00:00Bringing you breaking news at the moment.
00:03Ahmad Mipati's first reaction on rebellion in Punjab.
00:07Minister Goyal has said gave enough respect to all three rebel MLAs.
00:11Ahmad Mipati says three rebels quitting party is not a setback.
00:16Ahmad Mipati says three rebels mustn't have gone to BJP.
00:20Ahmad Mipati's cabinet minister, Barinder Kumar Goyal's first reaction
00:26on the three of its MLAs joining BJP is now here.
00:30Minister Barinder says respect was given to the three MLAs.
00:34They should not have gone to BJP.
00:36But he also says the three MLAs leaving is not a setback for Ahmad Mipati.
00:42The party has given a lot of respect.
00:45The MLAs have given a lot of strength.
00:49They didn't have to do it like that.
00:52There is no setback in the party.
00:58The first reaction coming in from Minister Barinder who says that there was enough respect
01:03given to the three MLAs and they should not have gone to the BJP.
01:06The two sitting MLAs from Punjab joined the opposition Bhartiya Janata party.
01:11This is today.
01:12And among these incumbent legislators, Harman Harmeet Singh was there.
01:17Also Chetan Singh, Jurmurja was also there.
01:19Who's resigned from the ruling party on Sunday, November 1st.
01:23Now Kaur Vijay Pratap Singh, who also resigned as the MLA from the North Amritsar North constituency on Monday,
01:29has also joined the Saffron party as well.
01:33Let's quickly look at welcoming Kamaljeet Sandhu from Chandigarh to give us more details on the same.
01:40Kamaljeet, first up, the reaction coming in from Ahmad Mipati.
01:44This is the first reaction on the three MLAs now joining BJP, saying that of course they should have not
01:50done so,
01:51but there was enough respect given to these three MLAs.
01:54But how big a setback it is for Ahmad Mipati.
01:57The Ahmad Mipati president says that of course this is not a setback.
02:02But how would you see it this coming months ahead of the assembly elections in Punjab?
02:10Well, this is on expected lines, but let me tell you, not just Barinder Kumar Goyal,
02:14but also Bhagawan Tman in his public rally in Patiala has reacted to it, mocking the BJP.
02:21He said that BJP is not BJP as such, it's BJP in brackets, it's Congress.
02:27Because right from Sunil Jhakar to Ravneet Bittu to Manpreet Badal,
02:33they all came from Congress party, so says this is more of Congress than the BJP itself.
02:40So clearly hitting out at BJP at a point of time where three of his own MLAs have exited the
02:46party
02:47and joined the Saffron party.
02:49Now how it looks like is in a 170 constituency, 92 was with the Ahmadinejad party,
02:57then they won another two by poll.
02:59So that is how the numbers increased to 94.
03:02Now BJP had only two MLAs, but now that they are trying to up the ante against the Ahmadinejad party,
03:08this is when they've sharpened the particular attack,
03:12and particularly, especially talking about the NDA alliance.
03:15Now Amit Shah was in Chandigarh, and that's where he actually reiterated the entire idea.
03:20So they're trying to focus and bring the Ahmadinejad party to its knees,
03:24particularly on issues of law and order, and particularly on issues of drugs.
03:29So this is going to be a multi-party contest.
03:32But interestingly, BJP taking on Ahmadinejad party,
03:36and significantly the ruling party also hitting back at the center.
03:40Absolutely. Stay on with us, Kamaljeet.
03:42We have another breaking news coming in amid all-out rebellion in the Ahmadinejad party in Punjab.
03:47C.M. Bhagwant Man has attacked the BJP.
03:50Bhagwant Man has said that BJP is a mere extension of Congress.
03:53Bhagwant Man has also said that BJP and Congress are at odds in public, but friends internally.
03:59Those are the statements coming in from Bhagwant Man.
04:01Also, he has said that those switching parties are betraying Punjab.
04:06This is what C.M. Bhagwant Man has said.
04:08He's taken a sharp dig at party switchers during a rally in the village of Mandoli,
04:14and stated that the BJP is merely an extension of Congress,
04:17and noted that while they may appear to be at odds in public,
04:21they embrace each other at weddings and social gatherings as well.
04:25Kamaljeet, how do you see those statements coming in from Bhagwant Man?
04:31This after, particularly Manpreet Badal, who is the national vice president,
04:35whose daughter got married, and the wedding happened in Chandigarh,
04:40but definitely there were the links of Karan Singh from JNK.
04:44His son got married.
04:46So this is where this is being drawn as to how those who were invited in the list
04:51were of Congress and BJP politicians.
04:56None of the Ahmadi party, Neta, was seen at the wedding,
04:58and that's when the first remark came in from Bhagwant Man
05:02that he was not really invited.
05:03But today, when Ahmadi party saw exit of three of its own embellies,
05:07it was a time to reiterate and hit out at BJP.
05:11And obviously, this is how they've been saying,
05:13because Congress has hit back,
05:15and they often call Ahmadi party the B team of BJP,
05:17and this is what Ahmadi party does to Congress as well.
05:20So meanwhile, what we can say is,
05:23it's going to be an interesting turn of events,
05:25and Diwali is some time away,
05:27but there are fireworks in Punjab already.
05:30Absolutely.
05:31Thanks a lot, Kamaljeet, for getting us all of those details.
