00:00Union Home Minister Amit Shah today challenged the leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi
00:04to debate allegations of vote-chori in Parliament,
00:08on the floor of the House, instead of these battles on the street.
00:11The Home Minister was in Karnal, in Haryana,
00:14as part of the BJP's nationwide Save Democracy Remove Anarchy campaign
00:18against the Congress-led opposition.
00:21But the Congress has also hit back in more ways than one,
00:26but there's breaking news coming in.
00:27And Jharkhand Health Minister and Senior Congress Leader Dr. Irfan Ansari
00:33is in the eye of a storm over his statement,
00:37which is being seen as a warning, saying words to the effect,
00:42the government should learn its lessons.
00:46The government in Nepal thought they were everything,
00:50but the people of Nepal uprooted them.
00:53The government in Bangladesh fell because they did not listen to their people.
00:59He then went on to say,
01:0240 lakh students,
01:0440 lakh students are ready to take to the streets in India.
01:10Rahul Gandhi has held them back.
01:13Modi ji should take a lesson.
01:16Ankur now.
01:17This comes as Amit Shah accused the leader of opposition
01:22of disrupting parliamentary proceedings,
01:24spreading anarchy,
01:25and questioning the electronic voting machine
01:28only when the Congress party or the opposition lost elections.
01:32He questioned Rahul Gandhi's frequent foreign visits
01:36and asserted leader of opposition.
01:39Why should he shy away from a parliamentary debate?
01:42Amit Shah's message is clear.
01:44If Rahul Gandhi has evidence to back his allegations,
01:47then parliament is the place to substantiate them.
01:50And then,
01:51the BJP has now launched a multi-pronged offensive.
01:54We have Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath,
01:56who's joined the counter-offensive.
01:57He, in fact, spoke of the emergency in 1975
02:00to question the Congress party's,
02:03as he put it,
02:04dubious credentials on democracy.
02:06He accused the Gandhi family
02:07of taking credit for electoral victories,
02:10but blaming the EVM for the party's defeat
02:13or the Election Commission of India.
02:15He went on to say,
02:17the Congress repeatedly puts family before nation.
02:21But the Congress refuses to fight on BJP's terms.
02:24It's actually setting its own terms.
02:27The Congress party insists
02:29there has to be a presidential style of face-off
02:31between Prime Minister Narendra Modi
02:33and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi,
02:36arguing that the Prime Minister
02:37must accept the challenge
02:39and defend his record.
02:41Because Rahul Gandhi,
02:42according to Congress party,
02:43has very specific charges to make.
02:45Congress President Malikarjun Kharge
02:47accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi
02:49of avoiding questions on the very critical issue
02:52of vote-chory,
02:54of not appearing in parliament,
02:55not taking questions from the opposition
02:58and not even holding a press conference
03:00in the past 12 years.
03:02He urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi
03:03to come forward,
03:05take questions,
03:06and respond specifically
03:07to opposition's allegations on vote-chory.
03:11The Congress is countering the BJP's demand
03:13for a parliamentary debate.
03:15They say opposition is routinely denied
03:20an opportunity to speak in parliament.
03:22Opposition claims the moment leader of opposition
03:25starts to speak
03:26or other opposition leaders try and speak,
03:29microphones are switched off,
03:32issues are not permitted to be raised
03:33on the floor of the House,
03:35and a meaningful debate cannot be held
03:37in such a situation.
03:39The big political question tonight,
03:42is this a political war
03:44to actually seek answers
03:46to the questions,
03:47very critical questions
03:48that are being raised
03:49on electoral integrity
03:51and democratic accountability,
03:53or will it just remain
03:55another round of accusations
03:57and counter-allegations?
03:58We'll get you all sides of this story,
04:01and then there's another angle
04:03that's now being looked into.
04:05We'll talk about that in greater detail,
04:07but first, let me get you some of
04:08the highlights of the war of words
04:10between the government
04:11and the opposition.
04:48I want to challenge you to
04:57foreign
05:06foreign
05:07foreign
05:17foreign
05:18foreign
05:41How can the world of our own world
05:46the most important and most important people
05:50and the most important people
05:52have been made in a way.
05:54It has been made
05:58that in the country
05:59the most important people
06:01and the most important people
06:02करके लोग तंद्र के पृतियनास्ता व्यक्त करके कॉंग्रेस भारत के स्वधिन्ता संग्राम सेनानियों की विरासत को अपमानित करने का पाप
06:17कर रही है
06:39The government is not going to be a man.
06:48If you don't say anything, you will stop the mic,
06:49then you will be able to do that search.
06:52It's been 24 hours.
06:55I have given you a challenge.
06:59You say that opposition is a country.
07:04On any stage.
07:07You go to a place.
07:10Debate with me.
07:13Who is the country?
07:15Who is the connection of the military forces?
07:18And who is the connection?
07:21Don't be afraid.
07:25We will meet both.
07:27There will be a media.
07:29There will be a country.
07:31There will be a table.
07:33You will sit on one side.
07:34I will sit on one side.
07:36Whoever you want to be judge, you will make it.
07:38Give it to Mohan Bhagwat Ji.
07:41Let's debate.
