US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is on her first visit to India in her new role. She met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed cooperation on countering terrorism, including concerns about Khalistani groups. Gabbard emphasized the US commitment to fighting Islamist terrorism globally. India raised issues of anti-India activities by groups like Sikhs for Justice in the US. The visit aims to strengthen intelligence sharing between the two countries. Protests erupt across Maharashtra demanding removal of Aurangzeb's tomb. Muslim organizations stage demonstration at Jantar Mantar against Waqf Bill. Karnataka government approves 4% reservation for Muslim contractors. NASA astronaut Sunita Williams prepares to return to Earth after 9-month stay on International Space Station.
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00:00U.S. intel chief first India visit.
00:13Defense minister meets Tulsi Gabbard.
00:23India for U.S. crackdown on terror.
00:26Trump
00:39government urges Gabbard to take action.
00:42That is our top focus at 5 live.
00:58There's also emphasis on tackling the Khalistani terrorists and terror sympathizers, whether
01:04it's in the United States of America or Canada or Europe, Australia or New Zealand.
01:09Remember, New Zealand's prime minister is also in India.
01:12And that's another key area of cooperation between India and the world.
01:17We'll talk about it in greater detail.
01:19I'm Gaurav Sawant.
01:20Let's get started with the headlines at 5.
01:26U.S. director for national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, on first trip to India as as the
01:34intel boss of the United States, says India and the U.S. to fight global terror together,
01:39claims Hinduism is the center of her life and Krishna, Arjun Sagar, gives her strength.
01:47In different times of my life, whether serving in war zones in different parts of the world
01:53or the challenges that we face now, it is it is Krishna's teachings to Arjuna in the
01:59Bhagavad Gita that I that I turn to in the best of times and the worst of times and continuously
02:06learn critical lesson.
02:11Protests across Maharashtra over Aurangzeb, effigies burned, Aurangzeb banner broken,
02:17remove anti-Hindu tyrants tomb chants across Maharashtra.
02:29High drama in Chennai over the alleged 1000 crore liquor stamp, top BJP leaders, including
02:34Tamil Sai Sondararajan and state BJP chief, Anna Malai, detained by the police.
02:44Cash crunch grips the Telangana government, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy says difficult
02:49to even pay salaries. Revanth Reddy claims unable to pay dearness allowance. BJP
02:54mocks Rahul Gandhi's Khadagat cash model.
03:02Big Vox showdown in Delhi. Multiple Muslim outfits at anti-Vox will protest.
03:07AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi attends the protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.
03:14U.S. Director for National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is in India. She's met Union Defense
03:24Minister Rajnath Singh in the national capital and this marks the first high-level trip to India
03:29by a top official of the Donald Trump administration as he took over as president
03:35for his second tenure. Now according to sources during this meeting India raised the issue of
03:41anti-India activities conducted by Khalistani organizations and Khalistan terror supporters
03:47and sympathizers including a radical organization called Sikhs for Justice in America. India
03:53expressed concerns and asked the United States to take action and take strong action against
03:58unlawful activities of this organization. Tulsi Gabbard is visiting India as part of a multi-nation
04:05tour. The Asia leg of her trip will conclude with an address on the 18th of March at the
04:10Raisina Dialogue. It's that multinational gathering of security officials in Delhi.
04:15Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Tulsi Gabbard for this. Now the conversation is about
04:22about many issues where India and the United States of America, two of the world's most
04:27powerful democracies, the oldest and the largest democracies of the world are cooperating very
04:33closely. In fact Tulsi Gabbard has also mentioned the close relationship between Prime Minister
04:38Narendra Modi and the US President Donald Trump and their personal bond taking this relationship
04:44forward as is cooperation in various fields from defense to artificial intelligence to trade to
04:52technology and diversifying this cooperation to newer areas. Listen in to Tulsi Gabbard, listen in
05:01I'll get you much more on this big story. This was an issue that came up and you would have
05:08seen references to that in Prime Minister's media statement as well. We do alert our friends
05:16to the activities of anti-India elements in their countries and their abuse of freedom of speech
05:25and other democratic freedoms to glorify terrorism and to threaten attacks against
05:32our diplomats or our parliament or our events in India. So these were also conveyed.
05:41President Trump through his first administration in the presidency and it continues now
05:47has been very clear about his commitment to defeating this threat of Islamist terrorism
05:52that has unfortunately plagued us, has and continues to pose a direct threat to the
05:58American people. But we see how it's been impacting people here in India, in Bangladesh,
06:05currently ongoing in Syria, Israel and different countries in the Middle East. So this is a threat
06:11that I know Prime Minister Modi also takes seriously and one where the leaders of our
06:16two countries will work together to try to identify and defeat that threat. My own personal
06:24spiritual practice, my personal relationship with God is the center of my life and I do my
06:32very best every day to live a life that is pleasing to God and what better way to do that
06:38than to do my best to be of service to all of God's children. And so in different times of my
06:43life, whether serving in war zones in different parts of the world or the challenges that we face
06:49now, it is Krishna's teachings to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita that I turn to in the best of times
06:57and the worst of times and continuously learn critical lessons from Krishna to Arjuna that
07:05give me strength, that give me peace, that give me great comfort through all of the days.
07:12And let me bring in my colleagues Gita Mohan, India Today's Foreign Affairs Editor and Shivani
07:17Sharma joining me with the latest on this big story. Gita, a very critical visit of Tulsi Gabbard
07:25to India, her interaction and her conversation especially about the threat posed by radical
07:31Islamist terror to the region and to the world. In India's context, both Bangladesh and Pakistan
07:38become extremely crucial. What has the conversation been like?
08:00Okay, give me a moment Gita, we try and re-establish that audio link
08:03with you. I want to bring in Shivani Sharma into this conversation. Shivani,
08:08there's an issue that India has raised and that's about Khalistan, that the support that
08:12Khalistani terrorists and their activities get both in the United States of America
08:18and in countries like Canada or across Europe, that's something that India has raised,
08:24the torching of the Indian consulate in San Francisco, the activities of
08:29sympathizers like Guru Patwan Singh Pannu, that's a cause for concern for India.
08:34Certainly, God of India has been demanding action on all these incidents that are anti-India in
08:39nature, that has been causing threat to the Indian nationals on foreign soil, be it United
08:45States or Canada or Australia or any part of the world. But here it is important that in today's
08:51meeting with the Defence Minister and yesterday's meeting with the NSA, India has once again
08:56reiterated that it wants to act against terrorism on its own soil and as far as the Sikhs for
09:04Justice is concerned, it has been demanded from India's side that this particular organization
09:10must be listed as a terror organization in the United States too, because it has been involved
09:15in anti-India activities and terror activities in the United States. We've seen how the consulates
09:22have been burnt, how the anti-India slogans have been raised, how the diplomats from India and the
09:26other dignitaries have been attacked by these terrorists on the foreign soil. Tulsi Gabbard
09:34has also indicated in her interviews that President Donald Trump and Prime Minister
09:40Narendra Modi, they both are fighting together to fight this particular threat against these
09:48terrorists across the world, not only in United States but in India and on the India-Pakistan
09:55border and also in Bangladesh. So India and United States, they are going to fight even
10:01stronger against these terror elements across the world. Stay with me, Geeta. The threat posed by
10:09radical Islamist terror and that's a huge threat. Tulsi Gabbard mentioned Syria. She's mentioned
10:17the situation in Bangladesh. She's talked about what's happening, how it's a cause for concern in
10:21India and in the United States of America. But any forward movement, any tangible steps discussed?
10:32Well, the fact that this is the first time Tulsi Gabbard was attending what is an annual
10:37feature here in India, Gaurav, National Security Advisor, hosting the Intelligence Chiefs
10:44Conference where top intelligence officers from various countries come. We had the Brits also
10:50over here, Canadians also over here. So top officers were here. But Tulsi Gabbard, given
10:55the fact that she's just taken office, was one of the most important dignitaries of the meeting.
11:03Yes, they discussed a lot. Islamist terrorism was one aspect of it. But the major part
11:10also was intelligence sharing, intelligence gathering, real-time intelligence sharing
11:16amongst these very important partner countries. And that certainly is what can really help one
11:25control, contain terror activities and ensure that not just terror activities, including money
11:32laundering, financial terrorism, all these activities need to be contained. And all these
11:37were aspects that were spoken of. Tulsi Gabbard's focus certainly on Islamist fundamentalism and how
11:45growing Islamist fundamentalism has led to a lot of problems, not just in this neighborhood but
11:51across the region. She has indeed, Gaurav, put Bangladesh on notice, UNICEF regime on notice,
11:57saying that what is happening in Bangladesh, Hindus being attacked, minorities being persecuted,
12:04is something that is unacceptable. And yes, for two countries in the region, it's going to be
12:10really problematic to have an administration that is so closely watching what's happening
12:16in their countries when it comes to a rise in Islamist fundamentalism and minority persecution,
12:25be it Bangladesh or Pakistan. So a lot of trouble for these countries and the regimes if they do
12:32not set the record straight. But particularly for India, it's a breather given the fact that
12:39Bangladesh and a change in government, we're not saying UNICEF regime because it's a caretaker
12:45government, but a change in government if BNP should come to power would mean a lot of trouble
12:50and security concerns for India. And the situation on ground, both India and the United States,
12:55and that is where intelligence cooperation Shivani becomes very, very, very, very important
13:00because radical Islamists and Pakistan's ISI, they tried to orchestrate a change of guard,
13:08especially when it comes to the army in Bangladesh. And it was quick intelligence sharing by India or
13:14by friends in the region that really helped General Vakharu Zaman, the army chief in Bangladesh and
13:20the radical Islamists or the ISI supported Jamaat leadership could not take over, Shivani.
13:27Certainly Gaurav, last week we were reporting about this big threat to the military chief of
13:33Bangladesh and the intelligence from India, as the sources say, they have helped Bangladesh
13:39thwart this attempt of a possible coup within the army. And that's what the intelligence sharing is
13:45all about. The partners, be it United States or India or other countries that are in India,
13:52the five eyes, we call them. So they are all collaborating for an intelligence sharing for
13:57the technology, for the AI to collaborate and fight the threats, be it the terrorism
14:04or the financial frauds or the other threats or the violence across these nations. So certainly
14:12this visit will be empowering India to fight terrorism in a very strong manner with the
14:17support of United States as it has committed that it is also against terrorism.
14:23Geeta, before I let you go, Tulsi Gabbard is a practicing Hindu. She spoke of her faith in the
14:31Srimad Bhagavad Gita, in the teachings of Yogeshwar Sri Krishna to Arjun in the battlefield of Kurukshetra
14:38in the best of times and the worst of times, given that she presented that she's supposed to
14:44have presented the same Bhagavad Gita on which she took oath in the United States of America
14:49to Prime Minister Narendra Modi way back in 2014. So it's not just a close relationship between the
14:54two countries, the personal rapport with the Indian leadership, does that also impact the
15:00relationship taking it forward in diplomatic circles? Well, I do suppose so. There is a lot
15:09of trouble that India went through in the recent past under Biden administration, with her very
15:16same department, the Department of National Intelligence, and also Kash Patel's department,
15:22that's the FBI. We'll have to wait and see how that really pans out for India and the Indian
15:27administration when it comes to certain investigations that are ongoing. And Tulsi
15:32Gabbard is somebody who's very openly also spoken about extremism, extremism against India,
15:41including Khalistani extremism. So I do not think that with her being the DNI Director
15:51or Director of National Intelligence, that the same would follow, that there is going to be a
15:58huge change and a shift in how America perceives this entire investigation and looks into India's
16:05concerns. Having said that, Gaurav, you very rightly said that there is a lot of rapport,
16:09personal, as also a lot of importance that Tulsi Gabbard personally attaches to India.
16:15The first leader that she met after taking oath in office, this time around as well,
16:20was Prime Minister Modi. He was at the Blair House, she took oath, and then the first thing she did
16:26was drove to Blair House to call on Prime Minister Modi. So her first meeting was with Prime Minister
16:32Modi, and then you're seeing the first leg of her visit, the three-country visit, one of which is
16:39also India, where she again called on Prime Minister Modi and has also held important
16:46conversations on intelligence matters. So I suppose things are going to look more positive
16:51for this administration vis-a-vis Trump administration.
16:55We will see what difference does it bring to the lives of people on ground and the counter-terror
17:02posture in the region and across the world. Geeta Mohan and Shivani Sharma, for the moment,
17:07many thanks for joining me. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of New Zealand,
17:12Christopher Luxon, they addressed a joint press conference earlier this afternoon. The two
17:19witnessed an exchange of agreements between the two countries. This happened at Hyderabad House
17:23in the national capital. The Prime Minister of India and the Prime Minister of New Zealand signed
17:28a major agreement to formalise defence and security ties between the two countries. Prime Minister
17:33Narendra Modi also raised concerns over unlawful elements engaging in anti-India activities
17:40in New Zealand. The two are also expected to visit a gurdwara together in the national capital.
17:48We get your ball.
18:18The Prime Minister and I, as he alluded to, also discussed a number of practical areas where New
18:23Zealand and India are deepening our defence and our security cooperation. For example,
18:28in maritime security, the Royal New Zealand Navy currently leads the Combined Task Force 150,
18:33coordinating multinational efforts to protect trade routes and counter smuggling,
18:37piracy and terrorism in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden. We are working closely with
18:43India on this mission and later this week the RNZ frigate Takaha will arrive in Mumbai.
19:13Watch these images. This is a man who's wanted in India. But then there are several
19:18India's most wanted, including Hafiz Mohammed Saeed and that Maulana of terror, Masood Azhar,
19:24who live and flourish in Pakistan, of course, with unknown gunmen neutralising anti-India
19:33terrorists in Pakistan. Like Abu Katal was neutralised near the Mangla Pass area just
19:42yesterday. We are told terrorists are very unsafe. Terrorists are feeling very, very unsafe in
19:47Pakistan. But then there are terrorists like Hafiz Saeed who've been shifted to a safe house.
19:53And in midst of all of this, Zakir Naik, you see those images there. He's meeting
19:58Mian Nawaz Sharif in Lahore. But I now want to focus on that other big story,
20:05the mystery killings that haunt terrorists in Pakistan. Just a day after Lashkar-e-Taiba
20:11terrorist Abu Katal was gunned down, a Jamaat leader has also been killed in Pakistan. Now,
20:19the ISI is reviewing security that Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and several other
20:26terrorists enjoy in Pakistan. The information that we are now getting, so there are two
20:31different tracks that we are pursuing. One is the killing of terrorists. And the other information
20:36that's coming in, Mufti Abdul Baqi Noorzai, he's a senior leader of the Jamaat-e-Ulema-e-Islam. He
20:43was killed by unidentified gunmen. And this happened in Quetta. And Balochistan is in the
20:48headlines. Over the past several days, first a train was hijacked, then a military convoy was
20:54targeted, both in Balochistan. And all of this, while this was happening in Balochistan, in the
21:01Mangla Dam area or the Mangla Pass area near Jhelum, we are told that Abu Katal, a close aide
21:08of 26-11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, was killed by unknown gunmen
21:14in Jhelum. Intelligence sources are telling India today that Pakistan's ISI has been tasked to do a
21:22security review of all top terrorists who are involved in anti-India activities in Jammu and
21:28Kashmir and other parts of India. And their security is being strengthened. Many terrorists
21:33wanted in India are now being shifted to safe houses across Pakistan.
21:45So I want to bring into this conversation Ijaz Ahmed, the senior Pakistani journalist who joins
21:51us on this broadcast. Ijaz, what should one make of somebody like a Zakir Naik, who's seen as this
21:59Islamist preacher and a radical Islamist preacher, he's meeting Mia Nawaz Sharif. On the one hand,
22:06that's happening in Pakistan. On the other hand, namalum afraad, as Pakistanis put it,
22:11are killing India's most wanted terrorists in Pakistan. How would you view that?
22:21We have to take a complete analysis and we should analyze the situation
22:30not only independently but also rationally. Just now Geeta was talking about
22:38terrorism, India fighting terrorism. It is the Pakistan that is facing terrorism and it is
22:45fighting terrorism for many, many years now. Although there are many complaints against the
22:52establishment that they had their own boys in the Taliban or so on. But for the last four,
23:00five years at least, I will go to the extent of the Zarb-e-Azb and then Rahe-Nijaz before the
23:09Zarb-e-Azb. That was launched by General Kiani and then the Zarb-e-Azb was launched by General
23:15Rahe-Nijaz. We saw the complete change in Pakistani policy and we were fighting strongly. We
23:24tried to deal with all the terrorists. We launched a massive operation against them and
23:29killed so many of them. But it was Afghanistan that provided safe haven to the Pakistani
23:38terrorists. You know, why do you say that? And yes, Pakistan has faced terrorism. Ijaz,
23:46hear me out. Yes, after the attack on Army Public School Peshawar, we saw some changes. Yes,
23:56after the Lal Masjid incident, we saw some action being taken. And since you mentioned,
24:02there's also Operation Radul Fasad that was carried out after Zarb-e-Azb and there's some
24:08Ijtikam or Ijtifam operation that was undertaken, which Pakistan now seems to be denying. I don't
24:15understand that. Then why is no action taken against Hafiz Saeed for 26-11 Mumbai terror
24:20attacks when India gives a dossier? Why is action not taken against that maulana of terror,
24:24Masood Azhar, who tried to assassinate your president, Parvez Musharraf, and India gave
24:30intelligence that saved Parvez Musharraf's life? Why is action not taken against them?
24:34Why this distinction between good terrorists and bad terrorists?
24:38Gaurav, the things you are saying and the voice you are raising, they are, you know,
24:43propagating in India only. You know, when General Musharraf, you mentioned the attack on General
24:50Musharraf, he was not a common man. He was not a civilian president. He was an ex-army personnel,
24:56ex-army chief. So army conducted an independent inquiry and whosoever was involved in that,
25:03they were taken to the courts, they were brought up to the justice and justice is done with them.
25:10Except that maulana of terror, Masood Azhar, because the ISI, according to Parvez Musharraf,
25:16permit me, I want the Indian audiences to know facts and the Pakistani audiences who watch us,
25:21they should also know facts. So Parvez Musharraf in his book very clearly writes that ISI told him
25:27don't take action against that maulana of terror, Masood Azhar. So that distinction between good
25:32terrorists and bad terrorists is made in Pakistan. Why should anybody sympathize with Pakistan?
25:37Look Gaurav, let me raise a point.
25:41Samjhauta Express burning is a very famous case.
25:44No, no, forget Samjhauta Express. Samjhauta Express was done by Lashkar-e-Taiba. There
25:48was dirty politics in India that blamed it incorrectly. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I will
25:53not let you. No, no. We've had governments in our country which acted on things like Samjhauta
25:58and raised the bogey of Hindu terror. I'm sorry. No, you may not speak. You will not speak lies on
26:04my show. We'll be very clear about that. Samjhauta is a bogey. The United Nations, United Nations
26:12had a report that blamed Lashkar-e-Taiba for Samjhauta and I'm surprised that in India,
26:17action has not been taken against those who raised that bogey of Hindu terror in Samjhauta.
26:22I completely disagree with you, with you on Samjhauta. So let's not raise that bogey.
26:26Not tried in the court, you know, and for Bombay, Bombay attacks. Yes, I condemn, I condemn Bombay
26:33attacks. We don't want condemnation. We want action against terrorists. No, no, no. We don't
26:36care about your condemnation. We want terrorists to be hanged. No, no, no. Abdul Rehman Maki was
26:42tried in the court. And he's producing children in jail. No, no, no. It was India that had to
26:48give evidence to Pakistan. Nothing was provided against Hafiz Saeed. Hafiz Saeed might be a
26:54criminal for India, but he's not a criminal. He's a terrorist. There's a distinction. Now,
26:59you know why nobody sympathizes with you, Ijaz? Now, you know why nobody sympathizes?
27:07Ijaz, he is a UN designated global terrorist.
27:16Pakistan goes to UN, right? He's a UN designated terrorist.
27:21It would be, it would be burnt in India. Why should I not talk about them? And let me talk
27:27rationally again. But talk rationally. Don't do propaganda of ISI. I would love you to talk
27:33rationally. That's why I invited you on my show. No, no, no. You are doing propaganda. I'm not
27:37doing any propaganda. I'm a journalist who has covered every terrorist incident in this country
27:43from 1999 till date or virtually on ground, sir. I will not take Pakistani propaganda on my show,
27:51including on Samjhauta. Let's be very clear, Ijaz. Let us be very clear. India is a victim
28:03of Pakistan state sponsored radical Islamist terror. And your country takes no action against
28:08Hafiz Mohammad Saeed. Your country takes no action against Maulana Masood Azhar.
28:12Your country takes no action against Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, who lives in Clifton, Karachi.
28:17No, no, no, no. You have to, you had to provide, India had to provide some evidence.
28:22And you know, when we talk about terrorism, we have to talk about whole spectrum.
28:28It was India that was blamed in Canada. An Indian officer.
28:32What, that joker who blamed India in Canada is not even the prime minister of that country
28:37anymore. Please realize, evidence, there has to be evidence, evidence based action.
28:44Five has given evidence to India against Indian terrorism.
28:48No evidence given, no evidence, no evidence, still date, no evidence.
28:57We don't care. Show me one shred of evidence given. One shred, one shred of evidence.
29:03Rationally.
29:07No, no, no. Yes, I'm, I'm, I'm against all terrorists.
29:10Be it is, you know, Narendra Modi or be he's Hafiz Saeed. I'm against all terrorists.
29:17Nonsense. Nonsense. Get off the show for heaven's sake. Narendra Modi is a very well respected
29:23prime minister of India, who's won elections three times. He is one of the senior most elected
29:29leaders in the world today. Come on, come on. No wonder you people are treated the way you are.
29:39Have some shame, have some shame, have some shame. Your prime ministers were begging.
29:46Our prime minister goes with respect. He's respected across the world. I will not have
29:50some Pakistani abuse. My prime minister, please get him off this channel. I want to,
29:55you want to listen to the fear in Pakistani voice. Listen to that Pakistani analyst,
30:00who says there is fear. There is fear in Pakistan right now with
30:07gunning down terrorists. And why not? And the Pakistani state supports terrorism.
30:13And when journalists support terrorism and apologize for terrorism, what a shame, what a shame, but
30:25you know the tragedy about Pakistan is,
30:55one, it is recognized globally as a state sponsor of radical Islamist terror.
31:01The world calls it an international migraine and hijaz. You should wonder why the world treats you
31:09the way the world treats you. When Pakistan goes with a begging bowl, now Saudi Arabia and the
31:14United Arab Emirates also don't want to give Zakat to you. Pakistani passports are being rejected.
31:21Visas are being rejected. India, Indians are welcomed. Indians are welcomed. You must think,
31:26I'm sorry, I will not permit you to do Pakistani propaganda on my channel,
31:30but you must understand, understand the difference between a terror state, Pakistan
31:34and a democracy, India. If you can learn, it is good for you. If you can't learn,
31:40you know, the world says to hell with Pakistan. That is exactly where you are today.
32:20You know, which is such a shame. Anyways, hijaz, seriously, there is absolutely no point,
32:38no point, no point talking to Pakistanis. And that is why India treats Pakistan with the contempt
32:45radical Islamist terror deserves. That is exactly the same reason. And anyway,
32:50I want to take a quick break at this stage. We don't want to waste time with people who spend
32:54time with the Zakir Naik's and Hafiz Saeed's and the Maulana Masood Azhar's of this world.
32:59Clearly, clearly the world knows why Pakistan remains the global epicenter of radical Islamist
33:07terror. A quick break. We'll be back with lots more. And that mindset, that mindset of Aurangzeb
33:14where people in Pakistan consider Aurangzeb one of their, their idols. Well, there are protests
33:20across Maharashtra against Aurangzeb and they want to remove even his tomb. Why? Details coming up.
33:28The Maha Aurangzeb war has intensified in Maharashtra. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad and
33:36the Bajrang Dal, they've protested not just in Sambhaji Nagar, but across Maharashtra,
33:42from Nagpur to Pune and even Amravati demanding the removal of Aurangzeb's mazar or tomb from the
33:50Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar. A claim that's been backed by the Shiv Sena and slammed by others in
33:58the opposition in Maharashtra. Backing the remove Aurangzeb's tomb demand, Maharashtra Chief
34:03Minister Devendra Fadnavis has issued a stern warning, saying he will not spare those who
34:09glorify Aurangzeb. We get to more in this report.
34:28The Aurangzeb face-off in Maharashtra is intensifying.
34:35From Nagpur
34:39to Amravati and Pune.
34:44Protesters hit the streets on Monday.
34:49Effigies were burnt. The Mughal Emperor's banner stormed.
34:53Hindu groups, VHP and Bajrang Dal are demanding the demolition of Aurangzeb's tomb
34:59in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar.
35:12The ruling Mahayati government leaders declared they will oppose any glorification of Aurangzeb.
35:23The message is clear. If there is any glorification of Aurangzeb's tomb, it will be of Chhatrapati Shivarayan's temple.
35:33We will not allow any glorification of Aurangzeb's tomb in Maharashtra. We will not let it be glorified.
35:40If we try to glorify Aurangzeb's tomb, we will have to demolish it.
35:50Even today, there are some people in Maharashtra who want to politicise the glorification of Aurangzeb's tomb.
35:56They have no idea about the contribution of Chhatrapati Shivarayan Maharaj to the security of Maharashtra and the country.
36:08The Maharashtra Vikas Agadi asked the state government and protesters to focus on issues like inflation and unemployment.
36:16I believe this is a memorial to the Marathas.
36:22The future generations should know that Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and the Marathas of Maharashtra fought against Akramakji.
36:34But Akramakji could not win against Shivaji Maharaj and the Marathas of Maharashtra.
36:40We will have to build a grave for him in Maharashtra.
36:45They have nothing else to do. They have nothing else to do but to glorify the name of Hindutva.
36:53Before digging the grave of Aurangzeb, dig the grave of your sins.
36:59Amid the mounting outrage, security has been tightened in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar.
37:06We demand that the grave of Aurangzeb should be removed.
37:12The district administration and the Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar Grami Police have made arrangements for the grave of Aurangzeb.
37:24The fight over Aurangzeb has been raging for weeks now.
37:28Will it now end in the demolition of the Mughal ruler's tomb as demanded by Hindu outfits?
37:36Bureau report, India Today.
37:42So the Makbara of Aurangzeb in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar.
37:47There was earlier a controversy about Aurangabad or Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar
37:53and there are multiple controversies at various points of time.
37:57I want to quickly bring in Omkar Wable who joins us from Aurangzeb's Makbara
38:03at the Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar for more on this controversy.
38:06Omkar, I am told there is massive security deployment.
38:09Is there a real threat that people could come and just remove Aurangzeb's tomb from there?
38:16Suddenly what explains this rise of anger at this point of time?
38:22Was it all because of a movie or are there other games at play here?
38:27The movie just triggered this controversy and I think just a week ago
38:35Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, he stated that the removal or the demolition of this tomb
38:45will be the legal, they will go through the legal proceeding.
38:48But the issue is that's how the controversy took momentum
38:51and now I am standing exactly in the premises where the tomb is.
38:55So behind you can see security guards are deploying,
38:59they have already been deployed.
39:01Significantly the security has increased by the local police, also SRPF.
39:05Some guards are also there.
39:07But just 10 feet from here, inside where people are going, the tomb is located there
39:14and now Aadhaar card is being checked, also identity is being verified
39:19and security has already tightened up.
39:23So security guards, local police and SRPF jawans,
39:28they all are cross verifying.
39:30Within 5 km radius there are different barricades there
39:34and the way people used to come on a regular basis,
39:38it is not possible nowadays just because government is taking precaution.
39:42On the other hand, same government,
39:44I mean Eknath Shinde and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis,
39:47they are backing Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
39:51So both sides, government, opposition and on the administration level,
39:55there are different facets of the story.
39:57But Unkar, I want to understand from you,
39:59so while Devendra Fadnavis says,
40:01Chief Minister says I can't permit a tomb of a Hindu hater Aurangzeb in Maharashtra,
40:07both the Congress and the Uddhav Sena,
40:10they are saying that these are all diversionary tactics,
40:13they want to shift focus away from,
40:15as they put it, mismanagement in Maharashtra, lack of governance in Maharashtra.
40:20But does this have resonance with the masses
40:23or is it all aimed at maybe future elections elsewhere,
40:27is to create this Hindu-Muslim issue as the Congress puts it?
40:32How is the opposition reacting to this?
40:34How are the masses reacting to this?
40:40It's very interesting and that's where I think contradiction lies
40:44because on the other hand,
40:45Devendra Fadnavis is taking side of Vishwa Hindu Parishad
40:49and the right-wing organizations claiming himself an extreme Hindu and a pure Hindu.
40:54And on the other side, his own Home Ministry Department and the police
40:59are deployed here to take precaution
41:02and obviously they are here to maintain law and order.
41:06So, Fadnavis is continuously saying that he is a Hindu and he is a proud Hindu,
41:12that is why he is backing all right-wing organizations.
41:16But on the other hand, he is trying to take care of these premises by deploying the police
41:21and also polarization in upcoming times,
41:24especially when the local body elections are in pipeline.
41:27So, polarization could help political parties like BJP,
41:32they already have a base of Hinduism
41:35and that's how they are trying to build up the perception in Maharashtra politics.
41:38Keep tracking that story, I will come back to you for more.
41:42So, on this, the bigger issue remains whether the government will do something
41:45about the glorification of Aurangzeb in school textbooks.
41:51If that remains a major issue and we will be tracking that story.
41:55But now I want to take you to the National Capital
41:57where several Muslim organizations are staging a protest
42:00at Delhi's Jantar Mantar against the Waqf Bill.
42:03The Indian Union Muslim League and the All India Muslim Personal Law Board,
42:08they staged a protest.
42:10Of course, later the police asked them to move on.
42:13The protest was also joined by AIMIM Chief and Member of Parliament,
42:17Barrister Asaduddin Uwaisi.
42:19The Muslim groups pledged to start a pan-India protest against the Waqf Bill.
42:25Police removed the protesters from Jantar Mantar.
42:28The opposition has slammed the Narendra Modi government claiming
42:31it's snatching land from Muslims and creating a divide for political gain.
42:36The opposition claims the government's intentions are not honourable
42:41when it comes to the Waqf Bill.
42:42The BJP has hit right back.
42:44The BJP has not only questioned the timing of the protest,
42:48they've also said that the Joint Parliamentary Committee,
42:52it sat, it had a detailed discussion,
42:55it heard all the demands, all the letters that had come in to them,
42:59it spoke to all stakeholders and finally submitted their report.
43:04These protests do not make sense.
43:07The BJP slammed Asaduddin Uwaisi and said all of this is political drama
43:13and vote bank minority appeasement politics of the opposition.
43:35Do you object to change or do you object to some change?
43:39This government is making changes in everything.
43:42And all the property of the Waqf, the land, is ours.
43:46It is Waqf in the name of Allah.
43:48It is not the property of the government.
43:50No one has given it to us.
43:51So why should we let the government take over it?
43:53In any case, we will not let this bill pass.
43:56We will fight our battle with the rights that the constitution has given us.
44:01We have also reported on this many times.
44:04There have been scandals about the land of the Waqf.
44:08Your own representatives have said this in many places.
44:10This is a complete agnate,
44:12as the All India Muslim Personal Law Board said that we will do.
44:15Now there is also Jamaat-e-Ulma-Hind,
44:17there is Uwaisi's AIMIM,
44:20and there are all the organizations.
44:23And they have even called the members of the parliament.
44:27They have called those members who were members of the JPC.
44:30So I want to ask a question.
44:32Why have they come together today?
44:34What are they opposing?
44:35When there is a process going on,
44:37we have submitted a report of 428 pages.
44:39There is no room for such things now.
44:43After all, what is the question?
44:45If they say that the collector has the right,
44:48then the collector has no right to read the report.
44:50The commissioner is above the collector.
44:52The secretary is above him.
44:54If someone is aggrieved by the tribunal,
44:56then he has the right to go to the High Court and the Supreme Court.
44:59This is just a political dispute.
45:02All India Muslim Personal Law Board
45:04announced a demonstration today.
45:07And we all came.
45:09And we consider this bill to be unconstitutional.
45:12This will not save any property of Waqf,
45:15nor will its income increase,
45:17nor will we be able to remove the encroachers.
45:19They just want to take away the things of the Muslim religion.
45:24Waqf by user.
45:25In Hindu religion, by usage and custom is allowed.
45:28In Hindu religion, Sikh religion and Christian religion boards,
45:31a person of their religion can become a member of the community.
45:34And now they are making a non-Muslim.
45:37The Limitation Act is not applied there.
45:39They are applying it here.
45:41Oral gift can be done there.
45:43But here, Waqf property cannot be done.
45:45And if a Muslim becomes a Muslim for five years,
45:47then who is missing?
45:48The property has the right.
45:50So they are not doing anything.
45:52They just want to destroy Waqf.
45:54In the country, in a peaceful and peaceful community,
45:57their aim is to create more distance.
45:59Article 25 and Article 26 are articles of the Constitution.
46:03So in front of Article 25,
46:06the amendments that are coming,
46:08they are not right.
46:10This is our belief.
46:11Now how are they right?
46:13They should be told.
46:14They will be told.
46:15And whether they are right or not,
46:17the court will decide.
46:18Who will decide this?
46:20Who will decide?
46:21Parliament will do it.
46:22And after Parliament, the courts will do it.
46:24So first, it will go to Parliament.
46:25Let's see what happens there.
46:26After that, it will go to the courts.
46:27Let's see what happens there.
46:53to Muslim minorities.
46:55The BJP said it will protest in the Assembly
46:58and insist that the Congress government
47:00has brought out a 4% quota for Muslim appeasement.
47:04They've called the quota unconstitutional
47:06and claim it's a threat to the nation.
47:22Muslims are there.
47:24Christians, Jains, Buddhists, and Parsi.
47:29All will come in this group.
47:31Not only one community.
47:33BJP people, they are always against
47:37SCSTs, OBs, particularly poor people.
47:43They are all BJP people.
47:46They always support major communities and rich people.
47:52BJP is not against Muslims.
47:57BJP are Narendra Modi's honourable Prime Minister.
48:02We are not against Muslims.
48:05But we are against Congress Party's Muslim appeasement politics.
48:13BJP, to give plump post to Muslim community,
48:20D.K. Shukumar has challenged BJP
48:23to give MLC and Rajasabha MPs for Muslim community.
48:31And coming up next, Astronaut Sunita William
48:33will soon be heading home.
48:35The NASA astronaut and her Crew 9 member,
48:38Butch Wilmore, will finally be returning to Earth.
48:43Details coming up.
48:46Stranded in space for over 9 months,
48:49Astronaut Sunita William is a step closer
48:52to returning back to Earth.
48:54Her Ghar Wapsi from the International Space Station
48:57is now scheduled for Wednesday morning.
49:00We get you more in this report.
49:02Akshita Nandgopal comes up next with Super 60 Plus.
49:06It was all claps and cheers as the hatch
49:15of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft opened.
49:18And the members of Crew 10 entered
49:20the International Space Station.
49:22There were hugs galore as Crew 10 astronauts
49:25met Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore.
49:28The NASA Crew Swap mission will allow
49:30Williams and Wilmore to return home
49:33after 9 unplanned months on the orbiting lab.
49:36The Crew 10 mission is a long-awaited first step
49:40to bring both back to Earth.
49:42Part of a plan set by NASA last year
49:45that has been given greater urgency
49:47by US President Donald Trump
49:49since he took office in January.
49:53We're coming back before long,
49:55so don't make all those plans without me.
49:57We'll be back before too long.
49:59I can tell you at the outset,
50:01all of us have the utmost respect for Mr. Musk
50:04and obviously respect and admiration
50:06for our President of the United States, Donald Trump.
50:10We appreciate them.
50:11We appreciate all that they do for us,
50:13for human spaceflight, for our nation.
50:15And we're thankful that they're in the positions they're in.
50:19On June 5th, Boeing Starliner
50:21carried its first two astronauts into space.
50:24A crucial test before the capsule
50:26could receive NASA approval for routine flights.
50:29But what was supposed to be an eight-day mission,
50:32docked to the ISS,
50:33has been drawn out by months after the capsule sprang leaks
50:37and some of its thrusters failed.
50:41And Houston, thank you for tuning in this early morning.
50:44It was a wonderful day.
50:46Great to see our friends arrive.
50:48So thank you so much.
50:51Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore
50:53are scheduled to depart the ISS on Wednesday morning.
50:57Here's wishing them a safe flight back.
51:00Bureau Report, India Today.