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00:00Good evening, you're watching To The Point. I'm Preeti Chowdhury. Let me quickly take you through the headlines.
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01:31Big war over EC's revision of Bihar poll rolls. SC to hear Bihar voter list plea on Thursday. No SC notice to poll body on roll revision. RJD, Congress, DMC and civic groups moved top court.
01:47The political war over the electoral roll revision ahead of the Bihar assembly elections has reached the Supreme Court.
02:04The Mahagatwandan led by RJD's Tejasvi Yadav has moved the apex court, challenging the election commission's exercise, alleging that the process is rushed and will strip citizens of their vote.
02:17The Mahagatwandan led by RJD's Tejasvi Yadav's
02:45exercise to exclude large number of people from backward communities, ABC's, Dalits, and minorities.
02:54I mean, if that be the intent, which I have said, it's an elite kind of coup, elite coup against the subalterns of Bihar and possibly from Bihar in other states.
03:07The Trinamul Congress has also approached the court.
03:09MIM says if the easy drive was to eliminate any illegal migrants, why were they allowed to vote in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls?
03:32The BJP accused the opposition of trying to spread misinformation.
03:59The top court has taken cognizance of the petitions. It is said to hear the matter on July 10th.
04:28EC has issued a clarification that the first phase of the special intensive revision has been completed.
04:36With no changes to existing rules confirming that the process is underway smoothly,
04:42the EC said that the voters are required to submit documents by July 25th
04:47and that the draft rules will be issued on August 1st.
04:50Those listed can submit missing documents during the correction window.
04:57With just months left for the Bihar polls, all eyes are now on the Supreme Court.
05:02Will the Apex Court find merit in the pleas or will it uphold the EC revision?
05:08Bureau Report, India Today.
05:17So we as well, the top court of the country is going to hear the petition
05:21which will be heard by the Supreme Court on the coming Thursday.
05:25But as you've seen over the past 10 days to at least two weeks,
05:29a massive political war is brewing on the sidelines.
05:32I want to take that and introduce our panelists right now to you.
05:36Shahzad Poonawala, National Spokesperson.
05:38Bharatiya Janata Party joins us.
05:39So does Mahima Singh, National Spokesperson, Congress.
05:42Amitabh Tiwari, Election Analyst.
05:44O.P. Rawat, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India.
05:47I'd like to begin with Amitabh Tiwari.
05:49And Amitabh Tiwari, you know the dichotomy lies somewhere which if you actually look,
05:54you know the top court is going to listen into the pleas coming in on this Thursday.
05:58But there is a quandary and the dichotomy is this.
06:01Because if you look at the Form 16, Mr. Tiwari,
06:05Form 6, I beg your pardon, of the Election Commission website
06:09which a new voter needs to enroll onto when he wants to vote.
06:13You need exactly three things.
06:14One, you need to be an adult, you need to give proof of that and that comes through the Aadhaar.
06:19Number two, you have to give proof of residence
06:22and that you give through Aadhaar that you live in this particular constituency.
06:26Number three, that you are a citizen of India.
06:28For that, no actual proof is given, is needed.
06:31You just state where you live and where you work.
06:34These are the three benchmarks that you need to prove
06:36if you want to enlist as a new voter in this country.
06:39And this continues to be so, standing today as per Form 6
06:43that you fill on the EC website.
06:45Having said that, Amitabh Diwari,
06:47when you look at the revision that is taking place in Bihar
06:51of the voter rolls,
06:52the kind of documentation that they are being asked of,
06:56especially when it comes down to prove
06:58that you are a citizen of this country
07:00and have been living in Bihar,
07:02you know, they don't do quite match up.
07:04Yeah, so essentially the objective of any SIR special intensive revision
07:13is to ensure that all eligible citizens are included in the list
07:18and no ineligible citizen is included.
07:21And the second is that complete transparency for addition and deletion
07:25because both agents are important.
07:27Now, you need three things to be a voter,
07:30a new voter, as you said.
07:32Citizenship,
07:34attend the age of 80
07:35and ordinarily residing in the polling booth
07:38or the constituency
07:40where you wish to be enrolled as a voter.
07:43Now, incidentally,
07:44the Form 6
07:45which is required to be filled
07:50to become a new voter
07:52does not ask for any citizenship document.
07:54It just asks a declaration.
07:57I hereby declare that
07:59I am a citizen of India
08:00and for 18 years of age
08:04attainment and address proof
08:07Aadhaar can be given as a proof.
08:10So, in that entire document
08:12Aadhaar is mentioned six times.
08:15Citizen is mentioned twice.
08:17So, if that is the case
08:19what it seems is that
08:21for enrollment of new voters
08:24there is a lower benchmark
08:27because there is always a pressure
08:29on ECI
08:30and other bodies
08:33to have as many voters
08:35as enrolled.
08:36Correct.
08:37And, but while there is a
08:39special intensive revision
08:40there is a bigger check
08:43wherein a citizenship document
08:45is being asked
08:47those 11 documents.
08:49Correct.
08:49So, now
08:50if this is the case
08:52then we need to tighten
08:53inclusion of voters
08:54at the Form 6 level itself.
08:57Correct.
08:57Suppose there are
08:58X number of voters
08:59we find out
09:00who are eligible to vote
09:03and are in that list.
09:05But how did they get a voter list?
09:07How did they get added
09:08to the voter list?
09:09It is because
09:09we are not asking
09:10for citizenship document
09:12when we are
09:12asking them to fill Form 6.
09:14And that is where
09:15the dichotomy lies
09:16Shahzad Poonawala
09:17because yes
09:18the top court of the country
09:19is yet to hear the matter
09:20and we look at Thursday on that.
09:21B. There is an entire
09:22political storm brewing
09:23on the sidelines
09:24but that is where
09:25the crux of the issue is
09:26Shahzad Poonawala.
09:27Number 1
09:28you want to enlist
09:29as a new voter
09:29in this country
09:30you can do so
09:31with what we just
09:32detailed on Form 6.
09:33There is 3 issues
09:34that you have to address
09:35and none of it
09:35require any documentation
09:37where you have to submit
09:38that you are a citizen
09:39of this country.
09:40Strangely
09:41when revision takes place
09:42in Bihar
09:43suddenly you are asked
09:44to give proof
09:45of citizenship
09:46which you are not asked
09:47in the first place
09:48in Form 6 of the EC.
09:50So
09:50isn't it ironic
09:52Shahzad Poonawala?
09:57Let me not convince you
09:59with my own arguments
10:00Preeti
10:00let me convince you
10:01with some arguments
10:02made by an organization
10:03that you will have
10:04more faith in.
10:057th of July
10:06India Today's
10:07deputy editor
10:07has written a piece
10:09his name is
10:10Yudajit Shankardas
10:11I am sure you know him.
10:12Voter role revision
10:13is legal, moral
10:15and essential
10:16and in fact
10:17he has gone on
10:17to explain in detail
10:19as to how this
10:20Form 6
10:20which has been
10:21by the way
10:21a part and parcel
10:22from the 1960s
10:23and particularly
10:25after 2010
10:26these documents
10:26have been required
10:27he has explained
10:28the 3 categories
10:29of voters
10:30there are the
10:30pre-2003 voters
10:31which are about
10:3260% of the
10:338 crore
10:347.9 crore voters
10:35which constitute
10:35about 5 crore voters
10:36who don't need to
10:37submit any documentation
10:39then there are voters
10:40who are born
10:40between 1987 to 2004
10:42and both these dates
10:43have not been included
10:43by Modi
10:44it's been included
10:44because of the changes
10:45we made in the
10:46Citizenship Act
10:47they have to provide
10:48one document
10:48at least
10:49from the 11 documents
10:51that have been prescribed
10:51so there is nothing new
10:53or there is nothing
10:54unheard of
10:55that is being done
10:55right now
10:56second aspect
10:57is that it's being done
10:58in a haste
10:58which is Asadvi Novesi's
11:00and Congress's
11:00and RJD's allegation
11:01the 2003 exercise
11:03took place
11:03in an overall period
11:04of 90 days
11:05and if you see
11:06just the period
11:07of putting out
11:07the documents
11:08and taking them back
11:09it was 30 days
11:10today the same exercise
11:11is being done
11:11in 30-31 days
11:12and overall
11:13the period is 97 days
11:14it's being conducted
11:15by about 1 lakh BLOs
11:16and 4 lakh volunteers
11:18about 8 crore people
11:19have to be covered
11:20that means about
11:2010-15 households
11:21per day
11:22by each individual
11:23even if you assume
11:2450% people
11:24are working very hard
11:25and integrated
11:26with integrity
11:27so it's not
11:28an unheard of exercise
11:29having said that
11:29let me make
11:302 or 3 important points
11:31here
11:31you know the Congress party
11:33is saying that
11:33there will be
11:33mass deletions
11:34of names of people
11:36in Maharashtra
11:36they were saying
11:37that why the mass
11:38addition of names
11:39took place
11:39now they are saying
11:40mass deletion
11:40will take place
11:41but Preeti
11:42here is the biggest
11:43irony
11:43in the Telangana
11:45elections of 2018
11:46the Congress party
11:48insisted on the
11:49election commission
11:50that 70 lakh voters
11:51names need to be
11:52deleted
11:53here is Abhishek
11:54Manu Singhvi's
11:54press conference
11:55on that
11:55and then in the
11:5623 elections
11:57which they won
11:5822 lakh voters
12:00after a similar exercise
12:01were deleted
12:02and guess who
12:03was celebrating it
12:03I'll circle back
12:04to you
12:04Shahzad Poonawala
12:05after 2 minutes
12:06your 2 minutes are up
12:07I want to cut across
12:08right now
12:08but Shahzad Poonawala
12:09nobody's questioned
12:10the legality of it
12:11right
12:12the question is
12:13on the morality of it
12:14and that will be
12:14addressed by the court
12:15in days to come
12:17exactly 3 days to come
12:18and where the form 6
12:20is concerned
12:20till now
12:21till this morning
12:22we've reconfirmed that
12:23all you need
12:24are those 3 submissions
12:25that we detailed
12:26and for number 3
12:27you do not need
12:27any proof of citizenship
12:28Mahima Singh
12:29there's a point that
12:30Shahzad Poonawala
12:31also made
12:32that his credence
12:32you know
12:33we've seen a number
12:35of elections go by
12:36where at times
12:38it has been said
12:39by your very party
12:40that one needs to
12:40relook at the voter list
12:42what's so wrong
12:43in doing so
12:43it's something that
12:44has been in the offing
12:45for long
12:46you can maybe question
12:47the timing of it
12:48because it happens
12:49just about 3 minutes
12:503 months
12:51before elections
12:52at a time
12:53where you know
12:54there are in the
12:55monsoon season
12:55which makes it
12:56that more difficult
12:57but ultimately
12:58the tenet of it
12:59is not really wrong
13:00Mahima Singh
13:00is it
13:01Jayind
13:04Preeti
13:05first of all
13:05let me just say
13:06that the country
13:07has become very aware
13:09that the BJP government
13:10and Mr. Modi
13:11like to run this country
13:12like some reality show
13:13and now the election
13:15commission of India
13:16has become a party
13:17to it unfortunately
13:18this reality show culture
13:20was alright
13:20for the entertainment industry
13:22but when it comes
13:23to democracy
13:23and running
13:24a healthy democracy
13:25you know
13:26I fear it is
13:27it is a very dangerous
13:28practice
13:29a healthy democracy
13:30is spinal cord
13:32Preeti
13:32as you and I
13:33and everybody
13:33on this show
13:34and beyond know
13:35is free and fair elections
13:38and the very process
13:40has been jeopardized
13:41completely
13:41yes the BJP spokesperson
13:43has pointed out rightly
13:44that exactly
13:45one month ago
13:46honourable leader
13:47of opposition
13:48wrote an article
13:49and raised
13:49very critical questions
13:50in it
13:51and yes he raised
13:52questions on
13:53Maharashtra elections
13:54and on how
13:54the voters
13:55were added
13:56but we are talking
13:58about Modi's
13:58manoeuvres
13:59Modi's manoeuvres
14:00which know
14:01no bounds
14:02you see
14:03these are the people
14:04who created
14:05the ASM model
14:06the ASM playbook
14:08you know
14:09the CAANRC
14:10right in the teeth
14:12of public protests
14:14so here we are
14:15questioning
14:15you have asked me
14:16whether
14:17the very tenet
14:18you know
14:19is moral
14:20ethical
14:20legal
14:21or not
14:23you know
14:23and the courts
14:24are set to decide it
14:25but let me just say
14:26Preeti
14:27the ECI
14:29is playing
14:30hide and seek
14:31with the voters
14:31now
14:32we saw how
14:33in 2024
14:33the level playing
14:35field was disrupted
14:36by Modi's
14:37manoeuvres
14:38and now
14:39what we are seeing
14:40is that the
14:41level playing field
14:42for the voters
14:43is being disrupted
14:45and how
14:46you see
14:47this disenfranchisement
14:50drive
14:50Preeti
14:51this vote bandhi
14:53if I may reiterate
14:54what Mr. Jairam Ramesh
14:56has been saying
14:57this government
14:58that was capable
14:59of note bandhi
15:00has now come to
15:00vote bandhi
15:01is wrong
15:02for so many reasons
15:03let me cite
15:04just a few of them
15:05the time is up
15:06you can save yourself
15:07the next time
15:08I come to you
15:08for two minutes
15:09you know
15:10your time has run out
15:10I want to bring in
15:11OP Rawat
15:11former Chief Election Commission
15:13into this conversation
15:14Mr. Rawat
15:15you know
15:15it's for the top court
15:16to decide
15:17the merits
15:18or whatever
15:19the top court
15:21sees in terms of
15:21submissions
15:22in the petitions
15:23that are against
15:24the revision
15:24of the voter rolls
15:25but having said that
15:26Mr. Rawat
15:27for you to reflect
15:28the fact is
15:29between October
15:302024
15:31and January
15:322025
15:33there has been
15:35what is usually
15:36considered by the EC
15:37a waterproof
15:38revision
15:39of voter rolls
15:41it's already happened
15:42it was something
15:43that was sealed
15:44and accepted
15:45by the election commission
15:47what could be
15:48the reason
15:49for a sudden
15:50revision again
15:51when that entire
15:51exercise
15:52was carried out
15:53and sealed
15:53in January
15:54this year itself
15:55because
15:58the January exercise
15:59was with reference
15:59to 1st January
16:00all those people
16:02who become
16:0218 years of age
16:03on 1st January
16:04they are included
16:05and
16:06elections are being
16:07held almost
16:08in November
16:08so
16:10there is mandate
16:11to election commission
16:12that
16:12if elections
16:13are being held
16:14in November
16:14then all those
16:15who qualify
16:15on 1st October
16:16becoming 18 years
16:18of age
16:19they have to be added
16:20and for that
16:20a revision is required
16:22only thing is
16:22that it could be
16:23summary revision
16:24or intensive revision
16:26now choosing
16:27intensive revision
16:28would mean
16:28that instead of
16:29just adding
16:30there are other
16:31things also
16:31on the agenda
16:32so that is
16:34the only difference
16:34another thing is
16:35ADR's
16:36petition to the
16:38Supreme Court
16:39they have raised
16:40this issue
16:41that the
16:42presumption of
16:43EC is that
16:442003 electoral
16:45people
16:45they are citizens
16:47that means
16:48that
16:49logically
16:49remaining
16:50are not
16:51citizens
16:51and they
16:51have to
16:52prove
16:52their
16:52citizenship
16:52now
16:54that
16:54becomes
16:54a very
16:54difficult
16:55thing
16:55for
16:55election
16:56commission
16:56themselves
16:57that draft
16:58role
16:59cannot be
16:59published
17:00without
17:01these people
17:01submitting
17:02their forms
17:02and therefore
17:03that advertisement
17:04on Sunday
17:05said
17:05that you can
17:06submit
17:07your forms
17:07even without
17:08any document
17:08so that the
17:09draft role
17:10will have
17:10all these
17:11names
17:11they will not
17:12be out
17:13of the role
17:13now
17:14only problem
17:15will start
17:16when after
17:17the draft
17:17role
17:17during claims
17:18and objections
17:19if these
17:19people fail
17:20to submit
17:20the required
17:22proof of
17:23citizenship
17:23then in
17:25final published
17:25role their
17:27name may not
17:27be there
17:28after that
17:29the appeal
17:29time is
17:30there
17:30but whether
17:32that appealing
17:32time will be
17:33enough to
17:34decide their
17:35appeal before
17:36the elections
17:37that is the
17:37moot point
17:38alright sir
17:40you know I'm
17:40going to also
17:41come back to
17:41you because
17:42what's interesting
17:43to note is
17:43you're saying
17:44that it was
17:44nine months
17:45before elections
17:45one looks
17:46at the
17:47summary revision
17:48that took
17:48place during
17:49Maharashtra
17:50and let's
17:50say the
17:51state of
17:51Haryana
17:51because those
17:52were the
17:52last two
17:53or Delhi
17:54the three
17:54elections
17:55that were
17:55there was
17:56enough time
17:56given between
17:57an election
17:58and that
17:58summary revision
17:59so to
17:59happen three
18:00months right
18:01before an
18:01election in
18:03Bihar to
18:03happen in the
18:04months of
18:04monsoon which
18:05makes it that
18:05much difficult
18:06also at a
18:07time where can
18:08one really go
18:09back where
18:10grievances are
18:11concerned that
18:11window is really
18:12short so
18:13just giving
18:13you know an
18:14example of the
18:15last three states
18:15so there was a
18:16fair amount of
18:16time given I'll
18:17come back to you
18:18Mr. Rawat on the
18:19question that can
18:19EC actually conduct
18:21an intensive exercise
18:22like this in just
18:23about three months
18:24of time but
18:25Amitabh Tiwadi I want
18:26to bring you in on
18:26this because it's
18:27become politically
18:28you know so
18:30controversial now
18:31that you have
18:32various sects which
18:34come in from
18:35Bihar claiming
18:37that they will be
18:38what congress
18:39calls it
18:39vote bandhi or
18:40you know what
18:41Tejasvi Adav also
18:42calls it taking
18:43away the right
18:44which was
18:44democratically
18:45given
18:45clearly there is
18:49a complete lack
18:50of or complete
18:52lack of trust
18:52deficit or a
18:54trust deficit
18:54between the
18:55opposition and
18:56the government
18:57now and this
18:58has been there
18:59since the days
19:00of Maharashtra
19:01results particularly
19:02wherein the
19:03opposition has
19:04alleged that the
19:05election was rigged
19:07by the election
19:07commission of India
19:08so there is
19:09complete breakdown
19:09now even in this
19:11case it seems that
19:12the election
19:12commission did not
19:14consult all the
19:15political parties or
19:16did not inform all
19:17the political parties
19:18in advance before
19:19this SIR was
19:20announced whether
19:21it is legally
19:22mandated to do so
19:23or not I am not
19:24that sure but as a
19:25goodwill gesture it
19:26could have done that
19:27now the ball is in
19:29the supreme court
19:30now the supreme court
19:31has to decide
19:31because legally as
19:33you said it is
19:35election commission
19:36has the mandate to
19:37do this now
19:38whether procedurally
19:3930 days or 60
19:41days or the time
19:41which the election
19:43commission has given
19:44whether that is
19:45sufficient enough
19:46to to to to
19:47to carry out this
19:48exercise and
19:49whether as O.P.
19:50Rawat sir himself
19:51said whether after
19:52the name has been
19:53deleted whether the
19:55time remaining is
19:57sufficient for
19:58appeals etc
19:58correct so as per
20:01a survey also by
20:02CSDS in
20:032024 the trust which
20:06the people have with
20:08the election commission
20:09seems to have
20:10declined correct so
20:12the election commission
20:13also because of some
20:15of the confusing
20:16messages which it has
20:17been giving even in
20:18this SIR exercise
20:19first it came out with
20:21something then there
20:22was a paper and then
20:23again it it came out
20:24with a clarification is
20:26also adding to all
20:27this chaos and since
20:30the elections in India
20:31are considered as a
20:33barometer of
20:34democracy and are
20:35regarded very well
20:37across the world it is
20:39very very important for
20:40the ECI to come out
20:43clearly and address
20:44these issues once and
20:46for all well you're
20:47right there there are
20:48you know there are
20:48certain issues that are
20:50sticking right now that
20:51need to be answered and
20:53I want to bring you in
20:54Shahzad you wanted to
20:55also put your point
20:56forward and also let me
20:57add a line to it you
20:58know where the distrust is
20:59possibly emanating from
21:00Shahzad when this
21:02revision exercise was
21:04carried out in the
21:05state of Maharashtra
21:06a they were enough
21:06there were three months
21:07gap after the exercise
21:09concluded and for
21:10elections to take place
21:11number one number two
21:13at that point of time
21:14Shahzad 5.38 lakhs
21:16names were deleted
21:17while 27.96 lakh new
21:21names were added in
21:22Maharashtra now those
21:2427.96 lakh new voters
21:26were added Shahzad on the
21:28basis of the three points
21:30that we discussed and
21:31they did not include you
21:33know any documentation to
21:35prove that you were a
21:36citizen of India to vote
21:37in Maharashtra so I'm
21:38just putting out the
21:39dichotomy of what we
21:40discussed earlier
21:41let me address the three
21:45or four points that have
21:46been made and starting
21:47with the point Amitabh
21:48Tiwari was making
21:49Amitabh ji there will
21:50always be trust deficit
21:51when the approach is not
21:53of EC but of CC CC means
21:55conditional commitment
21:56which means that if I win
21:57an election in Telangana
21:58demanding deletion of names
22:00and when the EVMs are
22:01used there I accept it
22:03but I accept it in
22:04Karnataka I accept it in
22:05Aachal Pradesh I accept
22:06it in Jammu, Kashmir and
22:07Jharkand but I question it
22:09in Maharashtra and
22:09Haryana so when you have
22:10conditional commitment
22:11rather than believing in
22:13the EC then obviously
22:14there will be trust deficit
22:15Preeti trust deficit
22:17ka toh ye hal hai you
22:18started by saying that
22:19the matter is going to
22:19Supreme Court EVM matter
22:21went to Supreme Court
22:2241 times ask the
22:23Congress spokesperson
22:24does she believe EVM
22:25today the 41st time the
22:27result has come from
22:28November 2024 where the
22:29Supreme Court has said
22:30that you can't say EVMs
22:31are good when we win and
22:32bad when we lose do they
22:33believe the Supreme Court
22:34of India forget Supreme
22:35Court of India do they
22:37believe Omar Abdullah who
22:38chastises them and says
22:39that don't blame the
22:40ECI when you lose an
22:41election do they believe
22:42Kumari Shailja you
22:43covered Haryana poll so
22:44much Preeti you remember
22:45that time Kumari Shailja
22:46has not blamed EVM she
22:48blamed Hudda do they
22:49believe Kumari Shailja
22:49Dalit leader so if you
22:51have trust deficit that
22:52is because you have
22:53conditional commitment you
22:54put Parivar Tantra above
22:55Lok Tantra and
22:56Samvidhanik Tantra point
22:57number one point number
22:58two now coming to
22:59Maharashtra exercise which
23:00even madam Mahima ji
23:01was referring you know I
23:02saw Mahima on the last
23:03debate she had with you
23:04at 7 p.m. about
23:05Maharashtra issue at that
23:07time she has quoted the
23:09number of voters added I'm
23:10speaking about what she
23:11has said 70 lakh plus
23:13voters she has said
23:13Preeti you have given
23:15different figure Rahul
23:16Gandhi on one date gave
23:17one crore figure then one
23:19date he gave 70 lakh
23:20figure then the letter and
23:21the article he has written
23:22the only figure I'm giving
23:23is the figure recorded with
23:25the EC.
23:25No I'm telling you the figure I'm
23:27giving this the one recorded
23:29with the EC I don't know what
23:30either of them have said so
23:31please let's stick to the one
23:32other.
23:32You are wrong.
23:34It's in the EC website.
23:36Madam I'll tell you because
23:38Madam I'll tell you the EC had
23:41responded to Rahul Gandhi in
23:42December 2024 via 64 page notice
23:45and that 64 page notice has
23:48quoted that the number of voters
23:49added between the Lok Sabha and
23:51the Vidan Sabha were 48.8 lakhs.
23:53That is what the EC has given.
23:55Well then the EC needs to
23:56revise its website.
23:57Between 2004 Lok Sabha Vidan
23:59Sabha.
24:00Let me just make my point that
24:02is for the EC to decide it's
24:03not for me to answer for
24:04that.
24:04I'll give you 20 seconds more.
24:05Make your point.
24:072004 2009 2000 yes ma'am I'll
24:10make it in that much time.
24:112004 2009 2014 between the
24:14Lok Sabha and Vidan Sabha of
24:15Maharashtra every election cycle
24:17there has been an addition of
24:18four to five percent votes from
24:20the Lok Sabha to the Vidan
24:21Sabha.
24:22That happened this time also.
24:24It was nothing unusual.
24:25Everybody in Maharashtra knows
24:26it.
24:26The matter went to the Mumbai
24:27High Court.
24:28But do they believe the
24:29Mumbai High Court?
24:29So allow me to now move on to
24:31the other guests.
24:31Allow me to move on to the
24:32other guests.
24:34The question that I asked
24:35Shazad and I'll circle back to
24:36you is not on whether it was
24:38correct or not.
24:39You know that matter is in
24:40court and in contention on the
24:42in the style with which the
24:44voters were added.
24:45My question is very clear.
24:46If you add X, Y and Z numbers
24:49of voters in the last few
24:51elections on the basis of only
24:52three benchmarks and one of
24:53them was clearly there was no
24:56proof asked for citizenship.
24:57You suddenly change the goal
24:59post when it comes to the state
25:01of Bihar.
25:02That too three months before
25:04elections.
25:05And that too if you go on the
25:06EC website the form 6 still only
25:08asks you for those three basic
25:10questions and out of that proof of
25:12citizenship is not to be given.
25:14So you can enroll as a new voter
25:16but strangely you can't vote in
25:17Bihar.
25:18I'll come back to you sir.
25:19I'll come back to you and you
25:20may address it then.
25:21But Mahima Singh there was a
25:22point you know which the BJP is
25:24making consistently.
25:25You can't pick and choose on when
25:27voter list revision is okay and
25:29when it's not so okay.
25:30It was kosher in Karnataka.
25:32It was kosher in Telangana.
25:34I can belt out the figures right
25:35now.
25:35They are in front of me.
25:36If you believe the EC website
25:37that's up to you.
25:38And you disbelieve it in certain
25:40states.
25:41How's that?
25:41I will quote Mr.
25:46Pavankheda who had in fact said
25:47after Karnataka elections and
25:49that is what the Congress's stance
25:51has been in other states where we
25:52won also.
25:53That the you know the BJP's
25:55condition would have been they
25:57would have lost their deposits.
25:58You know they've saved themselves
26:00by.
26:00So we do not trust the election
26:02commission process even there.
26:03We have questioned it even there.
26:05But what we are questioning in
26:06Maharashtra and what we are
26:07questioning now in SIR in Bihar,
26:10Preeti, the fundamental question
26:12is these voters who voted for
26:142024 general elections are now
26:17being revised.
26:18You know now they are being
26:19now the election commission
26:21itself is suspicious of its own
26:24ways of conducting the election.
26:25So first of all the election
26:27commission of India must tell the
26:28nation are the results of 2024
26:31to be trusted or not to be
26:32trusted.
26:33Now let me just tell you Preeti
26:35the BJP spokesperson has made so
26:37many points.
26:38I want to come to them but after
26:39making my points if time I have
26:42time I will then come to them.
26:43You see Preeti the election
26:45commission of India like I said
26:46earlier in a reality show you
26:48give tasks till June of 2025 there
26:52is no mention of any such
26:53exercise.
26:54Suddenly ECI comes up with the
26:55exercise.
26:56There have been 4000 plus
26:57stakeholder consultations.
26:59There have been consultations with
27:01political parties.
27:02In those also rules have been
27:04tweaked.
27:04Now the election commission of
27:05India says we will not meet
27:06full delegations.
27:07We will meet two representatives
27:09each delegation.
27:11That also we will decide whether
27:12they are you know recognizable
27:14or not.
27:15Whether we find them trustworthy,
27:16authorized or not.
27:18So so many changes have been
27:19made and now the ECI comes up
27:21with this suspicious exercise.
27:22Now the BJP spokesperson is very
27:24fond of making reels on his
27:26social media handle.
27:27The last time on one of your
27:29shows only I guess he probably
27:30made a reel where I was
27:31mentioning about the second
27:32amendment of the constitution.
27:33he negated the 13 points and
27:36focused only on one point that
27:38he was aware of.
27:39I cannot help BJP's and its
27:41spokesperson's myopic view of
27:43facts and data.
27:45What I can help is you know
27:47question.
27:48Ma'am your time is up.
27:49I'll circle back to you.
27:50I'll circle back to you.
27:51I'm going to come back to you in
27:52final comments.
27:53I want to go to Mr. Ropi
27:54Rabat once again.
27:55The former CEC.
27:57Mr. Rabat the question I asked
27:58you earlier when an election
28:00exercise of revision of voter
28:03list happens just about three
28:04months before an election and so
28:07extensively that you know at
28:08least in the recent past we've
28:09never seen something like this.
28:11How difficult would it be for EC
28:14to actually go through redressal
28:16which you also touched on earlier
28:18if there are ECs that people have?
28:21Yeah that is the main issue
28:22because the last revision took
28:24place almost one and a half to
28:26two years time remaining for
28:28election.
28:29So even if something wrong was
28:31done or somebody's name was
28:32deleted wrongly there was
28:33plenty of time for appeal and
28:35their disposal.
28:36This time final publication will
28:39be in first week of September
28:40and time will be left only about
28:42two months.
28:43Now that seems to be a little
28:45too little for redressal of
28:48those appeals.
28:49That is the moot point before
28:51the Honourable Supreme Court.
28:53Do you think sir that would be
28:55the point on which hinges the
28:56case of the multiple petitions
28:58that are there with the top
28:59court of the country today?
29:01Yeah because the earlier point
29:03that in draft role if Bihar CEO
29:08had not published that
29:09advertisement and not permitted
29:11people to sign the enumeration
29:13form and submit even without
29:15those documents which were
29:16required, 11 documents.
29:18Then that means that draft role
29:20will not have any deletion.
29:21All those who submit their forms
29:24draft role will have all their
29:26names and therefore no cause for
29:28worry.
29:29But once they fail to submit the
29:32proof of citizenship out of those
29:3511 documents till the time claims
29:38and objections are decided,
29:41applications are decided and final
29:43publication is ready, then their
29:45name will be deleted.
29:46Now as soon as the final publication
29:48takes place, so whosoever gets
29:51named deleted will be at sea
29:54because he will have to appeal and
29:56then appeal has to be decided before
29:58the elections to make sure that no
30:00eligible voter is left behind and no
30:03eligible voter is out of the electoral
30:06role for polling.
30:08Fair point sir.
30:09I want to go back to Amitabh Tiwari and
30:11Amitabh Tiwari this is a genuine concern
30:13because, you know, I was just talking
30:15to a few people, especially the ones
30:17forget about Bihar, anywhere across
30:19the country, the younger lot actually
30:21only have their Aadhaar and even if
30:25you're looking at Redressal, you've
30:26lost your chance to vote.
30:30No, see essentially the election
30:33commission will have to see that no
30:37eligible voter is left out.
30:38For that, does it have the time as
30:42O.P. Rawat sir has also mentioned and
30:44you have mentioned because we have
30:46just now three to four months before
30:48the elections.
30:50Also, if the objective is that we need
30:53to weed out illegal migrants or
30:56illegal voters from the electoral
30:58list, illegal immigration or migration
31:02is a very big issue and an SIR alone
31:06cannot solve this problem because not
31:09only the illegal migrants should be
31:11having a right to vote in a
31:14democratic process, they are also
31:16using up our resources, taking up the
31:18jobs of our youth.
31:20So how do we tackle the issue of
31:22illegal migration?
31:24It's not just through an SIR, correct?
31:26We need to have something else, more
31:28concrete measures and again I would
31:30come to the point that it is still I
31:32believe that the form 6 is not asking
31:34for a citizenship document and you are
31:36asking for tougher checks when you are
31:39doing the SIR.
31:40But you know, Mr. Poonawalla doesn't
31:46want to believe that or address that
31:47but Mr. Poonawalla, you have one
31:49minute sir, please make your final
31:50submission.
31:51I want to, I'm actually waiting for
31:53my turn.
31:54Okay, go ahead sir.
31:54No, I'm talking about what Mr. Tiwari
31:56said.
31:57He said it very clearly that the form 6
31:59doesn't ask you.
32:00So it's a little insane that you're
32:03asking for new voters to register.
32:05Go ahead sir, make your point.
32:06Yes, all yours.
32:08Preeti, let me address the question.
32:10Let me address the question.
32:11First of all, let me just put it on
32:12record that the Congress spokesperson
32:15hasn't addressed the hypocrisy they
32:17showed towards the election commission
32:18during different results and they
32:20haven't really answered about how the
32:21integrity of the ECI was sparkling
32:23when we had Naveen Chawla, MSGL who
32:25became a minister and TN session who
32:27went and contested on a Congress ticket.
32:28Leave that aside now.
32:29Let's come to today's issue on form 6.
32:31Between the 1960s and 2000s, between
32:34these 40 years, the form 6 essentially
32:38was taken physically and at that time
32:40there was a self-declaration of
32:42citizenship.
32:43By the way, only citizens can vote.
32:44That's what the constitution mandates.
32:46As much as some people may want
32:47Rohingyas to vote, Bangladeshis to vote,
32:49that can't happen.
32:50Only citizens of India can vote.
32:52They are eligible to vote.
32:53That's article 324.
32:54Now form 6 establishes that.
32:56Earlier when we didn't have the NVSP system
32:58which was introduced by the way by the
33:00Congress party, we used to rely on a
33:02self-declaration system.
33:04Ever since we've introduced the NVSP system,
33:06we have tightened the norms for
33:09rigorous ensuring that there is proof of
33:11the citizenship.
33:12And therefore this is a progressive
33:14process that the election commission has
33:16adopted right from 2010 to take
33:18furnished proof of citizenship because
33:21only a citizen can vote.
33:21Mr. Poonavara, time is up.
33:22Are you against citizens voting and you want
33:24Rohingyas to vote?
33:26Okay, I want to give that one minute right now
33:27to the Congress spokesperson.
33:29Your time begins now.
33:29Amitabh Tiwari is smiling.
33:31Amitabh Tiwari, that jive was intended for you,
33:34not me.
33:35So, one minute.
33:37Go ahead, Mahima Singh.
33:38Make your pitch.
33:39So, Preeti, you see, about the ECII clearly
33:44answered if the BJP spokesperson has not
33:46paid attention.
33:47Again, that's not my problem.
33:49But let me very categorically state and
33:51question the BJP spokesperson in turn,
33:53which she won't be able to answer on your
33:55show now.
33:56About our faith in SCII, Supreme Court of
33:58India.
33:58Yes, we do have complete faith in the Supreme
34:00Court of India, which declared the electoral
34:03bonds unconstitutional, imposed on this
34:07democracy by your government in 2017.
34:10Now, does the BJP spokesperson have faith
34:12and will agree to that or not, he must say.
34:15And to make my final submission, Preeti,
34:17let me just say that you see the new,
34:19this enumeration form that has been brought
34:22about by the Election Commission of India
34:24to make the wrongs right, let the Election
34:26Commission of India extend the deadline.
34:28If it must continue with this exercise,
34:30tomorrow if the courts do uphold it instead
34:33of scrapping it like we have petitioned,
34:36in that case, the ECI must make them aware,
34:40must extend the deadline, must ensure that
34:43they reach each vote.
34:44Time's up, ma'am.
34:45Time's up.
34:45I have breaking news, but I want to quickly
34:47give in.
34:47Ma'am, give me one minute.
34:48I want to quickly give in 30 seconds to
34:50Mr. Ropi Rawat on what he thinks would be
34:52the right way to go about this, Mr. Rawat,
34:54somebody who's tried the CAC.
34:55The right way will be that all those people
34:59who fail to submit these documents,
35:01even during claims and objections,
35:03they should be adjudicated very expeditiously,
35:07so that before election, their case is finally decided
35:10based on the evidence available.
35:12Fair point.
35:1330 seconds.
35:14Amitabh Tiwari, fireworks already on.
35:17Things will only get worse.
35:18Let's see what the top court has to say.
35:20Yeah, essentially, we have to see now
35:22what the top court says.
35:24I think legality-wise, ECI has the mandate
35:27to do this.
35:28It's only an operational issue and whether
35:30the time which is given is sufficient
35:32or not to carry out such a mammoth exercise.
35:36Okay, Shahzad, you really want to comment?
35:38So, yes, 20 seconds.
35:39Nobody's contending with legal,
35:41but the moral dilemma.
35:41Can you have to allow me also?
35:41I will, ma'am, yes, all of you will get it.
35:44Legal, there's no issue with that.
35:46Moral dilemma continues.
35:4730 seconds, sir.
35:48Not 30, 20 seconds.
35:49Preeti, I'm a firm believer that anything
35:55that is legal and constitutional inherently is moral
35:58and therefore you can't say that legal
35:59and constitutional is immoral.
36:01Having said that, I would second what Mr. Rawat has said
36:04that while we go for a progressive approach
36:06towards a proof-based citizenship
36:07so that the voters can vote
36:09and only voters who are citizens vote,
36:11there must be speedy decision-making
36:13by the ERO and the CEO
36:14and even by Judi Shri
36:16to ensure that nobody's right is taken away.
36:18We are absolutely for that.
36:1920 seconds, ma'am, ma'am.
36:20In fact, the Congress wants people's names deleted.
36:22Okay, allow me to bring in the Congress.
36:2420 seconds, ma'am, ma'am, exactly the time.
36:26The BJP spokesperson clearly did not want to agree with the Supreme Court.
36:31Now, let me just go ahead and say
36:32that the new enumeration form
36:35that the Election Commission of India has brought, Preeti,
36:38is illegal, immoral
36:39because it puts the onus of proof on the voter.
36:42The voter who is working somewhere, you know,
36:44in another state.
36:45All right.
36:46Ma'am, like you said,
36:47your party has supreme faith in the Supreme Court.
36:50Let's wait.
36:50It's going to be heard on this Thursday itself,
36:52the matter, concern.
36:53We're going to leave it at that
36:54and I want to quickly dip into news break
36:56and disturbing news break
36:57that's coming in from the state of Bihar.
36:59Five people in Purnia were lynched to death
37:02and later their bodies burned.
37:03Shocking news coming in from Purnia.
37:05According to police,
37:06the incident happened late last night
37:08in Tate Gama village
37:10where the deceased were beaten up
37:11and killed by local villagers
37:13on charges of practicing what they deemed
37:15was black magic.
37:17Three accused have been arrested.
37:18Five burnt bodies have been found
37:20by the Bihar cops.
37:22The bodies since then have been sent for autopsy.
37:25Politics peaking at the back of it.
37:28RJD leader Tejasvi Adab's statement has come in
37:32stating anarchy in Bihar,
37:34no law and order in the state.
37:35Criminals alert.
37:36Chief Minister unconscious,
37:38corrupt,
37:39Bhuja party thriving,
37:40police defeated,
37:41all of that of course.
37:42This is just the politics at the back of it
37:44but this incident is shocking viewers
37:46as it is intensely disconcerting and disturbing.
37:51In this day and age,
37:52five people in Purnia, Bihar
37:55were killed, lynched, burnt to death
37:58because the villagers thought
38:00they were indulging in witchcraft.
38:03One would have thought
38:04this was the time of medieval India
38:07but no, not quite.
38:08Listen in to all the reactions coming in.
38:10The people who were told
38:11around the people in the house
38:13who were killed in the house
38:15to find out the family.
38:17They were asked
38:18that people were killed in the name of the village.
38:19foreign
38:26foreign
38:33foreign
38:38foreign
38:43foreign
38:48I want to immediately connect to my colleague Rohit Singh who's joining us from Patna on this
38:57deeply disturbing incident that has taken place. Rohit, you know, crime in Bihar only on the rise
39:03and an incident like that only shakes you up more. What more can you add?
39:11Well, absolutely, Piti. The incident that has taken place in Purmiya is extremely,
39:15extremely shocking and also disturbing as you were mentioning because this has happened in a
39:20very remote area. It's a tribal area, the Tetgama village in Purmiya where five people were in fact lynched to death
39:28and then their bodies were burned. And the incident happened yesterday night at around 1 a.m.
39:35and what the superintendent of police of Purmiya has told India Today is that all these family members
39:43were killed on charges of practicing witchcraft and all the bodies in fact have been retrieved from a nearby pond
39:51and the condition is very bad. The body condition is very bad. All the bodies are in a burnt state
39:56and the police says that it is really not, they are not able to ascertain right now whether they were
40:01first lynched to death and then their bodies were burnt or whether they were burnt alive.
40:06All these things will be coming to light only after the post-mortem is conducted. But the manner in which
40:11these five people have been lynched, have been lynched to death and then the bodies have been burned
40:18has sent shock waves across the state. Already you are seeing that there are several incidents of crime
40:24that have been reported in Bihar in the last 48 to 72 hours. And now this killing of these five people
40:30has really raised big questions over the law and order situation prevailing in the state. And you
40:35will see that Tejasvi Adhav quick to latch on to the opportunity again hitting out at Nitesh Kumar
40:40and the lack of governance in the state. And it's not only Tejasvi, let me tell you Preeti,
40:45even Chirak Paswan, who is part of the ruling dispensation, he has also hit out at Nitesh Kumar
40:51over the worsening law and order situation in the state. Back to you.
40:56All right, appreciate you joining us Rohit with the biggest updates there. You know,
40:59while of course this is fodder for opposition leaders in Bihar, but ultimately viewers to put
41:07the spotlight on Bihar at a time, one harks back to the idiom that was used for Bihar,
41:12which was Jangal Raj. Look at what just happened. Five people have been lynched to death on suspicions
41:17of witchcraft.
41:18The Chief Justice of India, Devite Chandrachur, retired on November 10th, 2024.
41:27But nearly eight months on, he continues to occupy the official CGI residence.
41:34Why hasn't the official residence of the Chief Justice of India been vacated? That is the big
41:41question. This isn't about a bungalow. It's about optics. It's about propriety. And it's about
41:48precedent, especially from one who was the highest judicial officer in the country.
41:55The CGI is expected to set an example. And when he overstays in an official house,
42:01questions of entitlement and privilege inevitably arise.
42:09Other judges and civil servants are routinely given tight deadlines to vacate post-retirement.
42:14Why should the top judge be an exception?
42:20In what has been an unprecedented move, the Supreme Court administration wrote to the center,
42:26urging possession of the residence be taken without any further delay.
42:30But ex-CGI Chandrachur claims he had kept both the court and the government in the loop.
42:38Former CGI Chandrachur says he has no intentions to stay endlessly in the bungalow.
42:44He says he's all packed, but he cites serious personal reasons, including his two daughters
42:50with special needs who require a wheelchair access and medical support.
42:55He says he was asked by Justice Khanna, his successor, not to vacate the residence immediately,
43:03because Khanna's short tenure made shifting impractical and that he wanted the house to be used and not locked.
43:10Under the official rule book, a retired CGI can be allotted another type 7 bungalow for six months.
43:20The rules permit him to get a general pool bungalow allotted by the government for only six months.
43:26However, the ex-CGI has overstayed in official residence of CGI for nearly eight months,
43:33which is more than the six-month stay permissible even in a general pool house,
43:39which by the rule book was to be a much smaller bungalow in size.
43:44While even though the overstay by ex-CGI is unprecedented, one might say, on compassionate grounds, he be given an extension.
43:55But the moral bar is higher for this former CGI, especially one who has championed transparency and accountability.
44:03Is this just an administrative lag or does it reflect a deeper culture of post-retirement privilege that even top judges don't hesitate to indulge in?
44:16Top focus on To The Point this evening.
44:19I'd like to bring in my colleague Anisha, who follows the courts very closely.
44:27Anisha, you know, the fact is this is really not about a bungalow because there have been many, you know, MPs, there have been many leaders,
44:34there have been many, you know, lower-level judges, maybe not CGI, because this is unprecedented in that nature,
44:42who has overstayed not by one, two, but eight months.
44:45But it's different also when, you know, you have the former CGI overstaying for eight months because he's always stood up for propriety.
44:54This is about property in public life.
44:58Well, Priti, that's a perspective that you look at it.
45:01We can also, as we've been discussing, look at it from the issue of compassionate leave being given for something and for how long that can continue.
45:12Under the rules, as we've been talking about, the Supreme Court judges' rules, the Code of Conduct rules, etc.
45:20Rule 3, he says that a former Chief Justice of India can retain the government bungalow, the type 7 and not type 8 government bungalow, for up to six months.
45:32What Justice Chandrachur has said, and we've been, we spoke to, I spoke to Justice Chandrachur personally today itself.
45:41What he had said was that he had requested the two Chief Justices after him, that is Justice Sanjeev Panna and Justice B.R. Gawai,
45:49to grant him short extensions on compassionate grounds because the residence that was being allotted to him as a former Chief Justice by the government was not ready.
46:00He could not have moved there.
46:02And because of the medical requirements of his children, of his daughters, he could not have moved into a rented accommodation in the meantime.
46:11Now, where this entire question has snowballed, really, into a question of propriety, into a question of privilege,
46:19is the fact that in an unprecedented move, the Supreme Court administration sent a letter to the government of India
46:26asking for the eviction of the current occupant from the official Chief Justice of Residence.
46:33And that letter not only was sent, it also came out into public.
46:38So far, what we've seen is when there are such accommodations made, it is made behind the scenes, if it is made.
46:46True. You know, Anisha, I want to ask you a very quick question on this, you know, exactly on this account,
46:52because ultimately it's not in the government's hand.
46:55It is a pool of bungalows which lie where the administration is concerned with the Supreme Court, the judiciary.
47:01So, on a very strange level, was this an attempt to embarrass the former CGI, to make it public, to approach, you know, the government,
47:09because they could have sent this notice directly to Mr. D.Y. Chandrachur, which they didn't.
47:15Really, first of all, the pool may be assigned to the Supreme Court, but the administration of these bungalows does not belong to the Supreme Court.
47:23Remember, it is the Union Ministry of Home, Housing and Urban Development,
47:29which is the owner and in charge of all government housing in the country.
47:35It doesn't matter if you're the Prime Minister or the Chief Justice or the Speaker or an MP or a judge or any government official.
47:42The house belongs to the government.
47:45So, therefore, the eviction proceedings, any kind of legal proceedings would have had to be done by the government.
47:51So, deeply embarrassing in that nature, Anisha.
47:56How exactly this letter came out and how it was said in this manner.
48:00So, deeply embarrassing in that account because it's unprecedented, because usually, at least I have been seeing,
48:06you know, I can't recall a Chief Justice or even a Supreme Court judge ever overstaying more than a month.
48:11Well, that is true.
48:14We've not heard of anyone overstaying, but if any time they have been requested,
48:20they have filed that request to stay a little longer in the government accommodation, it has been done.
48:26See, that is where this entire question of discretion comes in.
48:29If the Chief Justice allows it, they could be given extension.
48:33But here, what we're seeing is that Justice Gawai had given extension up till the 30th of June.
48:40That was done on compassionate grounds.
48:42But even today, what we do know is that Justice Chandrachur has not been able to move to the other official residence
48:48because the repair work is still going on.
48:52And there we then come to the question of what happens when you have to vacate your government housing,
48:58but your alternate accommodation is not ready.
49:00And that is where, at the moment, Justice Chandrachur is.
49:04And it's a question that the entire country is looking at from the perspective of judicial privilege,
49:10also from the perspective of what you do if you have nowhere to go.
49:14Back to you.
49:15And also from the perspective of you practice what you preach.
49:18And, you know, if you have, while you were in office, you've constantly preached for,
49:23you know, transparency and property in public life, then you very well follow it yourself.
49:28We're going to leave it at that. Thank you.
49:30Anisha, for joining us.
49:31Meanwhile, interesting viewers, because after a long innings in politics,
49:36not that she's closed the door on that,
49:38Smithi Rani is on a comeback where television is concerned.
49:42Take a look.
49:43She was the Bahu every family wanted.
50:03And after nearly two decades, Tulsi is set to be back.
50:08And so is Smithi Rani, the actor-turned-politician who first brought her to life in the year 2000.
50:14After serving as a union minister and a powerful voice in Indian politics,
50:26Smithi Rani is stepping back into the world of Indian soap operas.
50:30The reboot of Kewki Saas Bikabhi Bahu thi is expected to be more than just a nostalgia trip.
50:37Sources say the new series will blend old-school values with contemporary issues.
50:43And yes, Tulsi is once again at the centre of it all.
50:47Smithi, along with Amar Upadhyay, who played Mihir Virani in the show,
50:54were seen at Kapoor's birthday bash recently.
50:57The two were once again spotted at Ekta Kapoor's residence on Monday.
51:01Kewki Saas Bikabhi Bahu thi was one of the most successful television shows on Indian television.
51:10The show aired on television from 2000 to 2008,
51:14becoming a cultural phenomenon and making Smriti Rani a household's name.
51:21Kewki Saas Bikabhi Bahu thi captivated audiences with its dramatic storytelling and memorable characters.
51:28Will the new Kewki recreate the magic?
51:31Bureau Report, India Today.
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