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Show. After

1:00

weeks of suspense and uncertainty, on

1:02

Friday, the last day of filing

1:04

nominations, the Congress finally revealed the

1:07

candidates for Amiti and Raibery Lee,

1:09

two seats in UP, which have been the

1:12

bastions of the Gandhi family. But

1:14

their announcement came with a twist.

1:17

Senior leader Rahul Gandhi, instead of

1:19

running from Amiti, which is what

1:21

most people expected, has opted to

1:23

run from Raibery Lee instead. This

1:26

switch is being seen as a safer choice

1:28

for him, considering that he had lost from

1:30

the seat in 2019

1:32

to Union Minister Smriti Rani. Besides

1:35

this, the other big reveal was

1:37

that Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, despite

1:39

campaigning for the party, would not

1:42

be contesting at all. After

1:44

the announcement, we heard PM Modi react

1:46

to it by saying that it was

1:48

the fear of losing that was making

1:50

Rahul Gandhi move from one seat to

1:52

another. The

2:30

contesting from Amedhi said that the fact

2:32

that the Gandhis are not contesting from

2:34

the seat means that they have already

2:36

accepted defeat. Now

3:01

to talk about these decisions of the

3:03

Grand Old Party, Indian Express's Mautri Saeth

3:05

joins us in this segment. Mautri,

3:08

first tell us what is the reason

3:10

that the Congress took so long to

3:12

announce the candidates from Amedhi and Raibareli?

3:14

See, there are two things.

3:16

First of all that because the decision was

3:18

to be made whether both of them should

3:21

be contesting. By both, I mean whether Pianka

3:23

and Rahul both should be there on ground

3:25

contesting from Raibareli and Amedhi or they should

3:27

be contesting on one seat. That

3:30

was one decision. Another was what people in

3:32

Raibareli, Congress leaders tell me that they wanted

3:34

to take BJP by surprise. That

3:37

they have no doubt literally done. They have been successful

3:39

in doing that. So they wanted to

3:41

take them by surprise because till the last moment

3:43

BJP did not know how to go about it

3:45

and whether they will be fielding Rahul, whether they will

3:47

be fielding Pianka or they would not be contesting. So

3:50

Ultimately, it was BJP who went ahead first

3:53

and declared their candidate and the declaration by

3:55

the Congress came in later on. So They

3:57

have at least been successful in doing that.

4:00

That that was one thing that they wanted

4:02

to do it because they thought that includes

4:04

the declaration would come in before the laws

4:06

they have the nomination they might be some

4:08

of one day policy does will say that

4:10

different that they might be some with sued

4:12

by the bjp as lot of those other

4:14

side of the candidate of consensus that of

4:16

the two things that led to the delay

4:18

basically. A. Most you talking about

4:20

a meaty? This will be the first time

4:22

and twenty five years. That no guns

4:25

he will be contesting from the seat.

4:27

What? Is the result of law was

4:29

is contesting from the library instead. See.

4:31

Them many today's the good even in the

4:34

last woman they were like will be contesting

4:36

the go to This one example in a

4:38

meaty as late night on does he does

4:40

for putting up also thought it often so

4:43

till the last moment even those on the

4:45

ground preparing for the of i googled nominees

4:47

not no idea will be as funny coming

4:49

from the site so as other thing to

4:52

do various theories that the of people have

4:54

been thinking about within gong this process all

4:56

it's that the on the t was actually

4:58

lost by a dozen last time. I. Saw.

5:01

That gone was actually broke because it

5:03

was the bash him but he lost

5:05

it from then suddenly as I but

5:08

he leave was being vacated by Sony.

5:10

Also somebody has to take over. I'm

5:12

people say those are closer than there

5:14

Was a lesson on behalf of the

5:16

and got too optimistic when they have

5:19

been mathematically the study so there was

5:21

no choice except to field dollars because

5:23

leavings I believe he was outside of

5:25

one constancy forbid they have been winning

5:28

constantly rather than taking a meeting their

5:30

that last last. Time that was the

5:32

them. Also thought this is one thing

5:34

that was taken into consideration. Another thirty

5:36

with is going on did as biggest

5:39

issue no one is build a meteor.

5:41

why not down would have to choose

5:43

one. Constancy. rights apart from

5:45

contesting some guy but he leaves a whole

5:47

is also consistent from vine are did get

5:50

along and this is an interesting seed because

5:52

it was his nc dead that had hoped

5:54

to congress sweep the looks of up wasn't

5:56

getting nine two thousand and be but how

5:58

is awful planning to justify leaving

6:00

YNAD and picking a matee

6:03

if he chooses to do that later on. So,

6:06

in case Rahul chooses because next

6:08

in line also there will be

6:11

two options. So, in case Rahul

6:13

leaves YNAD and chooses Raibareli, he

6:15

can always say, this is his

6:17

mother's constancy, that family factor and

6:19

emotional connect. So, he always he'll

6:22

have that backing to say why

6:24

he is choosing Raibareli over YNAD.

6:26

Secondly, even if he leaves Raibareli

6:28

and takes on YNAD, people are

6:30

expecting that maybe in by-election Priyanka

6:33

Yankar. Because even though she

6:35

has been campaigning for her brother also, but

6:37

she has managed election in Raibareli for

6:39

her mother for a long time. So, people

6:41

in namati as far as congressmen are concerned,

6:44

they are more connected to Priyanka rather

6:46

than Rahul. So, these are the theories

6:48

which are being spoken about the Congress

6:50

leaders there in namati and Raibareli. And

6:53

Mautry, why has Priyanka chosen not to make

6:55

her electoral debut this time? Because there were

6:57

a lot of murmurs about it. Why did

6:59

she decide not to do it? See,

7:01

there are many things. First of

7:03

all, the kind of defeat

7:06

that even though the local Congress

7:08

state president might have taken on

7:10

him, that 2022 defeat,

7:13

but the fact remains that the

7:15

entire campaign, the front face was

7:17

Priyanka in 2022 assembly

7:19

election in UP. She was literally

7:21

all over the state deciding on

7:23

candidates, everything. It was her campaign.

7:26

She was the face of that

7:28

election. And the way a party,

7:30

not just party numbers reduced, even

7:32

the vote percentage reduced to like the

7:34

lowest ever. Because after

7:36

that, she completely left UP. She

7:38

didn't come to UP at all. So, after

7:40

that election, it was a setback obviously for

7:42

her also. And for the team, so she

7:44

kind of took a step back, taking review

7:46

of things, how to move forward with it.

7:49

So, probably that is one factor

7:51

that has kind of restrained them from

7:53

actually going ahead and contesting from rivalry

7:56

as far as this election is concerned.

8:00

Raibarelli, can you talk about who the

8:02

BJP has fielded from the seat, who

8:04

Rahul will be contesting against? See,

8:07

BJP has fielded Dinesh Pratap Singh,

8:09

he's a minister in the Yogi government

8:11

in Uttar Pradesh and basically he was

8:13

a Congress leader. He was a Congress

8:15

MLC before joining BJP. He joined BJP

8:17

before 2019 election and he was chosen,

8:19

he wanted to contest, he had an

8:21

aspiration to contest Nok Sabha and BJP

8:23

gave him the ticket. At that point

8:25

also when he joined BJP he was

8:28

a Congress MLC and he has his

8:30

presence because he is from Raibarelli and

8:32

his entire family is there in Raibarelli.

8:34

His brother has been an air sitting

8:36

MLA, his brother's wife has been Jilla

8:38

Panchay chairman. So over the years they

8:40

have kind of developed their Raibarelli as

8:43

their field. BJP again repeated him, why

8:45

was that? Because in Raibarelli they couldn't

8:47

find any other stronger candidate because in

8:49

2019 he

8:51

was the one who was able to

8:54

actually reduce the margin of victory of

8:56

Sonia Rani. I remember in 2014 Sonia's

8:59

margin was roughly about 3.45 or 3.5 lakh votes

9:01

and it reduced to

9:05

half against Dinesh Pratap Singh. Even

9:07

though this time there was lot of

9:09

resentment for Dinesh within BJP also. If

9:11

you remember in between there was a

9:13

talks about what one might be there

9:15

from Raibarelli as in after all these

9:17

things. Ultimately BJP landed on Dinesh Pratap

9:19

Singh and he has been repeated as

9:21

their candidate from Raibarelli and he will

9:23

be contesting against Rahul this time. And

9:26

when it comes to Amati the Congress has fielded

9:28

the 63 year old Kishori

9:30

Lal Sharma who will be facing

9:32

Smriti Rani. Talk about Kishori

9:35

Lal a bit and why he was chosen for

9:37

this seat. See Kishori Lal

9:39

is a person who has never been

9:41

on the front. He is a backroom

9:43

person and he has been managing elections

9:45

for Dandis in Amati and Raibarelli for

9:47

decades. He basically hails from Roodhiana. He

9:49

is not an Amati or a Raibarelli

9:52

person. He first came in Amati in

9:54

1983 and there was a

9:56

program which was being run by Rajiv Gandhi

9:58

then to have a Youth Congress. leader

10:00

monitor development schemes, youth Congress

10:02

leaders from outside the state. He was

10:04

in his early 20s when

10:06

he was brought in by Rajiv Gandhi.

10:09

There's an assembly segment called PILOI. So

10:11

he was made in charge of that

10:13

PILOI constituency under that program. And then

10:15

in next elections when Rajiv Gandhi fought,

10:18

he became part of his team and

10:20

over the years he started managing election

10:22

for him and when Sonia came in

10:24

in 1999, Kishore Lal was the person

10:26

who along with even Priyanka, I admitted

10:29

that along with Priyanka, they were the

10:31

two people who actually sat

10:33

down together to actually have all

10:35

the election strategy together for Sonia.

10:37

And then when Rahul came in

10:40

in 2004, he was managing both

10:42

Sonia's election in Raibareli as well as

10:44

Rahul's election in Amethi in 2004. He

10:47

did the same thing in 2009 election

10:49

both for Rahul as well as Sonia

10:51

Gandhi in Raibareli. But in 2014, there

10:54

was some resentment against him in Amethi.

10:56

Rahul kind of also wanted his own

10:58

team to take over in Amethi. That

11:00

was the time when Kishore Lal completely

11:03

left Amethi and he moved to

11:05

Raibareli as a representative of Sonia

11:07

Gandhi. Since then he was mainly

11:09

concentrating on Raibareli working for Sonia.

11:11

So it's been 40 years for

11:13

him working in Amethi and Raibareli.

11:15

There's no doubt that he knows

11:17

each and every person inside out,

11:19

not just within Congress, but even

11:21

other parties, other sectors as well.

11:23

So he knows people around. But

11:25

yes, coming to the front of

11:27

the election, it's a first for

11:29

him. Right. And in that sense,

11:32

it will be Priyanka who will be the face

11:34

of the campaign and will be countering Smriti Rani

11:36

for him. Meinikal

11:48

seh, satsi sah sali

11:51

samat seh jhante hai. Amethi

11:53

ki gali gali jhante, daga

11:56

jhante, hai karikasar pojante hai.

12:00

And as we all learn, we have

12:02

our own culture

12:24

and experience this process. Many

12:27

people say that even he was taken with a

12:29

surprise that he will be contesting a matrix. He

12:31

was also kind of not ready to go

12:34

into the field all of a sudden. So,

12:36

since with the battling of Priyanka sitting there

12:38

and countering Smiti, so he kind of expects

12:40

that he'll have a better position. And

12:43

Mautry, how confident is the party of

12:45

actually winning from these two seats? Congress

12:48

is confident. When I was talking to

12:50

Congress people, there are two things that

12:53

they are confident. First, it's not about

12:55

BJP in these two seats. It's about

12:57

the anti-encompensity against the sitting candidate. People

13:00

are not happy with Smiti. That is what they

13:02

are banking on. When it comes

13:04

to Raibareli, there are two things. First of

13:06

all, it's a first election for Rahul. So,

13:08

people usually in these constancy, they say, pay

13:10

first election, Nikal do. They start questioning his

13:12

style from the next election. And

13:15

then again in Raibareli also, there's

13:17

Dinesh Vataap Singh. And since he

13:19

has been minister, there's that kind

13:21

of resum resentment against Dinesh Vataap

13:24

Singh also in Raibareli. So, apart

13:26

from the Congress supporters, they are

13:28

banking on the resentment against Dinesh

13:30

Vataap Singh to come in their favor. But

13:33

they were also hoping largely on getting

13:35

SP support in Amethi Raibareli because SP,

13:37

as far as assembly elections is concerned,

13:39

it has been doing well in those

13:41

elections. So, they were banking. But irony

13:44

is that the SP MLAs with whom

13:46

that they would have got the support,

13:48

they have shifted to BJP. So,

13:50

that sector is there. But still people are

13:52

claiming within Congress that they'll be able to

13:54

get the support. It's okay if two leaders

13:57

have moved. But local SP support, they'll get.

14:00

hoping that once a clash also comes into

14:02

camping for them, so that SP base would

14:04

move in their favor. And

14:11

next we talk about the Salman Khan firing case.

14:14

During the early hours of April

14:16

14, two gunmen opened fire outside

14:19

actor Salman Khan's residence in Mumbai.

14:22

And as the police began investigating the matter, a

14:25

Facebook post allegedly uploaded by

14:27

Anmol Bishnoi, the younger

14:29

brother of jail gangster Lawrence Bishnoi

14:31

claimed responsibility for the firing. Lawrence

14:34

Bishnoi is currently lodged in the

14:36

Sabarmati prison in Gujarat, facing charges

14:39

in connection with the murder of

14:41

singer Sidhu Musivala. Now

14:43

the other major development in the case took place

14:45

when one of the accused allegedly

14:47

took his own life while being in

14:49

police custody. To know more about

14:51

the case and how it unfolded, my colleague

14:54

Niharika Nanda speaks to Indian Express's Mohammad Thawar,

14:56

who has been tracking the case for the

14:58

paper. So, Muhammad, all of

15:00

this started with a shooting that took

15:02

place outside actor Salman Khan's house. Can

15:05

you begin by telling us how it all unfolded?

15:08

Yeah, so in the morning in the

15:10

vr's of 14th April around 5am, there

15:13

were two people that came on a

15:15

bike and they fired five rounds, one

15:17

of which reached the balcony of the

15:20

residence of Salman Khan. He stays at

15:22

the Galaxy apartment in Bandra. This was

15:24

surprising because Salman Khan enjoys a wireless

15:26

security in spite of which somebody managed

15:29

to fire rounds and one of the

15:31

bullets actually reached the balcony. Another

15:33

surprising and shocking thing was that nobody

15:36

from the police even gave a chase

15:38

to the bikers in spite of

15:40

having such a security. So the two

15:42

bikers managed to flee from the spot.

15:45

Eventually, the Mumbai crime branch started investigating

15:47

the case and the local Bandra police

15:50

and they started tracking these two

15:52

people. They found that these two

15:54

people had taken a flat place

15:56

on rent in Panvel and based

15:58

on the details that they gathered,

16:00

eventually these two were arrested by

16:02

the police from Bhuj in Gujarat.

16:04

These two youngsters Sagarpal and Vicky

16:07

Gupta, they both were residents of

16:09

Bihar, Champaran. Also in the meantime,

16:11

what happened is Lawrence

16:13

Bishnoi, the gangster, like I'll have to

16:16

take you back to this. So, Lawrence

16:18

Bishnoi, the gangster whose gang is allegedly

16:20

involved in the murder of single Sidhu

16:22

Musewala, he has been giving threats to

16:25

Salman Khan for a long time. The

16:27

reason being that in 1998 when

16:30

Salman Khan and others were shooting for

16:32

the movie Hamzad Saath Hai and Rajasthan,

16:34

they had shot a black buck. Now

16:36

the black buck is considered a holy

16:38

animal for the Bishnoi community and Lawrence

16:40

Bishnoi hails from that community. So since

16:42

then, he has been threatening Salman Khan

16:44

that you know what you did was

16:46

wrong and you would have to pay

16:48

for it. So soon after this attack

16:50

took place, while Lawrence Bishnoi is lodged

16:52

in Sabarmati prison in Gujarat, his brother

16:54

and more Bishnoi who suspected to be

16:56

either in Canada or US, he created

16:58

a Facebook account and he claimed responsibility

17:00

for the attack. So the police eventually

17:02

arrested these two people, arrested two more

17:05

people who had provided the firearms for

17:07

these two and also named the Bishnoi

17:09

brothers as accused in the case. And

17:12

did the police have any inkling of this

17:14

at all? Had Salman Khan

17:16

received any threats before this? Yes,

17:19

there have been like you know once

17:21

there was a letter that had left

17:24

at the Bandra Bankstand in 2022 where

17:26

Salim Khan goes for a walk which

17:28

said that you know we are going

17:30

to target you. Then Salman Khan's manager

17:32

had received an email. So in all

17:34

these cases FIR had been registered, the

17:36

police had been investigating the matter but

17:38

generally the thinking in police circles was

17:40

that these were just empty threats and

17:42

they did not really see you

17:45

know such an attack taking place or even a

17:47

firing taking place outside his residence. So while FIRs

17:49

were registered there were no arrests made in

17:51

the case and the police by and last

17:53

thought this was just Bishnoi gang trying to

17:55

you know get some publicity and that they

17:57

did not mean to do anything. And

18:00

Mohammed, for those of you who might

18:02

not know, can you tell us more

18:04

about Lawrence Bishnoi, his gang and his

18:06

brother and Moll Bishnoi? Yeah,

18:08

so there have been extortion cases that

18:10

have been registered against the gang, but

18:12

this is mostly like this is a

18:14

gang that operates mainly in the northern

18:16

states. You know, this is one of

18:18

the few times where in Maharashtra they

18:20

have had their presence. Generally, it is

18:23

Punjab, Haryana, Western UP, Rajasthan. This is

18:25

the area where they are much more

18:27

active and there have been cases like

18:29

recently earlier this year, they shot dead

18:31

this one alleged Buki in Haryana because

18:33

he was not willing to pay them

18:35

ransom money. So this gang has been

18:37

notorious when it comes to extortion cases

18:39

and they are also involved in

18:41

these gang rivalries. And so this

18:44

gang has been operational in northern

18:46

India. There has been action taken

18:48

against them. Gang members have been

18:50

arrested. Lawrence Bishnoi continues to remain

18:52

behind bars. But in spite of

18:54

being behind bars, he tends to

18:56

be running his empire quite smoothly.

18:58

It would appear because these cases

19:00

keep happening and also his brother,

19:02

Anmol Bishnoi, his younger brother, who's

19:05

supposed to be operating out of either Canada or

19:07

US. So a lot of activity

19:09

takes place through him as well. Then they

19:12

have the accomplice Goldie Brawer. So, you know,

19:14

even though Lawrence is lodged behind bars, all

19:16

these other gang members ensure that the activities

19:18

of the gang continue. And

19:21

as similar incidents happened before as

19:23

well, how common would you

19:25

say such shooting incidents are? So

19:27

in the 90s, you know, when the underworld

19:30

was at its peak in Mumbai, when there

19:32

was the Aussie Brian gang, Rajin gang, at

19:34

that point of time, one did hear of

19:36

celebrities, Bollywood actors being, you know, threatened and

19:39

extortion calls being made. But over the past

19:41

decade, decade and a half, this has been

19:43

an anomaly, you know. The only threats that

19:45

one has generally seen is Salman Khan getting

19:48

threats from Bishnoi. But one, like for a

19:50

firing to take place outside his residence and

19:52

for the accused to get away and for

19:54

the bullet to reach the balcony is really,

19:57

you know, a point finger that whether

19:59

the security. in place was sufficient enough

20:01

or no. So in that sense, it has

20:03

come as a bit of a shock to

20:05

the police establishment and the family in general,

20:07

the family too was unhappy with the police,

20:09

the actors family, they asked them why were

20:11

these people not chased by the police? How

20:13

many cops were there when the attack took

20:16

place? So this incident, you know, is not

20:18

normal in the sense that at least over

20:20

the past decade and a half, such instances

20:22

have not taken place. So it is a

20:24

bit alarming. When Mohammed post

20:26

the arrest, according to the reports, one

20:28

of the accused died by suicide while

20:31

being in custody in Dallas,

20:33

what all has happened after the initial

20:35

arrest? So on Wednesday,

20:37

the four accused, they were lodged in

20:39

the prison in Mumbai crime branch. And

20:41

one of the accused, Anu Thapan, who

20:44

had been arrested from Punjab, he was

20:46

apparently the guy who had given the

20:48

firearms to the two accused. He committed

20:50

suicide in the prison. What happened is

20:52

that while two other accused had been

20:54

taken by the police to record their

20:56

statement, he was in the lockup and

20:59

he then asked to use the washroom

21:01

and he used the bed

21:03

sheet given to him. He tore a bit of that

21:06

and hung himself in the washroom is

21:08

what the crime branch has said. So

21:10

after that, the state CID has been

21:12

asked to conduct an investigation into the

21:15

matter because it becomes a custodial death.

21:17

And in custodial death cases, the same

21:19

agency under whose custody the accused is

21:21

cannot conduct an investigation. So the state

21:24

CID came to the Mumbai police headquarters.

21:26

They have taken the CCTV footage of

21:28

the lockup where the accused had been

21:30

kept and they are recording statements of

21:33

the other accused who were present in

21:35

the lockup to find out if

21:37

you know, Anu had been beaten up

21:39

or if there was any issue because

21:41

of which he would have committed suicide

21:43

or if there is any foul play.

21:45

So right now a team from the

21:47

state CID is conducting investigation on his

21:49

death. And along with that, a magisterial

21:51

inquiry is also underway. So these will

21:53

bring to light whether there was any

21:55

foul play involved in the matter because

21:58

what has happened is that The family of

22:00

Anusthappan has alleged that he was not

22:02

a person who would commit suicide and

22:04

they alleged that this is a murder

22:06

because he would not commit suicide, he

22:08

had no reason to commit suicide. And

22:11

now while the Mumbai Police Crime Branch

22:13

investigation will continue into the case, the

22:15

state CID will be conducting an investigation

22:17

into the custodial then. And

22:19

Muhammad, now can you talk about the

22:21

kind of political reactions that this incident

22:23

has garnered? What have we heard

22:26

from the local leaders? Yeah,

22:28

so soon after the incident, the Marastah

22:30

CM Ignat Shinde went and met Salman

22:32

Khan, his father Salim Khan, and he

22:34

assured that such an incident will not

22:37

take place again because there were question

22:39

marks on the security. The opposition has

22:41

been asking questions about the

22:43

law and order in the state, given that a

22:45

person who enjoys Y plus security, if such a

22:48

person, if there can be an attack outside the

22:50

residence of such a person, then what would be

22:52

the state of the general law and order in

22:54

the city? So in that sense, the opposition did

22:57

take the government to task asking them about

22:59

how such an incident could happen in the

23:01

case of such a high profile actor, especially

23:04

in light of the fact that he has

23:06

been receiving threats from them in the past

23:08

as well. In spite of that,

23:10

such an incident happening, this has been used by

23:12

the opposition to target the government. And

23:19

in the end, we talk about Jammu and Kashmir. One

23:22

Saturday evening, an Air Force personnel

23:24

was killed and four others injured

23:26

in a terror attack in Jammu's

23:29

Poonch district. According

23:31

to a report by Indian Express's Arun

23:33

Sharma, two vehicles carrying the Indian Air

23:35

Force personnel came under fire

23:37

from terrorists around 6pm. The

23:40

injured personnel were evacuated to Udhampur for

23:42

treatment on Indian Air Force choppers, where

23:44

one of them passed away. Sources

23:47

said that combing and search operations had been going on

23:49

in the area for the past few days following

23:52

reports of militant movement. During

23:54

the searches, militants opened fire on a

23:57

vehicle carrying the Indian Air Force personnel

23:59

who retaliated. It's key

24:01

to note that this is the third

24:03

militant attack in the Pee Panchal region

24:05

spread over Rajori and Poon's districts in

24:08

the last two weeks. In the previous

24:10

attacks, a 40-year-old villager was killed after

24:12

militants opened fired on the 22nd of

24:14

April and on the 28th of April,

24:16

a village defense guard was killed in

24:19

the area of Putdampur. Leaders

24:21

from across party lines have condemned

24:23

the incident with Congress leader Rahul

24:26

Gandhi calling the attack shameful and

24:28

cowardly and Congress president Malika Jhunkhargay

24:30

asserting that the country stood united

24:32

for the soldiers. We also

24:34

heard from Assam Chief Minister and BJP

24:37

leader Himantabhishwasarma who in a post on

24:39

next said that those responsible for the

24:41

atrocious act will face the full force

24:43

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