00:00The big news is with regard to our political corridors in that exclusive interview given by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiran
00:05Rijiju.
00:06Reactions are coming in and how.
00:09After the minister dropped the big hint over the possibility of a special session of the parliament,
00:14Congress President Malik Arjun Khadge, who is also the leader of opposition in the Aparo House,
00:18Malik Arjun Khadge, writing to Prime Minister Modi,
00:21asking for an all-party meeting to be convened so that opposition parties can also study the proposal for delimitation.
00:27Is the delimitation bill finally going to come to the parliament in the next session?
00:32Let's first listen in to what has been said, why this is significant.
00:36Listen first to what Kiran Rijiju said and then we'll get you the reactions also.
00:42They say that the treasury benches, it's become, you know, most MPs that I speak to from the opposition say
00:49that parliament has become very hostile.
00:52One bill after the other without discussion is being pushed through.
00:55And the latest charge from Mr. Jairam Ramesh is that this monsoon session hasn't even been prorogued,
01:02which is officially where it is closed, the session.
01:05It is, and he's asking why hasn't it happened.
01:07That is up to the government whenever parliament is to be called.
01:12It is the government which decides and requests the Rastrapati to call the session.
01:18And when the house is not prorogued, then the session can be called.
01:24Can there be another session?
01:26It is nothing new which we are doing.
01:29Can there be a special session?
01:30No, that I will not answer, but what I am answering you is…
01:33You won't answer that.
01:34What I am answering you is, since 1952, after this interview, I will give you the list.
01:42Right.
01:44After 1952, there were numerous occasions where parliament session was adjoined, signed a die,
01:53but not prorogued.
01:54And the session was summoned again.
01:57Sir, I infer that there could be a special session called.
02:01You are saying you won't answer it, but as a journalist, I am answering it.
02:04No, you have every right to have inferences, and as a senior journalist,
02:09you are very experienced in reading the things.
02:11You can read both ways.
02:13Yeah.
02:14But then, as a parliament affairs minister, I am always open to people's scrutiny.
02:22And observation also.
02:24And then, when the time comes, I will inform you.
02:27We'll all know.
02:29So, this is clearly an impact of the India Today interview that was done.
02:33And basically, a response to this is why Malikar Jinkhargya has written.
02:36I am joined by our colleagues, Rahul Gautam and Preeti Chaudhary.
02:39I want to first take the response from Rahul, because he is the one breaking it for us
02:43about the Congress President writing the letter.
02:46Rahul, what do you hear?
02:48How has he cited the interview?
02:49Why has he written that letter to Prime Minister?
02:57Manikar Jinkhargya himself mentioned, you know, this interview saying that Mr. Kiran
03:03Dijiju, the parliamentary affairs minister, seems to have suggested that there's going
03:06to be a special session, might be a special session in coming days.
03:10And therefore, before the government is going to go ahead with it, the government should
03:14call an all-party meeting on this issue, on delimitation issue, and in fact, should
03:19also be giving some time to all the political parties, stakeholders, state governments to
03:25go through the proposal on the table as far as delimitation is concerned.
03:28So clearly, in a way, this important interaction between Preeti Chaudhary and Kiran Dijiju seems
03:35to be moving the ball and obviously invoking reactions also from the opposition camp, like
03:42LOP Rajasabha himself making a note and also seeking some answers and clarity on this possible
03:49special session from the Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister himself.
03:56Ahul, let's go across to Preeti, who conducted that interview.
03:59Interesting answers also there by Rijiju, though he took all the questions from you,
04:03Preeti, but do you think delimitation bill is finally set to come then in the parliament
04:07despite opposition from the non-BJP states?
04:11Well, you know, Pooja, the fact is that the Parliamentary Affairs Minister in our interview
04:14yesterday has kept this open-ended.
04:17I asked him the same question three times over, he could have said, you know, that the
04:21monsoon session has closed, but there's a technicality to it, Pooja, because a session
04:27is only officially closed once there is prorogation of that session.
04:31And this session till now, there has been no prorogation, something that Malikarjan Khadge
04:36is also quoting in the letter that he shot off to the Prime Minister.
04:40The opposition constantly feels, Pooja, that the government, if it manages the numbers,
04:46will call a special session or will call a session of the parliament, and that is the
04:51reason why this current session hasn't been prorogued.
04:55And the Parliamentary Affairs Minister yesterday had the opportunity to lay the entire controversy
05:01to rest.
05:02And he says, you know, you can infer what you want, but we have, it's well within our rights
05:06to recall the session.
05:09So he's got speculation going on that account.
05:12I just want to take you through, Pooja, to what the Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Kiran
05:17Rajiju, also said.
05:19After I questioned him on why the current monsoon session hasn't been prorogued, and could it
05:26be, you know, could there be a parliamentary session now, especially where delimitation is
05:31concerned?
05:32Listen in to this question, Pooja, and over to you then.
05:36Is delimitation still on agenda?
05:39Already, Prime Minister has made a very clear-cut commitment to the women of this nation that
05:45women reservation and the commitment given by the parliament to the women of this country
05:53will be fulfilled.
05:55That is a commitment given by the Prime Minister.
06:04So based on that, we are working.
06:06I hope you understand with that.
06:08No, I understand.
06:09So that means you are working.
06:10But then why can't reservation be given on the current strength of the house, which is 543?
06:14Why must we have delimitation or anything else?
06:17You must have read 2003 delimitation, that provision there.
06:22Delimitation women reservation, we call the women reservation as Nari Shakti Vandan Adeniyam.
06:29When the Nari Shakti Vandan Adeniyam was passed in 2023, you read the provision.
06:37This will be implemented on the basis of delimitation conducted after 2026, the census available there.
06:48It is not true, it is written in 2023.
06:50Why did it say that?
06:50Why did it say it?
06:51Why did it say it?
06:52Why did it say it?
06:53Why did it say that you have still written in the 543?
06:55Why is it saying that you have done 543?
06:55No, you can't do it.
06:56You can do it.
06:57I told you.
06:57I told you.
06:58That was a reservation related to the reservation.
07:01The reservation is tied up with the census.
07:06Delimitation and then we'll give it.
07:09That's what we are not saying.
07:10It is in 2023 Bill.
07:11It has been a act in 2023.
