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In this episode of News Today, the focus is on the Bombay High Court's acquittal of all 12 individuals accused in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case, in which 189 people were killed.
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00:00Good evening, hello and welcome. You're with the news today. This is your primetime destination news.
00:07Newsmakers talking points. Our big talking point tonight, this Monday night, the 7-11 Mumbai terror blast.
00:14The Bombay High Court acquits all those accused. 189 deaths, zero convictions.
00:21What does it say about our criminal justice system? Will the 2006 train terror victims ever get justice?
00:31Also, an SIT to probe the Dharamsdala mass burial. What's the real story? We have plenty on the show tonight.
00:40News without the noise. Let's get cracking with the nine headlines.
00:44All 12 convicts in the 2006 Mumbai train blast are acquitted.
00:53Bombay High Court points out serious flaws in the prosecution case.
00:57Says the police failed to prove their case.
01:00Maharashtra CM now says will appeal to the Supreme Court.
01:07Over 200 MPs now pushed for Justice Verma's impeachment in Parliament.
01:12152 Lok Sabha MPs, 55 Rajya Sabha MPs signed a motion to oust Justice Yashwan Verma in whose bungalow large vads of cash were found.
01:26Amid uproar by opposition parliament to hold discussion on Operation Sindur next week.
01:3316 hours allotted for Lok Sabha.
01:36Discussion for nine hours to be held in the Rajya Sabha.
01:39After pilots' body sues U.S. targets U.S. media, Aviation Minister Ramon Naidu warns against the guessing game over the AI-171 crash.
01:55Pulls up the West over an anti-pilot narrative.
01:58Election Commission files its reply in the Supreme Court over the voter list.
02:05Revision rouse has deliberate attempts being made to twist facts.
02:09Opposition plans of parliament protest now.
02:14West Bengal Chief Minister Mahmouda Banerjee says Bengalis were harassed during,
02:18are being harassed during a Martyr's Day rally in Kolkata.
02:21BJP's Suvendu Adhikari hits back, says Mamata resorting to politics of fear.
02:28South stars in ED net.
02:31Actors Rana Daghubati, Vijay, Prakash Raj, Lakshmi Manchu asked to appear before ED in an illegal betting case.
02:38Chinese-made F7 trainer jets crashes into a Dhaka school at least 20 dead, over 48 injured.
02:49Prime Minister Modi condoles the death, says India ready to offer all help to Bangladesh.
02:53And former Kerala chief minister and icon of the communist movement, V.S. Achyutanandan, passes away.
03:02The 101-year-old politician was admitted to hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest.
03:08Large crowds gather to mourn him.
03:10July 11th, 2006.
03:25Serial blasts hit Mumbai train network.
03:32Seven blasts in 11 minutes.
03:35189 killed.
03:42Over 800 injured.
03:4719 years later, high court acquits all.
03:56War on terror suffers big blow.
03:597-11 terror.
04:06Will there be justice?
04:12Tonight, our top focus.
04:15A question that goes to the heart of the criminal justice system in this country,
04:20and indeed the country's war against terror.
04:23The Bombay High Court has acquitted all the 12 accused in the 2006 Mumbai train bombings case
04:31in which 189 people were killed.
04:34It overturned a lower court verdict that awarded the death sentence to five accused
04:39and life terms to seven others.
04:42The High Court has torn into the police investigation,
04:45highlighted what they said were many basic lapses.
04:49At the end of the day, my friends, 189 people have been killed.
04:54No one, it seems, is guilty.
04:56What does it say about our criminal justice system
05:00and indeed the war against terror?
05:03It's our top story tonight.
05:04July 11, 2006, a day Mumbai will never forget.
05:25Seven bombs, 11 minutes.
05:28Mumbai's lifeline, its suburban trains, turned into corridors of carnage.
05:33The bombs were hidden and pressure cookers triggered on moving trains.
05:41Over 180 lives lost, hundreds injured in one of India's deadliest terror attacks.
05:52And now, nearly two decades later, a stunning twist.
05:56The Bombay High Court acquits all the 12 convicted by a lower court in the 7-Eleven train blasts case.
06:04A special bench of Justices Anil Kilor and Shyam Chandak observed that the prosecution
06:10utterly failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
06:14The court said it's hard to believe the accused committed the crime.
06:17The court did not find the statement by witnesses to be reliable.
06:22The court has ordered the release of all, including the five who were on death row.
06:26One suspect had died in prison during the pandemic.
06:30Confession, involuntary, torture, witnesses who had 100,000 days later, and were not reliable.
06:39The recovery discovery was not done according to the court's case.
06:42After 19 years, this case came to the High Court.
06:45The court had 5-9 sentence in the trial.
06:48The court had 5-9 sentence, and the rest had 7-9 sentence.
06:51The court had been acquittal.
06:52India today spoke with Mohamed Sajid Ansari, acquitted after 19 years.
07:07Ansari said he was framed by the anti-terrorism squad.
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08:20It has been given the name of the family.
08:27Convicted in 2015, acquitted in 2025.
08:32Many lives are overturned and an investigation under the scanner.
08:37And the question that remains unanswered, who was behind the 7-Eleven Mumbai train blasts?
08:4719 years after the Mumbai train blast, there are questions that still stare at the investigators.
08:53Who really was behind this entire terror attack? Who was the mastermind? Why was this terror attack done?
09:00All these questions remain unanswered even after 19 years
09:04because those who had been arrested by the anti-terrorism squad have been acquitted by the Bombay High Court.
09:10With cameraman Nitin Varane in Mumbai, Vidya for India Today.
09:13And tonight, let's raise the big questions then here on the news today.
09:17Another blow to the war against terror.
09:20When the accused after 18 years are completely acquitted.
09:24Criminal justice system failing in terror cases.
09:28Who is accountable for the total botch up of cases like this?
09:33How will the families of train blast victims get justice?
09:37And if people are released after 18 years, how will they get justice for the years lost?
09:44Lots of big questions to be answered.
09:46Dr. Miran Borwankar is former police commissioner of Pune.
09:50She was also in the Mumbai police at the time when this happened in 2006.
09:55Rizwan Merchant, senior criminal lawyer, one of the leading criminal lawyers of Mumbai.
09:59C.H. Chirag Chauhan is a survivor of the 7-Eleven bomb blast.
10:03Suffered spinal injuries and had to move around now on a wheelchair.
10:09And Dr. Wahid Sheikh is a lawyer and author of Beguna Kehdi.
10:13He was arrested and later acquitted in this case.
10:16So I appreciate all of you joining me on the show today.
10:20I just want to, before I come, just put those highlights of the Bombay High Court verdict.
10:25Because they are shocking.
10:27Prosecution utterly failed to establish offence beyond reasonable doubt.
10:32Unsaved to reach the satisfaction that accused have committed the offences.
10:37Prosecution created a false appearance of having solved the case.
10:42Deception by the prosecution undermines public trust.
10:45Difficult to accept, witnesses could recollect the face of accused after such a long gap.
10:50Confessions were obtained by the police via inducement or threats.
10:55Text from one confession is copy pasted as is on the other confessions.
11:01Signatures of accused on confessional statements obtained forcefully.
11:05Prosecution failed to refute torture allegations, confessions inadmissible in law.
11:11It's a trenchant critique of the Mumbai police, the prosecution and the way it conducted the 7-Eleven case.
11:18Dr. Miran Borwankar as a distinguished police officer of the Maharashtra card.
11:22What do you have to say?
11:23The Mumbai police or the Maharashtra police and the government has egg on its face?
11:28Yeah, no doubt I am very shocked Rajdeep.
11:35But I also want to understand how the special MCOC court which tried the case, accepted all
11:43this evidence of witnesses, of the confession, of linking of all these accused and gave death
11:53penalty to 5 and life sentence to 7.
11:58So, something is definitely amiss but I just can't pinpoint how one court gives death penalty
12:05and the higher court acquits altogether.
12:08I take your point and I'll take that to Rizwan in a moment but just the police ma'am, the police
12:13itself, whether it's the anti-terrorism squad which first prosecuted this case, put the blame
12:19on Simi, Lashkar, Pakistan, said this was a Pakistan plot, then the crime bureau which said
12:25this was done by Indian Mujahideen a couple of years later.
12:28What does it say about our police system ma'am if you cannot prosecute and investigate such
12:33a high profile case to ensure that the accused are convicted or you catch the wrong accused?
12:41So, I was in the crime branch at that time, we had also brought some suspects, there is
12:46no doubt there were many sleeping cells, there were many active agents and they were in fact
12:53confessing to us, now they go back on their, they retract their confessions that they were
12:58trained in Pakistan, linking them together into a conspiracy and fixing them.
13:06Somewhere we have failed probably but my question to you is that we could convince the special
13:11court MCOC.
13:13So, that's a very big question and I have no doubt in my mind that they were well-trained
13:22agents from across the border because I have myself interrogated a few of them.
13:28Okay, you know that is the question Rizwan Merchant that Miran Chadda Borwankar is raising
13:33that you have the special court, the trial court which in 2015 convicts them even gives
13:38death penalty some of the accused.
13:40What happens 10 years later?
13:42They are all acquitted for want of evidence or the evidence is not good enough.
13:46What does that say now about the criminal justice system and the way courts operate?
13:51Rajji, look, there are two things which are supposed to be listened to.
13:56I can understand the finding of the learned trial court has come into for a challenge and
14:02the learned trial judge findings have been corrected by the High Court.
14:05But the important thing is that all the material which formed a part of the charge sheet on the
14:10basis of which cognizance was taken before the MCOC court, on the basis of which all the
14:15accused were put to trial were all compiled by the office of the investigating agency.
14:21It was right under the nose of the senior officers of the investigating agency.
14:25If they found that the material was insufficient, they should not have charged with the accused.
14:30That is most important.
14:31Now, if you see one of the most important points and where the blunder of the police investigation
14:35team arises, kindly see.
14:37The test identification parade was held on the 7th of November 2006, I mean 2006, yes,
14:447th of November 2006 by an SEO, Mr. Burwe.
14:48Mr. Burwe was not even authorized as a special executive officer to hold that particular test identification parade.
14:54His appointment as an SEO, according to the High Court judgment, expired on the 7th of May 2005.
15:01And that particular appointment was renewed on 15th of November 2006.
15:05That is after the test identification parade was concerned.
15:09The lawless judge is severely erred in law.
15:12I understand and I agree, but the High Court has corrected it.
15:15And this happens to be one of the reasons why the test identification parade, which is such an important
15:20and vital exercise of identification of the perpetrators, has failed in law.
15:25And the courts have gone to the extent of saying that the doc identification in open court during the trial
15:30after so many years is insufficient.
15:33So, is that deliberate or incompetence?
15:36Is it incompetence?
15:37Incompetence.
15:38Incompetence.
15:39Incompetence.
15:40For the simple reason, you should know who the SEOs are and who are valid SEOs,
15:44with whom you can call for the purpose of holding a test identification parade.
15:47Where is the question of calling somebody who is not authorized to hold the test identification parade?
15:52Don't they have a record of who is valid and who is not?
15:54Who is authorized, who is not authorized?
15:56You pick up somebody whose appointment is already expired.
15:59What is the use of that evidence?
16:01You know, all of this, before I come to my other guest, Meeran Chadda Burwanka, to push you once again,
16:06it shows either that the police is incompetent, which one would like to believe they are not,
16:12or they simply are unable to crack these major high-profile cases.
16:17What is it?
16:18Why would so many errors, a series of errors, even the accusations are that confessions were copy-pasted,
16:25that there wasn't even the basic procedure followed.
16:28Basic procedural flaws have led to the accused being acquitted today.
16:33So, on the two points, that confessions have copy and paste, you just cannot justify.
16:42It's a failure, we must admit.
16:44And then, for the TIP, getting a special executive magistrate who at that particular time did not have the authorization,
16:52again, are mystic.
16:54But, I can tell you, I have had a case where an eight-years-old rape victim recognized me
17:03four years after the offense had taken place.
17:06So, that is not acceptable to me, that a witness cannot.
17:10In this case, the child was only eight years old, and yet she recognized the accused after four years.
17:16So, that particular past, I don't accept.
17:19Otherwise, mistakes, yes, and I'm sure that...
17:23Mistakes, ma'am, these are blunders.
17:24I'm sorry to say, these are blunders.
17:26189 people died.
17:28Today, they will get no closure, and I want to...
17:30I'll come back to you all, because C.H Chirag Chawan, you are a survivor of those blasts.
17:34You suffered spinal cord injuries.
17:36You are on a wheelchair today.
17:38When you heard today, that all the accused, all those who were convicted by a trial court have been acquitted.
17:43What was your first reaction, Chirag?
17:46Personally speaking, I had already moved on, you know, long back in my life and focusing on, you know, other things like, you know, studies and my practice.
17:55But when I heard about the news, I was very shocked that, oh, what's this happening?
17:59We are back to square zero.
18:01So, after 19 years, if you come to know that we don't know who's accountable for, then that's a problem.
18:06It's a collective failure of the entire system, be it judiciary, be it investigation team, or be it government at the time.
18:14Is there anger or a sense of hopelessness?
18:17Do you feel a sense of anger or hopelessness today?
18:19Both.
18:20A bit anger also, and completely hopelessness.
18:24That what next?
18:25Who's accountable?
18:27You know, Dr. Vaid Sheikh, you're a lawyer, author, Beguna Kehdi, you were among those who was initially arrested, you were among those accused, and you were then let off.
18:36Do you believe today that what happens to all those who have spent 18 years in jail?
18:40And Miran Borwankar says there is enough, she still believes enough evidence that many of those who were accused and convicted did get training from across the border.
18:49Do you believe that the wrong people were caught? Or no one, no one did the train blast? I mean, this is becoming like, no one killed Jessica, no one did a terror attack?
19:01Do you believe?
19:02Yeah.
19:03This case is not the case of 13 arrested accused persons including me.
19:10There is no need to take this case from this case.
19:14Meera Burunkar Madam, who was the chief chief of crime branch,
19:18has also been interrogated from this case.
19:21Unfortunately, this case came from the ATS,
19:25and the ATS has framed this case,
19:29he got tortured, confessed statement,
19:33laid out the case,
19:36the witnesses,
19:38the witnesses,
19:41the witnesses,
19:44the witnesses.
19:47My confession statement is not volunteers.
19:49My relatives who had accused of my trial court,
19:53उस ने व मुझे उस वक्त कर दिया था अगर मेरा गवा मे जो डिटनेस जो गवा बनाता है अगर वो पुलिसके दबाओं मे आकर गवाइद देता तो मैं भी आज 19 साल तक जेल में रहता और मुझे भी सजा मिल जाती था
20:14you
20:44I am listening.
21:14I am listening to Vahid today.
21:16Aapne kitne saal jayl mein guzare Vahid?
21:18I am 9 saal jayl mein guzare.
21:202006 se 2015.
21:222006 se 2015.
21:24Miran Borwankar, please answer.
21:26Who will give back Dr. Vahid Shaikh his years?
21:28At the end of the day, rule of law.
21:30We say the law is above all else.
21:32Today the Maharashtra government is saying we will appeal to the Supreme Court.
21:35Fair enough.
21:35But what happens as of today, the accused are acquitted.
21:40They are innocent.
21:42Vahid Shaikh spent 9 years in jail.
21:43He claims today that he was tortured.
21:46He has written a book on it.
21:47And confessions were extracted forcibly by the ATS.
21:51What does it say again?
21:54Rajdeep, I have been saying that whenever there is a case, please finish the trial within a year.
22:00In this particular case, okay, it was a complicated case.
22:03It did have agents from across the border because like Vahid has said, I have myself examined many of them.
22:12Of course, we didn't find enough evidence to charge sheet them.
22:18ATS found that particular evidence.
22:20But the point is that if you try the cases, even the MCOC case conviction is after 9 years and appeal is being cited after 19 years.
22:33So, why blame only the police?
22:35I accept the blame.
22:36Why blame the police?
22:37Because the ATS comes up with one finding.
22:40The crime branch comes up with another.
22:42And in the process, innocents can get caught.
22:45Many now believe the ATS was moving in one direction.
22:47The crime branch was moving in another.
22:49You all were saying Indian Mujahideen.
22:50The other group was saying Simi.
22:52At some stage, the police will also have to be held accountable.
22:57No, no, no.
22:57We were, see, by the time ATS had been created in Maharashtra, so because crime branch had its own informants,
23:06we were bringing people and talking to them and interrogating.
23:09We never identified which particular organization is involved.
23:14Whenever we would find a person whom we felt is a suspect, we will just talk, interrogate.
23:20But we did not conclude about any organization.
23:24Okay.
23:24Total case was with ATS.
23:26And, mind you, ATS also had some of the best officers of Maharashtra Police.
23:32You know, Rizwan Merchant, your view on this, what does this all say?
23:37You also put out the procedural points initially, which you say is incompetence.
23:41Is it just incompetence?
23:43Is there something more to it, Rizwan Merchant?
23:46When ATS gives one finding, crime branch comes with new findings, how do you respond?
23:51And you have someone like Vyad Sheikh who spent nine years in jail.
23:55Rajdeep, if you've seen the order of the Lordships, Justice Killor and Justice Chanda,
24:01they have essentially identified four issues which has led to this order of acquittal.
24:07One was procedural lapses.
24:09The other was unreliable witness testimonies.
24:12The third was torture, tainted confessions.
24:15And the fourth is mishandling of forensic evidence.
24:18All these four items essentially involve the participation of the investigating agency.
24:25If you do the procedural lapses, those procedural lapses, who is responsible for it?
24:29Only those investigating officers who are supposed to ensure that the due process of laws initiated during investigation.
24:35If you say unreliable witness testimonies, that means Bahir was justified in saying that people were picked up,
24:42who had nothing whatsoever to do with this particular case, and they were made witnesses.
24:46So therefore, their evidence was tainted and was identified by the High Court as unreliable.
24:51Torture, tainted confessions.
24:52Most important, mishandling of forensic evidence.
24:57Forensic evidence is supposed to be collected by the investigating officers and the forensic team together from the scene of the blast.
25:04You collected the forensic evidence and you mishandled those exhibits.
25:07What was the nature of mishandling will now be known in the body of the evidence as well as the gentleman?
25:16Who is responsible for this?
25:17Can you say to the competence of the officer which led to the mishandling of the forensic evidence?
25:21No.
25:22You are supposed to ensure whether the trial is held after one year, two years or 20 years.
25:26The forensic evidence is supposed to be handled and retained, protected essentially,
25:31so that at the right time it is produced, because the trial is not.
25:35So there is just fairness.
25:36You know, that comes to utter incompetence at the moment.
25:39Total incompetence.
25:40Absolutely utter incompetence.
25:41Whether the officers were senior or not, these are serious questions that the officers will answer.
25:45Why, Shayk, aad jab aap ne suna ki in logo ko acquit kiya gya hai,
25:49aap ka pahla reaction kya tha?
25:51Aap ne nau saal jail mein guzar hai, inho ne kuch logo ne athara saal jail mein guzar hai,
25:55kya kahengi aad?
25:56Lice yam, maye toh jab 2015 mein judgment áya tha,
26:00toh maye roh raha tha,
26:01or ye thiwel aacos jingko conviction laga tha,
26:04who has r ISO.
26:06Now the situation yo thi,
26:07kya jab judgment áya,
26:08toh jab judgment áya,
26:09toh jayadu andder hai,
26:10we bhi roh raha,
26:11how shall we raha,
26:12raha,
26:13yaj eventually haya,
26:14lékin inissaaf bady dverse ha45,
26:16jin officers,
26:17KP vangwabanshi ho,
26:19ATSK chief,
26:20A.N. Roy ho,
26:21Oswag Bombay ho,
26:23Jind officer na hume mara hai,
26:25हमें fabricate किया है, हमारे زィんだखी कि 18-19 साल बربाद किया है,
26:30उनका prosecution कब होगा, उनकी खिलाब सथा कब दी जाएगी,
26:34उनको कब जो है jail में डाला जाएगा.
26:36इस तरह से नागृी को मारना, confession लेना,
26:39छूटे evidence घड़ना, उनको सथा देना,
26:42।
27:12you know you are making you know miran borban can respond today to wahid
27:37sheikh as of today someone has to be held accountable someone has to be held there
27:42was a congress government in power ironically when the blast happened 2006 congress led bjp
27:48led government from 2014 in maharashtra for the main part so the political class will have to also
27:54answer but will any police officer answer ma'am will the police be held accountable if it is
27:58proven what white sheikh says that this entire case was fixed or the accused so-called accused
28:04were actually framed will someone be held accountable if that is also proven
28:10so i will not be able to make any statement about uh they're being framed because we have an mcoc
28:18court having convicted them but yes wherever there have been procedural lapses like pointed out by
28:25advocate merchant we can hold definitely hold officers responsible and accountable
28:32but to say uh that they were totally uh ma'am today wahid is crying ma'am today wahid is crying
28:39he has been meeting me for uh you know over these years claiming i'm innocent
28:48who will give back why he check his life is his nine years or these people that 19 years if it is
28:53proven that they were fully innocent so it's our collective responsibility and i also used to meet
28:59them when i was in the prison department they used to meet me i have shared their sorrows their anguish but
29:07why should in india a trial take place after nine years and appeal after 15 years while i am
29:13answer that rizwan rizwan why should it take so long the process is the punishment
29:19if you see that chart sheet which was filed in this case 20 000 pages those 20 000 pages i had an
29:29occasion to handle because i was initially appearing for wahid in that particular case
29:3470 percent of that thing was trash the chart sheets have been compiled into 20 000 pages 30 000 pages so
29:41that the trial gets delayed and these people rot in custody without trial this is the purpose of compiling
29:47such heavy charge the entire charge of wahid when i was called upon as an miq security to address the
29:53court run into 40 pages only which i utilize for addressing the court on the point of charge for
29:59wahid the rest was all trash not used at all the rest was all trash why aap kya kehenge aap is program
30:08peh meh aap guhse guhse meh okay why there's left but as you saw chirag i want a final word you've heard
30:17all these voices at the end of the day no one killed jessica but no one did the train blast i mean someone
30:26was out there conspiring whether it was pakistan's laskar whether it was isi whether it was uh uh
30:32this uh simi why it kya kehenge aakhir meh aaj aap aap is program meh roh rahae thay gusha tha
30:38kya kehenge aakhir meh kya kya kya chahiye aapko mera yeh kehena hai kya kya kya kya chahiye aapko
30:41ki動画альная kya kya chahiye aapko manager kya kya chahiye aapko rupees department kya mahrafi
30:48chahiye aapko rights department kora' direktur situations kya kya in kato ka maafi magma chahiye
30:51ji hitla krkoss mako LYEDors ampere kya Mrkgun toothpaste σarWS amoigi aapko tahe in kya hara
31:03Kiraag, final word from
31:33you as a survivor as you go home to sleep tonight what will you say to yourself what will you tell
31:39of Wahid? I don't know I'll be able to sleep tonight properly because it's like seeing Wahid
31:46I have a pity on him I don't know you know who's the real culprit because I was not the part of
31:51the you know the entire team who did the investigation nor I tracked the case since
31:56last so many years coming to the point you just want you just want the right people to be arrested
32:03convicted that will give you a sense of closure right but ideally if after 19 years we are you
32:12know back to square zero then where we would start from whom to blame I mean the investigation team
32:17or the judiciary where you know where we'll get the justice it's not justice delayed it's justice
32:21being killed that's right it's not even justice being denied it's justice being killed 189 people
32:28viewers died on that tragic day of 7-11 exactly 19 years ago in the city of Mumbai 19 years later
32:38this acquittal places huge question marks over the way our criminal prosecution system in the country
32:45operates to all my guests for joining me thank you very much serious questions the Mumbai police
32:51cannot escape from
32:53okay more big news now coming in vice president Jagdeep Dhankar has resigned that's right big story
33:06Jagdeep Dhankar has cited medical reasons remember Jagdeep Dhankar has been in and out of hospital
33:12in recent months today the parliament session began but now comes this dramatic announcement by
33:19mr. Dhankar that he is resigning he was chairing the rajasabha he's the chairperson of the rajasabha he
33:26was out there in the morning holding forth and now suddenly at about 9 30 this evening has come the big
33:34story that Jagdeep Dhankar has resigned as vice president citing medical reasons we're going to get you more
33:43details on that remember mr. Dhankar just a month ago had gone on a visit to Uttarakhand and complained of chest
33:50pain was taken in and to a hospital that was not the only occasion there was a previous occasion a couple of
33:58months ago where similarly he had complained of chest pain so Jagdeep Dhankar has resigned on health grounds that's the big story that's breaking at the moment
34:09here on the news today Piyush Mishra my colleague is joining me with that story Piyush give us more reason
34:17because only this morning mr. Dhankar was conducting the proceedings of the rajasabha
34:21and now what we have told is that he has put down his papers he has resigned on health grounds and his office has also tweeted a notification which says and I quote to prioritize health care and abide by medical advice I have resigned as the vice president of India effective
34:43effective effective immediately in accordance with article 67 a of the constitution he is also a vice president of India the former who is now former he has also extended his deepest gratitude to the honorable president of India for her unbibring support and the soothing wonderful working relationship as he maintained during his tenure remember this
35:05in the last few months in the last few months we have seen how Jagdeep Dhankar was in and out of the hospital he was also admitted in where top leaders of the government had also gone to visit him and during his visits to other parts of the country also we have seen you know Jagdeep Dhankar falling ill because of that now what we are told is that on health grounds Jagdeep Dhankar vice president
35:27he has now resigned from his post he served as the governor of Bengal and since August 2022 he was holding this constitutional post and today in the morning also we saw him holding this office he was conducting the proceedings of Rajasabha but now he has resigned and he has also expressed his deep gratitude to the prime minister
35:52Narendra Modi and the prime minister's cooperation and support has been invaluable and he has learned a lot during his time in the office he further says I am deeply thankful for the invaluable experiences and insights I have gained as vice president in our great democracy
36:14Narendra Modi and it has also been privileged and predisposition where to witness and partake in India the remarkable economic progress so these are the votes which we are right now picking you know we are you know according to the resignation letter which has also been uploaded on the website of vice president of India and also on the social media account
36:34in the past few times we have seen how vice president has been thrown out of the hospital he was also you know his health about his health condition we have seen how not only prime minister but also the president of India has been taking information we also remember that during his last visit to the state of Himachan Pradesh
36:57Jagdeep Dhankar has fallen in and now on the ground he has resigned from the force of vice president of India
37:04but the question will arise of course Piyush that here is someone who this morning was conducting the Rajasabha did not seem any the worse for it suddenly nine hours later he resigns remember there was a large gap between the between the previous session which ended in early April we are now in the middle of July during that period Mr. Jagdeep Dhankar has been attending a series of functions
37:26he has also made several remarks that have attracted headlines including questioning the basic structure doctrine of the constitution he has also only yesterday endorsed the prime minister on Operation Sindhu questioned those who criticised the government questioned almost Donald Trump and his ceasefire announcements he has been seen as a strong backer of the Modi government this has also led to some criticism that he wasn't acting fully as a neutral umpire
37:55as chairperson of the Rajasabha but was batting for the government Mr. Dhankar for his part maintained that he was only following the rule of law that he was someone who stood by legal principles remember he was a lawyer a Supreme Court lawyer for a long time he has taken also particularly seriously the matter of impeachment of Justice Verma raising that issue and saying that the judiciary needs to be held more accountable in fact the entire division of power between the court and the court
38:25has been parliament and judiciary on several occasions its own the court has been critical of the judiciary also of the collegium system
38:35so here is someone who in recent times has been making the headlines he's not been a vice president who's been in the shadows but a vice president who's been out there in the public domain making major statements and to resign on the very first day of the monsoon session of parliament will cast some kind of a question mark does this resignation of the
38:55Piyush come into effect
38:57as of tomorrow morning?
38:59Are we saying that tomorrow when
39:01parliament reconvenes at 11am
39:03Mr. Dhankar will not be
39:05in chair? Has the Prime Minister
39:07accepted that
39:09resignation? Presumably that resignation
39:11has gone to the President. Sorry. Has the
39:13President accepted the resignation?
39:16Well,
39:17what we are obviously told
39:19Rajiv that this
39:20resignation has been sent
39:23to the Honorable President of India
39:25and in the last of this letter
39:27you can read that our wife
39:29President, Jadip Dhankar, has
39:30marked Honorable President of India which means
39:33that this letter has already been sent and
39:34it depends upon the President as to when
39:37he is going to accept this resignation
39:39but after the acceptance of resignation
39:41we can expect Dhankar
39:43to not continue his
39:44duties as the person of
39:46Rajiv Seba but one thing very clear that
39:48after this resignation now
39:50there is very much
39:52now it also takes the
39:54way for the appointment of
39:56new Vice President. So it means to be seen
39:58who that will be. There are
40:00many names in the BJP,
40:02in the government and also
40:04in the entire
40:05BJP organization. So any senior
40:08leader could be given the chance
40:10to become the Vice President of India and for that
40:12a thorough process has to be followed but
40:14what is more important here is that
40:15Vice President, Jadip Dhankar, has
40:18resigned the grounds of health
40:20which is also a concerning point. We have
40:22seen him getting also
40:24I just want clarity. Will he
40:26will he be chairing the
40:27Rajiv Seba tomorrow morning or not?
40:31Well as of now
40:32till the time there is no
40:34acceptance from the top
40:36office of the country and from the President of India
40:38he is likely to continue
40:40as Vice President and after the appointment
40:42of a new state or a new leader
40:44we can expect him to
40:46this country. And his term
40:50was till 2027?
40:53Well absolutely
40:54absolutely and that is why it is
40:56shocking and surprising but yes because
40:58of health reasons
40:58Jadip Dhankar has to put down his papers
41:02as the Vice President of India.
41:03Okay so Piyush Mishra is giving us those
41:06details. We will try and get reactions including
41:08from Rajasabha MPs
41:10remember
41:11Jadip Dhankar was someone who
41:13was accused by his critics of
41:16running the Rajasabha as bit of a
41:17headmaster and batting for one side
41:20that's the government
41:21but his supporters said he was
41:24someone who was trying to
41:25bring about discipline and
41:27trying to ensure the minimal
41:29walkouts in the Rajasabha
41:31and thereby
41:32was an effective chairperson
41:35so he did divide opinion
41:37Jadip Dhankar
41:39and obviously
41:41given his proximity to the ruling
41:43government questions will be asked
41:45about the timing
41:46why suddenly has he chosen
41:48but he's made it very specific
41:49in his statement
41:51that he has resigned due to health reasons
41:53so health reasons
41:55Jadip Dhankar
41:55who's had
41:56a few problems with his health
41:59in recent months
42:00has submitted
42:01his resignation as Vice President
42:03the only question that will come
42:04could this have happened inter-say
42:06that's between the sessions
42:07why on the eve of the session
42:10has he chosen to do so
42:11there will be of course an entire process
42:13of electing a new Vice President
42:15Mr. Dhankar
42:17or the government certainly has the majority
42:19so they will be able to
42:20be able to get their person in
42:24I'm just trying to get in also
42:27our other panelists
42:28the last occasion by the way
42:29just as a bit of trivia
42:30that I can recall
42:31of a Vice President
42:33Zakir Hussain
42:35you will recall
42:36passed away
42:38I think as Vice President
42:40if I'm not mistaken
42:42but joining me now
42:44Aishwarya Paliwal
42:45joins me
42:46Aishwarya
42:46this news will come
42:48with some element of shock
42:50and surprise
42:50Jagdeep Dhankar
42:51resigning
42:52on the very first day
42:54of the Monsoon session
42:55okay
43:00Moshbi Singh
43:02is in fact
43:03joining us
43:03Moshbi
43:03you are there
43:04in Parliament
43:04covering it
43:05this decision
43:06suddenly seems
43:07to have taken
43:08everyone by surprise
43:09very first day
43:09of Parliament session
43:10Mr. Dhankar
43:11was there
43:12evening
43:12he announces
43:13his resignation
43:13what's the story
43:15see Rajdeep
43:17Mr. Dhankar
43:19has put out
43:19a letter
43:20and clearly
43:21cited health reasons
43:22so thereby
43:24you know
43:25putting any other
43:26speculation
43:26to rest
43:27in his letter
43:28but something
43:29you know
43:30there is more
43:31than that
43:31what meets the eye
43:33because
43:33had it been
43:35a resignation
43:36that was
43:37already
43:38slotted
43:39and
43:39was going
43:40to happen
43:41you know
43:41there could be
43:42a bit of a protocol
43:44or ceremony
43:45or
43:46the buzz
43:47would have been
43:48around in the
43:48Parliament
43:49in fact
43:50Mr. Dhankar
43:51I will just
43:51state the facts
43:53as they are
43:54through the day
43:55was very much
43:57you know
43:58engrossed
43:59in
43:59the
44:00notice
44:02or the letter
44:03that
44:03I am just
44:04stopping you
44:05for a moment
44:06there
44:06just for also
44:07clarification
44:08remember
44:09when
44:09Zakir Hussain
44:11passed away
44:11he was president
44:12of the country
44:13not vice president
44:13so that was
44:14of course
44:15in the late
44:151960s
44:16it led to
44:17of course
44:17the election
44:18eventually
44:19of VV Giri
44:20as president
44:21and changed
44:21Indian politics
44:22but that's
44:23in the past
44:23Mr. Dhankar
44:24has resigned
44:25due to health
44:26reasons
44:26so I don't
44:27think that's
44:27ever happened
44:28Moshmi
44:28in the past
44:29that a vice
44:30president resigns
44:31in the middle
44:32of a term
44:33but go ahead
44:34give us more
44:34details Moshmi
44:35go ahead
44:35please
44:36so Rajdeep
44:38I was saying
44:38that you know
44:39there is
44:40we have to
44:41report
44:44the things
44:45as they
44:45unfold
44:46and you know
44:47throughout the
44:48day I did
44:49not hear
44:49any news
44:51or information
44:52that Mrs.
44:53Dhankar
44:54was planning
44:54to step
44:55down
44:55so that
44:56is really
44:56clear
44:57that it
44:58wasn't there
44:58out in
44:59the Ratsaba
45:01or in the
45:01parliament
45:02that any
45:02such step
45:03would be
45:04taken
45:05so it
45:05is a
45:06step that
45:06he has
45:07taken
45:07as he
45:07cited
45:08health
45:09reasons
45:09but
45:09throughout
45:10the day
45:10he was
45:12involved
45:12in the
45:13impeachment
45:14notice
45:15that was
45:16given by
45:16the opposition
45:17members
45:18there were
45:19a flurry
45:19of activities
45:20in the
45:21government
45:22circles
45:23after that
45:24because
45:24you know
45:25the impeachment
45:26notice
45:27signed by
45:27opposition
45:28members
45:28in the
45:29upper house
45:29was admitted
45:30and Mr.
45:31Dhankar
45:32also
45:32said
45:33that
45:34notice
45:36has
45:37been
45:37admitted
45:37he'll
45:38take a
45:38call
45:38I'm just
45:40stopping you
45:40because Priyanka
45:41Chaturvedi
45:41Rajya Sabha
45:42MP from
45:42the Shiv Sena
45:43is joining
45:44me on the
45:44phone line
45:44Priyanka
45:45Chaturvedi
45:46has this
45:47news taken
45:47a lot
45:48of the
45:48parliamentarians
45:49by surprise
45:49no absolutely
45:51absolutely
45:52considering that
45:53the vice
45:54president
45:54honorable
45:54vice
45:55president
45:55chairman
45:55was always
45:56opposed
45:56to my
45:56stance
45:57and things
45:57that I
45:58did
45:58however
45:59it comes
45:59as a
45:59huge
46:00surprise
46:00to me
46:01that
46:01someone
46:02who
46:02has
46:02been
46:02so
46:02committed
46:03to the
46:03parliamentary
46:04procedure
46:04and to
46:05ensure
46:06that
46:06the
46:06parliament
46:07was
46:07running
46:07smoothly
46:09as much
46:10as
46:10the
46:10criticism
46:10came
46:11his way
46:11therefore
46:12the
46:12resignation
46:13has
46:13taken me
46:14by surprise
46:15because
46:15he was
46:15very much
46:16in the
46:16parliament
46:16today
46:16and he
46:17was
46:17actively
46:17participating
46:18in the
46:18parliamentary
46:18procedure
46:19so I
46:20wouldn't
46:20want to
46:20comment
46:21about
46:21this
46:21resignation
46:22until I
46:22don't
46:22know
46:23exactly
46:23the
46:23reasons
46:24because
46:24health
46:25wise
46:25of course
46:25he was
46:28considering
46:28he was
46:29actively
46:29participating
46:30today
46:30I was
46:30hoping
46:30that
46:31his
46:31health
46:31was
46:31absolutely
46:32fine
46:32but I
46:33wish him
46:33a speedy
46:33recovery
46:34if he
46:34is
46:35really
46:35having
46:36these
46:36health
46:36challenges
46:36I just
46:38want to
46:38put out
46:38that
46:39article
46:3967
46:40of the
46:40constitution
46:40thanks
46:41very
46:41much
46:41Priyanka
46:42Chaturvedi
46:42for joining
46:42us
46:43article
46:4367
46:44of the
46:44constitution
46:45I'm
46:45going to
46:45read it
46:45out
46:46the
46:46vice
46:46president
46:47shall
46:47hold
46:47office
46:48for a
46:48term
46:48of
46:48five
46:49years
46:49from
46:49the
46:49date
46:49on
46:50which
46:50he
46:50enters
46:50upon
46:51his
46:51office
46:51provided
46:52that
46:52a
46:52vice
46:53president
46:53may
46:53by
46:54writing
46:54under
46:54his
46:54hand
46:55address
46:55to
46:55the
46:55president
46:56resign
46:56his
46:57office
46:57b
46:57a
46:58vice
46:58president
46:58may
46:58be
46:58removed
46:59from
46:59his
46:59office
46:59by
47:00a
47:00resolution
47:00of
47:01the
47:01council
47:01of
47:01states
47:01passed
47:02by
47:02a
47:02majority
47:02of
47:03all
47:03the
47:03then
47:03members
47:04of
47:04the
47:04council
47:04and
47:05agreed
47:05to
47:05by
47:05the
47:06house
47:06of
47:06the
47:06people
47:06but
47:07no
47:07resolution
47:07for
47:08that
47:08purpose
47:08of
47:08this
47:09clause
47:09shall
47:10be
47:10moved
47:11unless
47:11at least
47:1214
47:13days
47:13notice
47:14has
47:14been
47:14given
47:14of
47:15the
47:15intention
47:16to
47:16move
47:16the
47:16resolution
47:17that's
47:17for
47:17removal
47:17a
47:18vice
47:18president
47:19shall
47:19not
47:20withstanding
47:20the
47:21expiration
47:21of
47:21his
47:22term
47:22continue
47:22to
47:23hold
47:23office
47:23until
47:23his
47:24successor
47:24enters
47:24upon
47:25his
47:25office
47:25now
47:26he
47:26can
47:27resign
47:27but
47:28he
47:28will
47:28continue
47:29until
47:29his
47:29successor
47:30enters
47:30upon
47:31his
47:31office
47:31is
47:32what
47:32article
47:3367
47:33of
47:34the
47:34constitution
47:35suggests
47:36Aishwarya
47:37Paliwal
47:38also
47:38now
47:38joining
47:39me
47:39Aishwarya
47:39are you
47:40also
47:40is
47:41everyone
47:42as
47:42Moshmi
47:42said
47:43Mr.
47:43Dankar
47:43was
47:44going
47:44about
47:44his
47:44parliamentary
47:45responsibilities
47:45today
47:46but
47:46here
47:46on
47:47the
47:47very
47:47first
47:47day
47:47he
47:48resigns
47:49presumably
47:49now
47:49the
47:50government
47:50will
47:50have
47:51to
47:51elect
47:51a
47:51successor
47:51in
47:52this
47:52session
47:53itself
47:53well
47:54definitely
47:55you know
47:55Rajdeep
47:55and the
47:56big
47:56question
47:56now
47:56will
47:57be
47:57who
47:57will
47:57become
47:58who
47:58will
47:58come
47:58in
47:58his
47:59place
47:59you know
47:59Rajdeep
47:59till now
48:00we were
48:00all
48:00keeping
48:01our eyes
48:01focused
48:01on
48:01who
48:02will
48:02become
48:02the
48:02BJP
48:03head
48:03next
48:04and
48:04now
48:04you know
48:05what
48:05we will
48:05see
48:05in the
48:06next
48:0624
48:06hours
48:06is
48:06the
48:07big
48:07question
48:07who
48:07will
48:08now
48:08take
48:08the
48:08place
48:09of
48:09Vice
48:09President
48:09Dankar
48:10because
48:10as
48:10Moski
48:11was
48:11also
48:11pointing
48:11out
48:12we
48:12were
48:12all
48:12in
48:13the
48:13parliament
48:13today
48:13and
48:14the
48:14proceedings
48:14were
48:14going
48:15as
48:15per
48:15schedule
48:16we
48:17were
48:17all
48:17looking
48:17at
48:18when
48:19we
48:19will
48:19see
48:19the
48:20MPs
48:20signing
48:20in
48:20fact
48:21let me
48:21tell
48:21you
48:21the
48:21Ratsabai
48:22MPs
48:22almost
48:23more
48:23than
48:2350
48:23of
48:24them
48:24have
48:24already
48:24signed
48:25and
48:25saying
48:25that
48:26they
48:26want
48:26a
48:26motion
48:26to
48:27be
48:27moved
48:27in
48:28the
48:28upper
48:28house
48:28so
48:29that's
48:29also
48:29something
48:29that
48:29we
48:30were
48:30looking
48:31at
48:31surprise
48:31yes
48:32you know
48:32shock
48:33and
48:33surprise
48:33in
48:33equal
48:33measure
48:34there
48:34Rajneep
48:35we
48:35will
48:35now
48:36have
48:36to
48:36see
48:36what
48:37happens
48:38with
48:38regards
48:38to
48:38the
48:38BJP
48:39who
48:39will
48:39now
48:39come
48:40in
48:40his
48:40place
48:40that's
48:41also
48:41something
48:41that
48:41we
48:41will
48:42have
48:42to
48:42see
48:52us
48:52will
48:53go
48:53through
48:53the
48:53judges
48:53inquiry
48:54act
48:54which
48:55is
48:55likely
48:55to
48:55be
48:55appointed
48:56by
48:56the
48:56speaker
48:57of
48:57the
48:57Lok Sabha
48:58possibly
48:58as
48:59early
48:59as
48:59tomorrow
49:00but
49:00just
49:01give us
49:01a sense
49:01how did
49:02people
49:02see
49:03Jagdeep
49:03Dhankar
49:04he was
49:04a bit
49:04of a
49:04polarizing
49:05figure
49:05there was
49:05Priyanka
49:06Chaturvedi
49:06of the
49:07opposition
49:07saying
49:07he didn't
49:08always
49:09give the
49:09opposition
49:09the
49:10space
49:10they
49:10wanted
49:11there
49:11was
49:11a lot
49:11of
49:11criticism
49:12the
49:12opposition
49:12MPs
49:13even
49:13tried
49:13to
49:13impeach
49:14him
49:14you
49:15will
49:15recall
49:15a year
49:17or so
49:17ago
49:18that
49:18impeachment
49:19didn't
49:19work
49:19they
49:19didn't
49:20have
49:20the
49:20number
49:20but
49:20the
49:20opposition
49:21wasn't
49:21very
49:21pleased
49:22with
49:22it
49:22the
49:22government
49:23was
49:23very
49:23happy
49:23with
49:23him
49:24well
49:25the
49:25government
49:25definitely
49:26was
49:26happy
49:27with
49:27him
49:27and
49:27you
49:28know
49:28we
49:28did
49:28see
49:28how
49:29you
49:29rightly
49:29continued
49:30the
49:30number
49:30of
49:30signatures
49:31that
49:31the
49:31opposition
49:32MPs
49:32wanted
49:32they
49:32were
49:33not
49:33able
49:33to
49:33get
49:33the
49:34adequate
49:34number
49:34of
49:35signatures
49:35the
49:35opposition
49:36time
49:44with
49:45the
49:45opposition
49:46leader
49:46so
49:46this
49:46was
49:46the
49:46allegation
49:47coming
49:47in
49:47from
49:48there
49:48they
49:48used
49:49to
49:49say
49:49that
49:49the
49:50way
49:50he
49:50is
49:50treating
49:50us
49:51he
49:51is
49:51not
49:51letting
49:51us
49:52speak
49:52whereas
49:52the
49:53time
49:53he
49:53used
49:53to
49:54give
49:54to
49:54those
49:54who
49:55were
49:55aligned
49:57with
49:57the
49:58BJP
49:58and
49:58to
49:58the
49:58BJP
49:59MPs
49:59was
50:00different
50:00so
50:00that
50:00is
50:00what
50:01the
50:01opposition
50:01time
50:01and
50:02again
50:02used
50:02to
50:02say
50:02and
50:03we
50:03also
50:03see
50:03if
50:03you
50:04remember
50:04that
50:05very
50:05incident
50:05where
50:06fun
50:06was
50:06made
50:07you
50:07know
50:07in
50:07a
50:07very
50:08mocking
50:08tone
50:08we
50:08did
50:09see
50:09how
50:09mimicry
50:10was
50:10done
50:10of
50:11Jagdeep
50:11Dhankar
50:12big
50:12for all
50:12the BJP
50:13also at
50:13that point
50:14of time
50:14said
50:14that
50:14you
50:15need
50:15to
50:15respect
50:15the
50:15chair
50:16he's
50:16the
50:16vice
50:16president
50:17of
50:17our
50:17country
50:17so
50:18all
50:18these
50:18things
50:18taken
50:19into
50:19account
50:19polarizing
50:20figure
50:20yes
50:21we
50:21will
50:22have
50:22to
50:22see
50:22how
50:22the
50:22opposition
50:23reacts
50:23because
50:23that
50:24is
50:24the
50:24problem
50:26with
50:30Aishwarya's
50:31audio
50:31but
50:32as
50:32I
50:32said
50:32Mr.
50:33Dankar
50:33was seen
50:34as a
50:34controversial
50:35figure
50:35the
50:36opposition
50:36did
50:36try
50:37to
50:37impeach
50:38him
50:38there
50:38were
50:38question
50:39marks
50:39over
50:39the
50:39signatures
50:40of
50:40some
50:41of
50:41the
50:41opposition
50:41MPs
50:42there
50:42were
50:42also
50:42question
50:43marks
50:43over
50:43some
50:44of
50:44the
50:44statements
50:44that
50:45he
50:45would
50:45make
50:45outside
50:46parliament
50:46which
50:47were
50:47essentially
50:47seen
50:48to
50:48be
50:48endorsing
50:50the
50:50government's
50:51view
50:51on
50:51every
50:52issue
50:52should
50:53the
50:53vice
50:53president
50:53be
50:54as
50:54neutral
50:54as
50:55possible
50:55was
50:55a
50:55question
50:56the
50:56opposition
50:56raised
50:57the
50:57government
50:57on the
50:58other
50:58hand
50:58said
50:59that
50:59Mr.
50:59Dankar
51:00would
51:00not
51:00be
51:00the
51:01kind
51:01who
51:01would
51:01be
51:01bulldozed
51:02by
51:02the
51:02opposition
51:03he
51:03had
51:03strong
51:04views
51:04and
51:05he
51:05was
51:05entitled
51:05to
51:06express
51:06them
51:06particularly
51:07on
51:07the
51:08judiciary
51:08I
51:08have
51:09with
51:09me
51:09the
51:09letter
51:10that
51:10Mr.
51:11Dankar
51:11has
51:12written
51:12as
51:12part
51:12of
51:13his
51:13resignation
51:14he
51:16says
51:16the
51:17warm
51:17trust
51:17and
51:23express
51:23my
51:23deep
51:24gratitude
51:24to
51:24honorable
51:25prime
51:26minister
51:26and
51:27the
51:27esteemed
51:28council
51:28of
51:28ministers
51:29his
51:29prime
51:30minister's
51:30cooperation
51:30support
51:31have been
51:31invaluable
51:32I have
51:32learned
51:32much
51:33during
51:33my
51:33time
51:33in
51:34office
51:34the
51:34question
51:35will be
51:35Aishwarya
51:42is still
51:42with us
51:42I don't
51:43know
51:43whether
51:43Maushmi
51:43is
51:43there
51:44but
51:44there
51:45are
51:45lot
51:46of
51:46contenders
51:46presumably
51:47within
51:47the
51:47BJP
51:48there
51:48is
51:48so
51:48much
51:49of
51:49talk
51:49about
51:49BJP
51:50president
51:51that
51:52issue
51:52has
51:52been
51:52pending
51:53for
51:53months
51:53on
51:53end
51:53suddenly
51:54the
51:54BJP
51:55has
51:55a
51:55new
51:55headache
51:55who
51:56do
51:58they
51:58make
51:59who
51:59do
51:59they
51:59find
52:00now
52:00who
52:00will
52:01fulfill
52:02the
52:02criteria
52:02of
52:03Mr.
52:04Dhankar
52:04someone
52:04who is
52:05seen
52:05to be
52:06proximate
52:06to the
52:06government
52:07who is
52:07that
52:07person
52:07likely
52:08to be
52:08Venka
52:09and I
52:09do
52:09before
52:09him
52:09now
52:10Dhankar
52:10who's
52:11likely
52:11to be
52:11brought
52:12out of
52:12the
52:12hat
52:12any
52:12names
52:13doing
52:13the
52:13rounds
52:13already
52:14you
52:19rightly
52:19pointed
52:19we were
52:20all
52:21looking at
52:22who will
52:22become
52:22the
52:23BJP
52:23president
52:24we had
52:25all these
52:25names
52:25doing
52:25rounds
52:26and now
52:26the next
52:2724 hours
52:27will be
52:27crucial for
52:28the BJP
52:29and also
52:30for us
52:30reporters
52:30covering
52:31parliament
52:31we will
52:32now have
52:32to see
52:32the name
52:33that comes
52:34up
52:34the procedures
52:34that will
52:35be followed
52:35how will
52:36the next
52:3748 hours
52:37pan out
52:38because we
52:38have the
52:38parliament
52:39session
52:39going on
52:40today was
52:40just the
52:40first day
52:41next 31
52:43days is
52:43something that
52:44we will
52:44have to
52:44look at
52:46but yes
52:46someone who
52:47can manage
52:48the house
52:48because the
52:48opposition
52:49was raising
52:49fingers but
52:50the BJP
52:51was always
52:51coming and
52:52saying that
52:53what you
52:53are doing
52:53in Rajya
52:54Sabah you
52:54are not
52:55respecting the
52:55chair so
52:56we did
52:56see that
52:57Chakdeep
52:57Dhankar had
52:58the backing
52:58of the BJP
52:59time and
52:59again the
52:59top leaders
53:00of the BJP
53:01used to
53:01say that
53:02what the
53:02opposition
53:02is doing
53:03in Rajya
53:03Sabah is
53:04not correct
53:04so yes
53:05we will now
53:05have to see
53:06the names
53:06that are
53:06doing rounds
53:07but at
53:07the moment
53:07it's too
53:08fresh
53:08for names
53:09to be out
53:10with regards
53:10to who the
53:11BJP will
53:11favor
53:16it was
53:16Venkai Naidu
53:17who was
53:18there for
53:18the first
53:18six years
53:19of course
53:20taking over
53:21from Hamid
53:21Ansari
53:22Venkai Naidu
53:23was a
53:23veteran BJP
53:24politician
53:25Dhankar had
53:27served with
53:28if I recall
53:29with Mr.
53:30Chandrasekhar
53:30was very
53:31close to
53:31former
53:32Prime Minister
53:32Mr.
53:32Chandrasekhar
53:33had switched
53:34a number
53:34of parties
53:34comes from
53:35Rajasthan
53:36but he was
53:37in more than
53:38one party
53:38eventually
53:39finding place
53:40in the BJP
53:40but Moshmi
53:41what is the
53:43opposition saying
53:44about this
53:45have they been
53:45taken by
53:46surprise
53:46I was asking
53:47Aishwarya
53:48who will
53:48replace
53:48she says
53:50that's
53:51very difficult
53:52to say
53:52but how is
53:53the opposition
53:54seeing this
53:55they have
53:55been critical
53:56let's be
53:56honest
53:57of Vice
53:58President
53:59Dhankar
53:59saying that
53:59he has
54:00not been
54:01a neutral
54:01umpire
54:02right
54:04Rajneet
54:04you know
54:05the thing
54:06that I was
54:07pointing out
54:07to was
54:08that there
54:08was a
54:08discussion
54:09in the
54:09evening
54:10and you
54:11know
54:11the opposition
54:11leaders
54:12were very
54:13happy
54:15and they
54:17felt very
54:18high about
54:19the fact
54:19that you
54:20know in
54:20the Raj
54:22Sabha
54:22they had
54:22been able
54:23to move
54:24an impeachment
54:25give an impeachment
54:27notice to the
54:28chairman
54:28solely without
54:30the ruling
54:30party
54:31and they said
54:32that you know
54:32Ms. Dhankar
54:33had admitted
54:34that now
54:35they said
54:35that the
54:35government
54:36wanted that
54:36notice
54:37should actually
54:38come via
54:39the Lok
54:39Sabha
54:40and the
54:40entire
54:40impeachment
54:41motion
54:42should happen
54:42in the
54:43lower house
54:43and thereby
54:44you know
54:45I even
54:46asked them
54:46the question
54:47that why
54:47didn't you
54:48take the
54:49ruling party
54:49MPs on
54:50board
54:51in the
54:51upper house
54:52if they
54:52had taken
54:53you on
54:54board
54:54in the
54:54lower house
54:55where the
54:55signatures
54:56were done
54:56by all
54:57opposition
54:57and ruling
54:58party
54:58MPs
54:59so it
55:00was a
55:01one-upmanship
55:01of sorts
55:02that we saw
55:03and what
55:03I'm pointing
55:04out to
55:05is
55:05Mr.
55:05Dhankar
55:06was completely
55:07engrossed
55:09in the
55:09thick of
55:09things
55:10knowing
55:10what's
55:11happening
55:11he even
55:12said that
55:13the notice
55:13has been
55:13will be
55:15taken due
55:16notice of
55:17and will
55:18be admitted
55:18by tomorrow
55:19so I
55:20really
55:21fail to
55:21understand
55:22that what
55:22caused him
55:23to really
55:24put up that
55:25resignation
55:25all of a
55:26sudden
55:26there is
55:27something
55:28really
55:28one view
55:28of course
55:31is that
55:31this will
55:32ensure that
55:33whatever
55:33change has
55:34to be taken
55:34takes place
55:35during this
55:36session itself
55:36you don't
55:37have to
55:37call
55:37parliament
55:38again
55:38but the
55:40fact that
55:40maybe
55:41Mr.
55:41Dhankar
55:42decided
55:42today
55:42first day
55:43symbolic
55:43he would
55:44attend
55:44perhaps
55:45and then
55:47take
55:47that big
55:48call
55:48to resign
55:49of vice
55:50president
55:50with immediate
55:50effect
55:51I think
55:51that's an
55:51important
55:52line there
55:52I am
55:53resigning
55:53as vice
55:54president
55:54with immediate
55:55effect
55:56is what
55:56we are
55:57being told
55:57we are
55:58hoping to
55:58get some
55:59opposition
55:59leaders
56:00and
56:00government
56:00spokespersons
56:01to react
56:02MPs to
56:03react to
56:04what has
56:04just been
56:05heard
56:05remember the
56:06chair the
56:07opposition
56:08leader in
56:08the Rajasabha
56:09is JP
56:09Nadda
56:10and the
56:11Malik Arjun
56:12whose birthday
56:13it is
56:1383rd birthday
56:14today is the
56:15leader of the
56:16opposition in
56:17the Rajasabha
56:20but the big
56:21news that
56:22really has
56:24broken this
56:24evening
56:24Jagdeep
56:26Dhankar
56:26vice president
56:27of the
56:27country has
56:28resigned to
56:29prioritize his
56:30health
56:30we wish
56:32him well
56:32we wish
56:32him a
56:33speedy
56:33recovery
56:33we know
56:34that he
56:34has gone
56:35through
56:35difficult
56:36times
56:36when it
56:36comes
56:37on
56:37health
56:37grounds
56:38and
56:38we
56:38hope
56:39that
56:39he
56:39will
56:39continue
56:40to
56:40contribute
56:40in
56:41some
56:41way
56:41or
56:42the
56:42other
56:42to
56:43public
56:44life
56:44that
56:44letter
56:45which is
56:46playing
56:46on my
56:47screen
56:47thing
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