00:00Hello and welcome. You're watching To The Point here on India Today. I'm Akshita Nanda Gopal.
00:04Let's get you the latest updates that came in from the Tamil Nadu Assembly today
00:07that witnessed a high-voltage showdown.
00:10Chief Minister Vijay and also the leader of opposition, Udeniti Stalin,
00:15trading sharp barbs on the floor of the House from the gold scheme to the state's law and order.
00:20The TVK-DMK rivalry spilt into the Assembly yet again
00:23and ended with Chief Minister Vijay saying that on Monday, he will respond to all of the DMK's attacks.
00:39The heat is rising in the Tamil Nadu Assembly.
00:47And the war of words between the TVK and the DMK has now reached a boiling point.
00:53MALE SPEAKER 1
00:54The two of them have appeared anywhere.
00:58The foreign people who come to the DBK will hear from the people.
01:02The enemy is sitting down on Monday, the enemy is sitting down here.
01:07I have a substitute for any other guy who listens to me,
01:09and everyone likes to meet me.
01:12You're asking, you're asking, your friend, I will give you a promise to him.
01:15I'm telling you, who wants to go?
01:16Go to the window, go to the window.
01:17Ok, thank you for coming.
01:21you don't
01:24are and
01:28and
01:30now
01:54The face-off triggered an uproar, with DMK's O Paneer Selvam
01:58urging the speaker to expunge the controversial remarks.
02:21But the showdown did not end there.
02:26Uday Anidhi then turned his guns on the Vijay government over its much-touted Goalski.
02:31The showdown did not end there.
03:01And the sparring soon shifted to another flashpoint.
03:05Law and order in Tamil Nadu.
03:07With TVK and the DMK once again locking horns on the assembly floor.
03:12The showdown did not end there.
03:21The showdown did not end there.
03:30The showdown did not end there.
03:59The Vijay Uday Anidhi face-off has turned the Tamil Nadu assembly into a battleground.
04:05And with tempers flaring and attacks getting sharper, this war of words may be far from over.
04:11With Pramod Madhav, Anaga Keshav, Apoorva Jaichandran, Bera Report, India Today.
04:21It wasn't just a showdown in the Tamil Nadu assembly.
04:23It was also a slew of very big announcements today.
04:26From a fresh push to make Tamil the principal language of the Madras High Court,
04:29which was a resolution that was also unanimously passed with even support from the DMK.
04:34There was a proposed Olympic city mentioned by Chief Minister Vijay that will come up in Chennai.
04:40He also spoke of hosting F1, F2, F3 races and a big boost to motorsports in Tamil Nadu.
04:48Major plans that have been unveiled.
04:50Let's give you a sense of some of those.
04:59Amid the ruckus and chaos in the Tamil Nadu assembly,
05:03Chief Minister Vijay made a series of major announcements on Thursday.
05:07And topping that list was a fresh push for Tamil in the Madras High Court.
05:12The Tamil Nadu government has now passed a new resolution seeking primary use of Tamil in the High Court.
05:18Addressing the assembly, Vijay said, Tamil is an ancient language with a rich heritage and culture
05:24and urged the centre to facilitate its greater use in the Madras High Court.
05:47The resolution received support from the DMK, but not without a political claim.
05:53The DMK said it was Karuna Nidhi who secured classical language status for Tamil.
06:10TVK, however, hit back, saying the DMK's earlier resolution was different
06:15and that the latest resolution should not be seen as anyone's child.
06:19TVK said the move would benefit Tamil Nadu and that Tamil must be given greater priority.
06:26The Chief Minister also announced plans to establish a world-class Tamil Nadu Olympic city in Chennai.
06:33Alongside it, a dedicated motorsports city is also planned,
06:37with the aim of hosting Formula 1 to Formula 4 racing.
07:04The announcement comes just days after Uda Nidhi,
07:08Stalin questioned TVK's decision to drop the DMK government's Olympic city proposal.
07:14Pada criticism was quickly met with a sharp counter from TVK's Adhav Arjuna.
07:42The Tamil Nadu assembly is no stranger to high-voltage political drama.
07:47But as the TVK-DMK battle intensifies, the war of words shows no signs of slowing down.
07:54With announcements on one side and political attacks on the other,
07:59the assembly continues to remain a battleground.
08:02Bureau Report, India Today.
08:08There's been all kinds of fake content on social media using Chief Minister Vijay's name and deepfakes.
08:15In Hindi particularly, these deepfakes are doing the rounds of Vijay Talapati,
08:20as people in North India know him, asking you to send your WhatsApp number in comments,
08:26saying he's giving money to those in need.
08:28Here's one such reel.
08:30Hello guys, I've come to SBI Bank. I'll get out of money here. I'll get out of money here.
08:36Hello guys, I've come to SBI Bank. I'll get out of money here. I'll get out of money here.
08:40Hello guys, I've come to SBI Bank. I'll get out of money here. I'll get out of money here.
08:51So there are some reels like that.
08:52Then there are others where he's handing over money to women in need.
08:56Lacks of rupees, he says.
08:57And all of it impersonating the chief minister's voice.
09:00It's of course a deepfake resembling him with even a TVK flag draped on his shoulders.
09:18Needless to say, it's all fake.
09:20But people are actually falling for this in North India, as I've shown you before,
09:23with some videos claiming Vijay's handed over a check as Nepal flood relief,
09:27another of him at Jantar Mantar during the Vangchuk hunger strike, and so much more.
09:31The CBC ID in Tamil Nadu has now cracked the whip.
09:35Some of these videos have been taken down.
09:37Others, as I just showed you, are still up on social media.
09:40The CBC ID has confirmed that so far in their probe,
09:42it's been found that these videos are actually being shared reportedly by Pakistan-based Facebook IDs.
09:48The Tamil Nadu police has now issued alerts to public not to fall for these deepfakes.
09:53But these are the latest in a slew of such social media scams
09:57that aim to make the most of Chief Minister Vijay's social media popularity
10:02and the views that he gets online.
10:13Let's get you an exclusive news break now coming in.
10:16Among the slew of announcements made by Chief Minister Vijay today
10:19was also the push for motorsports in Tamil Nadu.
10:24And that's prompted a response from Tala Ajit.
10:27Speaking to me, Ajit has in fact given me a detailed statement
10:32on how he feels about this particular step.
10:35He's spoken on many interviews to me about how he believes
10:38that motorsports must be pushed by governments in Tamil Nadu.
10:41And so he said,
10:42My heartfelt thank you to the Honourable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu,
10:47C. Joseph Vijayavargal,
10:48for giving every discipline of sports, including motorsports,
10:51the much-needed attention by announcing
10:54Tamil Nadu government's initiative
10:55to develop an infrastructure to promote every discipline of sports.
10:59Me being currently involved in motorsports,
11:02I would like to rephrase a quote by astronaut Mr. Neil Armstrong,
11:06one small step by the Tamil Nadu government,
11:09one giant leap for motorsports in India.
11:11Wishing the Honourable Chief Minister the very best in all his endeavours.
11:16That's the detailed statement that Superstar Ajit has given to me
11:20when I reached out to him.
11:21He's extremely passionate about motorsports.
11:23He's extremely passionate about, of course,
11:26ensuring the growth of motorsports in India.
11:28Has repeatedly spoken about it
11:30and how governments can do their bit for the same.
11:32And so with this particular announcement being made by Chief Minister Vijay,
11:37Superstar Ajit Kumar coming out to thank his good friend,
11:40now the Chief Minister.
