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00:00Good evening, hello and welcome. You're with the news today, your primetime destination news,
00:06newsmakers, talking points, this special coming to you from Patna, where the first round of the
00:11Bihar campaign has just ended. The big battle for Bihar and a key question that we will raise today.
00:19Cash is being still handed out to women officially. Is this a bribe by the Bihar government or sharp
00:27election strategy? 10,000 rupees to women under cash transfers. We'll raise that big question.
00:34Also, the man who could be creating history in New York, Zoram Mamdani, what does his potential
00:41ascent to becoming New York's mayor mean for the state? But first, as always, it's time for the
00:48nine headlines at nine tonight. On the news today, tonight, the big headline, campaign for phase one
00:56polls ends in Bihar. All eyes now on polling on 121 constituencies on November 6th.
01:06In an exclusive interview with India today, Union Home Minister Amit Shah rains fire on the opposition
01:14Mahagadband, insists NDA will win 160 seats in Bihar. The opposition claims Shah is living in a dreams world.
01:26The agitation against SIR, a special intensive revision exercise of the election commission,
01:33attracts ire from the opposition. Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stages protest march in Kolkata.
01:40DMK knocks Supreme Court door. BJP calls it a move to protect infiltrators.
01:46A passenger train collides with a freight train near Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur. Several bogies
01:56derailed, at least six dead, dozens injured. Chhattisgarh government to give rupees 10 lakh ex-gratia
02:03to kin of deceased. Three arrested in Coimbatore gang rape case after an encounter. Accused attacked
02:15cops got shot in the leg. Accused were killers and robbers out on bail. They got drunk before
02:21committing gang rape. Stunning revelations in the Bengaluru doctor murder. Accused murder,
02:29husband, who's also a doctor, sent I kill my wife for you message to five women.
02:39Voting begins in a historic New York mayoral poll. Democratic nominee Zoram Mamdani, favorite
02:45to win. Trump and Elon Musk back the independent candidate, Andrew Cuomo.
02:52Pakistani cricketer Haris Rao gets a two-match suspension fined 30% of match fee as a fallout
03:01of the Asia Cup controversy. Indian captain Surya Kumar Yadav is also fined 30% of his match
03:09fee. And India's women's cricket team gets a hero's welcome in Delhi after winning the women's
03:21election. ODI World Cup. The champions will meet Prime Minister Modi tomorrow.
03:38But tonight's top story. Campaigning has ended in phase one of the Bihar elections for 121
03:45of the 243 constituencies. It's been a high decibel campaign in the last week in particular
03:52with all the leading political parties' heads coming to Bihar from Narendra Modi, Amit Shah to Rahul Gandhi
04:01and of course Tejasvi Yadav and Nitish Kumar. It's a big election in particular for Nitish Kumar
04:07and Tejasvi Yadav, the two dominant figures of Bihar politics. Not to forget Prashant Kishore,
04:14the X-factor in this election. But there is another X-factor that's been less spoken about
04:21that I want to focus on today here in Patna. Think about this. Rupees 10,000 has been given
04:28under the Mukya Mantri Rozgar Yojna to more than 1.4 crore women. That's not all. The money continues to be
04:36dispersed even as the campaign is on. The opposition is crying foul saying this is a violation
04:42of the model code of conduct. But the election commission appears to be defending it saying this
04:47was an ongoing scheme even though the cash disbursement started just a couple of weeks
04:53before the polls were announced. Is this simply a voter bribe giving 10,000 rupees even while elections
05:01are on to women voters? Or is it sharp election strategy? That's going to be my top focus.
05:08The Mukya Mantri Mahila Rozgar Yojna which gives 10,000 rupees to one woman
05:26per family has become the NDA's unique selling point in Bihar. The scheme was launched on
05:32September 26th by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who transferred money into accounts of 75 lakh women,
05:39a total of 7,500 crore rupees. Launched just 10 days before elections were announced on October 6th,
05:47the cash transfer has invited criticism from opposition leaders who are calling it a daylight
05:53bribery of voters. RJD MP Manoj Jha shot off a letter this week to the election commission,
06:00pointing out the transfers have continued even after elections were announced.
06:05Jha says direct cash transfers of 10,000 rupees have happened on October 17th, 24th and 31,
06:12long after announcements of polls. And another disbursement is scheduled for November 7th,
06:17just four days before the second phase of voting. The RJD MP called the cash transfer
06:23by the Nitish Kumar government brazen violation of the model code of conduct.
06:27He urged the election commission to take immediate and strong action.
06:31Jha says direct cash transfers of 10,000 rupees. This is a model code of conduct.
06:43And what do you do?
06:45Jha says direct cash transfers of 10,000 rupees.
06:47Jha says direct cash transfers of 10,000 rupees.
06:49The fuming maha gut bandhan caught on the back foot is playing catch up. The Alliance's Chief Minister
07:11Face, Tejasvi Yadav on Tuesday, tripled the cash offer to women if the maha gut bandhan came to power.
07:17Jha says direct cash transfers of 10,000 rupees.
07:35Meanwhile, the cash transfers have become a talking point on the ground.
07:39Jha says direct cash transfers from 10,000 rupees.
07:49Jha says direct cash transfers of 10,000 rupees.
07:55Jha says direct cash transfers from 10,000 rupees.
08:00There is a reason why Bihar's political parties are wooing women.
08:07Since 2010, the women turnout have been consistently increased.
08:12In the 2020 assembly polls, the women's turnout was 60%, outvoting the men by 6 points.
08:19And once again, women could become a deciding factor in 2025.
08:25With Rohit Kumar Singh, Bureau Report, India Today.
08:28Let's raise the big questions that are at the heart of our democracy.
08:34Is this simply a bribe?
08:36Cash is being provided for votes is the charge the opposition makes.
08:41Do these cash freebies on the eve of an election and then being given during the polls actually violate the model code of conduct?
08:51And will these cash freebies now decide the Bihar elections?
08:55Those are some of the questions I'll raise.
08:57Joining me now, Dr. S.Y. Qureshi.
09:00He is, of course, our former Chief Election Commissioner.
09:03Anshul Abjee contested from here in Patna on a Congress ticket during Lok Sabha, national spokesperson.
09:10Dr. Ajay Alok, national spokesperson of the BJP, also a Patna citizen.
09:15And Major General Anil Verma is the head of the Association of Democratic Reforms that is trying to clean up our democracy.
09:23Appreciate your joining us.
09:25Dr. Qureshi, I want to come to you straight.
09:27Do you believe prima facie, a scheme which is launched a week before the elections,
09:3310,000 rupees is paid to 75 lakh women,
09:37and then while the campaign is on, 10,000 is being given to more women every week?
09:42Is this a violation of the model code or is this simply playing with the law, weaponizing legality in a way by saying this is an ongoing scheme?
09:52Well, Rajiv is not a new issue.
09:57In every election, this kind of thing comes up.
10:01It used to come up in our time also.
10:03But we were very, very clear that an ongoing scheme is one.
10:09For instance, if a road is being built or a canal is being built, that is for public welfare.
10:13That will not be stopped.
10:14But very clearly, individually benefiting a scheme, where individual beneficiaries were getting something, was to be stopped.
10:23Even if the scheme had already been announced, the disbursement would stop.
10:29And I'm just shocked to hear this in your own bulleting a minute ago,
10:34that the permission was taken from the election commission with the dates given.
10:38Now, government has a deep pocket.
10:40Why did they do it in three installments?
10:42You know, very calibrated timing.
10:45All that definitely, our interpretation has always been that even offering a cup of tea is considered bribe to influence voters.
10:54Bribe, which is a criminal offense under the IPC and under the Representation of People Act,
11:00it can lead to disqualification of the candidate and annulment of the election.
11:05In such a situation, I really do not have words to comment on.
11:12Well, because Dr. Qureshi, what the government, Bihar government is saying,
11:17is that we announced this scheme in the last week of August.
11:21Then we, the Prime Minister gave 75 lakh women on the 23rd of September.
11:26And it's being carried forward into October.
11:30Do you believe that this is therefore going to be treated as an ongoing scheme?
11:33Or do you believe, prima facie, when the elections are on, the campaign is on, you cannot give the balance amount.
11:41Yes, exactly.
11:42Or the balance women.
11:44Correct.
11:44That's what I say.
11:45That ongoing scheme is something which cannot be distributed and divided over individual beneficiaries.
11:54Individual beneficiary-based scheme definitely was stopped.
11:59Even if it was ongoing, if suppose a thousand beneficiaries have got it,
12:03after that, the next one will not get it after the model code comes into play.
12:08And secondly, if I can take it to a larger issue, I have been suggesting and demanding
12:12that why did that the bright ideas for people's welfare come to the mind of politician
12:18after being in power for four years and 11 months?
12:21Why not immediately after coming to power?
12:24So, the, I have been demanding that six months before the election, due date of the election,
12:31all these freebies and all these offers, new schemes, should not be allowed.
12:38That's a very good point you're making because, Dr. Ajay Alok, I spoke to a top Bihar IS officer
12:44and what he told me is shocking.
12:46He said that a letter was written to the Bihar EC asking for permission to the scheme.
12:53The Bihar EC did not act on it.
12:55Then the letter was sent to the Central Election Commission
12:58and Gyanesh Kumar, the Central Election Commissioner,
13:02gave them permission to allow this scheme to continue.
13:06And according to some IS sources, this was done under pressure from the center.
13:12Is this not a straight bribe?
13:13The Prime Minister of the country has repeatedly said there should be a debate on Ravdi and freebies.
13:19Now, the same government is giving freebies.
13:23The BJP, JDU allies are giving cash transfers one week before the election
13:28and during the campaign itself.
13:30November 7th is the next tranche and there is voting on November 11th.
13:34Is this not a straight-forward bribe?
13:39Radheep, I guess, you don't have amnesia.
13:44You remember things very nicely.
13:46I know that.
13:48This scheme was announced in the last month, last week of all.
13:51The Prime Minister inaugurated it on 26th.
13:55By 15th?
13:56Yes.
13:57By 15th of September, the government of Bihar wrote a letter to Central Election Commission
14:02and the Election Commission in Bihar that this is the scheme.
14:04We are going to launch it on 26th.
14:06And subsequently, this scheme, the disbursement date will be as follows,
14:10which was duly approved, number one.
14:13Number two, Mr. Qureshi was saying any individual thing,
14:16even a cup of tea is considered a bribe.
14:18Sir, your time is over.
14:20Now, Election Commission has fixed the cup of tea rate to rupees 10.
14:23Coffee, rupees 15.
14:25And everything accounts for the expenditure.
14:28Even the Karkata, those who come in, they are also voters
14:30and they are entitled for a cup of tea and a food packet or whatever.
14:35Second thing and the most important thing,
14:37this is not an individualistic scheme.
14:40What both of you are saying,
14:42I don't know, just to put on the narrative,
14:43this is not an individualistic scheme.
14:46This is the scheme for SHG group,
14:48which are registered with the government.
14:50Self-helping group of women,
14:52which are registered with the women,
14:54they are more than 10 lakh.
14:55This is not an individual scheme.
14:57The government know all the names.
14:59Well, in advance.
15:01Ajay Alok, Ajay Alok, Ajay Alok.
15:04There is no harm.
15:05Sir, just a minute.
15:06Sir, no one is denying that women can get these benefits.
15:13But when you do it during the campaign,
15:16that's the point.
15:17When you start giving a calendar that includes three days before the polls,
15:22four days, that's wrong.
15:24It's primar-facing immoral.
15:26It may not be illegal, but it is immoral.
15:28These are designed for you to decide what is wrong,
15:30what is right.
15:32If you have so much problems,
15:33we have taken commission in the second week of September.
15:36You were sleeping from then till now.
15:38You have gone to the court.
15:40Those who have objection now,
15:41they should have gone to the court.
15:42September itself,
15:43when the election commission,
15:44the Central Election Commission allowed it.
15:46It's there in the election commission now
15:47that the ongoing schemes of the government
15:49cannot be strong in the election.
15:51It's there in the constitution of election commission.
15:54Please go and study out.
15:55Without the basis of homework,
15:57you just try to put a narrative.
15:59That's not going to work.
15:59Sir, an ongoing scheme.
16:00Elections are going to over in the next seven days.
16:03Sir, an ongoing scheme is not going to play.
16:06Sir, an ongoing scheme is initiated.
16:09An ongoing scheme.
16:10Anishul Abjid, you want to respond?
16:25Ajay Alok is saying,
16:27when your leader is saying,
16:28we will give benefits benefits.
16:30When there are states like Karnataka
16:32where guarantees are given,
16:35when you have a situation where now
16:37Tejasvi Adha is saying,
16:38we come to power,
16:39we will give you 30,000.
16:41This is a battle of freebies across the parties.
16:44How is the BJP different
16:45to what the Congress promises?
16:49Oh, come on, Rajdeep.
16:50That was a vision document for the future.
16:52You've decimated Bihar
16:54and we've come up with a radical plan
16:56to rejuvenate Bihar,
16:59have schemes for its economic revival.
17:02That cannot be compared
17:03to an absolute transactional bribe
17:05which flouts the model code of conduct.
17:08Look, the election,
17:09we all know how unprincipled
17:11and unscrupulous the BJP is.
17:13They will go to any extent.
17:15We've heard it in all
17:16the Prime Minister's speeches as well.
17:18He can say anything he wants
17:19in his speeches.
17:20I'm not even going to respond to that.
17:22But the election commission here
17:24is mired itself in deep controversy
17:26that started with SIR
17:28and it continues.
17:30They have the discretionary power
17:32to decide what is an ongoing scheme,
17:35the nature of that ongoing scheme.
17:37If they do not use that discretionary power,
17:40this scheme does not have
17:42any budgetary allocation.
17:43We know what the budget was
17:45for Bihar in 2025.
17:47It was 3.2 crores.
17:49There was no such allocation.
17:51The scheme itself cost 1.5 lakh crores
17:53or whereabouts.
17:55It is a centrally funded scheme
17:56because the Bihar government
17:57has no money in it.
17:59We know what the transactional value
18:01and shameless value of that scheme was.
18:04You know, let me tell you,
18:05Rajdi, what's going on
18:06all over the country
18:07with these kind of schemes.
18:09You've taken away people's jobs.
18:11You've taken away people's livelihoods.
18:13In Bihar, there is no scope for unemployment.
18:16There is poverty everywhere.
18:17There is migration.
18:18And in the end,
18:19when you want to get votes,
18:20you say, you know,
18:21we have this compensatory thing for you.
18:23Don't worry.
18:24We are going to try these schemes.
18:25If that doesn't work,
18:26we are going to try and use the word
18:28guspetia or katta
18:29and other sign of words
18:30to get your votes.
18:32This is the nature.
18:33This is the sad, regrettable nature
18:35of BJP and NDA politics.
18:38It's absolutely shameful.
18:39And they've co-opted
18:40the election commission into this,
18:42which is an absolute disgrace.
18:43You mentioned the election commission.
18:49And I want to come to you,
18:50General Verma, on that
18:51because you head ADR,
18:52Association of Democratic Reforms.
18:54Do you believe the election commission
18:56is the one
18:56which has to answer the questions?
18:59Because you've got the,
19:00the BJP will say
19:02this is an ongoing scheme.
19:03Should the election commission
19:05have been the one
19:06which should have drawn the red line
19:08and say, no,
19:09during the campaign,
19:11you will not disperse cash?
19:12Rajdeep, good evening
19:15and good evening to all the panelists.
19:17I would like to just read the,
19:19what the model code of conduct
19:21of the election commission of India says.
19:24From the time elections are announced
19:26by the commission,
19:27ministers and other authorities
19:29shall not,
19:30announce any financial grants
19:33in any form or promises thereof
19:36or B,
19:37accept civil servants,
19:39lay foundations,
19:40stones, etc.
19:41of projects,
19:42of schemes of any kind
19:45or any promise
19:47of construction of roads,
19:49provision of drinking water facilities,
19:51etc.
19:51Now,
19:53if this is what
19:53the model code of conduct says,
19:56I leave it
19:57to the,
19:59your listeners
20:00to decide
20:01whether the present election commission
20:03is following
20:03what the model code of conduct says.
20:06And,
20:06the,
20:08Dr. Manoj Jha
20:09has filed a petition
20:10or he's written an application,
20:12then the election commission
20:14should respond to him
20:15and tell him,
20:16yes,
20:16this is permissible.
20:17Let me.
20:21Okay,
20:22you know,
20:22the election commission sources
20:23are saying
20:24it's permissible to us
20:25because it's an ongoing scheme.
20:26But,
20:27I put this question
20:28to the two main parties,
20:29Tejasvi Yadav
20:30of the RJD
20:32and to Samrat Chaudhary,
20:33deputy chief minister
20:34from the BJP.
20:35I asked them
20:36the direct question,
20:37is this a bribe or not?
20:39Are you bribing the voters?
20:41Listen to what
20:42Tejasvi Yadav said
20:43and what Samrat Chaudhary said.
20:44You are
20:46a target voter
20:48who is young voter
20:49who is new voter
20:50because
20:50there are 25 years
20:52to be less.
20:53The second target
20:54is the mahiila
20:54because
20:55Niti's Ji
20:56has
20:5710,000
21:01have been given
21:03to more than
21:031.2
21:04crore women.
21:05This is a game changer.
21:07Bihar
21:08in which
21:08party
21:09who is
21:09mahiila
21:10vote
21:10gi
21:10gi
21:11is a game changer.
21:22You are
21:23a
21:23rishwat
21:24kya
21:24rishwat
21:25hai
21:2520
21:26saal
21:26se
21:26toh
21:26yaad
21:27niti
21:27baabu
21:28kya
21:29india
21:29ke
21:29logo
21:29ko
21:30let me
21:32complete
21:33thik
21:34chunao
21:36se
21:36pahle
21:36or
21:37chunao
21:37ki
21:38bie
21:38kal
21:38bhi
21:3810-10
21:40hazaar
21:40rupay
21:40mahiilao
21:42ke
21:42khaat
21:42me
21:43ndal
21:43e
21:43kya
21:44I
21:44and
21:45and
21:45and
21:46and
21:48even
21:48the
21:50mahiilao
21:50ko
21:50wapos
21:51bhi
21:51karna
21:51pro
21:51go
21:52kya
21:52kya
21:53mahiilao
21:53nye
21:53diwali
21:54a
21:54chya
21:54pe
21:55kya
21:55kir
21:56it
22:09saaf
22:09foreign
22:39It is a
23:09It is a
23:39It is a
24:09It is a
24:39It is a
25:09It is a
25:39It is a
26:09It is a
26:39And they can stop it even now
26:41Which I think they should
26:43Okay
26:45You are saying they can stop it even now
26:49And they should
26:50Ajay Alok respond
26:51Here is a former chief election commissioner saying
26:54That prima facie believes what has been done
26:56Should not have happened
26:58See, that could be his purview, that could be his purview, that could be his purview, I don't deny that.
27:02But as a responsible government, we wrote it before announcement of the election and we took permission from chief election commissioner and the election commission of Bihar.
27:11And if any of the opposition, they should have moved to the court then and then, way back in September, not shouting, not machayin hayat over now.
27:26Even Razdip Sarai as a responsible citizen should have gone to the court, that my lord, this should not be allowed in the month of November or in the month of October.
27:34This is violation of model code of conduct. None of you did that. Now you are getting illusion and delusion. And by the way, let me remind my congressman, this scheme is not of 1.5 lakh crores.
27:457,500 crores have been earmarked in the budget way back in February. It was planned then only. And it is already taken out of the budget. That's why we are going to a lot.
27:56So, whenever you raise any questions, please do the homework nicely. Bihar government has planned this, executed this and this is being easy.
28:02It's a 20,000 crore.
28:03I don't know why you are having a peti with the poor woman of this country. Tejasvi is saying, yeh udhaar hai, lotana padega. Look at the blatant lie he is speaking in front of you and you didn't challenge him.
28:14That Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of the state, government minister, everybody has said, no, this is not refundable. And he is saying lies in front of you and you are encouraging him.
28:23I mean, why are you guys trying to set a narrative which is not going to work? Elections are just seven days away. The first day after tomorrow and today is four. So, this is not going to work.
28:34Please do your homework carefully. Otherwise, after 40, you will keep on having delusions and delusions all the time. And we won't be able to help you.
28:43You know, Ajay Alok, I am not going to the court. It's not my job. It's the job of the opposition. So, Anshul Abjid, respond to Ajay Alok that you should have gone to the court in the month of September if you found it objectionable. A quick response.
28:57No, no, we objected. I mean, this is, look at the shamelessness here. That anything we object to, the first response is go to the court. Of course, we'll go to the court.
29:07You want to say all the time.
29:09Hang on a minute. Hang on a minute. Hang on.
29:11Hey, bhai, ruk jayye. Jawaab to dene deeje. Aapko to muka mil gaya. Skeem to aapki chali rahi hai. To aapko parishani kiz baat ki hai.
29:17To aap relax kiz riye hai. Main ye keh raha hun. Nain nain, Rajdi, bhai, listen to me.
29:22That is what they want ki ham court kiz hai.
29:24No, please. Yeah, completely.
29:26Nain nain. Look, hang on, hang on. This is a much deeper and a far more deeper argument that concerns the Indian state.
29:34How institutions are being completely abused, taken over and then said, no, apply to the court.
29:40When the verdict will come, they will have your reprieve or not have your reprieve.
29:43It's an absurd argument. It's been said time and again.
29:46what is the point of all this
29:47you have to go to the court and challenge their
29:49every decision particularly before
29:52an election
29:53when there are such transgressions
29:56it's completely transgressive here
29:57what is happening you know you cannot
30:00give anything to the Bihar people
30:01you've robbed them of their livelihood and this is a
30:04compensatory state
30:05as many people have argued you have reduced
30:08this state to being a compensatory state
30:10I've heard all sides
30:11I've
30:13heard all sides I think
30:16the jury is out
30:17these are troubling questions
30:20as to how far can any
30:22government go with its cash
30:24transfers this is a debate that this country
30:26needs to have
30:27and it's a debate that is urgent in a
30:30country like ours where several state
30:32finances are struggling but I
30:34appreciate my guest joining me
30:36let's turn to the ground then
30:38I went to Nitish Kumar's village
30:40in Nalanda district to find out
30:42how does this scheme operate on the
30:44ground how do the women actually
30:46see it is it part of Nitish's
30:48conscious attempt to cultivate a
30:50women's vote ban or is it as his
30:52rivals claim simply evidence
30:54that he wants to bribe the
30:57voters ahead of a big election
30:58listen in to what
31:00the voters in Nitish's home village
31:03had to say
31:04okay our travels across Bihar have now
31:34brought us to Kalyan Bigha the village
31:36of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in the
31:38district of Nalanda
31:40now Nitish Kumar has over the years
31:43projected himself as Sushasan Babu or a
31:46governance guru in contrast to a
31:49Lalu Prasad who was the charismatic
31:51populist
31:52Nitish's vote bank has silently been
31:55cultivated among women voters or the
31:58Mahila vote in particular through a
32:00series of measures including Jivika
32:02didis who have set up self-help groups
32:05many of whom have been provided 10,000
32:08rupees each just before the elections
32:11will the woman vote stay with Nitish Kumar
32:14is a crucial question or has fatigue set
32:18in after 20 years in power let's try and
32:21find out in Nitish's home village
32:24flow
32:43have free
32:43you can find out who's
32:44not available to the
32:49needs of others
32:50How are you doing?
32:52What's your money?
32:54I am not sure what I am doing.
32:56What's your money?
32:58No, no, it's not the case.
33:00What's your money?
33:02What's your money?
33:04What's your money?
33:06You're doing a shop.
33:08We're doing a business.
33:10Good job.
33:12How are you doing?
33:14How are you doing?
33:16How are you doing?
33:18Do you get money or not?
33:24Yes, I am.
33:26Did you get money for the money?
33:28Yes, I did.
33:30Madam, what do you do?
33:32You're also a business.
33:34Yes, but I am not getting money.
33:36You don't get money now?
33:38Why?
33:40What will you do in the money?
33:42What will you do?
33:44What will you do?
33:46What will you do in the money?
33:48What will you do in the money?
33:50What will you do in the money?
33:52It's a shop.
33:54Is it a shop?
33:56Yes, it's a shop.
33:58Did you pay money?
34:00No, I didn't pay money.
34:02Do you get money from someone?
34:04Do you get money from someone?
34:06How much do you get?
34:08What will you do in the money?
34:10I am going to pay money.
34:12Do you pay money?
34:14Do you pay money from Niti Kumar?
34:16Why?
34:18Because in the village, there is no reward.
34:20What's it?
34:21There is no reward.
34:23There is no reward.
34:24There is no reward.
34:25There is no reward.
34:26There is no reward for the money.
34:28There is no reward for the money.
34:29Yes, of course Mr. Nittish Kumar Ji.
34:34President and Senator little lady,
34:39the line has become more than 30 years.
34:44So?
34:46Mr. Nittish Kumar Ji's brother,
34:50Mr. Nittish Kumar Ji's brother,
34:52his brother plein the streets.
34:58foreign
35:12foreign
35:26foreign
35:56foreign
36:06foreign
36:10foreign
36:24Can you say,
36:34Why do you think these guys are 20 years old,
36:37So who is this guy ?
36:40Tegaswi
36:42foreign
36:49foreign
36:54foreign
36:59foreign
37:05foreign
37:10I want to think about 10,000 rupiahs who are getting 10,000 rupiahs,
37:17there is no difference between them?
37:20We want to get 10,000 rupiahs from 10,000 rupiahs.
37:23They say that they will give them all.
37:26Do you think they will give them all?
37:28We will give them all.
37:30We will give them all.
37:32We want to get a chance.
37:34Yes, we want to get a chance.
37:40Hello, how are you?
37:52How are you?
37:53How are you?
37:54What is your name?
37:55Naveen Kumar.
37:56What is your name?
37:57Abdesh Kumar.
37:58Abdesh Kumar.
37:59What will happen in this country?
38:01Will it be changed or not?
38:02How will it be changed?
38:03Why?
38:04Nithish Kumar is not a human.
38:06They are great.
38:08We are senior.
38:10We are 5-6 years old.
38:12But in the village, we have been here.
38:15Are there any time in the village or not?
38:17Yes, we are in the village.
38:19Are there any time for kids?
38:21No, it is not in the village.
38:23So, the 33rd man will give them all.
38:26Yes, we are saying that.
38:27It is for the village.
38:28It is for the village.
38:29It is for the village.
38:30It is for the village.
38:31It is for the village.
38:33It is for the village.
38:34Do you have to come with the village?
38:35Do this, as a man?
38:36You have to come with them.
38:37Yes, with the village there is many people.
38:38If people act like the village come to the village,
38:41what will they do?
38:42They will be very brothers.
38:44We will not relate to them more.
38:45Now, these people at the villageije are saying yes.
38:47If there is articles or not,
38:49you will make it more.
38:50Who is going to go today?
38:51If people have gone tomorrow,
38:52will it start usicano?
38:53You should lose there or that one?
38:54Yes, we are there.
38:55Yes.
38:56We all are there.
38:57And let us know them.
38:58Chahi.
38:59Thank you too.
39:00Namaagem.
39:01okay as you can see our continuing focus there with ground reports from Bihar okay let me turn
39:17to the big breaking news that we are getting this evening and it's coming from Chhattisgarh that
39:22train accident which has taken place in Chhattisgarh is our breaking news at this moment let's get you
39:28more details on that horrific train accident in Chhattisgarh Bilaspur where a freight train and a
39:35passenger train collided head-on causing several coaches to derail over a dozen passengers have
39:41been injured with some reported to be in a critical condition at least six people are now feared dead
39:48joining me now is Sumi Rajapan who's on the spot Sumi can you give us more details at least six
39:55people are feared dead many are injured can you give us more details he's absolutely this was a memo
40:07train now meaning a main line electric multiple unit train that was operating and train number
40:14was six eight double seven three that was operating from Korba are to Bilaspur and in fact it was coming
40:21from Korba and it's a memo train as I mentioned a Gevra Road Bilaspur train that collided head-on with a
40:27stationary goods train near Lal Khadan Bilaspur around four unfortunately at 4 p.m. today the impact
40:33was so hard and the impact occurred on the quadruple electrified you know automatic section between Gatora
40:40and Bilaspur and the engine in the first compartment as you see which is usually the first compartments of
40:45the trains are reserved for women and in this particular memo train where it doesn't need a separate
40:49locomotive to pull it it uses electric power for the pulling and the for the operations of the train
40:55here as you see the first compartment of the reserved women compartment took the full impact in fact both
41:01the brunt of this entire significant damage has been significant damage as you see and the good and the
41:09guards coach of the goods train that was already stationary here on the track is already submerged and
41:17crushed into the first part of the compartment and this is certainly horrific incident that reminds
41:23us of the balasor incident of the balasor rail accident that took place a couple of years
41:29right sumi rajapan we i'm going to stop you there i'm going to stop you there i'm going to stop you there
41:35i'm going to stop you there for a moment we'll keep of course a track of that story i want to go from
41:40there to coimbatore uh in coimbatore of course the focus is a gang rape that's taken place where the
41:47accused sorry the hunt for the rape accused have turned violent police opened fire after the accused
41:56in that gang rape allegedly attacked an officer the accused have been shot in the leg take a look at
42:02tonight's get real india story a chilling twist in the coimbatore gang rape case what began as a manhunt
42:21ended in gunfire and arrests in a major development three men accused of gang raping a college student
42:30near the coimbatore airport was shot and arrested after they allegedly attacked an officer while
42:36attempting to flee on monday when cornered near a temple the three accused reportedly attacked the
42:44officers with sickles injuring a head constable the police say in turn they opened fire and hit the men
42:52in their legs all three were rushed to the coimbatore government hospital along with the injured officer
43:00investigators said the cues originally from shivagangai district were employed at a local
43:06construction site and had a string of criminal cases against including murder and theft before committing
43:12the crime the men had consumed alcohol stolen a two-wheeler and were armed with a sickle
43:18coimbatore police said over 300 cctv cameras were scanned to trace the culprits
43:24so
43:27suspects are narrowing in there
43:28to narrow everything that they were thrown to make in an area
43:33they were in a big area over a river to indicate they have aadan
43:38there was a one I.O.K. to secure everything they are used to keep the used weapon and
43:44With the investigation, the political storm also continues.
43:58AIADMK leaders hid the streets, distributing pepper sprays to women,
44:03calling it a wake-up call for safety in Coimbatore.
44:08With Pramod Madhav in Chennai, Bureau Report, India Today.
44:14All eyes are on Zoram Mamdani, the man who hopes to become New York's first Muslim and South Asian origin mayor.
44:23Mamdani is ahead in most of the polls at the moment, taking on Andrew Cuomo.
44:28Should he get elected, it could be a major turnaround in US politics
44:34and could also anger a certain Donald Trump.
44:38What is the secret sauce of Zoram Mamdani?
44:42Could he be creating history come tomorrow as New York votes for a new mayor?
44:48That's my next focus.
44:49So what explains the Zoram Mamdani phenomenon in New York?
45:11As the city goes to the polls, will history be created in New York?
45:17Joining me now is David K. Johnston, a Pulitzer Prize Award winner,
45:23someone who's tracked Donald Trump very closely, also written on him.
45:27Appreciate your joining us, David.
45:29Zoram Mamdani could well become New York's mayor this time tomorrow.
45:35What explains, you believe, this Mamdani phenomenon, as I'm calling it,
45:41someone with part Asian heritage who could well be the man New York decides to elect?
45:48Well, it looks highly likely that he will win the election.
45:54And he's indicative of two, I think, important things that are going on in America.
45:59The most important one is that Mamdani's campaign is based on,
46:03I'm going to make life better for you.
46:06Instead of charging almost $3 every time you get on a bus, I'm going to make buses free,
46:11which will mean having to change other spending by the city.
46:15In neighborhoods that don't have grocery stores, we're going to have the city run grocery stores
46:20or subsidize them so people can get access to healthy foods.
46:25And I'm going to take those of you whose rent is regulated by the government
46:29and freeze it at least for the moment.
46:31That is, I'm going to make your economics better.
46:34And the enthusiasm for him is substantial.
46:37There was a rally a week ago at which he drew 13,000 people.
46:41And the same day, his opponent, Andrew Cuomo, the former governor,
46:46the disgraced former governor, drew 300 people.
46:50The other issue that's going on is that in New York City, at least,
46:55you don't have the successful appeals to bigotry, particularly anti-Muslim bigotry,
47:01that are becoming key components of the entire Republican Party
47:06and are, of course, pushed by Donald Trump.
47:11So, in a sense, though, at a time when anti-immigrant rhetoric is on the rise,
47:19where Donald Trump attacks Mamdani both in a way for his heritage
47:28as well as the fact that he's attacked because he's called a communist by Donald Trump,
47:33you're telling me the fact that Zoram Mamdani is Muslim,
47:38that he is part Indian or of Indian origin,
47:44are not being seen in New York City as necessarily liabilities.
47:49New York is an exception in that sense. Am I right?
47:53Yes, absolutely.
47:55I think this would be true in some other large cities.
47:58And the amount of anti-immigrant fervor in America is, I think, largely limited to rural areas
48:06and to people who are diehard supporters of Donald Trump.
48:11And as we're seeing with Trump's rounding up of people,
48:15throwing people to the ground, putting toddlers in diapers, in zip ties, plastic handcuffs,
48:22there's been a great deal of backlash from this.
48:25This is not what people expected.
48:28In New York City, you have a population that is generally well-educated,
48:33not just in Manhattan, but in all of the boroughs,
48:37and which is used to living in a multicultural society,
48:40whereas you can live in many places in the Midwest of the United States
48:43and never run into someone who doesn't look like you if you're a white person.
48:52So, is multiculturalism, in a sense, still part of the American dream
49:00or is it just part of the New York dream,
49:02the idea that America is this great melting pot of cultures,
49:06therefore you have someone Muslim of South Asian
49:08and a South Asian who could be the leader of New York.
49:14Is it about also, as you said at the outset, about the cost of living,
49:19anger increasingly over the cost of living?
49:22So, Mamdadi, in a sense, is possibly at the right place at the right time in the right city.
49:28Well, Kamala Harris, who is of both Indian and Jamaican origin,
49:34almost won the presidency.
49:36She only lost by one and a half percentage points,
49:38one of the narrowest races in American history.
49:41So, overall, if you're a candidate offering something,
49:44because people look at, in a democracy,
49:46they look at the government and say, what are you going to do for me?
49:49And it's increasingly clear that in the Trump administration,
49:52it's what is Donald going to do for Donald and his friends at your expense?
49:58So, I think nationally, while there is a lot of especially anti-Muslim bigotry,
50:04that is not the overall defining picture of what's going on in the United States.
50:10There are elections in some other states, New Jersey and especially Virginia, for governor.
50:16They have what we call off-year elections.
50:18And I think the outcome of those elections is going to tell us a lot about whether,
50:22when the Democrats run, are they just going to run against Trump?
50:26Is that a good strategy?
50:27Or do they need to have a strategy that says,
50:29we're going to do all these good things for you?
50:32One of the things, Rajiv, I'm surprised I haven't heard the Democrats use,
50:39is Donald Trump's repeated statements that wages in America are too high.
50:45And you would think they would be exploiting that because wages are not too high.
50:50They've been, for 90 percent of Americans, flat to falling since 1973.
50:55Thank you very much for joining me here on the news today.
50:59Thanks very much.
51:02Well, that's all that we have on the show today.
51:06We'll wait and look at that New York verdict very, very closely.
51:10As I said, it could mark an important moment in American politics
51:14that has been so turbulent in recent years.
51:18Just about enough time then to say goodbye,
51:21with a promise, of course, that we will continue to track this Bihar election.
51:25We'll do it from the ground, not from studios.
51:28And I think that's the difference.
51:30All our reporters have fanned out across this state.
51:33We'll bring you plenty of special reports.
51:35And of course, tell you with the exit poll and the verdict day next week.
51:40For now, thanks for watching.
51:42Stay well.
51:43Stay safe.
51:44And what do they say in these parts?
51:45Jai Bihar, Namaskar.
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