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Uttar Pradesh has seen a tight contest in the legislative council elections, with the Bharatiya Janata Party securing six seats and the Samajwadi Party winning five across eleven seats.
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00:02Months before the crucial assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the state has delivered a verdict
00:07that's made the upcoming contest even more interesting.
00:1111 legislative council seats were up for grabs in a contest between the ruling BJP
00:15and its principal rival in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party.
00:19The BJP won six seats. Akhilesh Yadav, the Samajwadi Party, has secured five.
00:24So off that 11, it's pretty much split evenly, with the BJP just having an edge with six and SP
00:31at five.
00:32The significance for the SP lies in the comparison with the previous election in 2020.
00:37Then too, the BJP had won six seats. The SP then had won only three. Two had gone to independence.
00:43This time, the BJP has matched its previous tally. The SP, however, has increased its tally by two seats.
00:51One of the key results for the Samajwadi Party, and there's been a lot of discourse over this,
00:55has been about Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Modi.
00:59The SP has retained the Varanasi teacher seat.
01:03But more importantly, the other seat up for grabs in Varanasi, the Varanasi graduate seat,
01:09has also been backed by the SP.
01:11So the party has got victories in both of the seats in the Prime Minister's constituency.
01:16The SP also registered a win in Lucknow.
01:18The Lok Sabok constituency represented by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
01:22This is the Lucknow graduate seat, while the BJP retained the Lucknow teacher seat,
01:27splitting the two contests between the two parties, the two seats between the two parties.
01:32For the BJP, the takeaway is that it remained the single largest party in this election,
01:36winning six of those 11 seats.
01:39And despite losing those two seats in Varanasi and one in Lucknow to the Samajwadi Party,
01:43the BJP did secure a win in Gaurapur, which is the stronghold of the party,
01:47stronghold of Yogi Adityanath.
01:49While the BJP admits it is expected to win more seats and says it will introspect on its performance,
01:54the SP is projecting the verdict as a sign of what's to come in the 2027 Assembly election.
02:01So lots of takeaways for both parties.
02:03Here are all the reactions.
02:07Here are all the reactions.
02:31Here are all the reactions.
02:36That's what I have said.
03:20Let me bring in Samad Srivastava for more details on how he reads these results that have come in from
03:30the MLCA election.
03:31Samad, you know, usually a lot of focus, attention is not given to MLCA elections.
03:36But in this particular case, considering we're months away from an election in Uttar Pradesh, one that the entire nation
03:41is watching out for,
03:43what do you make as the biggest takeaway?
03:46You know, is it Advantage BJP or Advantage SP?
03:52See, Akshita, BJP might have won six seats while Samajwadi Party could have bagged around five seats.
03:59But if you see it's in a way, in terms of the elections that are on the doors, 2027 assembly
04:05elections,
04:06then it's a big win for Samajwadi Party.
04:08Because Samajwadi Party was at number three with three seats before in 2020 elections.
04:13But now they have gathered two more seats.
04:15And where Samajwadi Party have won, this is very important.
04:18It's Varanasi, it's Prayagraj, it's Mathura.
04:21The three seats, very important seats, because these have been the stronghold of the BJP also on the type of
04:28religious way that the BJP always plays in elections.
04:32And at that point of time, before in a way winning these particular seats,
04:36Lucknow is another important seat where Rajna Singh is the Lok Sabha MP.
04:40So that is also an important seat where Kanti Singh has won from Lucknow.
04:44So BJP at this point of time accepting the defeat and clearly saying that yes, we have to work hard
04:49at the points where we failed,
04:51we did not expect SP to win on those particular seats, but SP managed to win.
04:55While Samajwadi Party is saying that this is just the teaser, the picture,
05:01Abhi Baki hai mere dost.
05:02So this is the line the Samajwadi Party has taken in this particular election.
05:05Though it has nothing to do with the UP assembly elections, which are around four to five months, three or
05:11four months left for the assembly elections.
05:14But yes, psychologically, we can say that this election has in a way created the mood of the in a
05:21way teachers or graduates.
05:22Because at the point of time, Aum Prakash Rajabha, the minister, is claiming that these are the votes being given
05:28by the graduates, by the teachers.
05:30It's not the public mood.
05:31But we have to accept that these are also the part of the public.
05:34It's a total fraction, but we're months to go with an election.
05:36Any electoral contest will be read into as a precursor of what to expect in the final, in the grand
05:43final, which will be the assembly election itself.
05:45Samajwadi, I request you to stay with me.
05:46We're cutting across to breaking news that's coming in from Uttar Pradesh.
05:55Now, in what's being viewed as a big warning from the Yogi administration to regime change backers,
06:01the Yogi Adityanath government has made it clear that individuals linked to organizations seeking regime change through what it calls
06:09violent means will be ineligible for government employment.
06:14India today has learned that these revised rules will apply to direct recruitment across government departments, corporations, councils and local
06:21bodies.
06:22So, big, big move there by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, where, in fact, a decision has been taken that anyone
06:28who's been part of an organization that resorted to violent means and pushed for regime change will not be eligible
06:35for a government opportunity for a government job.
06:39Samajwadi, you know, what is the wording exactly here?
06:42Because there will be a lot of questions about the terms and conditions, how this works, which organizations are actually
06:49a no-go for the Yogi government.
06:50Have they been named?
06:55See, it's a big thing that has come in Uttar Pradesh.
06:58Clearly, the document we have got has stated that whosoever student who will be, in a way, found in those
07:06particular protests which are about the regime change
07:08or the students who have found links with those who are, in a way, urging the students to come in
07:14protest for the regime change will not be conceded for the government jobs.
07:18That's what the letter of a senior IS officer who is in that particular department claims.
07:24And this is a big thing in Uttar Pradesh because we are seeing many such protests happening all across the
07:29nation.
07:30And at that point of time, Yogi government has come up with this particular order.
07:33We have seen many protests happening around this particular state about recruitments.
07:39Those are pending either in UPSC or in UPSCC.
07:42But now, though this order also clarifies that it is about the regime change.
07:47It has nothing to do with the political ideology of any particular student.
07:51Like if any political students support Samajwadi Party or Congress Party, the government has nothing to do with that.
07:56It's only about the call of regime change.
07:59If any student was found supporting the regime change thing or was found participating in such protests which are about
08:06the regime change,
08:07they will definitely not be conceded for the government jobs in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
08:11The challenge is, Samaj, just explain this further to us.
08:14Because right now, considering we have been seeing protests by some groups who have spoken of regime change,
08:20but that hasn't been the theme of the agitation.
08:22Will that mean that anyone who participates in that protest therefore is automatically disqualified from getting an opportunity to work
08:28in the U.P. government?
08:34That's a good part, Akshita, because we see that they have called for the regime change.
08:38But now, as you just said, the opposition parties are slamming the BJP and the U.P. government for this
08:44particular thing.
08:44They are saying that this rule that has come up by the U.P. government is against the constitution.
08:50They are, in a way, trying to take up the freedom, the choice, the right to act,
08:56which is already written in the constitution of those particular students or those particular people who try to be a
09:02good government officer.
09:03They are now shutting the voice of those who come up to raise their voices in their protest.
09:09The SP leaders, the Congress leaders are now saying,
09:11if any recruitment is pending for years, what a student will do?
09:15Whether he'll sit inside his room, inside his home and just wait for four to five years for that particular
09:20thing.
09:20And when he'll hit the ground, you'll call him a regime change person.
09:24So that has been the thing, whether the policeman will differentiate between a normal protest or a regime change protest.
09:30Because it's very easy to label anyone by anything.
09:34If a student is protesting for any recruitment which is pending for years, you can't call it a regime change.
09:40That's what the opposition parties are claiming.
09:42Now we have to see what BJP has to say about that.
09:44So a lot of questions on whether something like this can actually be misused against individuals.
09:51Also because there's a lot of loopholes that can be misused as well.
09:57You know, there is absolute clarity that's needed really on what the government intends to do by putting across this
10:02kind of an order
10:03and whether authorities will be able to actually crack down in the manner that they actually envision
10:09or will it be based on how they deem fit.
10:11Thanks very much, Samad, for those details.
10:13Let's cut across to more breaking news from Selection Express.
10:23Now as the BJP has been looking to retain Uttar Pradesh and rest power from AAP in Punjab,
10:28the RSS is set to also step in, hit the ground running in these election states
10:33with special focus we're hearing on Uttar Pradesh as well as Punjab.
10:38Here's what we've learned on India today.
10:39That the Sun will now discuss strategies to counter what it calls as anti-national forces.
10:45Those fomenting chaos and the growing drug menace.
10:48This is something that will be brought up in a key meeting that the RSS is holding in Indore on
10:53November 2nd and 3rd.
10:55In Uttar Pradesh, the special focus will be on countering the opposition's campaign over SIR.
10:59In Punjab, the spotlight is going to be on the drug menace issue.
11:03This is pretty much how the BJP has also been going forward with their campaign.
11:07But the RSS now is also going to step in.
11:10Aishwarya Paliwale is joining us live with more details on this.
11:13Aishwarya, give us a sense of really what kind of, you know, what level of stepping in by the RSS
11:21are we really looking at here?
11:23Well, you know, Akshita, one of the things that the RSS has been doing over the past few months is
11:27making sure that they get a sense of what the people are thinking and whether do they really believe in
11:33everything that the opposition has been saying over the past few months.
11:36And the sense that the RSS has got is that some of the issues like the need issues, yes, they
11:40were big issues for the people, but the other issues like the removal of the CEC and questioning the entire
11:45electoral process that is being followed, that is something that the common man does not really believe in.
11:50The big two elections on the horizon in the state of Uttar Pradesh and also in the state of Punjab,
11:56the RSS believes that door-to-door meetings, house-to-house meetings, that is something which is required so that
12:01they can tell the people the kind of work that the Bharti Janta Party has done in the state of
12:06Uttar Pradesh over the past decade and the kind of work they are looking at doing in the state of
12:10Punjab.
12:11The drug menace, something which is very, very huge, we have seen it in the state of Punjab, one after
12:15the other, Akshita, unfortunate incidents have been coming to the fore over the past many years.
12:20The RSS believes that if it can tell the people that this is something that the BJP has been focusing
12:26on, something that Home Minister Amit Shah over the past few months has been speaking about, it will surely turn
12:31the people and it will surely turn the tide in the favour of the Bharti Janta Party, especially in the
12:35state of Punjab.
12:36Okay, thanks Aishwarya for those details. Let's switch focus now from Uttar Pradesh to Punjab. We've got a number of
12:43news breaks lined up for you. Let's cut across to that.
12:47We've been seeing, of course, a big showdown over law and order in Punjab, particularly over the drug crisis. The
12:53BJP has been going all guns blazing against the Bhagavatam government and now they're pushing for early poll code of
13:00conduct to come into place in Punjab.
13:03Why? Because they're calling the state lawless. The Punjab BJP shot off a letter to the governor in this regard
13:08saying that to tackle the law and order situation, the model code of conduct must immediately come into effect.
13:15They're also saying that this is because any attempt to go ahead with the campaign, including an anti-drug marathon
13:22that the BJP planned, they weren't given permission and the cops denied a nod citing law and order.
13:29Remember that usually you'll see the code of conduct kicking in once the election commission announces polls, which is a
13:35couple of months away.
13:36But now the BJP is saying do that ASAP to ensure the weakened campaign and because there is no law
13:43and order in the state.
13:46What are the word of conduct in Punjab doing?
13:48It's because there is no law and order situation, it's not going to go well.
13:54Why did it happen?
13:55It's just the direct deception.
13:59The legend of Kajriwal versus Kajriwala is saying that he is the先fra.
14:06Whether it's a victim, the person in the state or the people in the state or the Punjab who are
14:13scented,
14:36Asim Basi is joining us live from Chandigarh with more details.
14:40So on this, Asim, run us through the demand that's coming from the BJP.
14:43And if there's been any response that's coming from the governor yet.
15:13He has now shot a letter to the Punjab governor saying that the look at the condition of the law
15:18and order in Punjab that a marathon cannot be conducted.
15:21And he also given references of the spate of incidents that have taken place in Punjab.
15:26A flurry of incidents, flurry of murders have taken place.
15:28And he has requested the governor that the model code of conduct should be implemented at the earliest considering the
15:34state of law and order in Punjab.
15:36During the presser, you also said that there is total lawlessness in Punjab.
15:41We have seen the Punjab police cops being killed, ASIs being killed, the Mansai incident, the Sangroor incident and a
15:48flurry of incidents that have rocked the law and order situation in Punjab.
15:51Especially yesterday's incident in Tarantaran as well, where one person was shot down in a broad daylight and two were
15:57injured.
15:57And open gunfire was recorded in the video.
15:59All right. Thanks, Aseem, for those details.
16:10And trouble mounts for the Bhagavatam government.
16:13The National Commission for Minorities has taken cognizance of the death of 35-year-old Daljeet Singh.
16:19They've sought a report from the Punjab police in a week.
16:21This comes after a BJP Punjab leader met the Minorities Commission chairman and raised the issue of Daljeet Singh's death.
16:29Remember that in this particular case, we're talking about the death of a 35-year-old.
16:34It triggered public anger.
16:36His family claimed he died of drug overdose.
16:39And then the police, in that viral footage that you see on the right of your screens, amid public anger,
16:44actually carried away the mortal remains of Daljeet,
16:48which prompted protests and demands for accountability for answers from the Maand government.
16:53Now, you've got the National Commission for Minorities also stepping in, seeking answers from the Punjab police in a week
17:00on the manner in which they handled this case.