00:00Well, there are constant political showdown that we have witnessed in the past few weeks.
00:04The Congress are to apologize for the resigned CGI post.
00:07So they're of course quoting the recent Congress Kerala Unit Chief
00:11had to put out an apology, the kind of demand that was made.
00:14And that is what now the BGP is jumping on.
00:17So daily we have seen briefings that have come in from the Bharatiya Janata Party,
00:20top leaders, ministers, members of parliament,
00:23attacking the opposition, the Congress Party especially.
00:25And ahead of the November 1 rally, they're now saying
00:28that look, they have had to consistently put apologies, unconditional apologies,
00:31on social media for the impulsive post that they are putting up,
00:36attacking the institutions of the country, here in this case the CGI.
00:40There was a post earlier by the Congress Kerala Unit over the CGI
00:43and demanding resignation that had led to this case against them.
00:47And then an apology.
00:48So BGP is saying to Rahul Gandhi here, the leader of opposition,
00:52and the member of parliament also saying that will you also apologize?
00:56They're demanding answers from the top leadership of the Congress Party as well.
01:00Again, remember in the backdrop of what we saw in Karnataka,
01:04bringing the whole issue of elections here as well,
01:06especially in the backdrop of Karnataka MLC polls where 4-0 was NDA sweep,
01:11saying look, you can't even win on ballot papers.
01:13Let me bring in Piyush Mishra for the latest on that.
01:16Piyush, why specifically do you think this press conference by Sudhan Chitravedi
01:20and for a post on connecting Karnataka MLC elections, what is the reason here?
01:26Well, Pooja, one thing is clear that BGP will continue to attack opposition,
01:31especially Congress Party over the big defeat being faced by the Congress Party in MLC elections.
01:37Sudhan Chitravedi, BGP's national spokesperson, has done a press conference
01:41and he has mentioned about the fact that all these 28 immense elections happened on ballot paper,
01:46yet Congress won zero seats and it's a huge success for the Congress Party
01:51and instead of spreading rumors and creating unrest and anarchy,
01:56Congress Party must focus on development and agenda, should go and connect with people.
02:01These are the votes being attended by BGP as of now.
02:04Remember that it has given a huge ammunition to BGP.
02:07Why? Because in the past few days, we have seen various opposition political parties
02:11coming out and saying that there is EVM stampling which happens
02:15and many of them have also been demanding that elections should happen on ballot paper
02:20and that's why BGP is now saying that these elections, MLC elections happened on ballot paper,
02:26yet Congress won zero seats and BGP is now trying to show a mirror to the Congress Party.
02:31We have to wait and watch how the Congress is going to react on this, but there is no doubt
02:35it will be changed.
02:39Not just as a celebration for the BGP or the NDA, but that will lead them to thinking they can
02:45make further inroads
02:46into a Congress-governed state even now.
02:50Well, that's right.
02:51Kanataka is a state where we also saw a change of peace measure.
02:55And despite that, when Congress is losing peace and MLC elections in MLC elections, it is taking setback.
03:03No doubt the Congress will have to introspect what went wrong, why they lost MLC elections also.
03:09And remember that three were won by BGP, won by JDS.
03:12So it's a big victory for the NDA alliance there in the state.
03:17In the coming few years, we will also see MLC elections making plans in Kanataka.
03:22Before that, we are already seeing how there is some sort of infighting going on between the BGP carders in
03:28the state.
03:28So these election results and MLC elections just could be somewhere an encouraging factor for the party workers.
03:35BGP will certainly work on to unite the internal infighting thing and also will request all the party karagatas to
03:43come together.
03:44But yes, Prime Minister will certainly have to introspect as to why did they lose four seats back to in
03:49a crucial state like Kanataka.
03:51Piyush, stay on with me because this is clearly the focus right now when it comes to what the BGP
03:57or the NDA is now planning as the next step.
04:00They've already done the DK, it's done bro.
04:03And then they want to go ahead and target the Congress party with how they can't even win through ballot
04:08papers,
04:09which has been one of the demands of the Congress party.
04:11So let me tell you then, thank you Piyush for now, what happened in Karnataka elections.
04:15It was a 4-0 sweep for the NDA in Karnataka's Legislative Council elections,
04:19but clearly a setback or at least a wake-up call for the Congress unit in Karnataka.
04:24What happened? What was the result?
04:25The BGP won three seats, allied JDS back the fourth one,
04:29which means all four constituencies swept by the NDA.
04:32These are Northeast Teachers Constituency, West Graduate, Southeast Graduate seats as it is called.
04:38The JDS snatching the Bengaluru teacher's seat from veteran five-time MLC Puttanna.
04:43And also the seats that have been won by the BGP are particularly significant.
04:47It's been the bastion of Congress President Malik Arjun Khadge and that adds on to the reason of their celebration.
04:54The result deals a political setback to Chief Minister DK Shiv Kumar,
04:58even though they maintain that this is not about a massive mandate when it comes to Karnataka elections,
05:02this is only about a specific territory.
05:04The BGP took a dig at Chief Minister DK Shiv Kumar with that quote on your screen,
05:08an image that they had used from a previous presence in the Assembly saying,
05:13DK, it's done, bro.
05:15This, of course, remember, is turning the tables for the Congress that had been using this statement,
05:20originally said by Salman Khan, against CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
05:25Now, importantly, this election were conducted using ballot papers, not electronic voting machines.
05:30So the BGP using that even as a further opportunity to target Rahul Gandhi and the Congress saying,
05:35look, you can't even win on ballot paper elections,
05:38is that I think that voters anyway are choosing the NDA and that is the bigger realisation.
05:42And the done, bro, aspect, remember, is in reference to the 2028 Assembly elections for Karnataka.
05:49Congress has accepted the setback.
05:51They are saying they'll learn the lessons, but they are also saying this is not a massive electoral mandate.
05:56Let's listen in to all the statements coming in.
06:00True, it is not as per expectation, but it's a democratic system,
06:05and if the people have chosen, so be it.
06:07There will be lessons learned and we'll be pulling up our socks.
06:10But this is not a reflection of the performance of the government,
06:15because it's a very, very closed-knit group that votes for the teachers' constituency.
06:22And generally the people who contest are either from the same background.
06:27So I don't think it's a mandate on the performance of the government,
06:31but yes, there are lessons to be learned.
06:32The election result about legislature council election,
06:43teachers' constituency and graduate constituency.
06:50In all the four legislature council elections,
06:55NDA candidates, they won in a big margin.
07:01I congratulate all the four candidates who have contested in the NDA alliance.
07:12I don't think it's a matter of all the people who have contested in the U.S.A.
07:56this is a grass victory for NDA it is a happy moment actually the Congress leaders are telling
08:11that virtually virtually virtually now there is no virtually you only recommended for ballot
08:21voting now what happened even in the ballot also the result is the same so that it is a slap
08:30on you
08:30Congress leaders whatever is given the mandate by the people of Karnataka you have to accept
08:42otherwise people of Karnataka will throw you out of Karnataka so what are the key takeaways when it
08:50comes to Karnataka MLC elections NDA sweeps all four seats which means Congress has won zero three seats
08:56by the Bhartia Janata Party ally JDS also then flipping Bengaluru here Congress drawing a blank
09:02in all four constituencies is the big key takeaway for a Congress governed state BJP has retained
09:08Northeast teachers seat and that is Kharge's home turf as the Congress president so that's again
09:13a big celebration moment the JDS is toppling Congress MLC put on now who's a five-time MLA
09:18in DKS Bengaluru bastion and that is why the reason that you see BJP celebrating and the most important
09:24one these elections were held through ballot paper not EVMs the reason Congress wanted to return to
09:30ballot paper the BJP saying but even there the people are still voting for the NDA
