00:00Those are the visuals from Hyderabad where the padhyatra by the BJP is currently underway.
00:05It is being led by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
00:07Meanwhile, not just Hyderabad, the padhyatra is also underway in Kolkata.
00:11That is being led by the BJP President Nitin Nabeen.
00:15And in fact, the Bengal Chief Minister Shavendu Adhikari is also accompanying the BJP President.
00:21So we're showing you both the visuals, how it looks like in Hyderabad, how it looks like in Kolkata.
00:26Now, there's also a strategy difference between the Congress and the India Bloc and the BJP.
00:32If you talk about the India Bloc, the India Bloc is focusing largely on the national capital.
00:36We've seen the protests, the mega rally all happening in the national capital.
00:40Whereas the BJP has launched this campaign across the country.
00:45It is carrying these padhyatras in different parts of the country.
00:49Today itself, one padhyatra is in Hyderabad, one is in Kolkata.
00:53My colleague Tapas is also now joining us from Kolkata with all the action that's happening on the ground.
01:00Tapas, we were showing our viewers the visuals from Hyderabad where Union Home Minister Amit Shah is leading a padhyatra.
01:06And now in Kolkata also, BJP President Nitin Nabeen is leading this padhyatra.
01:11Give us more details.
01:12How long will this be and what all can be expected?
01:19Well, Anjali, it's a sea of people what we can witness here in Kolkata.
01:23I'll show you around thousands of BJP supporters from Kolkata and other adjoining areas have reached Kolkata to participate in
01:31this padhyatra.
01:32BJP is calling this padhyatra as Lok Tantra Bachao, Rajakta Hattao, that means safe democracy.
01:39We know that the India bloc is upping the ante against the BJP government in Delhi on multiple locations.
01:45And now BJP have brought this strategy out to counter the narrative, to counter the narrative of the oppositions.
01:52And that's how Nitin Nabeen, after finishing his rally in Bihar, they have come here in Kolkata.
02:00And they are trying to send across a message to the people at large that this is, that the narrative
02:08that the opposition parties are trying to make is not in favor of the nation or the country.
02:14And henceforth, it's an attempt to reach out to the people at large.
02:18And now BJP President Nitin Nabeen, along with the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Subhenda Dikari, have hit the streets.
02:24And this is the very place from where Momota Banerjee, the former Chief Minister, used to hold rallies in Kolkata,
02:31once known to be a strong bastion of Trinamol Congress.
02:34This very place has been chosen.
02:36It's going to be a two-kilometer rally from College Street to S-Planet.
02:40And as the rally will culminate at S-Planet, Nitin Nabeen would be delivering a speech addressing the people.
02:48So it's a counter-narrative that the BJP is trying to set against the narrative that the opposition parties or
02:56the indie bloc is trying to make and reach out to the people.
03:01And it's a massive scale of rally that has been planned by the BJP.
03:06First it was Bihar, and now here in Kolkata, this BJP President himself out here.
03:12And he's walking on the streets, and he will be walking down two kilometers to reach the planet where he
03:17will be delivering a speech.
03:19It's very clear that under any circumstances whatsoever, BJP is not ready to leave an inch even to the narrative
03:28that is being spread by the opposition parties led by Congress.
03:34Here it's Trinamol Congress that remains to be a deported opposition party.
03:37Now, the kind of sea of people that we are witnessing, we have never seen such a huge turnout of
03:43BJP supporters, at least on the streets of Kolkata in recent past.
03:49Anjali.
03:50Absolutely, Tapas, do stay with us.
03:51So the message from the BJP is absolutely clear.
03:54It's a narrative war that's happening, and the BJP has made it clear that if you want to fight this
03:59battle on the streets, then we are also ready.
04:01And in fact, it's not a usual sight that we see the home minister on the streets taking out a
04:08padhyatra, not just the home minister, other union ministers also, the chief minister, the BJP president, all out on the
04:15streets carrying out a padhyatra every single day.
04:19And currently, this padhyatra is underway in Hyderabad and Kolkata.
