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Congress stage protest outside Rajasthan Assembly over remarks on Indira Gandhi
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2/24/2025
Congress workers staged a protest outside the Rajasthan Assembly in Jaipur against Avinash Gehlot’s 'daadi' remark about former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
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We're cutting across live to images coming in of protests that are broken out in Rajasthan.
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These are images of Congress workers staging a protest, in fact, against the BJP.
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This over, in fact, a controversy over BJP leaders' comment against Indira Gandhi.
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These are Congress MLAs, more than 30 of them, who are leading the protest by Congress workers
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at the Rajasthan Assembly.
00:34
And this, in fact, after controversy had broken out over a comment that was made on former
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Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, leading to a showdown in the Assembly.
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And so six Congress MLAs were suspended.
00:49
These are protests over that very issue, over the suspension.
00:53
Now the entire controversy, if I were to break down the details for you, it started off with,
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in fact, the Rajasthan government minister, Avinash Gyalot, speaking about the government
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scheme, Lakpati Didi, in the Rajasthan Assembly on Friday.
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And the minister mentioned Aapki Dadi in an alleged reference to Indira Gandhi.
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This led to an uproar with the opposition leaders, asking the speaker to expunge the
01:13
minister's remark.
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The speaker refused, and the opposition continued the uproar, leading to six Congress MLAs being
01:20
suspended as well.
01:22
And now these protests are by Congress workers over the suspension of their MLAs in the Assembly.
01:34
In fact, the BJP minister in question here, who made that comment referring to Indira
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Gandhi as Aapki Dadi, has defended the comment, saying it was not done out of disrespect,
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that elderly in the family are addressed as Dadi, and so the Congress is making this a
01:49
controversy for no reason.
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What this has led to, however, is, in fact, the Rajasthan Assembly witnessing a showdown
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both inside as well as outside the house.
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These are images of the protests that are taking place in Jaipur, outside the Assembly.
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Look at the kind of security also that has been deployed in that entire area, with barricades
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also being put up.
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Now it's expected that the likes of former Chief Minister Ashok Gyalot, former Deputy
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CM Sachin Pillai, could also be joining the protest, as they have, in fact, the Congress
02:22
has upped the ante against the BJP government over the Dadi comment on Indira Gandhi.
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Obviously, it's playing out there outside the Assembly, as you see the Congress workers
02:38
taking on the cops, trying to breach the barricades and make their way to the Assembly.
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And because the Assembly is in session, you're seeing the police stopping them outside the
02:48
building and refusing to let these Congress workers move forward.
02:52
A political showdown that's now led to a street war in Rajasthan.
02:57
We'll, in fact, play out for you exactly what the Minister has said.
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We'll play out for you in just a bit exactly what the Minister has said, his comment referring
03:24
to Indira Gandhi as Aapki Dadi, but the repercussion of that has been, in fact, huge for the BJP
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because you see the kind of protest here.
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One Congress worker attempting to breach the barricades being pulled down immediately by
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security personnel.
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Looks like it's only a matter of time before four of the Congress workers are actually
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also detained because of high security there due to the Assembly proceedings being underway.
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Six Congress MLAs for protesting inside the House were suspended.
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And that, in fact, has led to protests both inside and outside the Assembly.
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In the Assembly, we understand that Congress leaders have been on a dharna for more than
04:02
50 hours protesting against the suspension and the comment that was made by the Minister
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here.
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Avinash Gyalot was the one who referred to Indira Gandhi as Aapki Dadi, which has got
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the Congress seeing red.
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They're demanding an apology from him.
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He, however, has refused to apologize, saying there's no disrespect in the comment, maintaining
04:21
that the term Dadi is meant out of respect and it's not disrespectful whatsoever to
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the former Prime Minister.
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And as we get you all of these images coming in of the protests and the showdown, we will
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also connect with our reporter on the ground to show you what exactly is happening there
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and the kind of chaotic scenes playing out in Jaipur right now over that comment made
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by a BJP minister.
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Devankar is joining us with more details on this.
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Devankar, dramatic images on our screens of the Congress protest.
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We understand there are protests taking place right now as we speak, both inside and outside
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the Assembly.
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Absolutely.
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In fact, right now, outside the Assembly, you can see a large number of Congress MLAs,
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Congress leaders, Congress workers who have gathered out there to protest against the
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remark that was made about the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
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And these workers, these leaders have gathered in large numbers to claim that, you know,
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till the time the suspension of six Congress MLAs is not revoked, till the time the BJP
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minister, Avinash Ghelot, who made those remarks about Indira Gandhi are not expunged from
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the proceedings of Rajasthan Assembly, till that time, this stalemate will continue.
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And right now, Akshita, you can see these Congress workers who have gathered about a
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kilometre away from the State Assembly in such large numbers.
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They were trying to break the barricades, the multilevel barricading that is there.
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In fact, there is a large police paraphernalia who has already arrived out here.
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And the clear instructions to senior police officers is that in no way these Congress
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workers, leaders should be allowed to be in the vicinity of the Rajasthan Assembly where
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the budget session was in motion.
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Right now, several of the Congress leaders are inside the State Assembly as well.
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In fact, six of the suspended Congress MLAs, including the Rajasthan Congress chief, Govind
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Singh Dottasra, are inside the State Assembly.
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In fact, leader of opposition, T.K. Ram Julli, apart from former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin
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Pilate, were also inside the State Assembly.
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But the scenes outside the State Assembly, about a kilometre away from there, is one
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of chaos, is one of confrontation and the Congress leaders and workers clearly wanting
07:00
to move ahead but the amount of police, the number of police personnel who are out here
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clearly mean that it is no easy task.
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The police is not going to allow them to proceed anywhere within the vicinity of 100 metres
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from the State Assembly in such large numbers while they are protesting or trying to move
07:20
towards the Assembly in an aggressive manner.
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Out here, several of the senior Congress leaders who have already arrived out here
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and I would want the camera person to pan the camera and show you the other side and
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show you how in such large numbers the police are out here, the multi-level barricading
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that is there.
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The camera person in fact is perched atop a wall so as to ensure that a bird's eye
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view can be provided to our viewers of this protest site where several of the Congress
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former ministers, leaders from different parts of different districts including Dosa,
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Bharatpur, Swaimadhopur, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer who have arrived out here and this is something
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which really has given the Congress a fresh breath of air because it feels that it has
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galvanised its cadre, it has tried to ensure that the workers have come together and they
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are now claiming that their former senior leaders such as the former Prime Minister
08:16
Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, these leaders who are greats of the
08:23
country will not be denigrated by the VTB in such manner.
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