00:03Namaskara, good afternoon and a big welcome to India Today's SoSouth, where we get you the news that dominates the
00:08south and the flavor of the south each day over the next 30 minutes also. Let's kick start the bulletin
00:13with no delay as such. News coming in from Tamil Nadu and Pramod Madhav, we'll take it from here.
00:27Thank you Nagar Chintu, Alaknath, from the state of Tamil Nadu, the first stories about Hindi imposition.
00:32It is a kind of question mark and a kind of criticism that is being put forward by the DMK
00:36over a badge that was worn on the police flag day.
00:40Yesterday it was police commemoration day, the police flag day as well and the Chief Minister Vijay was present over
00:46there with the Tamil Nadu DGP.
00:47However, DMK has highlighted a kind of a badge over there showing that the two languages were present.
00:53One is English and the other one is Hindi and now the DMK is in a kind of way criticizing,
00:58sarcastically asking whether is this about two language?
01:02Has the DVK confused it to be Hindi and English instead of Tamil and English?
01:08Aparovad Jayeshadran is live with us. Aparovad, this seems to be kind of harsh criticism but what exactly happened over
01:13there and what was the badge actually saying?
01:18Well, in fact, this was during the police commemoration day celebrations that took place here in Chennai.
01:25In fact, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Srivijay also participated in this and in particular the DMK has taken
01:31up this issue wherein they have taken up this badge there which showed the names and the words written there
01:39just in Hindi and English.
01:40We are taking this as a jibe at the TVK government. The DMK has hit out questioning if the Tamil
01:45Nadu Chief Minister and TVK's chief Joseph Srivijay has gone ahead and forgotten that Tamil is the state language for
01:53Tamil Nadu.
01:53In fact, the DMK has also hit out at the TVK government questioning that there is hardly any Tamil left
01:59in Tamil Nadu anymore.
02:00Has the two language policy been reinforced wherein it has been confused that the two language that is followed in
02:07Tamil Nadu is English and Hindi whereas it is supposed to be in Tamil?
02:12And there is a lot of questions that the DMK has gone ahead and raised on this issue.
02:16In fact, this is not the first time that the DMK has raised yet another such questioning regarding the alleged
02:22Hindi imposition.
02:23In fact, the DMK in this particular post that it has taken up on Platform X has gone ahead and
02:29called out the TVK government questioning why it is that these particular badges were taken up in Hindi and English
02:37when it is the state language and two language policy that Tamil Nadu follows which is Tamil and English.
02:45Well, this is a very big claim by DMK over here and the important aspect is that the actual police
02:50department comes under the chief minister.
02:52Probably, it is a reason actually DMK wants to raise it, you know, mocking the chief minister on this particular
02:56matter.
02:57We are still waiting for a response from the TVK government on this particular matter.
03:01Apurva requests to stay back as we have another breaking now.
03:12Well, we have the minister from TVK, Ka Sengotian, the revenue minister once again with a claim.
03:18Sengotian was speaking in Virali Malay constituency in front of every other TVK carer over there and the important aspect,
03:24he said that C. Vijay Bhaskar, the person who was from AIDMK, who won from AIDMK but joined TVK will
03:32be the one who will be entering the field now and he will win.
03:35And of course, he, accepting Talabadi, will be leading others in up front.
03:40So, this is kind of turning into a huge issue currently considering C. Vijay Bhaskar is considered as a turncoat
03:45by AIDMK.
03:46Like I said, back in May, Vijay Bhaskar won in 2026 Assembly Elections, Aweba.
03:50Then he resigned and joined the TVK and the big question that is being put forward by the opposition, be
03:56it DMK or AIDMK, whether is it horse trading and now Sengotian's statement once again has rigged up this controversy.
04:04Sengotian tries to give an explanation stating that he did not mean like that.
04:07He only said that Vijay Bhaskar, knowing the field, will be the one who will be on the field.
04:12However, this is not the first time Sengotian is ending up for his comments.
04:15What happened earlier is that he said that soon 15 more will come from AIDMK and as it backfired, he
04:20said that he was not talking about the MLAs, but only people from AIDMK.
04:24And now, Viralimale constituency, which is open for Bipol, Sengotian says Vijay Bhaskar will be on the field, which is
04:31again turning out to be a huge issue.
04:33Here's what Sengotian said.
04:57Sengotian says,
05:20Well, Sengotian is considered as a beast more of TBK Sengotian, a seriously like veteran Neta, but Sengotian will have
05:26differently provide explanations.
05:29These are the stories from the state of Tamil Nadu.
05:31Moving on to the stories of Karnataka, let's go back to Raga Arjun Dwarakman.
05:43And the first story from Karnataka is of the big Dasarak controversy.
05:47Remember, just 24 hours ago, the Nada Habba or the state festival of Dasarak in Mysore was celebrated with grand
05:53celebrations from the Karnataka government.
05:56And during which, three Dalit ministers were stopped while they were walking with the chief minister while offering puja to
06:02the Nandidwaja.
06:03And that's the series of events.
06:05Before the ambari happens or the howdah of the Chamundeshwari sits or placed on the elephant, the ministers offer puja
06:11at Nandidwaj.
06:12The visuals, as you can see, an IPS officer stops three ministers, Narendra Swamy, Basant Appa and Shivras Tangadgi, as
06:20they're walking with the chief minister.
06:21And now, the chief minister has ordered an inquiry and told the chief secretary to look into this as to
06:26who instructed this IPS officer to, in fact, stop the cabinet ministers.
06:31Sources within the department say that, as per protocol, the officer was acting and he was not instructed by anyone.
06:37And now, the BJP has latched on to this saying, Congress is an anti-Dalit party.
06:41Look at the way how the Dalit ministers have been stopped.
06:45And it's a big insult, not just to the Karnataka government, but also to the Dalit community.
06:50Listen to the reactions on the story.
07:47The minister is a minister.
07:49Because they are all Dalit ministers, maybe the anti-Dalit Congress party must have stopped them.
07:59Otherwise, Mr. Honorable D.K. Shukumar must disclose what is the matter, instructions, who are given the instructions and all.
08:15You should apologize.
08:17Otherwise, you should immediately suspend the senior officer who stopped them.
08:27Joining me right now is Sagai Raj from Bengaluru right now on this.
08:30Sagai, the chief minister has ordered an inquiry, but what happened exactly there?
08:35It's very rare that an IPS officer who's working with the state government can't recognize the cabinet ministers.
08:40Or did he recognize and stop deliberately because there's certain protocol that the IPS officer was, in fact, following?
08:47What is the action that the chief secretary is now going to take?
08:54Karnataka chief minister D.K. Shukumar has instructed the chief secretary to take necessary action against this IPS officer.
09:01So far, the IPS officers have not given a clarification why he has stopped these cabinet ministers.
09:06Because they are the face of Karnataka, they are cabinet ministers, and there were three ministers who were accompanying Karnataka
09:13chief minister.
09:14Even Basantappa, who have spoken to the media, has categorically mentioned that if at all there was a protocol, they
09:20should have informed us.
09:21They shouldn't have stopped us.
09:22And even if you notice that when the incident happened, D.K. Shukumar, the chief minister,
09:26who have noticed this particular behavior from the IPS officer,
09:30immediately asked him to allow the cabinet minister to join with him for that Nandipuja,
09:36and he said that he cannot stop them.
09:38And now the ministers themselves say that probably he is not aware about the protocol,
09:43and they also claim that they were not informed about following any certain protocol
09:48that only the chief ministers allow and not the cabinet minister.
09:51Chief minister has escalated the issue and instructs the chief secretary to take necessary action against the IPS officer.
10:02Right, Sagai. Thank you for bringing us the latest updates as well.
10:05So with that, we come to the episode of SoSouth today,
10:07because we've got your additional stories from Channa and Bengaluru.
10:11We'll see you once again at 1 p.m. tomorrow with more news and updates
10:15from all the six states of the southern part of India.
10:17See you tomorrow, 1 p.m.
10:18Until then, keep watching India Today.
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