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00:00Good evening, hello and welcome to this to the point Bihar election special. This is your
00:13destination for all the news coming from the big battleground state of 2026. Remember both
00:21sides have already put their pawns on the board. The nomination process for the second phase of
00:27elections has also now begun. Withdrawals will take place in a few days from now. What's become
00:35very clear is that the opposition alliance will see what's best described as friendly fights in
00:42at least a dozen of the 243 seats. The maha gadbandhan of the RJD Congress and left parties and VIP
00:49will see candidates contesting against each other. This even as the ruling NDA is facing charges from
00:57the Jan Suraj party of Prashant Kishore of intimidating candidates to withdraw from the
01:04race. So there's plenty happening in the Bihar potboiler with less than 48 hours to go before
01:11the deadline for withdrawal for the second phase ends. All eyes will now be on how the two alliances
01:18manage their flock. It's our top focus on this to the point Bihar special. Take a look.
01:27But before that, let me bring you the headlines.
01:34Delhiites witnessed a thick blanket of toxic smog after Diwali. Politics takes center stage again.
01:42Delhi's environment minister now blames trouble burning in Punjab for air pollution. Aap call
01:49sirsa illiterate says supreme court order has been violated.
01:55Baha gadbandhan parties remain at loggerheads on 12 seats in Bihar. NDA mocks the opposition alliance.
02:03The BJP blames Rahul Gandhi's foreign trips for the MGP chaos.
02:07Jan Suraj says Amit Shah is intimidating candidates.
02:15Congress slams Prime Minister Modi's Vikrant visit on Diwali day. Calls it a photo op using Congress legacy.
02:23BJP cites Rajiv Gandhi's vacations on board INS Virat in response.
02:29Biocon boss Kiran Majumdar Shaw meets Karnataka Chief Minister Sidharamaya and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivkumar.
02:41This comes after Shaw highlighted crumbling infrastructure in Bengaluru.
02:47D.K.S. Ashores will look into Shaw's grievances.
02:50B.J.P.'s big extortion charge on Sidharamaya government.
02:59B.J.P. says Karnataka used as an ATM to fund the Bihar Poles.
03:03Party claims officials forced to pay up.
03:06Sidharamaya hits back says B.J.P. used to extort.
03:12B.C.C.I. writes once again to the Asian Cricket Council to hand over the Asia Cricket Cup trophy.
03:18B.C.C.I. General Secretary Devjit Saikya says we'll write to ICC if there's a negative report.
03:25Reports say the Pakistani minister Nakvi stays adamant wants India to collect the trophy from the Dubai headquarters.
03:37Dashrat Maji's son Bhaagirat denied a Congress ticket.
03:48But our top focus at the moment, the chaos and confusion that remains over ticket distribution,
04:03especially in the opposition Mahagarbandan.
04:05The latest news we are getting is that Dashrat Maji, the laborer whose son was promised a ticket from Barachati,
04:19has questioned the Raul, Raul Gandhi's promise to his father, no Congress ticket for Dashrat Maji's son.
04:27The Congress leader, Raul Gandhi, had reportedly promised this to him ahead of the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections.
04:35During Raul Gandhi's visit to Gaya earlier this year, he had met the family of the late mountain man Dashrat Maji,
04:44built them a new house and then promised that his son Bhaagirat would get a Congress ticket either from both Gaya or Barachati.
04:51Now, all of this also comes at a time when Prashant Kishor has claimed that the BJP is intimidating some of his candidates to withdraw from the race.
05:01So we have two news points.
05:03Prashant Kishor claiming that his candidates are being intimidated and Raul Gandhi, his promise to Dashrat Maji up in the air.
05:12I want to go straight to Piyush Mishra and Rohit Singh who are joining me live from Patna.
05:17I'll come to you first, Rohit.
05:19There are two stories that I want to quickly get an update on.
05:23One is Prashant Kishor has now claimed that some of his candidates who have withdrawn from the race have done so under pressure from Amit Shah.
05:32I'll ask my producer to flash that as well.
05:35Prashant Kishor claiming that his candidates are being intimidated by the BJP leadership.
05:43What more updates can you give us?
05:45Why is Prashant Kishor suddenly railing against the NDA?
05:50This is the first election of Prashant Kishor which is fighting and he has floated the political party, also the Jan Suraj party and he had promised that he will field 243 candidates in Bihar and that is what he had done.
06:11But what happened in the last 24 hours is the fact that three of his candidates have withdrawn their nominations and this one seat is from Danapur, the second one is Brampur in Bhutpur, the district of Bihar and the third one is in Gopalganj.
06:25So after these three candidates withdrew their nomination yesterday, it seems that Prashant Kishor has got a severe setback and now today he is hitting out at the BJP because several pictures have also reportedly emerged where some of his candidates who have withdrawn their nominations are seen with union home minister Amit Shah, then Dharmendra Pradhan who is the election in charge of Bihar.
06:49So hitting out at the BJP top leadership, Prashant Kishor today allows that it is under their pressure, they intimidated Jan Suraj candidates following which three of his candidates have withdrawn their nomination from Gopalganj, Brampur and Danapur respectively.
07:06And the fourth, we can say a setback, a short while back which Prashant Kishor has got is that his party's nomination from Walmiki Nagar has also been rejected.
07:18So the candidate from Walmiki Nagar, his nomination papers have been rejected.
07:23So this is like a fourth setback for Prashant Kishor and that is why he is pretty upset with the BJP top brass and hitting out at them claiming that it's because of their, because of them, their intimidation tactics that Jan Suraj candidates are withdrawing their nominations.
07:40Back to you, Razdeep.
07:41Interesting that you are saying that, that Prashant Kishor leveling these fresh charges against the BJP.
07:50Remember, there is a question mark over who is Prashant Kishor's enemy number one?
07:54Is it the BJP led NDA or is it the RJD led Mahagadband?
07:59And then for now, Prashant Kishor, at least for the moment, seems to be training his guns, particularly on the NDA.
08:06And that's why you've got this battle that has been built up between Prashant Kishor and Amit Shah, a battle within a battle.
08:14But there's also, as we said, complaints coming that the Congress has denied a ticket as promised to the son of Dashrat Maji, the mountain man, as he was called.
08:28Piyush Pishra, what can you tell us about that?
08:31A lot of confusion in the Mahagadband ranks.
08:34At least 12 friendly fights are now almost certain.
08:38And now the claim that the Congress is making is that the, or Dashrat Maji's son is making that he was promised a ticket.
08:45Who is deciding the Congress's ticket?
08:47Is it the high command or the state unit?
08:53Well, Rajdeep, like you already mentioned that, yes, a lot of confusion still persists in Mahagadband.
08:59And as far as the decision on distributing tickets is concerned, there are different camps who are now coming out.
09:05You know, Pannu Congress's own top leaders are now questioning top leadership over ticket distribution,
09:10be it about Talit Anwar or about Papuya Adav.
09:14They are not happy with the kind of ticket distribution which has now taken place.
09:17As far as Dashrat Maji is concerned, he is now also very much unhappy.
09:21You would remember that a couple of days back when Rahul Gandhi was on his visit to the state of Bihar,
09:27he had met with Dashrat Maji.
09:29And there were some talks that Dashrat Maji's son, Bagrat Maji, would be made marked abundance candidate from Bharat Chattu.
09:37But that did not happen.
09:39But we also saw is that Bagrat Maji had also gone to Delhi.
09:42But despite, you know, camping in Delhi, he did not get a ticket from that particular seat.
09:47And that's what is now the, you know, among the Maji family, the Dashrat Maji family,
09:54there were, you know, some sort of indications were given to them that yes, they would get ticket.
09:58But now, RJDS fielded their candidate as the Maha Kadbandar candidate from Bharat Chattu.
10:03So that's what is there at particular seat.
10:06And there are around 10 to 12 seats on which there are friendly fights which will take place in Maha Kadbandar.
10:13And this certainly tells us that at one side, NDA has already decided it's a list of candidates and our campaigning has begun.
10:20On the other side, in Maha Kadbandar, there's still the seat-sharing formula is not out.
10:25And there are many seats on which a friendly fight will take place which is certainly going to give an edge to NDA.
10:31Okay, we'll wait and see how this plays out.
10:37Remember, there are 48 hours to go before the nomination deadline, of course, ends for withdrawal of nomination.
10:42But Rohit Singh, Piyush, Mishra updating us with those latest flashes, both Prashant Kishore and Rahul Gandhi making news for different reasons.
10:49But what is very clear is that the Maha Kadbandar has not been able to ensure a one-to-one contest across the 243 seats.
10:58As we've said earlier, at least a dozen seats will see friendly fights.
11:02Some where the left is contesting, where the Congress is also contesting and a few where the RJD and the Congress will also take each other on.
11:11The NDA, by contrast, seems a little bit more intact.
11:15Let's take a look at how this is playing out on the ground.
11:19It is election time and what politicians do or don't do, both get talked about.
11:29Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha making jaleebies in the national capital, received flag from the BJP for his absence in Bihar poll trail.
11:37Because in the battleground Bihar, the opposition alliance has opened up too many cracks for the ruling ND alliance to poke holes in.
11:58There are 12 seats including Vaishali, Sultan Ganj, Bihar Sharif and Karghar in which allies of Maha Kadbandar are in a face-to-face battle, which doesn't seem friendly at all.
12:10Whereas the NDA with declared seat-share formula is not engaging in any friendly or not-so-friendly fight in any of the 243 seats.
12:20India is a new position.
12:26Bihar is a new Agenda statement.
12:30R.J.D. on the other hand, faces criticism over ticket distribution.
13:00Those denied a ticket either protested or decided to go independent and contest on their own.
13:30B.J.P. is busy keeping its house intact.
13:39The union home minister himself is talking to rebels and pacifying them to ensure the flock remains together.
13:48With just 48 hours left for the deadline for nomination withdrawal to expire, Battleground Bihar is all set for a dramatic dance of democracy.
13:57Bureau Report, India Today.
13:59Now, the clock is ticking.
14:04Thursday will be the day when nominations can be withdrawn for the second phase.
14:08Remember, it's a two-phase election in Bihar.
14:10So, the struggle at the moment is to try and ensure that there are a minimum number of rebels that contest from both sides.
14:17The Mahagadbandhan is finding that a more difficult task.
14:21How are the permutations and combinations working out?
14:24What is this concept of a friendly fight?
14:26My colleague, Akshita Nangopal, has more in terms of permutations and combinations.
14:32Akshita.
14:33Thanks very much, Rajdeep.
14:34Let's take a look at those dozen seats where we're seeing, as you called it, a friendly fight among the Mahagadbandhan allies.
14:40We'll break it down for you seat by seat.
14:42First, you have the seat of Vaishali, where it's going to be an RGD versus Congress, both putting up their candidates.
14:49Interestingly, this was a seat that the Congress considered their stronghold, lost out in 2020.
14:54So, they're looking to kind of make a comeback, which is why they've been hell-bent on getting this particular seat.
14:58The next one is Sikandra, which is located in Jammui.
15:02It is, in fact, an SC-reserved seat.
15:04We've seen multiple parties winning here, but the Congress and RGD believe they have a strong chance,
15:09which is why neither is willing to let this one go either.
15:11Let's talk also about the third seat, Kehlgaon.
15:15Historically, Congress used to dominate the seat.
15:18We're talking about them having won almost 11 times in a row.
15:21That particular streak was broken in 2020 by the BJP, but the Congress believes they can make a comeback,
15:26which is why they fielded a candidate in this particular seat.
15:29Then you have Sultan Ganj, where Congress's, Lalin Yadav, the very candidate that Congress has put up this time too,
15:35was a runner-up in 2020.
15:37So, they're fancying their chances this time with the same face.
15:40Let's talk about the next one.
15:41In Narkatiya Ganj, you had, in fact, a significant Muslim population.
15:46So, both the RGD and the Congress are fancying their chances in this particular seat,
15:50which is why both have gone ahead and fielded their own candidates here.
15:55Let's also look right now at Varsali Ganj, where it's, in fact, in Nevada, district of Bihar.
16:00The RGD has given a ticket to Anita Devi, who is, in fact, the wife of strongman Ashok Mato.
16:07So, that's something that's grabbed headlines.
16:09So, the RGD putting up a very strong face in this particular seat.
16:12Bachwara is the next seat where you have the CPI and Congress squaring off.
16:18And you had Avdesh Rai of the CPI as a runner-up last time, which is why the CPI wants this particular seat.
16:25The next seat also, which is an SA-reserved seat, is Rajapagar, where, again, you have a CPI versus Congress battle.
16:32Interestingly, here, the Congress right now is, in fact, the MLA from Congress.
16:38Pratima Das is the one who's been fielded again as a candidate.
16:40So, the Congress, hoping that they'll be able to retain this particular seat.
16:44The CPI also fielding their candidate here.
16:47Now, let's talk about Sharif.
16:48This is in the Nalanda Lok Sabha seat.
16:51BJP has been a strong contender.
16:53It's held by the BJP.
16:55And yet, you have both the CPI and the Congress going ahead and fielding their candidates here.
16:59The next seat is also off Kargahar, where you have Congress's Santosh Mishra, the current MLA,
17:05once again back to fight it out, to go ahead and hold on to his title.
17:09But this time, he's not just going to be squaring off against an NDA partner,
17:12but also against the CPI, part of the Mahagat Bandhan.
17:16Chainpur.
17:17Now, this is a seat that, interestingly, the BSP won in 2020.
17:22Here, you have a VIP versus RGD battle that's playing out,
17:26because Mukesh Sani refusing to back off right now.
17:29And finally, the 12th seat, where you're seeing a friendly battle,
17:32is that of Babu Badi, where you have a VIP versus RGD fight again.
17:37This is in the Mithila region, seat with the JDU.
17:40You had the RGD as a runner-up previously.
17:42So, these are the 12 seats, essentially, where you have these allies squaring off
17:47for different reasons, as I just showed you.
17:49But here's another very interesting aspect also,
17:52of how Amit Shah has kind of also been messing things up for the Mahagat Bandhan.
17:57And in some cases, also ensuring that any factor of vote cuts doesn't happen.
18:01For example, in the Buxer seat, you had a rebel BJP leader going ahead
18:06and filing his nomination as an independent.
18:09Was miffed, didn't get a ticket.
18:11This was, in fact, Amarnath, who withdrew his independent nomination
18:14after Home Minister Amit Shah personally intervened, met with the leader.
18:19And so, he switched, he went ahead and withdrew his nomination.
18:23The other seat is in Brhampur.
18:24Here's where, in fact, you had a Jan Suraj candidate
18:27who withdrew his nomination as a Jan Suraj candidate
18:30who was previously with the BJP, was miffed over being withdrawn,
18:32not given a ticket, switched over,
18:35and now he's gone ahead and withdrawn his nomination.
18:37Prashant Kishore, as you, in fact, put out earlier,
18:40Rajdeep is alleging that this is the BJP meddling.
18:43Tara Pursid, a VIP candidate, also withdrew his nomination.
18:47He was someone who was named as a candidate, withdrew it,
18:50and is right after gone ahead and joined the BJP.
18:53A very interesting politics that's playing out in Bihar currently,
18:57and Amit Shah personally intervening in some seats,
19:00like the one where you had in Buxer, a rebel BJP leader,
19:03going ahead and withdrawing his nomination.
19:05Very interesting there, Akshita.
19:11Clearly, this is the kind of chess game that's being played in Bihar.
19:16Some would say intimidation on one side,
19:18others would say chaos in one rank.
19:21But appreciate your joining us.
19:23Let's therefore take this to our political guest today.
19:25Anshul Abjit is national spokesperson of the Congress.
19:28Rajeev Ranjan is national spokesperson, JDU.
19:32Sayer Lareb Akram, national spokesperson, RJD.
19:35And Sanju Verma, national spokesperson of the BJP.
19:40Appreciate all of you joining us.
19:42Anshul Abjit to you first.
19:43As Akshita showed there, there are 12 seats
19:46where it is Mahagadbandan versus Mahagadbandan.
19:49Now, 12 seats out of 243 represents roughly 5%.
19:54But in a close-run race, that can make a difference.
19:58How do you explain the inability of the Mahagadbandan
20:01to get their act together?
20:05Well, 96% of the seats, as you already said,
20:08have been decided.
20:09The dust has settled over there.
20:12There are no cracks in the Mahagadbandan.
20:15Look, this is politics.
20:16This is the nature of politics.
20:17Sometimes there is no perfect alignment in politics.
20:21It doesn't have any kind of ordered expectations.
20:24There are pressures.
20:26There is stress.
20:27Sometimes things happen.
20:28Anyway, the time is not yet up for withdrawal,
20:31for other things to happen, for resolutions to be met.
20:34This is not an ideal world.
20:36It is not a perfect world.
20:37But who said politics ever was?
20:40Look, the point is that all of the Mahagadbandan seats,
20:44Rajdeep, oversubscribed.
20:45There were contenders within parties and between the Mahagadbandan parties
20:52for every single seat.
20:54It shows the strength of the Mahagadbandan on the eve of the elections.
20:59And therefore, there are disappointments within maybe the party itself,
21:04within other members of the Mahagadbandan,
21:07leading to a few seats at all.
21:08They will be resolved.
21:10That is fine.
21:11Look, what we have done is take the issues out to the people.
21:15We are fighting this battle on issues.
21:18And these issues are about the economic decimation of Bihar.
21:23You've seen it all around you.
21:24That is the real story.
21:26And that is what will be decided on the 6th and 11th.
21:29These things come and go.
21:31I do not think, and you will hit the ground surely yourself in Bihar,
21:35you will find out that this is a non-issue.
21:37The issues are jobs, the lack of output, the lack of industry,
21:41the lack of investment, massive levels of corruption,
21:44with land being sold for a song,
21:47with bridges falling like dominoes,
21:49with law and order collapsing,
21:51with ASIs and senior functionaries of the police
21:54being shot in daylight.
21:56That is the issue in Bihar.
21:58This will be resolved.
22:00Sometimes it's regrettable,
22:02but it does happen.
22:03There is no doubt.
22:08Mr. Abjit, can I get a short, quick answer though?
22:11Amidst all of this,
22:12and then I'll come to Sanju Verma.
22:13Amidst all of this,
22:14do you concede what the BJP is claiming,
22:18that Rahul Gandhi, according to them,
22:20has been missing in action?
22:21It's one thing to make jalebes in the national capital.
22:24It's another thing to ensure that you have the perfect meal in Bihar.
22:28This charge was made before Haryana elections.
22:32Now they make it before Bihar.
22:35Amid Shah is on the ground.
22:36Who is there from the Congress on the ground?
22:38How do you respond?
22:42There are people who are deputed for this.
22:44There is the Pradesh Prabhari,
22:46whose response,
22:47there is the Pradesh Adhyaksh.
22:49They have been deputed,
22:50along with the Congress High Command,
22:52to find a solution to the entire seat-sharing issue.
22:57And that is not from now.
22:58Rahul Gandhi Ji and the entire
22:59Maha Gadbandan charismatic leaders
23:01were together.
23:02You saw them together in one jeep for two weeks,
23:05staying in one compound,
23:07living together and bringing real issues
23:09to the people.
23:10What is this talk of a mission?
23:12I can't understand it.
23:13Look, the issues are what matter.
23:16We've been trying to get issues.
23:18Okay, I've heard.
23:20Yeah.
23:22You're saying this election is about issues.
23:25It's not about individuals.
23:26Sanju Verma respond to that.
23:27Because while the Congress and Maha Gadbandan
23:29struggles to get their election arithmetic right,
23:32the charge that Prashant Kishore has made today
23:35is a serious one.
23:36And I'm going to play his soundbite in a moment.
23:39But the charge he's making,
23:41he's claiming that Amit Shah and Dharmendra Pradhan
23:43are intimidating candidates to withdraw.
23:46He has specifically charged that the Jan Suraj candidate
23:50in Baksar was forced to withdraw.
23:53And therefore,
23:54that there is a politics of Sam,
23:56Dam, Dhanda, Bhed being used
23:58is what Prashant Kishore is claiming.
24:00So, while the Congress has to get its act together,
24:03the BJP is using
24:04a bit of the power of the center against candidates.
24:09Radhip, first and foremost,
24:10I wonder whether I'm being heard loud and clear
24:12because there's static noise in the audio
24:14and I can barely hear you.
24:16Am I audible?
24:18Loud and clear?
24:19Please go ahead.
24:21You are loud and you are clear.
24:25Okay, fine.
24:27So, first and foremost,
24:28let's get one thing very, very clear.
24:30For all the bravado that Prashant Kishore
24:32has been showcasing,
24:34hopping from one TV studio to another,
24:36don't forget, Radhip,
24:38in November 2024,
24:40by-elections were held
24:41in four Bihar constituencies,
24:44four Bihar assembly seats.
24:46And Prashant Kishore's Jan Suraj party
24:48managed to get a 10.3% vote share.
24:52But he did not win a single by-election.
24:54And this time, there will be a repetition of that.
24:57Prashant Kishore might end up with a 10%
24:59or even a 11% vote share.
25:01But that will not translate into winnable seats.
25:05I tell you today on your show,
25:07he will not even get 10 seats,
25:09even if he gets a 10% or 12% vote share.
25:12That's my point number one.
25:14Point number two,
25:15why is Prashant Kishore scared of contesting
25:18Bihar assembly elections 2025?
25:19A good leader leads from the front.
25:23Prashant Kishore,
25:24because he can see the writing on the wall.
25:35The third point I want to make is this.
25:38There are 243 seats
25:41and the total number of candidates
25:43that have been declared till date
25:45from the Maha Thag Bandhan's end
25:48are 255.
25:50They have been on 255
25:52which means
25:55that there is a so-called friendly fight
25:59on at least 12 seats
26:01where the Congress is fighting against RGD
26:03or the Congress is fighting against the left
26:06or the left is fighting against the Congress
26:09so on and so forth.
26:10As they say,
26:11kichdi bani hui hai,
26:13kichdi mein zayika nahi hai,
26:15tadka nahi hai,
26:16and too many cooks spoil the broth.
26:19And that is exactly what has happened.
26:21The Congress wanted at least 75 to 80 seats
26:24but as I see the arithmetic now,
26:27the Congress will be fighting on 61 seats,
26:29less than the 7-0 it fought last time in 2020.
26:33The RGD will be contesting on 143 seats,
26:37just one lower than what they contested on last time.
26:40Mukesh Sahni around 15 seats.
26:43The left CPM, CPIML, CPI
26:46will be contesting on 33 seats
26:48and IP Gupta's party
26:50will be contesting on at least three seats.
26:52The Congress has not managed to get the number of seats
26:59that it wanted to contest on.
27:02You didn't answer my question, ma'am.
27:05You didn't answer my question.
27:06Prashant Kishor is claiming that the Home Minister
27:09and Union Ministers are being used to pressurize candidates
27:13to withdraw.
27:14That's a very serious charge he's making.
27:16Can I finish? I'm coming to that.
27:20My first point is
27:21RGD is clearly playing the big brother.
27:25Congress has been marginalized.
27:27Congress ka Bihar Vidhan Sabha
27:292028 ke chunau mein
27:31koi wajud nahi hai.
27:33Simple.
27:33The second point.
27:34Prashant Kishor is saying,
27:36Amit Shah is saying this.
27:37Prashant Kishor is saying,
27:39Dharmendra Pradhan is saying this.
27:41Aray mein kehti huu,
27:42Prashant Kishor,
27:43aat itnei darpok nikale,
27:45a journalist simply asked you
27:47your educational qualification
27:49and you told the journalist,
27:51aap yaha par agenda lekar aai hai.
27:53Kyu bhai?
27:54Apni educational qualification
27:56batane mein itni hichki chaat
27:58kyu hai?
27:59Itna peet mein darp kyun ho raha hai?
28:01And Rajdeep,
28:02I will answer your question.
28:04If provided,
28:04you can get some
28:05Jan Suraj party's candidate.
28:07I don't know if he's there today on your panel.
28:09As and when he comes.
28:11Prashant Kishor has publicly claimed
28:13he made 241 crore
28:16through consultancy
28:17in the last three years.
28:19Now Rajdeep Sardesai,
28:20my arithmetic tells me
28:22that if you're in the highest tax bracket
28:24with surcharge and taxes
28:25and everything else,
28:27your effective tax rate
28:28comes to 43%,
28:29which means
28:30Prashant Kishor
28:31in the last three years
28:32ki income par,
28:33he should have paid a tax
28:34of at least 104 crore.
28:35He himself says
28:36maine sirf 3 crore
28:38tax bhrti kiya hai.
28:40Kyu bhai?
28:40Baakhi ka tax
28:41kyu nahi bhrti kiya?
28:42You are somebody
28:43who claims to be
28:44a difference.
28:46Okay, there is a...
28:46You claim to be
28:47a difference.
28:48And you have started...
28:49I've taken your point, ma'am.
28:50I've listened to you.
28:51Your time is up.
28:52You're claiming
28:53that Prashant Kishor
28:54is not
28:55giving the right
28:57numbers of his...
29:00of the monies
29:00he's made.
29:01You're also questioning
29:02his educational qualifications.
29:03Education qualifications
29:05of course
29:05becomes a ticklish issue.
29:07Many politicians
29:07are accused
29:10including Samrat Chaudhary,
29:11your leader
29:12of his true education...
29:16Okay, I'm speaking
29:18to Prashant Kishor, ma'am.
29:20Don't worry.
29:21Ma'am, Prashant...
29:22Prashant Kishor
29:23will have to answer
29:25about his education qualifications.
29:26He did serve
29:27in the United Nations
29:28and he was very much
29:29part of Team Modi
29:30leading into the 2014 elections.
29:32Time's changed.
29:33He has been a part
29:35of Team Congress also.
29:36One point
29:37that Sanju Verma makes...
29:39Madam, one minute.
29:40One minute now.
29:40Now, one point
29:42that Sanju Verma makes
29:43which has to be answered
29:44is that
29:44the whole
29:45Mahagadbandan
29:46will be who?
29:47You see,
29:48Tejasvi Yadav
29:49has heard
29:49the number one
29:51when you ask
29:53someone to ask
29:54in the poll terms.
29:55But Congress
29:56has not declared
29:58that
29:58he has not declared
30:00that
30:00Mahagadbandan
30:01will be
30:02and
30:03he has not declared
30:04that
30:05he has not declared
30:06that
30:07he has not declared
30:08that
30:08he has not declared
30:10that
30:10there is a lack of trust
30:11on the ground.
30:12He has not declared
30:12that
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33:16commit to Nitish Kumar. Is Nitish Kumar's health and issue or not Rajiv Ranjan? Straight answer.
33:46Thank you very much.
34:16Thank you very much.
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36:25foreign
36:39foreign
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36:59it's a hard time to make a tone of a message.
37:04We can see it in a few days.
37:09It's possible that if you say it's a hard time,
37:15or you can't speak to it.
37:17It's not a human being.
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37:38I amitra jayi ke brian ko aap niis nadiriyye se dhekhiye amitra jayi nne bhout saaf saaf khaa
37:43ki dho pahle ke ausar hoon pahe bhi unhau nne kaaha tha ki chunao ke baad vidayag dal ki baitak hooggi
37:50ushi brian ko unhau nne dhuraya lekin unki orsay or prdhan manfri ji ki orsay
37:57poori trusses first hai or alliance ke sati dalong ke nitao ka bian sulleje koji bagayr
38:06sahamati ke naihi bolega chiraak paaswaan nne kya kao bianu ko bhi saat na aap ko
38:10dhikhaa bianu ko dhikhaa na chahiye jis me chiraak paaswaan upendu kusaha dhita ramanji
38:16sampe nne dhitish kubadji ke naititao ka raji wajan unhye aagla mukhthe muntri banane ki
38:20baad to aap dhitish ji ke hi naititao mne lada jaraa hai
38:25i have taken your point i have taken your point i will give 30 seconds each
38:35to my uh to anshul abjit and and and to sanju varma to you anshul abjit why are you not naming
38:43titeja swi adav as your chief minister candidate i keep asking this he seems to be at the moment
38:49if the polls are to be believed the one reason who have one magnet that you all have he has a
38:55relatively high uh uh popularity rating and yet you don't make him your chief ministerial candidate
39:00the jmm has decided not to contest they are part of your india alliance because they were not given
39:05enough seats i mean your coalition dharma seems not to be working in bihar a quick answer
39:12but the dharma is working it's absolutely working you look you're always trying to put us us
39:19how is it persons in a spot you you're in a spot by repeatedly asking this question this is your
39:25default question the jmm is not contesting the jmm which is part of the india alliance has decided
39:30not to contest because they've got too few seats teja swi adav is not projected as chief minister
39:3512 friendly fights and you're telling me this is a coalition dharma i am you i'm answering the
39:42question that you asked me i told you before rajdeep that sometimes there is it's not a perfect
39:48alignment politics is not perfect there are things that continually needs to be resolved and they
39:53will be if you've got 96 percent of your seats correct then that's absolutely fine look it's the
39:59nda and the spokesperson and the honorable spokespersons of the nda who should be equally
40:05embarrassed right now because it was mr amit shah who came forward and said that in conventions of
40:11parliamentary democracy we sit together and decide who's going to be the cm face and you're asking us
40:16you're asking repeatedly ask this question okay i've got your point that the congress party
40:22internally okay i've got your in the long history of the congress party it has never said that they
40:28will be a presidential candidate you are a political historian you know that very well more than i do and
40:34as for mr mania rajeev ranjan this is not fair i will give i will give i will give i will give
40:40sanju varma 30 seconds sanju varma you see let's get this clear whether you like it or not amit shah's
40:46comments have left opened the question whether nitish kumar will be chief minister you will get your 30
40:54do not intervene okay i've heard you i've heard you i've heard you i will give i will give sanju
41:04sanju varma 30 seconds sanju varma you see let's get this clear whether you like it or not
41:09comments have left open the question whether nitish kumar will be chief minister you will
41:14get your 30 no no madam you get your 30 seconds please go ahead is nitish kumar the chief
41:20ministerial candidate if you win yes or no just as they are asked about tejasvi you have to answer
41:25on nitish kumar razdeep first and foremost you know you need to get a new watch anshul avijit i timed it
41:32he spoke for a minute please be fair and neutral at least make a pretense about it now let me say
41:37your minute starts now your minute starts now thank you thank you
41:43in a company there can be only one ceo in a newsroom there can be only one editor in chief
41:53similarly in a party or in a coalition there can be one big boss the problem is tejasvi yadav and rahul
42:08gandhi dono both of them want to play big brother and let's not forget that the congress
42:15aligns with the left in west bengal congress fights against the left in kerala congress and
42:21the samajwabi party could not see eye to eye in the nine seats that went to by elections in october
42:272024 finally who is your big boss who is the big boss of yad can i finish you did not interrupt this is
42:36how you eat into the time of bjp spokespersons shanth are here no no i interrupt him also who is your big
42:42boss i will answer keep quiet now shanth do you remember loksaba 2024 there is a man called jairam
42:51ramesh abhi dhyan se he said 175 shanti 175 district magistrates were controlling the election process
43:02they were intimidating candidates from the opposition cabal and saying he either vote
43:09i am still waiting it is over a year jairam ramesh shoot and scoot rahul gandhi shoot and scoot
43:21so bharatia janta party my final point rajdi for prashan kishore in ten seconds
43:31lehzay mein badzubani chehrepe nakaam liye thirte hain jinnke khud ke bahi khate biggde huye
43:38hain woh mera hisaab liye thirte hain to prashan kishore ji apne bahi khate ka hisaab
43:45okay i asked you about who is the big boss of bhar you've gone back to prashan kishore
43:55clearly that question still remains open you don't know who's the big boss you don't know
43:59who's the nda's big boss you don't know who's the nda's big boss are you that naive i want to know
44:06who's bhar's big boss i'm asking you who is bhar's big boss who is bhar's big boss are you that
44:11naive okay this is a question that does not beget an answer i am naive i'm going to leave it there
44:16okay this does not beget an answer i appreciate my guests joining us i've got two more guests
44:22joining me at this moment we've heard from the politicians let's go to uh both of them
44:27uh amitab tiwari's founder vote vibe he's a pollster who's tracking this election in bhar very closely
44:33for us javed ansari senior journalist who's known bhar and north india hindi artland politics for years
44:39you've heard the politicians look at the state of play today amitabh tiwari how do you see the
44:45state of play as it exists has the nda scored over the maha gadbadan in terms of seat distribution
44:51does it make a difference if 12 seats are friendly fights or are we exaggerating the importance of that
44:58you see the state of play largely depends upon three factors one is the chief ministerial face
45:06and there is no clarity on the chief ministerial face in both the alliances amit shah's statement
45:12has created some confusion around 15 percent of voters in our survey say that they will vote on
45:19the name of the cm face so the cm face is not clear second is the finalization of the seat sharing
45:25of course clearly the nda has an edge there because they finalize the seat sharing almost
45:32you can say a week before the maha gadbandan the maha gadbandan numbers have come just yesterday
45:38and the third is the naming of the candidates on specific seats there also i think the nda has taken
45:45lead does only the announcement of the candidates earlier give nda the edge i mean that's of course also
45:53not uh really true however this is likely to be a local election in the absence of an overarching theme
46:01the overarching theme there is no overarching theme per se in 2020 it was covid and the unemployment
46:08where tejasvi adav had promised 10 lakh jobs the one job or one government job per household
46:16somehow has not found traction and it has gone into again controversy because it seems that it is
46:22impractical to give jobs to everybody the sir or the vote chori issue has also tapered off so largely
46:29it is cast arithmetic on the particular seats and if an alliance is fighting right seats as friendly
46:38contests then in an election where 15 seats was the difference between nda and maha gadbandan
46:43these could prove to be tricky and optically it is not good because the undecided voters might feel
46:50that if the maha gadbandan partners are fighting now what happens if they win the election then there
46:57could be an issue with regard to power sharing and cabinet formations as well right
47:03let me take that to you javed ansari how do you read this javed ansari this concept of friendly fights
47:12uh within the opposition as well as the nitish kumar factor uh it clearly is that nitish kumar
47:19many reports say has never has been unwell so make sense of that one side you've got the friendly fight
47:25problem maha gadbandan has on the other side uh clearly the nitish kumar factor uh could be both an
47:31asset and a liability uh for the government make sense of of of what we are seeing in bihar for us
47:37javed politically look there is no such thing in politics as friendly fight you're either you're
47:44either contesting against each other or not or contesting together so no matter how much they
47:51may try and paper roll this and cover up for this this i am sure the maha gadbandan ought to have done
47:57better this is just not i mean you know they started on the wrong foot but i do believe that both the
48:03india and the india alliance or the maha gadbandan are cancelling each other out there neither side
48:09has failed to to nominate who their who their face of the election will be or who will be the
48:16chief ministerial candidate nitish kumar certainly has been there for 20 years but he's no longer the
48:23but he's still a necessity surely javed by all indications he's still a necessity would you
48:38agree that he's still a necessity when i asked sanju varma who's the big boss of bihar she says
48:43you're naive what kind of a question is that do biharis you think vote for prime minister modi or
48:48will they vote for is there a still nitish kumar bihar ki majburi hai in a way look nitish kumar
48:57before every election nitish kumar is ruled out but don't forget he has a very loyal
49:04vote as far as the women are concerned the amount that nitish kumar has done all his other
49:10you can you know count his other failings but the amount he has done for the women there nobody else
49:15has done and the other thing and he ran a relatively good combat compared to the rjd but
49:20off late the last five years he's he appears to be losing his grip over good governance and he also
49:27doesn't seem to be in total control he's health wise he's not the same nitish kumar that i that you
49:34and i know or i have known for all these years so all certainly even his diehard supporters are now
49:40questioning and perhaps that is one of the main reasons why the nda has now has decided not to
49:48declare him as the chief ministerial candidate because i do believe if the nda gets the numbers
49:53then i think the bjp this time right will take a shot and would the bjp will not be as generous as
49:59it has been at the last couple of times that's interesting you seem to believe that if the bjp
50:08gets many more seats than the jdu they will not hesitate in trying to choose a chief minister
50:14of their own that's just one of the many question marks that will swim uh in the bihar waters uh in the
50:21days ahead uh we'll wait and see how all of that plays out but clearly what we are seeing in bihar is
50:26the real tussle for power in a state where politics and power uh have uh acquired a larger
50:34than life dimension in many other states politics is on the retreat but not in bihar and that might
50:39explain why you have hundreds of uh potential candidates contesting for those 243 seats
50:46we'll wait and see how that plays out this is your show that highlights uh every week and every
50:55weekday what's happening in the battle for br to all my guests thanks for watching and to you the viewers
51:01thanks for watching
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