07:51the joint opposition has been seeking the presence of the HM and the PM to the House.
07:57Seeking answers.
07:59Now, the question is simple.
08:01Did you order the pellet gun firing?
08:04Then you must resign.
08:06Were you unaware that the pellet guns were being fired?
08:09Again, you are incompetent.
08:11You must resign.
08:12We were also talking about Chandachori.
08:15Now, Home Minister, the junior Shah,
08:17suddenly can't descend on the 22nd day.
08:1921 days, we've been every morning,
08:22joint opposition protests outside the parliament.
08:24And then in the parliament, we raise the same demand.
08:26On the 22nd day,
08:29junior Shah descends from his throne of arrogance
08:31and says,
08:31Okay, this is my muhurat.
08:33From 3 p.m. today to 3 p.m. tomorrow,
08:35I am available.
08:38This must be the Gujarat model of a democracy.
08:41I'm sorry, it doesn't work in the rest of the country.
08:43No, no.
08:44The flip side, Mr. Pawan Khera,
08:46you're saying the ship has sailed.
08:48The government says the opposition is changing the goalposts.
08:50First, you wanted the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan.
08:53Then you wanted a statement from Amit Shah on the floor of the House.
08:56Then Rahul Gandhi says the Home Minister is either incompetent
09:00or he is someone who has simply failed in his duty
09:05and therefore should resign.
09:07Mr. Gandhi has been saying this either complicit or incompetent.
09:13For the last 10 days,
09:15the Home Minister did not deem it fit.
09:17Forget the Parliament, forget the House.
09:19He didn't even deem it fit to call the agencies,
09:23ANI, PTI, ANS, UNI,
09:24and then tell them whatever he had to say.
09:26No, he did not.
09:28And Chandachori is something which we've been raising from day one.
09:31So, no goalpost has been shifted at all.
09:34Your first goalpost was a statement from the Home Minister.
09:38Your first demand was a statement from the Home Minister
09:40on what had happened on July 20th.
09:43That was your first…
09:43Why didn't he come?
09:45Why didn't he come?
09:46And then evidence kept mounting.
09:48Mr. Gandhi brought the Vijay Locha,
09:51Sachin Locha,
09:52the victim of pellet guns.
09:54He got all the young kids from Mumbai and Lucknow
09:58and showed the kind of violence that was heaped upon them.
10:02So, new evidence kept coming
10:04and the Home Minister was absolutely gayab.
10:071952 onwards,
10:08Radheep,
10:09never has this happened
10:10that both the PM and HM vanished.
10:13Entire session washed out.
10:15No sign of the PM or the HM.
10:18And the Godi media kept saying,
10:19my Karan Arjun will come, my Karan Arjun will come.
10:21No Karan or Arjun will come.
10:24Now Karan or Arjun will come.
10:26And as soon as Karan or Arjun is ready to come,
10:30what does Pawan Khera in the Congress say?
10:32Now it's too late.
10:33Now it's too late.
10:34We don't want to speak to you.
10:35Frankly, frankly, frankly,
10:37that chip has sailed.
10:39The nation wanted answers.
10:41Radheep, let's not forget,
10:43over 60% of the country
10:45is represented by the united opposition in the House.
10:49You cannot insult 60% of India
10:52by your arrogance.
10:53And then he says,
10:54I come to the parliament every day, boss.
10:56You come to the parliament,
10:57go and sit in the washroom
10:58or the canteen or your office,
11:00I don't care.
11:01But that's not the same as coming to the House.
11:03Southern or Sansad mein antar hota hai.
11:05Aap Sansad mein aate hai.
11:06Sadan mein nahi aate hai.
11:08Point Pawan Khera is that,
11:10yes, the nation wants responses
11:12to what happened on July 20th.
11:14We are now on August 12th.
11:16And August 12th,
11:18we haven't got responses.
11:19Now, if the Home Minister,
11:20belatedly,
11:21let's accept that it's belated,
11:23but is willing to come,
11:24why not use the opportunity
11:26to have a debate with the Home Minister
11:28on an issue of critical exam,
11:30or importance.
11:31Let the Home Minister come clean,
11:33whether there were pellet guns or not.
11:34We want to hear it.
11:36We want you to answer the,
11:37ask the questions.
11:38He chooses the time.
11:40He chooses the agenda.
11:42Is this how
11:43assembly in Gujarat functions?
11:45Perhaps yes.
11:46Is this how the parliament of India
11:48should function?
11:49Definitely not.
11:50The agenda can't be chosen
11:52by the government
11:53that I'll only respond to questions
11:54related to neat exams
11:56or paper leak
11:57and not on Chandachori.
11:58Why not?
11:59Chandachori is an important issue.
12:01You, after all,
12:03rode to power
12:03on the bogi of temples.
12:07And you indulged
12:09into large-scale corruption.
12:11The Sangh Parivar
12:12indulged into
12:13large-scale corruption,
12:15both in the construction
12:16of the temple
12:17and then in the donation theft.
12:19You all started
12:20this parliament session
12:21by focusing on
12:22neat paper leaks.
12:23Then the Samajwadi Party
12:25gets in and says
12:25Chandachori.
12:26Wait, wait.
12:27So, it seems,
12:27I come back to it,
12:29that this session
12:30was intended to
12:31gherow the government
12:32at all costs?
12:33No, sir, no.
12:34There are multiple issues
12:36simultaneously
12:37at play.
12:38Of course,
12:39Jizantar Mantar happened,
12:40violence happened,
12:41so it became
12:42issue number one.
12:43But there definitely
12:44was the issue number two
12:45always live.
12:46We were talking about
12:47Chandachori also
12:48right from day one,
12:50right from the word go.
12:51And I'm a new parliamentarian.
12:53From the 20th of July,
12:54I have been talking
12:55every day outside
12:56the parliament,
12:58briefing the media
12:58about both
12:59the violence
13:00at Jantar Mantar,
13:02Teper Leak
13:02and Chandachori.
13:04So, let me ask you
13:05therefore in conclusion,
13:06is it,
13:07Pawan Khera,
13:08your view that
13:08there is a complete
13:09breakdown in trust?
13:10What has happened
13:11is neither side
13:13wants to reach out
13:14to the other.
13:14There is absolutely
13:15no dialogue.
13:16Kiran Rejuju claims
13:18that he reached out
13:19to you all.
13:20He met Rahul Gandhi,
13:22met Priyanka Gandhi,
13:23Wadra,
13:23tried to reach out,
13:24says no go.
13:25You say that
13:26Amit Shahji
13:27and Narendra Modi
13:28are arrogant.
13:29It appears to be
13:31lack of respect,
13:33complete breakdown
13:33in trust.
13:34Am I right?
13:35Well,
13:35it's a two-way traffic,
13:37Rajdi,
13:37both respect and trust.
13:39I feel very bad
13:40for my colleague
13:41Kiran Rejuju
13:42and my colleague
13:43Mr. Nadda.
13:44They have really been
13:47kept in front,
13:49behind both of them.
13:50Karan Arjun are hiding,
13:52but that doesn't work.
13:53And the remote control
13:54is in the hands
13:55of Karan Arjun.
13:56So,
13:57they had no authority
13:58to negotiate.
14:00They were negotiating
14:01because they were
14:01asked to negotiate.
14:03Where is the negotiation
14:04when there are pellet guns
14:05on the streets
14:06of the capital,
14:07just 500 meters away
14:08from the parliament?
14:09What negotiation
14:10are you talking about?
14:11Simple question,
14:12was the home minister
14:13aware?
14:14Did he order it?
14:15Or was he unaware?
14:16Simple answer,
14:18resign if you ordered it,
14:19resign if you are
14:20unaware and incompetent.
14:22And if he comes
14:22tomorrow and says,
14:23and if he comes,
14:24tomorrow is the last day,
14:26if he comes tomorrow
14:26morning to parliament
14:2711 a.m.
14:28and says,
14:28I'm getting up
14:29and telling you,
14:29Pawan Kheda,
14:30the answers to those questions.
14:32With his resignation letter?
14:34Will he come
14:34with his resignation letter?
14:35Most welcome.
14:37Most welcome.
14:38So now it's only
14:39about resignation.
14:40It's no longer
14:40about a statement.
14:41It's about you
14:42want him to resign.
14:43You tell me,
14:43you have witnessed
14:45the Anna movement
14:47against the
14:48UPA government.
14:49We were negotiating
14:51with Anna Hazare
14:52from day four.
14:54Day four onwards
14:55the negotiations began.
14:56Day 11th,
14:58Vila Sarawji
14:58Deshmukh,
14:59he's no more
15:00with us.
15:01At 11 in the night,
15:02drove up to Ramlila
15:04Maidan,
15:05spoke to Anna Hazare,
15:06took the draft
15:07of the Jan-Logpal bill.
15:08That's how governments
15:09deal with protests.
15:11Not with pellet guns,
15:13not with AK-47s.
15:14And then he has the cheek
15:15to come and say,
15:16I'll get to the
15:173rd to 3rd to 3rd to 3rd.
15:18What the hell?
15:19Who's interested?
15:20I'm sorry.
15:21Who's interested in his
15:22knowledge?
15:22He'll take his knowledge
15:23and take his knowledge
15:24and go to Gujarat.
15:25There won't be the knowledge.
15:26He's seen 12 years
15:27and took his knowledge
15:28and took his knowledge.
15:29Now it won't.
15:29Was this all to ensure
15:31that delimitation,
15:32which is a contentious issue,
15:34didn't come up in Parliament?
15:36You all wanted to ensure
15:37Parliament is stalled
15:38because otherwise you feared
15:39the government would bring
15:40in delimitation.
15:41No, sir.
15:41We were not hiding
15:42there in anything
15:43to block delimitation,
15:45FCRA, mining, nothing.
15:47We are very clear
15:49about our questions.
15:50Our questions,
15:51our demands are very clear.
15:53Please respond.
15:55Did you order pellet gun firing
15:57or were you ignorant
15:58of what was happening?
15:59In both cases,
16:00please resign.
16:01Chanda Chori,
16:02the trust was created
16:04under the supervision
16:06of the PMO.
16:08How can the PM
16:09abdicate his...
16:11He has to come.
16:12They have to respond to this.
16:14Mere Karan Arjun aenge.
16:16Nahi, sir.
16:16Nahi aaye.
16:17Okay.
16:18Let me leave it there,
16:19Pawan Khaira.
16:21Appreciate you joining us.
16:23Member of Parliament now.
16:25Karan Khaira,
16:25Pawan Khaira,
16:26thank you so much
16:27for being on the show.
16:31Well,
16:31Karan Arjun may not have come,
16:33but Aparajita Sarangi
16:34is with us
16:35from the BJP.
16:36Good to have you, ma'am,
16:37on the show.
16:37You may have heard
16:38Pawan Khaira saying
16:39that the Home Minister
16:41has been absent
16:43from Parliament
16:44in terms of going
16:45into the House
16:46for the last 20 days.
16:48Since 1962,
16:49we've never had a session
16:50where neither PM
16:52nor HM
16:52come into
16:53into the House
16:55and therefore
16:57only on the last day
16:58for Amit Shah Ji
16:59to now say
17:00I'm ready for a debate
17:01is too little too late.
17:03How do you respond?
17:07A very good evening.
17:09Good evening.
17:09I say with all conviction
17:11at my command
17:12as a parliamentarian
17:14that the Congress
17:16is utterly confused.
17:18The Congress
17:19is absolutely ridiculous
17:22in its posturing
17:23and it is absolutely
17:24immature in its approach.
17:26It is shifting
17:27its goalposts
17:28from now and then.
17:30Now,
17:30as far as the government
17:31is concerned,
17:32we are extremely clear,
17:34crystal clear
17:34about our stand.
17:35And we know
17:35what we are saying
17:36and doing.
17:37See,
17:37please remember
17:38that this entire
17:39monsoon session
17:40commenced on
17:4120th of July
17:42and would be
17:43ending tomorrow.
17:44And 19 sittings
17:46were there
17:46and you know
17:47what happened.
17:48The bills were passed.
17:49The government
17:50has to keep working.
17:52Things have to move
17:53and the bills
17:53have to be passed.
17:55But unfortunately,
17:56in fact,
17:57Honorable Sri Om Birlaji
17:58has been emphasizing
17:59this all through.
18:00We wanted people
18:02from the opposition
18:03and people
18:03from the treasury benches
18:04to participate
18:05in the discussion
18:06on the bills.
18:08Unfortunately,
18:08all were passed.
18:10But then there was
18:11noise and din.
18:12All were passed
18:13but nobody participated.
18:14This is extremely
18:15unfortunate.
18:16No,
18:17it may be unfortunate,
18:18ma'am,
18:18that bills are being
18:19passed without discussion.
18:20But ma'am,
18:21ma'am,
18:21with due regard,
18:22it's unfortunate
18:23that bills are passed
18:24without discussion
18:25but you didn't
18:26answer my question.
18:27The parliament,
18:28as you said,
18:28started 20th July.
18:30That's when the...
18:30I'm coming to that.
18:31That's when there was
18:32a police crackdown
18:33on the student protesters.
18:35Since then,
18:36we are now
18:36on the 11th of August.
18:37It's only now
18:38with 24 hours to go
18:39that Amit Shah Ji
18:40comes before the cameras
18:41and says,
18:41I'm ready to discuss
18:43any issues.
18:43He could have said
18:44this 10 days ago,
18:4615 days ago.
18:47Why only now
18:48when the session
18:48is coming to the end?
18:53I am answering your question.
18:55See,
18:55they wanted discussion
18:57on need.
18:58Weren't we ready
18:59for need discussion?
19:00Number one.
19:01Number two,
19:02when they thought
19:02we were ready
19:03for need discussion,
19:04they immediately said
19:05we wanted the resignation
19:06of the then education minister,
19:08Sri Dharmedra Pradhanji.
19:10That was also acceded to.
19:12The government
19:12ensured that
19:13Dharmedra Pradhanji
19:14was not there.
19:16He resigned.
19:17Now,
19:17let me tell you,
19:18suddenly they say
19:19that we want discussion
19:21on this particular issue.
19:22And then,
19:23you know,
19:23when we were ready
19:24for discussion,
19:25now it is not today.
19:26I must tell
19:27with all conviction
19:28once again,
19:29I am a member
19:30of the Lok Sabha.
19:31I have been sitting
19:32there all through.
19:33Day before yesterday
19:34at 11 a.m.
19:35when our Lok Sabha starts,
19:37Sri Aum Birlaji
19:38said,
19:39we want this noise
19:40to stop
19:41and Sri Amit Shah Ji
19:42would come
19:42and start discussion.
19:44Day before yesterday,
19:45there was noise and din.
19:46There was complete mayhem
19:47in the Lok Sabha.
19:48Did not happen.
19:49Yesterday did not happen.
19:50Today at 11 a.m.
19:52did not happen.
19:52Arjun to 2 o'clock.
19:54And ultimately,
19:55Sri Amit Shah Ji,
19:56our own home minister,
19:57had to say
19:58that we are ready.
19:59Now,
20:00as you said,
20:00I was listening to you
20:02when you were talking
20:02to Mr. Keroji.
20:02No, no, ma'am,
20:03Aparajita Ji,
20:04sorry to press you, ma'am.
20:05Why was he not ready
20:0615 days ago?
20:07This entire logjam
20:08that is costing
20:09the taxpayer
20:10a lot of money
20:12because every day
20:13of parliament
20:13wasted
20:14means
20:15crores of money
20:16down the drain.
20:17It means that
20:18bills are passed
20:18without discussion.
20:19If the home minister
20:20was serious,
20:21he could have come
20:2210 days ago
20:23and said,
20:23no, pellet gun fire
20:24no,
20:25let him say it.
20:26Let the home minister
20:27come on record
20:28and say it.
20:28Why is he getting
20:29everyone else to say it?
20:34We are aware
20:35of the fact
20:35that 216 crore
20:37have been lost
20:38and the nation
20:38is watching
20:39and we are aware
20:40of the fact
20:41that all questions
20:42are not answered
20:43on the roads
20:44of the country.
20:45Every discussion
20:46will take place
20:47on the floor
20:48of the Lok Sabha
20:49and the Rajya Sabha
20:49and for that matter
20:51the government
20:51is ready,
20:52the home minister
20:53is ready.
20:53Didn't I tell you
20:54earlier that we were
20:55ready for discussion
20:56over need?
20:57Now, the gentleman
20:59comes and says,
21:00Rahul Gandhiji comes
21:01and says,
21:01we want a statement.
21:03Now, please
21:04don't be so immature
21:05in your approach,
21:06approach,
21:06so puerile
21:07in your approach.
21:08Statement is always
21:09a part of the
21:10comprehensive speech.
21:12Here is a home minister
21:13who wants to talk
21:14about everything,
21:15everything under the sun
21:16regarding the need
21:18and whatever happened,
21:19our children,
21:20our students
21:20and then suddenly
21:21you say,
21:22you just want a statement.
21:23Why do you want
21:24a statement?
21:25I mean,
21:25the country wants
21:26to listen to our
21:27home minister
21:28on the entire issue.
21:29Now, the country
21:30wants to know
21:31were pellet guns
21:31fired or not.
21:33Should the country
21:34not need to know
21:37whether pellet guns
21:38were fired
21:38from the home minister
21:39himself?
21:43With all emphasis,
21:45I must say,
21:46now here we have
21:47time in hand.
21:48Today also,
21:48he said,
21:49from 3 p.m.,
21:502 p.m. today
21:51to 3 p.m. tomorrow,
21:52there would be debate
21:54and after 3 p.m. tomorrow,
21:55Sri Amit Shahji
21:56would have spoken,
21:57he would have answered
21:58all questions
21:59including regarding
22:00the pellet guns,
22:01I'm sure.
22:02So, my point is,
22:03do they really
22:04want to listen?
22:05That's the question
22:06which you should have
22:07asked,
22:07Pavan Keraji.
22:08I mean,
22:08this entire thing,
22:10if you see,
22:11I reiterate,
22:12they are absolutely
22:13confused
22:13and they do not
22:14want this particular
22:15session to take place
22:17and that is why
22:18this entire thing
22:19and 1.4 billion
22:20people are watching
22:21their antics.
22:22This is nothing
22:23but antics.
22:24And I reiterate,
22:25see,
22:25questions are asked
22:27in the Lok Sabha,
22:28in the Rajya Sabha,
22:29questions are not
22:29asked outside.
22:31He was also asking
22:32certain number of
22:32questions.
22:33I was aghast.
22:34Today also,
22:35right now also,
22:35while I was sitting
22:36and listening to him,
22:37I was bewildered.
22:38I mean,
22:39how can you ask
22:39about what happened
22:40in Ayodhya Temple
22:41and all that here
22:42on the TV channel
22:43or only in the
22:46television channels
22:47outside the
22:48Raja Sabha?
22:49So are you saying
22:49that when a Ram
22:50Temple Trust
22:51has been formed
22:52Yes,
22:52we are ready.
22:53No,
22:53no,
22:53when a Ram
22:54Temple Trust
22:55has been formed
22:56with the government
22:57playing a major role
22:58in that
22:58and there is
22:59Chandachori,
23:00is it not the job
23:00of the government
23:01to answer?
23:02What's wrong?
23:03I mean,
23:03if you have nothing
23:04to hide,
23:04you could have done
23:05all of this
23:05two weeks ago.
23:06Yes,
23:07the opposition
23:07is not listening
23:08to you today.
23:09I take your point.
23:10But what about
23:10two weeks ago?
23:12You could have
23:12answered all these
23:13questions.
23:17No,
23:17I am coming to it.
23:19See,
23:19things are decided
23:21in the Business
23:21Advisory Committee
23:22meeting,
23:23I think,
23:23and we are
23:24actually guided
23:25by the rules
23:26of procedure
23:27and conduct
23:27of business
23:28in the Lok Sabha
23:29and it is the
23:30Lok Sabha
23:31speaker
23:31who is the
23:32custodian
23:33of the house
23:33the opposition
23:34may like it
23:35or not like it
23:36but this is a fact
23:37and we must
23:37agree to it.
23:39Now,
23:39here,
23:40Sri Aum Birlaji
23:41emphasized,
23:42I am very much
23:43present in the
23:44Lok Sabha
23:44all through,
23:45emphasized,
23:46he said,
23:46one after the
23:47other will
23:47take up issues.
23:49Did the government
23:50ever say
23:51that we do not
23:52want to talk
23:52about issues?
23:53We wanted to
23:54talk about
23:55everything
23:55but not outside,
23:57not on the roads,
23:58not on TV channels
23:59but in the floor
24:00of the house,
24:01in the Lok Sabha,
24:02in the Rajya Sabha.
24:02So,
24:03then why did
24:03the opposition
24:04is running away?
24:06I fail to understand
24:07why is opposition
24:08running away?
24:09This is my question.
24:10Okay,
24:10they are saying
24:11your leaders
24:12have gone in hiding,
24:13you are saying
24:14running away.
24:14Let me ask you
24:15in conclusion,
24:15does that mean
24:16there is a complete
24:17breakdown now
24:18of trust?
24:19At the core
24:19of what I am
24:20seeing happening
24:21in parliament
24:21is a breakdown
24:23of trust
24:23and a lack
24:24of respect.
24:24What stops
24:25the prime minister
24:27as the leader
24:28of the house
24:28from calling
24:30Rahul Gandhi
24:31as the leader
24:32of the opposition
24:32and the two
24:33of them
24:33sort this out?
24:35It seems that
24:36you get
24:36Kiran Rejuju
24:37to try,
24:38JP Nadda
24:38to try
24:39but the two
24:39main stakeholders
24:40need to sit
24:41across a table.
24:43Is there a lack
24:44of respect?
24:44Is it a lack
24:45of trust?
24:46What is it?
24:48Let me make
24:49it very clear.
24:51Let me make
24:51it very clear.
24:53In fact,
24:53I wanted to speak
24:54when Mr. Pavan
24:55Kheraji was speaking.
24:56Who is Mr. Kiran
24:57Rejuji?
24:58Kiran Rejuji
24:59is a very senior
25:00leader of ours.
25:01He is the minister
25:02of parliamentary affairs
25:03and he knows
25:04what he is doing.
25:05He has been
25:06reaching out
25:07to these people
25:08all through
25:09and he has been
25:10very vocal
25:10all through.
25:11He knows what he
25:12says and what he does
25:13and as far as
25:14Srinadda Ji is concerned
25:15with all respect
25:16for him,
25:16I must say
25:16that Nanda Ji
25:17has been ex-president
25:19of the party
25:20and he is a very
25:21senior leader of ours,
25:22the health minister
25:22of the country
25:23and you know,
25:25I mean,
25:25when these senior
25:26leaders are talking,
25:27I think we want
25:29to reach out
25:30to their ministry.
25:30Om Birla Ji,
25:31as I said earlier,
25:33the custodian of the house
25:34has been trying to reach out
25:35between the prime minister
25:36and the LOP.
25:37I mean,
25:38this is,
25:41isn't there
25:41a business advisory
25:43committee?
25:43Business advisory
25:44committee decides
25:45which particular
25:46issue to be taken
25:47or not.
25:48It is not you
25:49or I who will
25:49actually take the
25:50decision as to
25:51which subject
25:52to be taken.
25:53Now,
25:53Sri Om Birla Ji,
25:54I reiterate,
25:55I remind you,
25:56he said,
25:56we will talk about
25:57Ram Temple also
25:58but let this be over.
26:00Now,
26:00today also,
26:00I am telling you,
26:01tomorrow also,
26:02we have full day.
26:03if they would have
26:04agreed to,
26:05then Sri Amit Shah Ji
26:07would have come
26:07and started.
26:08Now,
26:08Amit Shah Ji
26:09made it very clear
26:10today,
26:10he comes to the house
26:12every day
26:12and he sits in his office.
26:14Now,
26:14now,
26:15if there is noise
26:16and din,
26:17if there is mayhem
26:17in the Lok Sabha,
26:19why should he come?
26:20He is ready to come,
26:22very much there,
26:23if the speaker
26:24tells him
26:25that everything is fine,
26:26please come and start
26:27talking to the people.
26:28He is ready to come,
26:29he never said no.
26:30Today,
26:31he was ready.
26:323 p.m.
26:32we would have started
26:33discussion.
26:34I am going to leave it there.
26:36I have heard both sides
26:37of the story
26:37and that is what
26:38we wanted our viewers
26:39to hear,
26:39both the government
26:40and the opposition.
26:41You know,
26:41the irony is,
26:41ma'am,
26:42you can come on,
26:42all of you come on
26:43TV shows,
26:44I wish you could talk
26:45like this to each other
26:46rather than at each other
26:47inside the house.
26:49But I appreciate
26:51Aparajita Sarangi
26:51and Pawan Khera
26:53for joining me
26:54on the show today.
26:55I want to move
26:55from there
26:56to the big story
26:57that continues
26:57to develop in Jarkhand
26:59where there is no end
27:00to the protest.
27:01And after the August 10
27:03crackdown,
27:03the protesters
27:04have become
27:04even more determined
27:05to take their battle
27:07over exam irregularities
27:09and filling up
27:10of vacant pros.
27:11Amidst the stir,
27:12the Jarkhand
27:13Chief Minister
27:13Hemant Soren
27:14has projected
27:15his government
27:16as being responsive
27:16to students,
27:17saying more than
27:188,500 suggestions
27:20have been received
27:21through a new portal
27:22which he says
27:22is aimed at
27:23reforming the exam system.
27:25The electricity supply
27:26though at the protest
27:27site was cut off
27:28last night.
27:30Devendranath Mato's
27:31hunger strike
27:32now has entered
27:32its 11th day.
27:34Mato has asserted
27:35that his hunger strike
27:37will continue.
27:38And a short while ago,
27:39while he was on
27:40his hospital bed,
27:41I spoke to Jarkhand's
27:43face of the protest,
27:45Devendranath Mato.
27:47Listen in.
27:50Joining me now
27:51is a very special guest,
27:53the man who has
27:54become the face
27:55of the student's
27:56agitation in Jarkhand,
27:59the JKLM leader,
28:00the activist Devendranath
28:01Mato now on the
28:029th day of a hunger
28:04strike over the
28:06irregularities in the
28:07Jarkhand recruitment
28:08examination.
28:09Mato ji,
28:10you are there
28:10and are in the hospital
28:12and you have been
28:13in the hospital.
28:14Are you ready
28:45this
28:51I am saying that this is your responsibility, but the government says that it is your responsibility.
29:02Who is the responsibility of the government?
29:04The government says that it is your responsibility.
29:12If you have the responsibility of the government, you will be the responsibility of the government.
29:18The government says that it is your responsibility.
29:23It is your responsibility to be the responsibility of the government.
29:37No, who is the non-negotiable?
29:41CBI, probes or exams, which are all cancelled?
29:48Who is the non-negotiable?
29:53The government is the 1.98% of the government is the 1.98%.
29:59I think that government is the 1.98% of the government is the 1.98%.
30:04so yeah
30:34The system is a system.
30:36The system is a system.
30:40The system is a government.
30:44If it is a government system,
30:47we are a government agency.
30:51We have been using a government agency.
30:56But if a government system is not working,
31:05foreign
31:14foreign
31:35So, I have written a lot of the hospital in my heart.
31:40I have written an ambulance today.
31:41So, I have written a lot of the hospital's work on this hospital.
31:43I have written an ambulance in my heart.
31:45So, why did we keep it in the hospital?
31:48Why did we report that my liver is poor?
31:53My liver is poor.
31:54My heart is poor.
31:55My lungs have been poor.
31:56and of course the audio you will guess is because it was in a hospital you can watch the full
32:12interview on our website on india today let me turn to the other big political story because
32:18the tamil nadu government today passed an anti-delimitation resolution with the resolution
32:25saying that they would like women's reservation within the existing 543 member parliament and no
32:32increase in the number of seats the dmk which was really the key party here supported the government's
32:39resolution but has put in certain terms and conditions that suggest that at a future date
32:45they may well accept the center's attempt to renew its delimitation effort take a look at this story
32:54the tamil nadu assembly passes a resolution on delimitation the resolution was passed on three
33:14major points it says the 543 loksaba seats must remain fixed there should be no change in the state-wise
33:23allocation of loksaba seats and 33 percent women's reservation should be provided in state assemblies
33:29the comment
33:58The Congress, the DMK and left parties supported the resolution.
34:29The AIA-DMK, PMK and BJP rejected the resolution.
34:59The DMK's stand is crucial as far as passage of the delimitation bill by Lok Sabha is concerned.
35:06Does the party's support for the resolution against delimitation mean that it has finally made up its mind?
35:13The answer is awaited.
35:17With Apoorva Jachandran, Anaga Keshav and Pramod Madhav, Bureau Report, India Today.
35:26Let's turn to another of our top stories today,
35:29where a major leadership transition is taking place in one of India's biggest and iconic business houses.
35:35After nearly a decade at the helm of Tata Sons, N. Chandrasekharan suddenly announced that he is stepping down as
35:41chairman
35:42when his current term ends in February 2027.
35:45It has put the spotlight on what led Chandrasekharan, who was to have a five-year term,
35:51suddenly to decide that he is opting out.
35:54And also, who succeeds him?
35:57And what does the change mean for the Tata empire, whose stocks fell today?
36:02Business Today now reports.
36:04I've been very proud of being proud of the Tata company.
36:16After four decades with the Tata group, N. Chandrasekharan's Tata innings is now getting over.
36:21N. Chandrasekharan is set to step down as Tata's son's chairman after completing his current term.
36:29Chandrasekharan has decided not to seek reappointment after his term ends on February 20, 2027.
36:36The move sets the stage for a leadership transition at the top of the Tata group,
36:41with the succession process expected to begin soon.
36:44Tata stocks are also likely to remain in focus as investors assess the implications of the leadership change.
36:52In his statement, Chandrasekharan said he would not seek another term
36:56and asked the board to decide on his successor at the earliest.
37:00He said the move was aimed at ensuring a smooth and proper leadership transition.
37:04The decision comes after the board failed to reach a resolution on his appointment
37:09nearly six months after its February 24 meeting.
37:13The reappointment proposal did not have unanimous support
37:16with one board member withholding support.
37:20Chandrasekharan's exit comes at a critical juncture for Tata sons and the wider Tata group.
37:25The next chairman will have several key challenges on the table.
37:29These include turning around loss-making Air India,
37:32reducing losses in the group's digital businesses
37:35and navigating the potential listing of Tata sons.
37:39The group will also have to address the regulatory requirement
37:42around upper-layer NBFC deregistration.
37:48Chandrasekharan's Tata journey spans four decades.
37:51He joined TCS as an engineer in 1987
37:54and rose to become its CEO and MD in 2009.
37:58He joined the Tata sons board in 2016
38:01and took charge as chairman in 2017.
38:04Under his leadership, the Tata group returned to aviation
38:07with the acquisition of Air India in 2022.
38:10His current term as Tata sons chairman ends on February 20, 2027,
38:15marking the end of a decade at the helm of the group.
38:19The next chapter now rests with the successor
38:21and the challenges waiting at the top of Tata sons.
38:32And joining us now to understand the implications of this
38:36is former chief ethics officer and brand custodian at Tata sons,
38:40someone who's also spent a very long time there.
38:42Mukund Rajan, good to have you on the show.
38:44Are you surprised, shocked by the decision of N. Chandrasekharan
38:47to suddenly announce his decision to leave the Tata group
38:51after so many, after 40 years in it?
38:57I am certainly very surprised.
38:59And I'm equally surprised that at least till this point of time
39:03in the evening, we seem to have only one perspective
39:07on what has happened.
39:09I think we're all anxiously awaiting the response
39:11both from the Tata sons board, the rest of the board,
39:15as well as the principal shareholder,
39:17which is the Tata trusts,
39:18who control two thirds of the shareholding of Tata sons.
39:22And I think statements from them
39:23will be very important in this situation.
39:26The reason I'm asking you this also is,
39:29you're right, we haven't yet heard from the Tata trust
39:32and in particular from Noel Tata, the Tata trust chairman.
39:36So we don't know exactly the nature of circumstances
39:38that is leading to Chandrasekharan's exit.
39:40But do you believe there was this friction
39:43that was being talked about
39:44between Mr. Chandrasekharan and Noel Tata
39:47that has contributed mainly to this decision?
39:52Well, clearly there seems to have been differences.
39:55And I think the very fact that the incumbent
39:58has chosen to mention that there was not unanimity
40:02at the board from the time of the previous board meetings
40:06suggests that there was some kind of discord
40:11or at least a failure to achieve consensus.
40:15So clearly there have been differences.
40:18Some people have questioned
40:19whether these were differences of personality.
40:22Others have suggested there were differences
40:24around strategy and performance.
40:26My own sense, it would be a combination of all of these.
40:29And therefore, it's very important to understand,
40:32you know, where the other stakeholders are coming out
40:35on this and what is their perspective
40:38on what has taken place today.
40:41But, Mukund, what does it say about Tata Sons itself?
40:45One of India's iconic companies.
40:47Is something fundamentally going wrong at the very top
40:50when it comes to governance or strategic vision
40:53that a chairperson should resign in this abrupt manner?
40:56What message is this sending out?
41:01Well, clearly it appears there's been a failure
41:04to achieve consensus at the board.
41:06And if, as seems to be getting suggested,
41:09the principal shareholder was not aligned
41:12with some of the thinking on strategy,
41:14that is a fundamental problem.
41:17You cannot have companies being run
41:19where the majority shareholder is either feeling ignored
41:21or is not aligned with the way in which the company
41:25needs to be run going forward.
41:27So, at a minimum, I think the board also has a lot to answer
41:31in terms of what efforts were made to achieve consensus.
41:34And quite importantly, what was the preparedness
41:37to face the kind of situation we've encountered today?
41:40Is there a succession plan?
41:42Have there been thoughts about who could potentially take over?
41:45Will there be a new scheme?
41:46In the past, we've heard that potentially
41:48the chairman's role may be split
41:50and there could be a non-executive chairman
41:53and a managing director come CEO.
41:54So, what is the outlook on all of this?
41:57And I think Tata's are too large an organization
41:59for markets, stakeholders, shareholders, employees
42:02to be caught by surprise.
42:03So, I think it's very important that,
42:05if not today itself, certainly in the next 24 hours,
42:09we hear about how the succession is now going to be planned.
42:14You know, I just want to also understand,
42:16there's been a lot of talk that one of the key issues
42:19was a commitment being sought from Mr. Chandrasekharan
42:21that Tata Sons would never be listed.
42:24He was not willing to give such a commitment.
42:26Do you believe that was a tipping point?
42:28There was a meeting on the 24th of February,
42:30a board meeting of Tata Sons,
42:32where Noel Tata reportedly raised questions
42:34on losses being made by several unlisted companies.
42:38The Air India question was also raised,
42:41and its losses.
42:43Was there a tipping point
42:44that you believe has resulted in this departure?
42:50I would be surprised if there would have been
42:52one sort of tipping point.
42:55I mean, these issues have a tendency
42:57to sort of accumulate over a period of time.
43:01Losses don't happen suddenly overnight,
43:04and I think they could have been projected way in advance.
43:08Likewise, I think this issue of listing of Tata Sons
43:11has been hanging fire for several years now,
43:15with the RBI obviously being an important stakeholder.
43:18So I doubt that there would have been one single issue.
43:22To my mind, it's probably a combination of issues,
43:24but it would be quite silly for anyone in the board
43:28to protest that they didn't see this coming,
43:31which is why I think it's incumbent on them
43:33to now demonstrate that they have planned beyond this
43:37and that the rest of the stakeholders
43:39are not just left with uncertainty
43:41and pondering what the future is going to look like.
43:44You know, Mr. Chandrasekharan spent four decades with Tata,
43:47led Tata Sons over the past decade.
43:50How would you assess his role,
43:51his contribution to the Tata,
43:53since he was seen as someone
43:54who had come through the ranks of the group,
43:56but was not a family member of the Tata,
44:00an outsider, a professional CEO?
44:02How do you see his contribution?
44:06So I made this point when we had the untimely passing
44:10of Cyrus Mistry, his predecessor,
44:13and I had made the point that in many ways,
44:17Chandrasekharan was actually continuing
44:18many of the prudent strategies and plans
44:22that Cyrus himself had laid out.
44:25So I think the initial period is first term for sure.
44:28It was a very important stabilizing factor
44:31for the group to have somebody from inside take charge.
44:34And as a managing director for employees
44:37to also feel that, you know,
44:39if they worked hard and did well,
44:40they could aspire to chairmanship
44:42of India's largest corporate house.
44:44In the second term,
44:45obviously there have been questions
44:47that have been raised on performance.
44:49I don't know to what extent the board
44:51was involved in some of the plans that are set out.
44:54There's a huge amount of capital investment,
44:57the largest in the group's history
44:59that is currently taking place,
45:01north of several hundred thousand crores.
45:04And therefore, maybe these questions have come
45:06at an uncomfortable time
45:08when there's also been the change
45:10from the Ratan Tata era to a new era.
45:12So I'm not sure to what extent
45:14the board felt comfortable
45:15with some of the responses being received.
45:17But I think Chandra should be applauded
45:20for certainly the stability he brought
45:22after the grim events around Cyrus's departure.
45:25But more recently,
45:26I don't think it can be anybody's case
45:28that shareholders like the Tata Trust
45:30should not have raised the questions
45:32they seem to have on performance, on outcomes.
45:36The Tata Trust, I must say,
45:38should be theoretically very well aligned
45:39with the performance of Tata Sons.
45:42The more profitable Tata Sons becomes,
45:45the more can be done in terms of dividends
45:47and get paid out to the charities
45:48and therefore the more good work
45:50takes place in society.
45:51So I think in that sense,
45:53the shareholders very much aligned
45:54with the performance of Tata Sons
45:56and to therefore raise questions
45:57of performance,
45:58I don't think anything can be held
46:00against the representative
46:02of the shareholders
46:02who may have done that.
46:04You know, you just mentioned Cyrus Mistry.
46:06You were seen to be aligned
46:07with him at the time
46:08and then Cyrus Mistry
46:09was eventually eased out
46:11by Ratan Tata.
46:11Are we seeing in a way
46:13a replay of that
46:14in some form
46:14between Noel Tata
46:15and Chandrasekharan?
46:19In Cyrus' case,
46:21I suspect many of us
46:23were taken aback
46:23at the speed
46:24with which suddenly
46:26events sort of took over.
46:28I don't think Cyrus himself
46:29knew what was coming.
46:31There will be people
46:32who will debate this
46:33but I can tell you
46:33that his close team
46:35that included me at the time
46:36had no inkling
46:37that something like this
46:38was on the cards.
46:39This time around
46:40it looks as if
46:41there has been
46:41an ongoing discussion.
46:43Mr. Chandrasekharan
46:44has later today
46:45in fact concedes
46:46that there has been
46:47a conversation
46:48that has been happening
46:48for many months.
46:50Six months have passed
46:51since the last meeting
46:52and a resolution
46:53has not been reached.
46:54So I'm hoping therefore
46:55that the board
46:56had more information,
46:58more knowledge
46:59on its side
47:00this time around
47:00to plan ahead.
47:02And that's what I think
47:03everyone will be looking
47:04to see
47:05in the next few hours
47:06and days.
47:08Let me just
47:08give you a final question.
47:10Choosing a successor.
47:11How easy is that
47:12going to be Mokind Rajan?
47:13Do you see someone
47:14out there
47:14who is going to be seen
47:15as a natural successor
47:17to Chandrasekharan?
47:18Will it be someone
47:19from the outside again
47:20or an insider?
47:24It depends on
47:24what structure they want.
47:26There has been talk
47:27that they might separate
47:27the role of
47:28an executive chairman
47:30into a non-executive chairman
47:31and potentially a CEO
47:33or MD for Tata Sons
47:34who will hold
47:35the operational reins.
47:36If they have
47:38that system
47:38I would hope
47:40that the CEO
47:41slash managing director
47:42could be somebody
47:43from within the group
47:44perhaps one of the existing
47:46managing directors
47:46who have done a good job
47:48in their companies
47:48could be elevated
47:49to that role.
47:50For the non-executive chairman
47:52I think
47:53you know
47:54it could be anybody
47:55either from within
47:55or from outside.
47:57It could be past directors
47:58from some of the Tata companies.
48:00I think Tata's
48:01will have no difficulty
48:03in attracting
48:04some of the finest talent
48:05not just in India
48:06but anywhere in the world.
48:07So I'd be
48:08fairly comfortable
48:09that lots of people
48:11have put their hands up
48:11for the job
48:12but obviously
48:13the board has to make
48:14the final call
48:15on who would be
48:16the right candidate.
48:17Okay I'm going to leave it there
48:18Mukund Rajan
48:19good to have your view
48:20on that big story
48:21that's been developing
48:22and Chandrasekhar quitting
48:24as Tata's son's chairman.
48:26Thank you very much.
48:27Okay let's turn to
48:28tonight's Get Real India story
48:29that comes from
48:30Gatchi Roli
48:31in Maharashtra
48:31where three girls are dead
48:33three others are battling
48:34for their lives
48:35after a snake bite
48:36at a residential ashram school
48:38in Maharashtra's Gatchi Roli.
48:40The tragedy is exposing
48:42serious questions
48:43over the school's facilities
48:44hygiene
48:45and the alleged delay
48:46in treatment.
48:47A government probe
48:48has been ordered.
48:49Take a look.
49:01Three girls dead
49:04three battling for life
49:09after suffering snake bites
49:11at a place
49:12one would believe
49:13would be the safest
49:15surroundings for them.
49:17The students were sleeping
49:19at their residential
49:20ashram school
49:21in Japatlai
49:23in Dhanora
49:23when a snake bit them
49:25early Monday.
49:27Though they were rushed
49:29to the local hospital
49:30in Dhanora
49:31two children died
49:32after an alleged
49:33delay of two hours
49:35in providing treatment.
49:38Four kids were then shifted
49:39to the Gatchi Roli
49:41district hospital
49:42where another child
49:43lost her life.
49:45One of the victims
49:47has been airlifted
49:48to the Nagpur
49:49Medical College hospital.
50:07Around 80 female students
50:09are enrolled
50:10at the ashram school.
50:11The incident
50:12has exposed
50:13the total lack
50:14of facilities
50:14at the privately run
50:16school
50:16which gets
50:17government aid.
50:21Students are forced
50:22to sleep on maths
50:23which possibly
50:24exposed them
50:25to the snake.
50:44The tribal ashram school
50:46is affiliated
50:47to an organization
50:48run by
50:49Marth Rao Kovase
50:50a former MP
50:51and Congress
50:52leader
50:52from Gatchi Roli.
50:54His son
50:55advocate
50:55Vishwajit Kovase
50:56the current
50:57district congress
50:58president
50:59oversees
51:00the organization's
51:01operations.
51:02Chief Minister
51:03Devendra
51:03Fadnavis
51:04has announced
51:04a high-level inquiry
51:06into the deaths.
51:08The school
51:09management
51:10has suspended
51:11the superintendent
51:12who was absent
51:13when the incident
51:14took place.
51:15The Fadnavis
51:16government
51:16has cancelled
51:17the license
51:18of the ashram school.
51:19The tribal
51:20development department
51:21is ordering
51:22an audit
51:22of all ashram schools
51:24in the state.
51:26With Venkatesh
51:27Dudhamwar
51:28Bureau Report
51:29India Today.
51:35Okay let's turn
51:37from there
51:37from Gen Z
51:38today
51:39to Gen Alpha
51:41for once
51:41because what we
51:42are now seeing
51:43is youngsters
51:44under the age
51:45of 15
51:45are raising
51:47their voice
51:47from poor food
51:48contaminated water
51:50to road demands
51:51fair hikes
51:51school students
51:53across India
51:54seem to have
51:55taken a cue
51:55from the Gen Z
51:56and are increasingly
51:58taking their
51:59grievances
51:59to the streets
52:00and this is not
52:01just in one part
52:02of the country
52:02but from Uttarakhand
52:04to Madhya Pradesh
52:05to Uttar Pradesh
52:06suddenly protests
52:07and viral videos
52:08are actually forcing
52:10authorities to act.
52:11India Today reports.
52:30Students at the government
52:31run a club
52:32where residential
52:33school in Khatima
52:34Uttarakhand
52:35raising issues
52:36like poor quality
52:37food,
52:38contaminated drinking
52:39water,
52:40filthy toilets
52:41and other
52:42administrative lapses.
52:43As word spread
52:45Chief Minister
52:46Pushkar Singh Dhami
52:47stepped in
52:47ordering the suspension
52:49of the school
52:50principal.
53:03It is just
53:08one of the many
53:09videos spreading
53:10on social media
53:11that show
53:12school kids
53:13saying enough
53:14is enough.
53:15The Gen Z
53:16agitation over
53:17paper leaks
53:18has ignited
53:18many protests
53:19across the country.
53:27In Vidisha
53:29in Madhya Pradesh
53:30school girls
53:31took to the streets
53:32in protest
53:32against the hike
53:33in bus fares.
53:39A video
53:40of the mid-meal
53:40served to school kids
53:41in Hardhoy
53:42in Uttar Pradesh
53:43went viral.
53:44forcing authorities
53:45to step in.
53:46The headmaster
53:48and another teacher
53:49were suspended.
53:57In Uttar Pradesh
53:59school kids
54:00from Chandupur village
54:01holding the
54:02Thuranga
54:02led a protest
54:03march to the
54:04Hamirpur district
54:05collect rate
54:06demanding construction
54:07of a road
54:08to their school.
54:28The authorities
54:29announced a road
54:30at a cost
54:31of 1.81
54:32crore-piece.
54:35One
54:35vivaag
54:36ki
54:36n-o-c
54:36milne
54:37ke
54:37pashat
54:38PWD
54:39nne
54:39is
54:39kaya
54:40ujna
54:40bana
54:40kar
54:40joko
54:41kari
54:421.80
54:43laak
54:44kya
54:44kya
54:45kya
54:45kya
54:45kya
54:46kya
54:46kya
54:46kya
54:47kya
54:50kya
55:01From grills to street protests, Gen-Alpha are using all tools to make their point, and
55:08the system is struggling to answer their pointed questions.
55:13Bureau Report, India Today.
55:22Nice to see the Tiranga in this Independence Day week where the citizens of the country
55:27are trying to reclaim what I believe is crucial to the Republic, accountability, jawab dehi
55:34of those who are in power.
55:37Good to see Gen-Alpha then taking to the streets.
55:40That's it on the show tonight.
55:42Thanks for watching.
55:43Stay well, stay safe.
55:44Good night.
55:45Shubratri.
55:45Jaihin Namaskar.
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