A Muslim cleric on Thursday criticised, in the strongest terms, cricketer Mohammed Shami as he sipped an energy drink during India's Champions Trophy semi-final against Australia in blazing Dubai heat.
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00:00Our national hero shamed over Roza.
00:14Shami calls sinner for not keeping Roza.
00:25Star bowler at champions trophy shamed.
00:50Shami Roza Rao.
00:51That is our top focus on five lines.
00:58In that crucial match against Australia, which enabled India to enter the finals,
01:03Shami took three crucial wickets, including that of Steve Smith.
01:07Look at his four matches, eight wickets.
01:10These are some of the statistics that that Molana must know about because the nation is very proud of Mohammed Shami.
01:16His best has been five for fifty three economy of four point nine six.
01:21And India has performed splendidly in the champions trophy so far.
01:26Perhaps the Molana not only needs to know a little about cricket, but as many Islamic scholars say, even about Islam.
01:34I'll tell you more about that in greater detail.
01:36I'm Gaurav Sawant. Let's get started with the headlines on five live.
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03:27There is an unfortunate controversy over India's PESA Mohammed Shami.
03:40The nation is very proud of his achievements. He is the record holder Indian PESA.
03:45India is currently on tour for the Champions Trophy in Dubai.
03:48But one image, one image of India's PESA sipping perhaps an energy drink during the match in Dubai and that too against Australia,
04:01that India won and he had a stellar role to perform in that victory.
04:06It's triggered a rebuke from Islamic clerics criticizing Mohammed Shami for being Muslim, for being fit,
04:14for playing and not observing Roza or a fast during the holy month of Ramzan.
04:20A Muslim cleric has claimed that the cricketer has sinned. He said it's not any sin, it's gunah-e-azim
04:29or a very severe or a very serious sin by sipping water or an energy drink despite being fit
04:35and fit enough to play. He says if you're fit enough to play a match, you should be fit enough to keep a Roza.
04:42Now speaking to India today, Mohammed Shami's brother, he's condemned this disgraceful,
04:47and these are his words not mine, disgraceful comment of the Mualana.
04:51He's clarified that a bowler who's playing for the country and he says the country is supreme,
04:56a bowler who's playing for his mulk cannot be expected to keep a fast during matches
05:02and especially when he's expected to bowl 10 very crucial overs and that too with such a long run-up in these matches.
05:10Mohammed Shami's brother also urged people to understand it's not easy in those circumstances
05:16and he's not the only one. There is massive condemnation coming the Islamic clerics way
05:21for trying to take on Mohammed Shami. There are many who say it's being done only for cheap publicity.
05:27If a person intentionally doesn't keep a fast, then he's a criminal.
05:35Similarly, Mohammed Shami, a cricketer, didn't keep a fast, even though keeping a fast is his duty and obligation.
05:43He committed a grave sin by not keeping a fast. In the eyes of Sharia, he's a criminal.
05:50He's a criminal. He can play cricket, he can jump, he can do all kinds of things.
05:56But the responsibility that Allah has given to a person, the Sharia that Islam has implemented,
06:02that responsibility is also on the person.
06:05It's done for cheap publicity and fasting is obligatory on every person.
06:10Every person keeps a fast. Fasting is obligatory on every adult.
06:15In Islam, there is no compulsion. In Islam, there is no compulsion.
06:19You can't force anyone to keep a fast.
06:21There is no compulsion in religion. There is no compulsion in religion.
06:25Where there is compulsion, there is no religion. Where there is religion, there is no compulsion.
06:29If they don't play a match, they keep a fast, which is their duty and obligation.
06:33And those who leave during the match, they also keep a fast later.
06:39Okay, those who are leaving now, you keep a fast later.
06:43Those who leave during the match, you keep a fast later.
06:48As you are saying, those who leave during the match, they keep a fast later.
06:53Would you like to give a message to those clerics who say such things about Shami?
06:59They should understand that this is for the country.
07:03Any boy who plays for the country and goes to the ground, everyone knows how hard it is.
07:10We don't need to tell you.
07:13You have to play for the respect of the country.
07:16You have to play for the respect of the country.
07:21If you have to do something, you shouldn't object to it.
07:24What is your reaction to this?
07:26A Muslim cleric is coming and saying, why is Shami not keeping a fast when the match is taking place?
07:32When a person is on a journey, he is not allowed to fast.
07:36A person can keep a fast later.
07:39I think Imam Sahib should have read some books before making this statement.
07:45I think Imam Sahib should have read some books before making this statement.
07:50Imam was saying that Mohammad Shami has committed a crime.
07:54No, there is no such crime in Islam.
07:57I think such people only make such statements for their PRP.
08:01Look, this is a matter between a man and God.
08:05There is no need for Mullah to speak in this matter.
08:08Because he has gone to fulfill his national duty.
08:12And religion allows him to do so.
08:15Because there is no compulsion in our religion.
08:18And Mullah is saying, ask for forgiveness.
08:21You have committed a crime.
08:23You have committed a crime by saying this.
08:26Because you did not have the right to speak.
08:28You do not know about religion.
08:30So when you said this, you should ask for forgiveness from the whole country.
08:35Because they have gone to fulfill their national duty.
08:38And they will come and fast.
08:41Because they are on a journey.
08:43There is no compulsion in our religion.
08:45Mohammad Shami is representing India.
08:48If he thinks that I should fast or keep a fast,
08:52then my performance will be 1-2% here and there.
08:56And if the Indian team loses or there is a problem,
08:59then he will not be able to sleep, he will not be able to live.
09:01He is an Indian, a hardcore Indian.
09:03And he has won the Indian team many times.
09:06So I think that in that situation, while representing India,
09:10this topic should not be brought.
09:12This is a sport and a social issue.
09:14There is no need to bring religion there.
09:15So I think if you ask any Muslim person on the road,
09:18he will say, we are proud of Mohammad Shami.
09:23And I want to bring into this conversation, Zeenat Shaukat Ali.
09:27She is the founder and director of the Wisdom Foundation.
09:30Also with me is Badruddin Siddiqui, Mohammad Shami's coach.
09:34And I want to go to Badruddin Siddiqui first
09:36to try and understand what Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi is saying.
09:41Badruddin Siddiqui, you heard what Shahabuddin Siddiqui said.
09:45He is an Islamic scholar.
09:47And he says that one should have kept a fast.
09:49And these are great sins.
09:51These are not small sins.
09:53In his eyes, these are great sins.
09:55Do you agree with him?
09:57Absolutely not.
09:59I don't agree with him.
10:01And I think he should gain some knowledge.
10:04I think he doesn't have much knowledge about Islam.
10:07The small words he is saying about Islam,
10:09that these are great sins,
10:11there is nothing like that.
10:13If a person is on the road,
10:14then he has missed the fast in our religion.
10:16And he has gone there for the country.
10:18He has gone there to fight for the country.
10:20So if you are saying such things for him there,
10:23then you have no knowledge.
10:25You have no knowledge at all.
10:27And what you are saying,
10:29you should be ashamed of saying it.
10:31And for this, you should apologize to the whole country.
10:33Why are you talking about stupidity?
10:36You are absolutely right.
10:38And because the viewers who are joining us right now,
10:41I want them to listen to Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi.
10:45On whom the whole country is especially angry.
10:48And there is a lot of respect and pride for Mohammad Shammi.
10:52Very proud of his achievement.
10:54Because we will also talk to you about how difficult it is
10:57to take three wickets in that match against Australia.
11:00Or to take a total of eight wickets in those four matches.
11:03How difficult this figure is.
11:04But first, let's listen to Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi.
11:07If a person does not keep the fast on purpose,
11:10then he is a criminal.
11:12Similarly, the cricketer Mohammad Shammi did not fast.
11:17While fasting is obligatory and obligatory on him.
11:20Mohammad Shammi did not fast and committed a very big sin.
11:24In the eyes of Shariah, he is a criminal.
11:27Even if you play cricket,
11:30do all the work.
11:32But the responsibility that Allah has given to man,
11:36the Shariah that Islam has implemented,
11:39its responsibility is also on man.
11:44Before I bring in Zeenat Shaukat Ali,
11:46Mr. Badruddin Siddiqui,
11:48the numbers,
11:50and the numbers of cricket,
11:52are drinking an energy drink.
11:54In that match,
11:55who outed Steve Smith,
11:57outed Connolly,
11:58that is, he took three wickets in that important match.
12:02Could drinking a little energy drink in that match work without it?
12:07It couldn't work, right?
12:08In this difficult situation.
12:10It couldn't work at all.
12:12Fast bowling is very easy to say,
12:14it is a very difficult job.
12:15And in such heat,
12:16if you bowl at a speed of 140-142,
12:19you have to put in a lot of effort.
12:21If you don't drink water,
12:23you will fall sick.
12:24If you run out of water,
12:25how will you be able to play the next match?
12:27We don't have to play just one match.
12:28We have to prepare for the entire tournament.
12:30We have to prepare for the entire tournament.
12:32And now you are thinking,
12:34you have said that the sins are great.
12:36Who are you to decide this?
12:38Who gave you the right
12:40that you are telling about the sin and its reward?
12:44Is it necessary that you are praying five times a day
12:46and you are fasting?
12:48Are all your sins being accepted?
12:50Did you find out?
12:51Maybe you are doing something wrong
12:53that you are not being accepted.
12:54And the work that he is doing for the country,
12:57maybe Allah likes it.
12:59And that's how all his sins will be forgiven.
13:02Who knows?
13:03Who gave you the right to do this?
13:05That's what I want to ask.
13:06You are absolutely right.
13:08How do you judge?
13:09You are absolutely right.
13:11Stay with me.
13:13Zeenat Shaukat Ali ji is also with me.
13:15Zeenat Shaukat Ali ji,
13:17you know about religion more than all of us.
13:20You know about Islam.
13:22And you have been given shelter in many situations.
13:26If you are doing something for the country,
13:28if you are traveling,
13:30you have been given shelter in many months.
13:32Do you agree with Maulana?
13:35Do you agree with Maulana
13:36that it's a grave sin?
13:38Gunah-e-Azeem is the terminology
13:40apparently that Maulana has used
13:42for Mohammad Shammi
13:44just sipping an energy drink
13:45during that very crucial match.
13:48I completely disagree with Maulana.
13:50Let me be very, you know,
13:52unequivocally clear on this issue.
13:55The first thing that Maulana should understand
13:58that there is in Islam
14:00hukookal ibad and hukookal naas.
14:03Hukookal ibad is the prayers, fasting,
14:06performing pilgrimage, giving charity.
14:08These are between human beings and God.
14:11It is a relationship between them
14:13and they're answerable only to God.
14:15The second part is hukookal naas,
14:17how you behave with people.
14:18So by speaking in such a term,
14:20you are giving a complete misunderstanding
14:22about Islam.
14:23You're completely inverting
14:25and converting the issue
14:26because Mohammad Shammi
14:28has gone for an important match.
14:30And he's traveling.
14:33Also, you see this kind of rigidity
14:35that he is displaying
14:37is not part of Islam at all.
14:39You know, fasting is meant for the able-bodied,
14:42for people who can fast
14:44and people who can do it, you know,
14:46without getting ill.
14:48And, you know,
14:49and there are certain concessions made
14:51when you are traveling.
14:52When you are ill,
14:53you can make it up later.
14:54So these kind of concessions,
14:56instead of talking about that,
14:58and especially when he has gone
15:00to play for the country,
15:02it is a kind of a fight
15:04to win this battle for us.
15:06And we are very proud that he is doing so.
15:08And instead of encouraging him
15:10to use such words,
15:12I think it's disgraceful.
15:14Stay with me for a moment.
15:16Stay with me for a moment, Madam.
15:17You think it's disgraceful
15:18what the Maulana has said.
15:19Sheikha Limuddin Asadi
15:21is a respected Islamic scholar
15:23who joins me on the broadcast.
15:25Sheikha Limuddin sahab,
15:27you heard what Maulana Shahabuddin Rizvi
15:30is saying.
15:31He is saying that it is a big sin
15:33not to fast.
15:35Do you agree with this?
15:38See, there is a condition for fasting.
15:40In Islam, fasting is one
15:42of the five Rukuns.
15:44If someone intentionally
15:46leaves fasting,
15:48then he is a Kuffar-ul-Azabi.
15:50Meaning, he will feed 60 people
15:52if someone leaves fasting.
15:54If someone intentionally
15:56leaves fasting,
15:58then it is another sin.
16:00But if there is a traveler,
16:02and he is traveling,
16:04do you understand the purpose of a traveler?
16:06If someone is traveling,
16:08and he is more than 40 km away,
16:12then he can leave fasting.
16:15In such a situation,
16:17when Mohammad Shammi is in Dubai,
16:19and he is staying in Dubai,
16:21but it is a cricket match,
16:23in such a situation,
16:25Mohammad Shahabuddin Rizvi
16:27is saying that it is a big sin
16:29that he is fit.
16:31If he is fit to play,
16:33then he is fit to fast.
16:35Do you agree with what
16:37Mohammad Shahabuddin Rizvi is saying?
16:42No, I don't think
16:44Mohammad Shahabuddin Rizvi
16:46is aware of the problem.
16:48He is fit.
16:50If he is a traveler,
16:52and he is traveling,
16:54and he is 40 km away,
16:56then it is a problem for us.
16:58The traveler,
17:00who is traveling,
17:02should leave fasting.
17:04If he is fit,
17:06then he should fast.
17:08If he is not fit,
17:10then it is not a big sin.
17:12Some people are also saying
17:14that it is for cheap popularity.
17:16For cheap popularity,
17:18Maulana Sahib is saying such things.
17:20No, no, no.
17:24The problem is in its place.
17:26What our Prophet Muhammad
17:28said,
17:30and the companions,
17:32and the Hadiths
17:34written by the Muhaddithun,
17:36we believe them.
17:38We don't believe
17:40any Shahabuddin.
17:42We go to the bottom of the matter,
17:44we understand the matter,
17:46and then we speak.
17:48If someone intentionally
17:50leaves fasting,
17:52or if he leaves it
17:54when he is sick,
17:56then it is a problem for us.
17:58If he feeds 60 people,
18:00then it will be a burden
18:02on him.
18:04If he is fit,
18:06then he should leave
18:0860 fasts,
18:10leaving one fast.
18:12So, in your opinion,
18:14Muhammad Shami
18:16should leave 7 fasts?
18:22No, if he is not a traveler.
18:24This is not about Muhammad Shami.
18:26This is a general matter,
18:28if Muhammad Shami
18:30intentionally leaves fasting,
18:32then it is a great sin.
18:34But if he is a traveler,
18:36then there is some scope for him
18:38in Islam.
18:40If he is a traveler,
18:42and he is traveling,
18:44then there is a scope for him.
18:46Sheikh Ali Muddin,
18:48what would you like to say
18:50to Zeenat Shaukat Ali?
18:52Before I bring in the coach,
18:54once again, Zeenat Shaukat Ali.
18:56What Maulana Sahib is saying,
18:58you see,
19:00the thing is,
19:02Allah is saying in the Quran,
19:04that it is not just about
19:06hunger and thirst.
19:08Fasting is a control
19:10of all our senses.
19:12And it is a bad thing to do,
19:14so it is a good thing
19:16that Maulana Sahib said this.
19:18Before opening one's mouth,
19:20a person thinks 10 times,
19:22that in front of whom am I saying,
19:24what am I saying,
19:26and what can be the impression
19:28of this on people.
19:30Fasting is good for the soul.
19:32Allah says in the Quran,
19:34that this is for you,
19:36for your betterment.
19:38Because in this month,
19:40you can understand a lot of things,
19:42and these are good things,
19:44so do good.
19:46And if you can't keep it,
19:48if you have a problem,
19:50then as Maulana Sahib said,
19:52feed the needy,
19:54do charity, this month is for that.
19:56So the whole thing is that
19:58these kinds of statements
20:00that come and
20:02are put in front of us,
20:04you see, non-Muslims
20:06get the impression that Islam
20:08is a very rigid religion.
20:10But the kind of statements
20:12that Maulana Sahib gives,
20:14you know,
20:16why does he give such statements?
20:18So for example, this is not the first time,
20:20and I want my colleagues to
20:22play out those statements again.
20:24So there was a Maulana, Sajid Rashidi,
20:26who'd given a statement about
20:28the length, the kind of attire
20:30that Saniya Mirza,
20:32as a tennis star,
20:34used to wear as a sports person,
20:36she used to wear a certain attire.
20:38Maulana had a problem with that,
20:40and I want to weigh that.
20:42So Maulana Sajid Rashidi, in January 2017,
20:44said, should not play
20:46if you need to drop a burqa.
20:48What kind of a statement is that?
20:50Or, you know,
20:52Mr. Alim, I'd like to ask you as well,
20:54what Maulana Sajid Rashidi said,
20:56that if Saniya Mirza
20:58has to leave the burqa,
21:00then she shouldn't play.
21:02Do you agree with that?
21:04Mr. Alibuddin Hasiddi.
21:08No, look,
21:10what he said,
21:12what he said,
21:14Sajid Rashidi,
21:16I haven't seen it,
21:18and without seeing it,
21:20I don't speak.
21:22The latest thing,
21:24look, this is their individual decision.
21:26What Islam has said,
21:28it is true,
21:30but whether someone follows it or not,
21:32he himself becomes a believer.
21:34But to say that
21:36Saniya Mirza has to leave the burqa,
21:38that is not in Islam.
21:40Why are such statements made?
21:42Is it for cheap popularity?
21:44Saniya Mirza is different.
21:46How is she different?
21:48She is a woman.
21:50For fame, you present
21:52many wrong views on TV,
21:54which should not be done.
21:56What Islam allows,
21:58which is our Shariah,
22:00which we call Hadith,
22:02and the Holy Quran is a mirror for us,
22:04what is in it,
22:06every Muslim has to believe it.
22:08If no one believes it,
22:10then he is a sinner.
22:12That is his individual status.
22:14And you know, for the benefit of our viewers,
22:16I want Badruddin Siddiqui,
22:18who is Mohammad Shammi's coach,
22:20to talk about how difficult
22:22is it to achieve all that
22:24Mohammad Shammi has been able to achieve.
22:26Badruddin Siddiqui,
22:28the success
22:30that Mohammad Shammi
22:32has achieved,
22:34and I am not just talking about
22:36this champion's trophy,
22:38but the penance of Mohammad Shammi,
22:40with such statements,
22:42his penance,
22:44you see,
22:46taking 8 wickets in 4 matches
22:48of this champion's trophy,
22:50his best 5 wickets for 53 runs,
22:52economy 4.96,
22:54how difficult is this penance?
22:56Look, from the outside,
22:58it is a big penance,
23:00you have to make a lot of effort,
23:02you have to spend a lot of time,
23:04and until you don't make such efforts,
23:06how will you get such achievements?
23:08So they should think about this.
23:10Those who want to speak,
23:12they should think before speaking
23:14about what we are saying.
23:16And in Islam, as you were saying,
23:18there are a lot of facilities
23:20given to us in Islam.
23:22Like, if you don't want to fast,
23:24you are on a journey,
23:26he is on a journey in a way,
23:28he is on a journey in a way.
23:30So there you can pray less,
23:32there is no problem,
23:34you can pray as much as you want.
23:36So there are a lot of facilities
23:38given to us.
23:40But you have said a lot,
23:42you have not thought about
23:44what I am saying,
23:46what I am not saying,
23:48you have told him the great sins.
23:50I am raising questions on your knowledge,
23:52you have no knowledge.
23:54You are raising questions on Maulana's knowledge,
23:56and Zeenat Shaukat Ali ji,
23:58there are many within the ulemas,
24:04they are saying,
24:06the learned community amongst the Muslims
24:08who are saying
24:10that perhaps the leadership
24:12of the religious community
24:14need to look at these Maulanas
24:16who issue such statements
24:18that the sins have become great,
24:20if they drink energy drink during fasting.
24:22So the Maulanas who give such statements,
24:24should there be an investigation?
24:26Should they be asked
24:28how these sins became great?
24:30And why are you giving such statements?
24:32Should there be some kind of a body
24:34that asks them these questions?
24:36Of course there should be,
24:38there has to be an interfaith dialogue.
24:40You see,
24:42they have to collect people
24:44from different denominations
24:46within Islam.
24:48And keep these matters,
24:50these kind of statements that are issued
24:52are not to be done
24:54so without due guidance
24:56and due quotations,
24:58due study,
25:00and to show that Islam goes to extremes
25:02to punish people,
25:04or you know,
25:06the sins are great,
25:08it's not a small thing to say.
25:10So there should be a body
25:12that trains such Maulanas.
25:14And you see,
25:16because the non-Muslims
25:18don't know,
25:20you are supposed to know,
25:22you are imparting your knowledge.
25:24So you don't have the knowledge
25:26that you are imparting.
25:28And what you are imparting is wrong.
25:30So this impression that comes
25:32about Islam and Muslims,
25:34it is doing a great amount of harm.
25:36You know, such people
25:38do a great amount of harm
25:40to their own people,
25:42and to the religion of Islam.
25:44That's a big point you are making there.
25:46Yes.
25:48So Maulana,
25:50do you agree
25:52that such Maulanas
25:54who give such statements
25:56do more harm
25:58because the young cricketers
26:00will also feel
26:02what kind of statements they are giving.
26:04Absolutely.
26:06There is a lot of harm.
26:08Whatever you say,
26:10everyone has to bear it.
26:12You don't have any knowledge.
26:14And you have said these things
26:16to increase your TRP.
26:18You are saying this to increase your TRP.
26:20And everyone will have to bear the harm.
26:22So you should think about it.
26:24You are sitting in such a position
26:26that whatever charges people
26:28are filing against you,
26:30they will also end it.
26:32You are saying a big thing.
26:34I want our viewers to listen in.
26:36It's not just an ordinary cleric.
26:38Listen in to what Shahabuddin Rizvi said
26:40which led to this furor
26:42within the community also.
26:44From a nationwide condemnation
26:46of such statements.
26:48Listen in.
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28:10POK back on the front burner.
28:21Jai Shankar's big POK road.
28:24I think the part we are waiting for is the return of the stolen part of Kashmir which
28:27is only under illegal Pakistani occupation.
28:30When that's done, I assure you, Kashmir solved.
28:33Decade POK ultimatum to Pakistan.
28:41Jai Shankar war cry triggers debate.
28:49Can India reclaim POK?
29:00So a Pakistani author and journalist at a Chatham House conversation wanted to put the
29:06India's external affairs minister, Dr. S. Jai Shankar on the back foot.
29:10He said, I want to make you nervous.
29:11I want to ask you a question or words to that effect.
29:14And then he said, how will the Kashmir issue be solved?
29:17What is India's strategy or words to that effect?
29:19Listen into the response of India's external affairs minister on the steps that India has
29:25taken so far and how the situation in Kashmir can be normalized.
29:29So he was speaking about the situation of Kashmir and the steps taken by government
29:32of India.
29:33He said step one taken by government of India was removing Article 370.
29:37It restored economic activity.
29:40That's not all.
29:41Not only did it restore economic activity, brought all of the laws of the rest of the
29:45country.
29:46It brought justice to all in Jammu and Kashmir.
29:50Justice that was being denied to schedule caste and schedule tribes across Jammu, Kashmir
29:55and in Ladakh.
29:56Remember, all those who talk about Article 370 never speak of justice for the schedule
30:02caste and schedule tribes and, and OBCs across Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
30:07But that's one part of the story.
30:09He said the only thing now remains is to bring back Pak occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
30:16And that will be a solution to the problem.
30:19Look, on Kashmir, actually, we have done, I think, a good job solving most of it.
30:25I think removing Article 370 was one step number one, then restoring growth and economic
30:33activity and social justice in Kashmir was step number two, holding elections, which
30:39were done with a very high turnout was step number three.
30:42I think the part we are waiting for is the return of the stolen part of Kashmir, which
30:46is only under illegal Pakistani occupation.
30:48When that's done, I assure you, Kashmir solved.
30:51You want every news to be about POK, this is not right.
30:55I'm not here about POK, sir.
30:57I'm here to talk about our martyrs.
30:59Ask a few more questions about POK.
31:02For TRP, POK, POK is going on.
31:04This is the unanimous proposal of the 1994 Parliament, in which Pakistan occupied Kashmir
31:11has been called an indisputable part of India and has been accepted.
31:15Or 90, 94.
31:17Kajal, sir.
31:17Some of the prostitute was gay.
31:19Some monk was gay.
31:20Some monk at the head.
31:21And then what did he keep?
31:22Sarkar I to do delimitation.
31:25Who was in Kashmir?
31:26Was maimed.
31:27I mean, Shahji in a XO.
31:29Chowdhury Cito message.
31:31Chowdhury Cito Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
31:33Kilius.
31:35You do have a Bharat.
31:36They look to Chaitanya.
31:37Keep Pakistan occupied.
31:39Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
31:40Kesad.
31:41They'll say, hey, look in the Zameen.
31:43It's just that Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
31:45Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
31:46They'll say, hey, look in the Zameen.
31:47Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
31:48Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
31:49Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
31:50Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
31:51Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
31:52Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
31:53Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
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31:55Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
31:56Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
31:57Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
31:58Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
31:59Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:00Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:01Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:02Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:03Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:04Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:05Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:06Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:07Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:08Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:09Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:10Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:11Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:12Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:13Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:14Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:15Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:16Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:17Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:18Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:19Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:20Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:21Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:22Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:23Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:24Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:25Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:26Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:27Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:28Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
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32:30Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
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32:32Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
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32:34Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:35Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:36Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:37Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:38Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:39Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:40Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:41Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:42Kashmir, you have a Bharat.
32:44And the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah has reacted
32:50to External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jai Shankar's statement on Pakistan should return Pakistan-occupied
32:56Kashmir for a solution.
32:58Omar Abdullah said, what's stopping or who's stopping the Union Government from reclaiming
33:04Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir?
33:05Omar Abdullah says, we had a chance to retrieve POJK during the Kargil War.
33:10Why didn't we do it then?
33:12Why doesn't the government recover or retrieve POJK now?
33:16Also, why doesn't the BJP government talk about reclaiming the Chinese-occupied part
33:22of Ladakh?
33:23Of course, that part of Shaksgam Valley is no longer a part of Jammu and Kashmir.
33:27That's a part of Ladakh.
33:28And he says, why doesn't the government talk about reclaiming the Shaksgam Valley?
33:34Now, let's listen to Omar Abdullah, I'll get you more on the story.
33:39Omar Abdullah says, we had a chance to retrieve POJK during the Kargil War.
33:45Why didn't we do it then?
33:47Why doesn't the government talk about reclaiming the Chinese-occupied Kashmir?
33:51Also, why doesn't the BJP government talk about reclaiming the Chinese-occupied Kashmir?
33:56Also, why doesn't the BJP government talk about reclaiming the Chinese-occupied Kashmir?
34:01Also, why doesn't the BJP government talk about reclaiming the Chinese-occupied Kashmir?
34:06Omar Abdullah incidentally was a part of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government as Minister
34:34of State, First Commerce, and then MOS External Affairs after the Kargil War in 2001 and that part of 2002.
34:43But there's another aspect of this.
34:44Just a short while back, Ilteja Mufti said, why should we talk about POJK?
34:49The question is, every Kashmiri leader, every leader from Jammu and Kashmir and people from
34:54across the length and breadth of India must talk about our family, our friends, our people
35:02in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir because Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir is our territory,
35:08our people in their illegal custody and we must talk about their welfare and their plight under Pakistanis.
35:16But I want to move on to the other big story.
35:18Khalistani goons went on the rampage in the United Kingdom and there was a breach in the
35:24security of India's External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jai Shankar.
35:27It was a big breach while he was in London.
35:30A country, United Kingdom, that talks about rules-based order, that talks about, well,
35:37following the rule of law, is this freedom of expression when somebody's burning the
35:42tricolour right in front of the car of the External Affairs Minister, snatching it,
35:46trying to tear it up, a breach in his security.
35:49So this pro-Khalistani protester tore the tricolour, came eerily close to the External
35:55Affairs Minister's vehicle, heckled him before the breach was stopped by London police.
36:00The Minister of External Affairs has condemned this, calling it a very serious breach in security,
36:04calling it a misuse of democratic freedoms in the United Kingdom.
36:08The Minister of External Affairs has demanded that the government in the United Kingdom
36:12live up to diplomatic obligations and take action against such elements.
36:16Now before this breach, the External Affairs Minister, in his conversation,
36:21in that Chatham House conversation, he was there.
36:25There was a lot of conversation on multiple issues, but a pro-Khalistani mob gathered
36:30outside the building and there was protests and sloganeering.
36:34I also want to bring in another big story that we're tracking around India today,
36:40and that's the External Affairs Minister responding to the Trump tariff threat,
36:45reacting to Trump's reciprocal tariff threat against all countries, including India,
36:50that comes into effect from the 2nd of April.
36:53The External Affairs Minister said that the Indian government perhaps could benefit
36:57from Trump's approach and how he explained that.
37:00The External Affairs Minister said Trump's actions were expected.
37:03He promised these policies in the run-up to elections.
37:07He said that he's surprised that countries were surprised by the action that Donald Trump has taken.
37:13He said both India and the United States are working on a bilateral trade agreement.
37:19He claimed Trump's views are similar to India on the quad.
37:24There is an understanding and that everybody is playing their fair share.
37:28And that's why Director Jai at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries,
37:33where Donald Trump has repeatedly hit out at NATO countries for not putting their shoulder to the wheel
37:39when it comes to putting in between 2.5 to 3 to maybe more percent of their GDP for their own security.
37:47He mentioned there is no baggage that India has with the U.S. from the past,
37:51and hence the relationship between India and the United States is stronger than ever.
37:59I think much of what we have seen and heard over the last few weeks was to be expected.
38:08So I'm a little surprised that people are surprised.
38:15Now, that said, is it good for India?
38:19In many ways, I would say yes.
38:23My prime minister was in Washington about two weeks ago.
38:28I had accompanied him. I was myself there for the presidential inauguration.
38:34If one looks, you know, at our own relationship politically,
38:40to be very honest with you, we've never had any issues with American presidents, at least in recent times.
38:52There's no baggage which we carry or burden that the relationship carries.
38:58So we are waiting for Mr. Trump to announce the tariffs.
39:03And right now it's not clear what shape the tariffs will take.
39:07For example, he says reciprocal tariff.
39:09So if he applies the tariffs on, say, apples, because America exports apples to India and they charge a 50% tariff on it,
39:17we say, OK, fine, apply, because we don't export apples to you.
39:20But he may apply one single tariff on India, disregarding any product differentiation.
39:28What criteria he uses to apply these tariffs, right now that criteria is not clear.
39:33And we can be very precise once we know the criteria.
39:44And the ongoing tariff war of sorts between the United States and China,
39:49there's a strong reaction that's come from the U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hexet.
39:54He says, and I quote, we are prepared for war. We are rebuilding our military.
40:00We are reestablishing deterrence. We live in a very dangerous world.
40:05If we want to deter war with the Chinese or others, we have to be strong.
40:11My job as the Secretary of Defense is to make sure we are ready.
40:16This follows the Chinese embassy's response to Trump's tariff plan,
40:20stating that if the U.S. wants a war, be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other kind,
40:27China is ready to fight to the end.
40:31So relationship between the United States and China, you're seeing how the trade tensions are escalating.
40:41China maintains defense spending increase at 7.2%.
40:46That's a huge story that we bring you now on India today.
40:50China defense spending increase at 7.2% amidst rising geopolitical tensions and this flux in the world.
41:00China to raise defense spending in 2025.
41:05China says it's firmly to safeguard their national security.
41:09China on Wednesday increased its defense spending by 7.2%.
41:14This year, the same growth rate as it was in the past two years as Beijing seeks to, to quote,
41:21firmly safeguard its national security, unquote.
41:26The increased defense budget well above China's economic growth target for this year of roughly 5%
41:32comes as Western governments and especially the United States of America is very clear.
41:38The U.S. is increasing its military spending to bolster U.S. security.
41:43European Union has announced that it could mobilize as much as 800 billion euros.
41:50That's about 851, 41 billion dollars to shore up not just Europe's security,
41:56but also immediate support to Ukraine amidst fears and apprehensions that Russia could mount a full scale invasion.
42:07And not just keep it restricted to the military operations of the special operations as Russia calls it.
42:21And when we talk about India-U.S. relations and trade relations,
42:26Elon Musk's Tesla is all set to be now on Indian roads.
42:32Tesla has signed its first five year lease deal in India for a showroom.
42:37And it's being set up in the business capital of the country. It's being set up in Mumbai.
42:42India today visited the location in Mumbai where the first Tesla showroom in India is coming up.
42:48We bring you more in this India Today exclusive report.
42:51It's very unfair. India charges us auto tariffs higher than 100%.
42:59India may be a trade villain in Donald Trump's eyes,
43:02but that hasn't stopped his influencer in chief Elon Musk from pushing ahead with his India plans.
43:08Weeks after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington, D.C.,
43:12Musk is accelerating efforts to bring Tesla to India.
43:19Business Today TV visited the location in Mumbai where the first Tesla showroom in India will open soon.
43:29Tesla has already secured its first place in Mumbai's BKC, Bandra-Kurla complex, at the Maker Max City.
43:37This is a premium place in BKC. And BKC is the most expensive commercial real estate in India.
43:44And this place is next to the Apple Store in India, which was India's first Apple Store.
43:50And there is also car parking space which the company has rented out
43:54because it's difficult to find space in BKC.
43:58According to a Reuters report, Tesla has signed a five-year lease starting February 16, 2025,
44:04for a 4,000-square-foot showroom in BKC.
44:07The company will pay a monthly rent of about Rs. 32 lakhs with a clause fixing a 5% annual increase,
44:14amounting to a total of around Rs. 22 crore over five years.
44:19Tesla is also close to finalizing a Delhi showroom in the AeroCity area near the city's airport.
44:25Tesla has also been moving ahead with staffing in India,
44:28having posted close to two dozen mid-level jobs in India since Musk's meeting with Prime Minister Modi.
44:40For the past decade, Tesla's entry into India has been blocked by high import duties
44:45and the government's demand for local manufacturing.
44:48Reports suggest that opening these two showrooms could be a test run
44:52before Tesla commits to a full-fledged make-in-India move.
44:55For now, Tesla cars for India will be imported from its Germany Gigafactory.
45:00Despite recent duty cuts, the Tesla Model 3, its cheapest model, could still cost upwards of Rs. 35 lakhs.
45:13With the EV market booming in the country,
45:16there is stiff competition the company faces from other players
45:20like Hyundai, Maruti Suzuki and Mahindra etc.
45:23And now time will tell whether this premium strategy of Tesla will work in India or not.
45:30This is Hrithima, signing off for Business Today.