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[00:00:08] एबीवीपी के लिए प्रधानमंत्री मोदी के
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[00:00:46] Hello and welcome everyone, I am Bhavana Naiyat with you. News is everywhere,
[00:00:50] but what is the story behind the news? How big is the impact of this news?
[00:00:54] How true is a certain claim? And what is the other side of the picture?
[00:00:57] To answer these questions, DD News presents News Punch,
[00:01:01] your news sarpanch. Here, there won't just be headlines,
[00:01:05] but also news, its analysis, statistics, and
[00:01:08] factual investigation. Our team from ground zero will give you every necessary update
[00:01:12] so that no news escapes you and no important part
[00:01:16] of the news remains overlooked. So get ready, because now
[00:01:19] every major news story will be under scrutiny and the punch
[00:01:23] will be absolutely precise. Let's start today's News Punch with the top lines.
[00:01:26] साथ
[00:01:28] The first news story will be related to Rahul's claims and Rahul's claims have been shattered
[00:01:32] because the truth has been exposed and Rahul has been hurt by the statistics.
[00:01:38] in ABVP. We will tell you how, through News Punch. The second news story will be related to the DUSU
[00:01:41] elections. How campus politics is changing and it's not the students' voice but
[00:01:45] an explosion here. And
[00:01:49] how new equations
[00:01:51] with the video of Suryakiran are emerging in student politics. And what big messages
[00:01:54] are emerging from the ABVP's victory in DUSU?
[00:01:57] We will tell you in News Punch.
[00:02:01] The third important news story will be related to the drug problem.
[00:02:04] Let me tell you that BJP has now taken a pledge to make Punjab drug-free.
[00:02:08] While the Aam Aadmi Party has also sounded the election bugle, meaning
[00:02:12] with the assembly elections in Punjab, political parties have
[00:02:16] tightened their belts. So we will cover these three important news stories
[00:02:19] in News Punch. And let's now discuss each news story in detail.
[00:02:23] The first news story, let me tell you, is related to Rahul Gandhi.
[00:02:27] It's related to Rahul Gandhi because
[00:02:29] the sound was heard with an echo, of the students' voice, but now it's also about fact-checking Rahul Gandhi's claims,
[00:02:32] because during an interaction with students in Indore, Madhya Pradesh,
[00:02:36] Rahul Gandhi raised issues like MPPSC recruitment,
[00:02:39] OBC reservation, and
[00:02:43] made several such claims that have been exposed. And regarding these claims,
[00:02:46] social media through "Goonj of Lies" (Echo of Lies)
[00:02:49] has today brought facts and figures to light.
[00:02:53] Government figures have come out, in which Rahul Gandhi claimed that
[00:02:57] there was fraud in MPPSC and that
[00:03:00] jobs were not given.
[00:03:04] But here, the fact-check that has been released
[00:03:08] on the platform "Goonj of Lies" (Echo of Lies) reveals everything,
[00:03:11] how the truth about MPPSC, government recruitment,
[00:03:15] and OBC reservation is emerging through facts and figures.
[00:03:19] So Rahul's claims
[00:03:22] have been exposed. Let me tell you that the platform has exposed Rahul Gandhi's five
[00:03:26] major claims. Let's tell you through graphics what
[00:03:30] Rahul Gandhi's claim was and what the picture of the figures
[00:03:34] is emerging to be. Rahul Gandhi's claim and the
[00:03:37] fact-check show
[00:03:41] that for 8 years, the 87:13
[00:03:44] for the post of President. ratio formula
[00:03:46] Let's turn to Aditya. was a big statement from Rahul Gandhi and it was
[00:03:49] an interim arrangement and amid the OBC reservation dispute, it was
[00:03:53] an interim arrangement. It was said so, but how long has the 87:13
[00:03:56] formula been in place? What Rahul Gandhi is saying
[00:04:00] is not true. Along with this, 4.87
[00:04:04] lakh posts are pending, this came out in Rahul's statement,
[00:04:08] but this is not true. The fact-check revealed that about
[00:04:11] 10,000 posts are affected, on which the court's
[00:04:14] final decision कहीं ना कहीं फैसला जो
[00:04:18] is somewhere the responsibility.
[00:04:21] 13% of the posts have been stopped. Rahul Gandhi claimed this,
[00:04:25] but what came out in the fact-check is that 13% of the posts are not canceled,
[00:04:28] this is a provisional list. If the court's
[00:04:32] decision, on which there is a stay, an interim stay, comes, then these 13%
[00:04:36] recruitments will also happen. Appointments have been made on 87%
[00:04:39] of the posts, and let me tell you that
[00:04:42] Rahul Gandhi's claims did not prove to be true
[00:04:45] anywhere. Let's move on now and
[00:04:49] talk about the OBC reservation claim and record. Let us tell you what Rahul Gandhi claimed,
[00:04:53] that BJP stopped 27% OBC reservation. While the record states that
[00:04:56] in 2019, the MP Court stayed it. And after this, Rahul
[00:05:00] Gandhi claimed that Congress increased it from 14% to 27%.
[00:05:03] But the Kamal Nath government's ordinance somehow
[00:05:07] took the matter to court, and after that, all
[00:05:11] the legal complications of OBC reservation came to light.
[00:05:14] And all this happened during the Kamal Nath government. This came out in the fact check.
[00:05:18] BJP did not allow 27% OBC reservation
[00:05:21] to be implemented in the areas under stay. Let me tell you
[00:05:25] that such action was taken and somehow this happened.
[00:05:29] And the entire power here, you see, BJP stopped 27%
[00:05:32] OBC reservation, and here in 2019, there was a stay by the MP High Court,
[00:05:36] and in 2019, you tell me whose government it was. So in such a situation,
[00:05:40] Rahul Gandhi's OBC reservation claim is also somewhere
[00:05:43] seen to be shattered. That is, he went
[00:05:46] with the voice of the students, but here in the echo of lies, all
[00:05:49] the claims and all the secrets were exposed. Let's move on now
[00:05:53] and tell you that in the echo of students' voices, the claims
[00:05:57] showed the data. Now, how this mirror is appearing
[00:06:01] is what the issue is. The issue is related to teachers. Rahul Gandhi's claim states that
[00:06:04] the system of teachers has somehow collapsed. Rahul Gandhi raised the issue of schools.
[00:06:08] While the available official figures are before you, showing how
[00:06:12] the official figures are. Then Rahul Gandhi raised the question of the education
[00:06:16] budget, saying that sufficient funds are not being spent,
[00:06:19] but the available figures clearly state that the expenditure, the budget, has
[00:06:23] continuously increased. The issue related to recruitments, there are no government jobs, but if you
[00:06:27] look at employment, recruitments have continuously increased.
[00:06:30] The issue of unemployment was also raised, that there is an employment crisis, but here when
[00:06:34] we are talking about jobs being created and the issue of teacher
[00:06:38] unemployment was also raised, that there are no jobs. In such a situation, all these
[00:06:41] issues related to education, along with
[00:06:45] employment, and teacher recruitment, were indeed raised by Rahul
[00:06:49] Gandhi, but the figures clearly
[00:06:53] showed that Rahul's claims were
[00:06:56] somehow proven false. Now let me tell you
[00:06:59] that there are also reactions regarding this because BJP is now attacking Rahul Gandhi's claims.
[00:07:03] Let's listen to what Madhya Pradesh CM Dr.
[00:07:07] Mohan Yadav said, along with the reactions from BJP and
[00:07:10] other senior leaders. Let's make you listen.
[00:07:13] हैं,
[00:07:16] In Indore, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi
[00:07:19] held his "Echo of Lies" program.
[00:07:23] Congress people only spoke
[00:07:27] to spread confusion
[00:07:29] among the public based on their
[00:07:32] agenda. It's very sad.
[00:07:35] The Leader of Opposition is a very important post. I hope
[00:07:39] that talking with facts would be better. In Indore,
[00:07:43] they are trying to spread the echo of lies.
[00:07:47] It's completely wiped out, not even a single seat. That means
[00:07:50] what the mood of the youth power of the country
[00:07:53] is, this election result clearly shows.
[00:07:57] Congress and leftists are working
[00:08:00] to incite the youth.
[00:08:03] The youth power of the country
[00:08:07] has rejected them. The wind has been taken out of the echo of lies today.
[00:08:11] The truth about the echo of lies has been exposed that
[00:08:15] Rahul, keep echoing it,
[00:08:17] but the country will only move forward with Modi's mantra,
[00:08:20] patriotism and development.
[00:08:24] Today, students across the country have shown this in the results
[00:08:27] of the Delhi University elections.
[00:08:31] So Rahul Gandhi's claims,
[00:08:33] somewhere, have been exposed by the fact-check.
[00:08:37] And government figures, data, and documents clearly show
[00:08:41] that Rahul's claim, whether it's related to teacher recruitment
[00:08:44] or employment, or OBC reservation,
[00:08:48] the claims he made about the shortcomings
[00:08:52] seen in the BJP government, all those secrets
[00:08:55] have now been exposed. Our correspondent Aditya from Bhopal has joined us with more information.
[00:08:59] Aditya, Rahul's voice
[00:09:02] was heard, but only what was correct through fact-checking reached the ears,
[00:09:06] meaning that voice proved to be hollow
[00:09:10] somewhere, whether it was about OBC reservation...
[00:09:42] in universities or during such movements, they have been leveling such allegations against governments,
[00:09:46] so it was not a new thing for the people of Madhya Pradesh to see. And the facts presented,
[00:09:49] the government has always been saying this: see, in 2022,
[00:09:53] this was implemented in 2019. He talked about OBC reservation.
[00:09:57] The 14-27% difference was implemented without looking at the legal complications,
[00:10:00] and then when this
[00:10:04] matter reached the court, it got stuck there. Now that it's stuck, the government has not stopped
[00:10:07] all recruitments. 87%
[00:10:11] of the work continued, and if we talk about the remaining 13%, provisional lists
[00:10:14] continued to be made, and the figure of 4 lakh that you are mentioning is absolutely correct, that many
[00:10:18] reports say that only around 10,000 recruitments were affected by this.
[00:10:22] It was not more than that. So this fact remained,
[00:10:25] besides this, we need to think about one more important thing here,
[00:10:29] that the figures regarding the education system of Madhya Pradesh that came out from Rahul
[00:10:33] Gandhi's platform were also somewhere incorrect.
[00:10:36] Those figures were probably very old, or rather, they might be about 12-13
[00:10:40] years, 15 years old figures, because the recent
[00:10:44] figures in Madhya Pradesh, if we talk about the education system's budget, if we talk about the budget of schools,
[00:10:47] if we talk about teacher recruitments, then somewhere the picture has changed.
[00:10:51] भर्तियों की अगर बात की जाए तो कहीं ना कहीं तस्वीर बदली है और वो
[00:11:25] NSUI supporters have been protesting and continue to hold small protests
[00:11:29] in small places. Aditya, very
[00:11:32] briefly, I would like to ask you if a political uproar has now erupted over this.
[00:11:36] BJP is continuously attacking Congress because it is the BJP government,
[00:11:40] and BJP knows that the figures being shown by Rahul Gandhi
[00:11:44] are all hollow. Absolutely, this is what the BJP
[00:11:48] is saying, and they are standing by the figures because they have been in power in Madhya Pradesh for a long time.
[00:11:51] They know what their government has done, and
[00:11:55] that's what they are telling the public. And the Chief Minister also, yesterday, when
[00:11:59] the program ended, the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh spoke based on figures.
[00:12:02] He said that if you come to speak, speak with facts,
[00:12:06] speak with figures. And because the government is in Madhya Pradesh,
[00:12:10] if it is giving figures, and those figures are also in the assemblies,
[00:12:14] then if you make such statements
[00:12:18] from your heart, the government will get a chance. Indeed, this was an attempt to spread
[00:12:21] confusion by Rahul Gandhi, but government figures and
[00:12:25] all these figures clearly show that education
[00:12:29] has increased, the budget has grown. Also, if we talk about jobs,
[00:12:32] job creation has also happened. In this regard, Aditya,
[00:12:36] thank you very much for all the information.
[00:12:38] धन्यवाद,
[00:12:41] Let's talk about campus politics now. From Delhi University to other big campuses
[00:12:45] across the country, the changing equations in student politics are being heard.
[00:12:48] What is this sound? This sound was heard yesterday, because
[00:12:54] and it was the echo of the one whose drum had to be beaten,
[00:12:58] because ABVP got a magnificent victory in DUSU. Three out of four
[00:13:01] posts went to ABVP, while NSUI could not even open its account,
[00:13:05] meaning NSUI remained at zero. Along with this,
[00:13:09] this picture is not being seen only in DUSU.
[00:13:13] We are seeing that continuously, if we talk about other universities as well,
[00:13:16] a similar picture is emerging because this generation
[00:13:20] knows that they are aware, they know whom
[00:13:24] to choose and whose voice to listen to. Because the results of Punjab University and other
[00:13:28] campuses also show the strengthening grip of ABVP
[00:13:31] in student politics. These results have come at a time when Congress
[00:13:35] is running the "Goonj of Students" (Echo of Students) campaign to reach out to the youth. So,
[00:13:39] is the changing mindset of Gen Z now being seen in campus elections?
[00:13:42] Can these changing equations also affect the politics of upcoming elections?
[00:13:46] Because student politics is not limited to campuses. This is considered
[00:13:49] the foundation of national politics as well.
[00:13:53] Let's tell you now who finally won in the grand victory
[00:13:56] of ABVP in DUSU yesterday. ABVP held
[00:14:00] three out of four posts and maintained
[00:14:04] its excellent performance. Yash Dabas was elected
[00:14:09] He got 24,576 votes. The winning
[00:14:13] margin was about 2053 votes. Riya Chhabra was elected
[00:14:17] for the post of Secretary. There,
[00:14:20] 21,650 votes came in Riya's name, and the winning margin was 6781 votes.
[00:14:24] Lakshyaraj Singh remained the Joint Secretary and
[00:14:27] got 16,615 votes, and his winning margin was 837 votes.
[00:14:31] Let me tell you that
[00:14:34] an independent candidate also won, and that
[00:14:38] independent candidate was somehow
[00:14:40] separated from Congress and then,
[00:14:44] as an independent, he achieved this big victory.
[00:14:47] So, what messages are emerging in student
[00:14:51] politics from the grand victory of ABVP in DUSU yesterday?
[00:14:54] Let's also tell you about that.
[00:14:57] ABVP's strong hold is visible here, because ABVP won three seats yesterday.
[00:15:01] It maintained its dominance in the campus.
[00:15:04] While, if we talk about NSUI,
[00:15:06] NSUI has suffered a big setback here because NSUI could not even open an account here.
[00:15:10] All four seats were wiped
[00:15:13] out, and along with this, the big victory of the independent. As I
[00:15:17] told you, Deepanshu Saukin, who had separated from Congress, has now become
[00:15:21] the vice-president, and this also somehow made history yesterday because after a long
[00:15:25] interval, an independent candidate here won
[00:15:28] a seat. While, if we talk about student
[00:15:32] politics, the issues here,
[00:15:35] if we talk about the issues of 2026, the issues in student politics are changing
[00:15:38] because now students are very smart, very aware.
[00:15:42] Here, the issues that were there were related to employment, related to education,
[00:15:46] related to safety, and related to campus facilities.
[00:15:49] Along with this, a new mood of Gen Z was also seen here. New issues, new
[00:15:53] faces, and new politics.
[00:15:55] These are many big messages emerging from the DUSU results.
[00:15:58] Now let's move on to the fact that
[00:16:02] it was not the voice of the students, but a big explosion, because how changing student
[00:16:06] politics is changing equations. Let's tell you through graphics.
[00:16:09] Equations are now changing on campus, meaning the old issues,
[00:16:13] the issues that constantly dominated, are no longer working for Gen Z.
[00:16:17] Gen Z wants new issues so that they can vote for you.
[00:16:21] ABVP saw a splendid victory. Along with this, organizational strength
[00:16:24] was seen, and with its strong presence,
[00:16:28] ABVP achieved a splendid victory yesterday. Along with this, ABVP's excellent performance
[00:16:31] is being seen in major universities, which we mentioned in Punjab University.
[00:16:35] ABVP maintained its dominance in DUSU, which we saw,
[00:16:39] and if we look at Punjab, ABVP also made its mark there somewhere
[00:16:43] because it captured the president's post in the university.
[00:16:47] This is ABVP's second consecutive victory
[00:16:51] in recent elections in Punjab. While, if we talk about NSUI,
[00:16:54] NSUI is facing big challenges here, because Congress constantly
[00:16:58] went to the students with the voice of the students
[00:17:01] and also with its issues, but the students are somehow
[00:17:05] not comfortable with those issues.
[00:17:07] That is why somewhere the students
[00:17:11] showed their trust
[00:17:15] Along with this, reactions have also come. After this
[00:17:19] splendid victory, the celebration has also begun. How reactions
[00:17:23] from Kiren Rijiju and Basuri Swaraj came, and how they
[00:17:26] attacked Congress's student voice. Let's make you listen.
[00:17:30] हैं,
[00:17:33] Such a massive victory for ABVP shows
[00:17:36] that Congress and opposition
[00:17:39] parties, who roam around
[00:17:42] in the name of the students' voice,
[00:17:46] actually it is an echo of lies
[00:17:49] because the youth have spoken. The election
[00:17:53] results have come, they have made it clear that the youth of this
[00:17:57] country have completely rejected the Congress party.
[00:18:00] NSUI could not even open its account in this election,
[00:18:04] meaning the youth of this country have rejected the negative politics
[00:18:08] of the Congress party and have rejected their
[00:18:11] divisive talks. So how is this campus politics changing
[00:18:15] and how are the equations of student politics changing?
[00:18:18] Our correspondent Chandrashekhar will give more information about this.
[00:18:22] Let's ask Chandrashekhar. Chandrashekhar, a big movement of Gen Z was seen this year,
[00:18:26] then the Satyaneetn incident. After this, these elections
[00:18:29] for DUSU are held, where ABVP gets a splendid victory. This is not just news
[00:18:33] related to DUSU elections, this news is important because of how student
[00:18:37] politics is changing and how student politics is somewhere
[00:18:41] a big foundation of national politics.
[00:18:44] है
[00:18:48] Absolutely, and if we look at it this way, the attempt
[00:18:51] to politicize by Congress, if you look at the whole scenario,
[00:18:54] how they tried to spread a narrative of unity that Gen Z is against the government
[00:18:58] and they are not happy with their policies, all these kinds of
[00:19:02] things they tried to create, you
[00:19:06] see that when the result comes, the result is completely zero.
[00:19:09] So this zero raises a very big question
[00:19:13] as to which direction their politics, NSUI's
[00:19:16] organizational failure, was already there, but how you
[00:19:19] chose the candidates, that is also your failure because you completely
[00:19:23] failed to gauge what the students want,
[00:19:27] what their opinion is, and which way they are inclined to go.
[00:19:31] Whereas if you look at ABVP, when the admission process happens on campus,
[00:19:34] their first camp starts there and they continuously remain
[00:19:38] in touch with them. So the students,
[00:19:42] as a statement from ABVP came after the victory,
[00:19:45] that the ancient culture,
[00:19:49] civilization, our roots, Gen Z still has the same faith
[00:19:53] in them, and they know who
[00:19:57] is better for them, who can be a better option for them, who can choose their better issues
[00:20:01] and who can give them the results.
[00:20:05] So undoubtedly, they
[00:20:37] In such a situation, Congress will have to look within itself and see that even though they came with the students' voice,
[00:20:41] the students don't have faith in them at all. And if we look
[00:20:45] at this election, just 13 days before,
[00:20:48] the Prime Minister visited SRC and interacted with Gen Z. This was also somewhere
[00:20:52] a major changing equation. Growing trust among Gen Z
[00:20:55] for ABVP and Prime Minister Modi.
[00:20:58] लिए
[00:21:03] Yes, I spoke to Riya Chawla about this. My first question to her was
[00:21:07] whether she felt that Gen Z had given a very big
[00:21:10] support. She said that this support is definitely towards her
[00:21:13] and also towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his policies, and the inclination
[00:21:17] that he has consistently shown, and how the Prime Minister constantly tries
[00:21:20] to connect, so this effect
[00:21:24] was also seen in the election results, because
[00:21:27] in which direction, as I said earlier, the youth think,
[00:21:31] the government is constantly making efforts in that direction, and because of that, somewhere
[00:21:34] the students had already made up their minds about whom to vote for. As for NSUI,
[00:21:38] as I told you, this is their strategic organizational
[00:21:42] failure, and also the way they chose
[00:21:46] the candidates, there was also a mismatch in their later actions.
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[00:23:21] नमाज
[00:23:25] Welcome back after the break. News from Punjab. The election
[00:23:29] atmosphere is heating up in Punjab, and the drug issue has come to the center of politics.
[00:23:32] On one hand, BJP has launched a campaign to make Punjab drug-free by starting yatras on four routes
[00:23:36] against drugs. These yatras will pass through several assembly constituencies, and
[00:23:40] on September 21st, Talwandi Sabo will be the next stop.
[00:23:43] Shivraj Singh Chauhan and Nayab Singh Saini
[00:23:47] will also be participating in the campaign, while all yatras will conclude in Jalandhar.
[00:23:51] Now, let's talk about your strategy. If we talk about your strategy,
[00:23:55] your election bugle has also been sounded. They are also starting their campaign today.
[00:23:59] How BJP's war is looking
[00:24:02] against drugs, let's tell you through graphics.
[00:24:06] The campaign against the Mann government has intensified. Today is the third day of the drug-free Punjab yatra.
[00:24:10] From Fazilka, the third route will begin today. Arjun Om Iqbal will give momentum
[00:24:13] to the movement. This yatra will pass through 22 assembly constituencies.
[00:24:17] The yatra will conclude
[00:24:21] in Ludhiana. Nitin Navin started it on Friday.
[00:24:24] So how the BJP's campaign
[00:24:28] against drugs is gaining momentum, we'll show you through graphics.
[00:24:32] But we also tell you how your election strategy is intensifying.
[00:24:36] यह भी आपको बताते हैं,
[00:24:39] How your election bugle has sounded, we tell you this. Your
[00:24:42] election campaign has started. In Punjab, your election bugle
[00:24:46] has been blown. Let me tell you that Bhagwant Mann's government is currently in power, and this is your
[00:24:50] car. In such a situation, the campaign is starting from today. Assembly elections in Punjab,
[00:24:53] let me tell you, are going to happen next year. So pamphlets will be distributed door-to-door.
[00:24:57] Committee members, here Bhagwant Mann's government will go door-to-door
[00:25:01] and distribute pamphlets. This campaign will be launched today.
[00:25:05] You will see the inauguration of your campaign today.
[00:25:08] Let's see what reactions are coming regarding this and how
[00:25:12] the BJP government has cornered the Mann government. Let's show you.
[00:25:16] हैं,
[00:25:20] When it came in 2022, there were talks
[00:25:24] of giving three months, four months,
[00:25:27] we will finish this drug problem. This government, which gives date after
[00:25:31] date,
[00:25:35] is such a lying, deceitful government. Punjab
[00:25:38] today is going through a serious drug crisis.
[00:25:42] Drugs have
[00:25:45] destroyed many families, ruined and wasted the lives of many young people.
[00:25:49] जिंदगी तबाह और बर्बाद कर दी है,
[00:25:52] The Aam Aadmi Party government of Punjab
[00:25:54] has miserably failed
[00:25:58] in
[00:26:00] solving this problem.
[00:26:04] Our correspondent Gurmeet from Jalandhar has joined us with more information. Gurmeet,
[00:26:08] for the Punjab Assembly
[00:26:11] you will also be sounding the bugle today. While if we talk about BJP, it is continuously
[00:26:15] moving forward with its resolve against drugs with its yatras,
[00:26:19] where many senior leaders of BJP are also seen participating.
[00:26:23] Exactly, today is the third day of BJP's drug-free
[00:26:27] yatra in Punjab, and today, on the third day, Arjun Ram
[00:26:31] Meghwal, the Union Minister of State, has arrived in Fazilka,
[00:26:34] and in a short while, he will flag off this yatra, which will cover
[00:26:38] approximately 22 assembly constituencies.
[00:26:42] And this war spot is the Asafwala War
[00:26:45] Memorial, which holds the memories of the 1971 India-Pakistan
[00:26:48] war. 82 soldiers were martyred who are called the protectors of Fazilka.
[00:26:52] So it is a very historic place in itself, from where the start is going to happen.
[00:26:56] Along with this, yesterday also Rekha Gupta highlighted many things
[00:26:59] and directly attacked the Aam Aadmi Party government by saying that the drug problem
[00:27:03] in Punjab, which the BJP is raising, is not something that is happening on its own.
[00:27:07] It is happening under the cover
[00:27:10] of political patronage.
[00:27:13] It cannot happen without it.
[00:27:17] Along with this, she said that the rehabilitation centers in Punjab
[00:27:21] have become drug dens. On the other hand,
[00:27:25] Aam Aadmi Party is saying that the previous parties
[00:27:28] that have ruled, whether it is any party that has been in power, they have
[00:27:32] clearly shown that political parties have geared up
[00:27:36] and the bugle has been blown in such a situation, it remains to be seen how all the
[00:27:40] parties will move forward with all the issues Gurmeet, thank you
[00:27:43] very much for all the information
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