Rekha Gupta, the new Chief Minister of Delhi, took oath along with six cabinet ministers at Ramlila Maidan on Thursday.
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00:00I, Rekha Gupta, swear to God that
00:06Delhi gets 4th Mahila Chief Minister Rekha Gupta
00:14Team Rekha swings into action
00:17We will work continuously
00:21Not a single day will go in vain
00:24We will fulfill every commitment we have with Delhi
00:47Clean Yamuna is Delhi Government's top priority
00:57Rekha Raj in Capital
01:00Top focus on Five Line
01:04After 27 years, the BJP swears in a new Chief Minister
01:10in India's National Capital of Delhi
01:12The first Cabinet is done
01:15and work has started in the New Delhi Government
01:20I'm Shiv, we'll tell you what's happening
01:22There's a lot happening on the ground as far as the Yamuna is concerned
01:25and I'm going to tell you right after the headlines
01:28Oath done, New Delhi Cabinet swings into action
01:31First New Delhi Cabinet meet tonight
01:34Delhi Minister's Yamuna visit in a short while from now
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01:44BJP Ministers, those who looted Delhi will pay, they say
01:48Delhi Ministers vow probe on Kejriwal as well
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02:46And the new Chief Minister of Delhi, Rekha Gupta of the BJP
02:51is on her way with her team, with her cabinet
02:54to the Yamuna Ghat in Delhi
02:56As we speak, we'll be bringing you live images in just a moment
03:01It's a big, symbolic start to the new Delhi Sarkar
03:06Preparations for a big Yamuna Aarti at the Vasudev Ghat in central Delhi
03:11is currently underway
03:13as Chief Minister Rekha Gupta along with her cabinet ministers
03:16will be attending the Aarti
03:19Remember, the BJP has promised a total clean-up
03:22of the holy Yamuna river within the next three years
03:26It's a big promise that they will be held to
03:29Remember, the Aam Aadmi Party, despite multiple promises
03:33made in virtually every election campaign
03:36had completely failed to clean the Yamuna
03:40an issue which had descended into a constant vicious cycle of finger-pointing
03:46where the government in Delhi was constantly blaming
03:48either Haryana or the centre
03:51for a job that was supposed to be theirs
03:54and one that they had promised to complete
03:56Since 2015, every government in Delhi
03:59under the Aam Aadmi Party has promised a cleaner Yamuna
04:02but challenges such as untreated sewage,
04:05illegal industries discharging effluents
04:07and unauthorised colonies along the river banks
04:11have remained completely unresolved
04:13Many of these were under the power
04:15of the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi
04:18Over 8000 crore rupees has been spent
04:21on cleaning the Yamuna
04:23yet the river remains one of the dirtiest in the country
04:27Let's go straight across to India
04:30Today is Piyush Mishra who is with us live
04:32from the Yamuna Ghat
04:34where the new Chief Minister of Delhi
04:37on day one will be arriving there
04:39Piyush, the Yamuna river in Delhi
04:42has had great political significance
04:44especially this election season
04:47so it's interesting to note
04:49that Rekha Gupta, the new Chief Minister of Delhi
04:53is making this one of her first stops
04:56on day one as Chief Minister
05:02Well, absolutely Shiv
05:04if it was rising onion prices
05:07for Sushma Sarraj
05:09and if rising onion prices
05:12cost the government to Sushma Sarraj
05:15then yes, dirty cleaning, dirty water
05:17of Yamuna river water
05:19has cost Arvind Kejwal his government
05:21and remember that the BJP
05:23has been raising this issue since day one
05:25after Arvind Kejwal formed the government
05:28since then we have seen how multiple times
05:30BJP has been raising this issue
05:32and has been asking the Aam Aadmi Party government
05:34to consistently work on cleaning Yamuna river water
05:37Today, soon after forming the government
05:39Rekha Gupta, who is a BJP Delhi Chief Minister
05:43has now decided to come here
05:45at Vasudev Yamuna Ghat
05:47She will not only participate in Yamuna Aarti
05:50but will also review the preparations
05:53those are going on
05:55the methodology which is being used
05:57by the government to clean Yamuna river water
05:59Right now, we are present at Vasudev Ghat
06:02of Yamuna river
06:04and here, right behind me
06:06you can also see, Shiv, as to how
06:07different machines are also being used
06:10to clean Yamuna river water
06:12and the work started the very next day
06:14when results were announced
06:16the LG office had held a meeting
06:18with various officials of Delhi government
06:20and there are five strategies
06:22on which the Delhi government is working
06:24and if you list out this strategy
06:26the government has said that
06:28it is going to begin
06:30with the trash, garbage and silt
06:32in Yamuna river water to remove
06:34they will also simultaneously
06:35clean operations in Najafgarh drains
06:37supplementary drains
06:39and other all major drains
06:41will start at the same time
06:43daily watch on the existing STPs
06:45in terms of their capacity and output
06:47will be maintained
06:49so there are five pronged strategies
06:51on which the Delhi government
06:53is right now working to clean Yamuna
06:55and first thing which the newly formed
06:57BJP government in Delhi is doing
06:59is to visit Yamuna Ghat
07:01here at Vasudev Ghat
07:03and Rekha Gupta, Chief Minister of Delhi
07:05has done her work
07:07by performing Aarti here
07:09you can see all preparations
07:11have also been done
07:13there are big lamps
07:15which have also been brought in here
07:17there are priests also
07:19a group of priests
07:21who are already here
07:23and preparations of Pooja Aarti
07:25have been completed
07:27in few minutes from now
07:29the entire cabinet will be here
07:31and they will take part
07:33in Yamuna Aarti
07:35where Rekha Gupta
07:38and her cabinet
07:40will be arriving in just a moment
07:42from now
07:44the Yamuna Aarti will take place
07:46at that particular location
07:48very very symbolic
07:50clearly Rekha Gupta
07:52as Chief Minister
07:54wants to establish
07:56that the promise
07:58her government has made
08:00to clean up the Yamuna
08:02within the next three years
08:03and she will
08:05better be sure of it
08:07be held to it
08:09because the people of Delhi
08:11will not be forgiving
08:13if this was only
08:15a political piece of rhetoric
08:17listening to some of the
08:19statements that have been made
08:21by the new Delhi ministers
08:23reiterating this very very
08:25important pledge
08:27The vision of the Prime Minister
08:29of the country
08:31is to make Delhi
08:33clean
08:35to destroy Delhi
08:37to spread filth
08:39to bring disaster
08:41it is a big challenge
08:43to get rid of it
08:45but with the help of the
08:47Prime Minister's
08:49double-engine government
08:51we know what kind of Delhi
08:53the people of Delhi
08:55want
08:57you can imagine
08:59that Arvind Kejriwal
09:01himself says
09:03that the people of Delhi
09:05believe in him
09:07Can the Yamuna issue
09:09be brought to the Cabinet?
09:11I am telling you
09:13that the Cabinet
09:15will be able to
09:17talk about it
09:19after the Cabinet
09:21but let me tell you
09:23that the number
09:25one priority
09:27is the Yamuna issue
09:29The Prime Minister
09:31is going to the
09:33Yamuna issue
09:35and the Yamuna issue
09:37will be clean
09:39and beautiful
09:41our BJP promises you
09:43and in the next
09:45session you will see
09:47a complete change
09:49It is such a shame
09:51that Arvind Kejriwal
09:53became the Chief Minister
09:55against corruption
09:57and started such a big movement
09:59He betrayed the movement
10:01because the reports
10:03are not stable
10:05I want these reports
10:07to be stable
10:09and the corruption
10:11to be exposed
10:13and the government
10:15to clean the Yamuna
10:17as soon as possible
10:19It is such a shame
10:21that the Yamuna
10:23has become a drain
10:25It is important
10:27to revive it
10:29Even before Rekha Gupta
10:31was announced
10:33the Yamuna river
10:35and the cleanliness process
10:37had already begun
10:39It was controversial
10:41because the
10:43Leftenant Governor
10:45of Delhi
10:47appeared to be
10:49kicking into action
10:51after the Aam Aadmi Party
10:53was swept out of power
10:55My colleague
10:57Sneha Mordani
10:59brings you
11:01this report
11:03on the Yamuna river
11:05and the banks
11:07like this one
11:09The bigger problem
11:11is that the water
11:13is dirty
11:15and no amount
11:17of garbage
11:19can clean it up
11:21once the water
11:23is unclean
11:25The water
11:27is unclean
11:29because sewage
11:31which has been
11:33polluted
11:35needs to be fixed
11:37On one of the banks
11:39of the river
11:41in the National Capital
11:43there is a sense of pride
11:45and optimism
11:47that fills the air
11:49The issue of restoring
11:51the glory of the Yamuna
11:53has found resonance
11:55among Delhiites
11:57I am very happy
11:59How does the Yamuna
12:00look like?
12:02I don't know
12:04but I am very happy
12:06That is why
12:08I came here
12:10We go so far
12:12to Haridwar
12:14Everyone has
12:16their own path
12:18But in my own city
12:20Delhi
12:22I had hope
12:24that if Modi ji
12:26comes here
12:27it will be heaven
12:29We should worship Yamuna
12:31like we worship Ganga
12:33I am very happy
12:35to be a Hindu
12:37Why do you feel
12:39that the Yamuna
12:41is being cleaned up?
12:43Do you have any hope?
12:45I have a lot of hope
12:47Like Modi ji
12:49has done a great job
12:51I liked it
12:53I didn't like it
12:55when I came here
12:57Do you have any hope
12:59that the new government
13:01will clean up the Yamuna?
13:03Yes, they will
13:05The condition here
13:07was very bad
13:09but now it is very good
13:11and the government
13:13will do a good job
13:15Kejriwal
13:17has been saying
13:19that he will clean the Yamuna
13:21for 10 years
13:23but he hasn't done it
13:24Yamuna is a river
13:26because Yamuna flows in Delhi
13:28and Ganga is connected
13:30to Yamuna
13:32because we worship both
13:36The Yamuna Aarti
13:38by the Vasudev Ghat
13:40is being performed
13:43For Delhiites
13:45this is a sign
13:47of times to come
13:54Long live the King
13:57Long live the King
13:59Long live the King
14:05Well, it has happened before
14:07but the fact is
14:09that this time around
14:11things are different
14:13The air is filled with hope
14:15and a new sense of energy
14:17that the river Yamuna
14:19Yamuna Ma
14:21as they call it
14:22the Yamuna Aarti
14:24that has started right here
14:26is testimony to the fact
14:28they say
14:30the people of Delhi say
14:32that this government
14:34the new government
14:36is right in their intentions
14:38and is on the right path
14:40when it comes to
14:42their attitude towards the river
14:44which holds so much significance
14:46in the Hindu culture
14:48and that
14:50it is going to be cleaned up
14:52of the Yamuna river
14:54will be restored
14:56is what the people living in Delhi believe
14:57Om Jai Yamuna Mata
14:59Om Jai Yamuna Mata
15:01Om Jai Yamuna Mata
15:02Joya Mein Hanuman
15:04Joya Mein Hanuman
15:06Joya Mein Hanuman
15:08Sagar Sukh Ki Darba
15:10Om Jai Yamuna Mata
15:12Om Jai Yamuna Mata
15:14Om Jai Yamuna Mata
15:16Om Jai Yamuna Mata
15:18Om Jai Yamuna Mata
15:20Rekha Gupta and her team
15:22are on their way
15:24to the Vasudev Ghat
15:26the banks of the Yamuna
15:28in Delhi
15:30but just a couple of hours ago
15:32the Prime Minister of Delhi
15:34the second from the BJP
15:36she took oath of office
15:38along with her cabinet
15:40at a grand ceremony
15:42at Delhi's iconic Ramlila Maidan
15:44which saw PM Modi, the BJP top brass
15:46and NDA ministers
15:48all in attendance
15:50Rekha Gupta becomes
15:52the fourth woman at the helm
15:54with her six cabinet ministries too
15:56who were sworn in today
15:58here is what you may have missed
16:00I
16:02swear to God
16:04that
16:06I will follow the rules
16:08Rekha Gupta takes oath
16:10as the Chief Minister of Delhi
16:12making her the fourth woman
16:14to hold the reins
16:16of the National Capital
16:18I will keep India's
16:20sovereignty and independence
16:22The mission
16:24of Delhi is developed
16:26and to fulfil it
16:28continuous work
16:30will be done
16:32not a single day
16:34will be wasted
16:36and every single commitment
16:38from Delhi
16:40will be fulfilled
16:42Shri Parvesh Jai Singh
16:44along with the Chief Minister
16:46six others took oath
16:48Giant slayer Parvesh Verma
16:50who defeated Arvind Kejriwal
16:52Sikh leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa
16:54Purvanchali faces Kapil Mishra
16:56and Pankaj Singh
16:58Punjabi leader Ashish Sood
17:00and Dalit face Ravindra Raj
17:02We will fulfil our promise
17:04of a developed Delhi
17:06We will fulfil
17:08everything we have
17:10said in our manifesto
17:12We are determined for it
17:14For 12 years
17:16Arvind Kejriwal
17:18has worked to destroy Delhi
17:20to spread filth
17:22to bring disaster
17:24It is a big challenge
17:26to remove it
17:28but along with the
17:29we know what kind of Delhi
17:31the people of Delhi want
17:35The grand swearing-in ceremony
17:37at the Ramlila Maidan on Thursday
17:39turned into a show of strength
17:41of the BJP
17:43which returned to power
17:45in the capital after 27 years
17:47In attendance were
17:49Prime Minister Narendra Modi
17:51Home Minister Amit Shah
17:53and Chief Ministers
17:55from NDA-ruled states
17:57We are very happy
17:59that we started in Delhi
18:01Excellent development
18:03is going to take place
18:05but the last 10 years
18:07it didn't work well in Delhi
18:09Now it is a new era
18:11My heartfelt congratulations
18:13to Rekha Gupta
18:15as a 27-year-old
18:17rewriting the history
18:19recreating the history
18:21It is a very beautiful victory
18:23under Modi's leadership
18:25in each and every state
18:27they could win
18:29Under the leadership
18:31of Prime Minister Modi
18:33a change in Delhi
18:35which the people of Delhi
18:37hope for
18:39will be successful
18:41Hail Mother India
18:43Women leaders and supporters
18:45too were in attendance
18:47a signal of the empowerment
18:49from choosing a woman CM
18:51As you know
18:53respected PM Narendra Modi
18:55doesn't just talk about
18:57women empowerment
18:59he talks about women-led
19:01development
19:03Whenever a woman takes up
19:05a position
19:07it means she contributes
19:09to the development
19:11of the country
19:13Team Rekha takes charge
19:15of the capital
19:17and the new government
19:19has got down to business
19:21The BGP has declared
19:23it will expose corruption
19:25under the earlier
19:27AAP government
19:29The Delhi government
19:31has swung straight into action
19:33CM Rekha Gupta
19:35and her entire cabinet
19:37took charge
19:39and like I said
19:41they are on their way
19:43to the Yamuna Ghat
19:45to seek the blessings
19:47of Ma Yamuna
19:49It is a symbolic
19:51and political gesture
19:53based on their campaign
19:55This visit signals
19:57the new BJP government's
19:59election that the BJP swept
20:01The Delhi CM
20:03has also promised
20:05Rs.2500 every month
20:07aid to women
20:09starting March 8
20:11asserting the first
20:13instalment will be credited
20:15on International Women's Day
20:17Piyush is with me once again
20:19As we wait for
20:21Rekha Gupta and the cabinet
20:23to arrive at your location
20:25the Vasudev Ghat
20:27on the banks of the Yamuna
20:29the cash transfer promise
20:31What are the other big priorities
20:33that will engage
20:35the Rekha Sarkar?
20:40Implementation of
20:42Ayushman Bharat Scheme
20:44and tabling a CAG report
20:46These are two things
20:48on which the government
20:50is going to work
20:52and sources are telling us
20:54that today in its first cabinet
20:56the Delhi government
20:57is not implementing
20:59the Ayushman Bharat Scheme
21:01and the government
21:03will table a CAG report
21:05in its first session
21:07These two issues
21:09were also part of
21:11a campaign
21:13A lot of political
21:15bickering took place
21:17on these two issues
21:19The BJP and the top
21:21and central leadership
21:23has been saying
21:25that the Delhi government
21:27benefits the people
21:29On the other side
21:31they also allege
21:33that a lot of corruption
21:35has been done
21:37by AAP leaders
21:39and that is why
21:41they are not
21:43tabling the CAG report
21:45They had also promised
21:47that the moment
21:49they hold their first
21:51cabinet meet
21:53and the moment
21:55they hold their
21:57first cabinet meet
21:59they will table
22:01the CAG report
22:03on the first day
22:05of the first session
22:07of Delhi Vidhan Sabha
22:09Apart from that
22:11there are many other
22:13things like
22:15cleaning water
22:17providing clean water
22:19to the people in Delhi
22:21and also increasing
22:23the number of fleets
22:25of DTC buses
22:27and the aim
22:29of the first
22:31cabinet is
22:33to make a
22:35visit here
22:37at Yamuna Ghat
22:39in Delhi
22:41at Vasudev Ghat
22:43and offer prayers
22:45to Yamuna
22:47and also take a vow
22:49to clean Yamuna
22:51in the next three years
22:53And the decisive
22:55nature of the mandate
22:57that the BJP has made
22:59The Janata in Delhi
23:01is not going to want
23:02to wait around
23:03or give the BJP
23:04a lot of elbow room
23:05to deliver on those
23:06ambitious promises
23:08Those things will have
23:09to happen on time
23:10Three years
23:11to clean up the Yamuna
23:12is a big promise
23:14The Aam Aadmi Party
23:15failed to
23:17even make a dent
23:18in the Yamuna
23:19over ten years
23:20despite multiple promises
23:22Can the BJP achieve it
23:23in three years?
23:24Well, they've
23:25locked themselves
23:26into that promise
23:27We'll have to see
23:28whether they can do it
23:29Now remember
23:30one of today's
23:31defining political images
23:32from the oath-taking
23:33ceremony at the
23:34Ramlila Maidan
23:35was Prime Minister
23:36Modi's interactions
23:38with big NDA
23:39leaders on stage
23:41Chandra Babu Naidu
23:42Pawan Kalyan
23:43Eknath Shinde
23:44amid reports
23:45of a cold war
23:46in Maharashtra
23:47for instance
23:48the Prime Minister
23:49appeared to be speaking
23:50very fondly
23:51and affectionately
23:52with Shinde
23:53who as you know
23:54is the Deputy
23:55Chief Minister
23:56of Maharashtra
23:57under Devendra
23:58Fadnavis
23:59after that tsunami
24:00of an election
24:01result last year
24:02The Prime Minister
24:03then shared a candid
24:04moment with
24:05Pawan Kalyan
24:06joking that he
24:07looked like he was
24:08heading to the
24:09Himalayas
24:10The Prime Minister
24:11then went on to
24:12speak to Andhra
24:13Chief Minister
24:14Chandra Babu Naidu
24:15My heartfelt
24:16congratulations
24:17to Rekha Gupta
24:18It's a
24:1927 year old
24:20like you know
24:21rewriting the history
24:22again
24:23recreating the
24:25the most
24:26it's a very
24:27beautiful victory
24:28I feel
24:29under the
24:30Modi ji
24:31leadership
24:32in each and every
24:33state they could
24:34win
24:35except in Delhi
24:36I think
24:37that made a
24:38beautiful impact
24:39achieving
24:40this
24:41success is
24:42quite a sweet
24:43success for
24:44BJP
24:45Like our
24:46dear sister
24:47in Maharashtra
24:48in the government
24:49she has helped
24:50a lot
24:51similarly
24:52this dear sister
24:53she is
24:54a proud
24:55Indian
24:56India
24:57India
24:58India
24:59India
25:00And the
25:01new speaker
25:02of the Delhi
25:03Assembly
25:04is Vijendra
25:05Gupta
25:06of the
25:07BJP
25:08now those
25:09who don't
25:10follow
25:11Delhi
25:12politics
25:13closely
25:14may not
25:15have even
25:16heard of
25:17Vijendra Gupta
25:18but he is
25:19a man who
25:20really made
25:21headlines a
25:22life has come full circle for Gupta.
25:24Earlier, probably his most famous moment
25:28was being thrown out of the assembly.
25:31Let's put those pictures back on our screen.
25:33I was just talking about those pictures.
25:35Let's put them back.
25:36When he was thrown out of the assembly
25:38under an Aam Aadmi Party government,
25:40unceremoniously, as you can see, like a sack of potatoes,
25:43and now he is in charge of that very same assembly,
25:47a bittersweet piece of revenge, if you will,
25:50for the firebrand MLA from the BJP.
25:52Vijendra Gupta is the Delhi Assembly speaker,
25:55with Mohan Singh Bisht as his deputy.
26:00Vijendra Gupta, first of all, congratulations.
26:02You are going to be a speaker.
26:03Yes, thank you.
26:05And this is a group that follows the traditions of democracy.
26:11This is a temple of democracy.
26:12Its sanctity has to be maintained.
26:14Those who have done injustice,
26:17those who have made the assembly their pocket organisation,
26:22the people of Delhi have taught them a lesson.
26:24It must be such a big challenge.
26:24Aam Aadmi Party also has very good MPs.
26:26They are known to attack.
26:28Look, in democracy, the assembly is for debate,
26:32for discussions, for healthy discussion.
26:36And we expect that they will play a role of a healthy opposition.
26:39You didn't become the Chief Minister, but you became a speaker.
26:41Are you a little excited or happy?
26:43The decision that the party has taken,
26:45everyone has to accept it.
26:47And the party has taken the decision with a clear mind.
26:49I respect and welcome the party's decision.
26:53Absolutely, Anjana.
26:53Anjana, I have a question.
26:55You were also an opposition leader.
26:56You also used to climb on chairs and tables,
26:58you were also harassed.
26:59You were also thrown out.
27:00You were also suspended.
27:01Now Aam Aadmi Party is in the role of the opposition.
27:04If they do this, how will they handle it?
27:06Look, what I want to say is that
27:08in the assembly, there are both the opposition and the opposition.
27:13And the role of both parties is of the opposition.
27:16We expect that they will work in the form of a healthy opposition.
27:20I remember that they insulted us a lot
27:24and pushed us out of the assembly.
27:26They took away the Marshal and said very bad things.
27:29Today, he is neither a speaker, nor a Chief Minister,
27:32nor a Minister, nor a Chief Minister.
27:35I believe that there is a lot of power in the universe.
27:37Everyone should bow their heads in front of the power of the universe.
27:40And then there is the issue of the scams
27:44under the Aam Aadmi Party government
27:46and the all-famous Sheesh Mahal.
27:49Team Rekha Gupta has said
27:51it is all set to take on
27:53the former Chief Minister of Delhi,
27:55Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Aadmi Party.
27:57Right after swearing in,
27:59the new Chief Minister made a pledge
28:02to make the Aam Aadmi Party account
28:04for all of its alleged scams.
28:06The newly sworn in Delhi Ministers too
28:08vowed that they would probe corruption charges
28:10against Kejriwal.
28:12With the BJP in power in Delhi,
28:14the Aam Aadmi Party, Supremo and his Netas
28:16are under the radar. Take a look.
28:18I, Rekha Gupta,
28:20swear to God
28:22that I will
28:24keep true faith
28:26and loyalty
28:28to the constitution
28:30of India
28:32established by law.
28:36The new government takes charge in the capital.
28:38With Rekha Gupta at the helm
28:40as the Chief Minister,
28:42the BJP government is set to put policies
28:44of the earlier Arvind Kejriwal government
28:46under the scanner.
28:50After taking oath
28:52as Chief Minister,
28:54Rekha Gupta vowed to make the Aam Aadmi Party
28:56pay for alleged corruption
28:58under their government.
29:02The government
29:04that has been in power in Delhi
29:06for the past 12 years
29:08and all the corruption
29:10that it faces,
29:12let the people
29:14pay for it.
29:18Rekha Gupta also declared
29:20she won't move into the Delhi CM's
29:22official residence built
29:24during the AAP regime,
29:26which the BJP described as
29:28Kejriwal's Sheesh Mahal.
29:36Delhi ministers also vowed
29:38to probe the corruption charges
29:40levelled against Aam Aadmi Party
29:42and its supremo Arvind Kejriwal.
30:12With the BJP in power
30:14in the national capital,
30:16Kejriwal and other AAP leaders
30:18are set to face
30:20some serious heat.
30:22Bureau report,
30:24India Today.
30:43Shreya,
30:45after a very ill-tempered,
30:47very hostile election campaign,
30:49and after that decisive verdict,
30:51it is no surprise that
30:53Rekha Gupta and her ministers
30:55have all alluded
30:57to possible actions against Arvind Kejriwal
30:59and his former government
31:01for a litany of alleged scams,
31:03the whole Sheesh Mahal affair, etc.
31:05What are you hearing?
31:07Are the wheels already in motion?
31:12Absolutely, Shreya.
31:14The wheels are already in motion.
31:16The sense of that could have been made
31:18by the first speech
31:20that the Prime Minister gave
31:22after the historic win that the BJP
31:24achieved in the national capital.
31:26He had said that whoever looted
31:28the national capital will be avenged.
31:30Rekha Gupta spoke on the same lines.
31:32We've been seeing the kind of actions
31:34that are coming in.
31:36A CAG report will be tabled.
31:38There is action already
31:40and there is a preliminary inquiry
31:42by the CBI that's already done.
31:44The liquor scam case is already going on.
31:46In the same floor ratio violation,
31:48a PWD investigation has also been called in.
31:50The CBI is also looking into
31:52the transport scam.
31:54So there are so many cases to be looked into
31:56and there are more letters
31:58that lie with the ACB.
32:00So definitely troubles mounting.
32:02That's what we definitely hear from our sources.
32:04But the first assembly session
32:06will be interesting because it will be
32:08the first assembly session
32:10of the CAG report.
32:12This is an aspect that we'll be looking at
32:14very closely, the tabling of the CAG report,
32:16what happens with the Sheesh Mahal
32:18and many of those other things.
32:20It's going to provide us a parallel track
32:22of coverage in Delhi
32:24apart from the promises that the Delhi government
32:26has made. Shreya, thanks very much for that.
32:28The new government is now at the helm of affairs
32:30in the national capital.
32:32But challenges are still the same.
32:34There is a lot of unfinished work.
32:36The Indian government now has to fulfil
32:38all of its bold promises
32:40on a tight budget.
32:42It no longer has excuses
32:44because both at the centre and in Delhi
32:46it's the same party in power.
32:48The newly formed BJP Sarkar
32:50has many challenges ahead of it.
32:52Many of them that it had blamed
32:54the previous Aam Aadmi Party Sarkar
32:56of failing to achieve.
32:58Our next report tells you why this is going to be
33:00more than just a challenge
33:02in the traditions of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
33:06BJP's Delhi Vapasi
33:08after 27 long years.
33:10Double engine government
33:12takes shape
33:14in the national capital
33:16after the saffron sweep
33:18that toppled Arvind Kejriwal's
33:20Aam Aadmi Party.
33:22I, Rekha Gupta
33:24swear to God
33:26that
33:28the government is new
33:30but the challenges
33:32remain the same.
33:34The biggest challenge
33:36air pollution in Delhi.
33:38Delhi's hazardous air quality
33:40a major concern for citizens
33:42has been stuck in a cycle
33:44of blame game for many years now.
33:48Delhi government
33:50under Aam Aadmi Party
33:52pinned the blame for pollution
33:54on stubble burning in Punjab
33:56before it won power in that state.
34:00After forming its government
34:02in Punjab
34:04Aam Aadmi Party claimed
34:06that big progress in checking pollution.
34:10BJP on the other hand
34:12attacked Aam Aadmi Party
34:14for not doing enough to check pollution.
34:18Now the BJP
34:20gets a chance to walk the talk
34:22and clean Delhi's air.
34:26Cleaning the garbage mountains of Delhi
34:28is a challenge in itself.
34:30These are the man-made
34:32mountains of trash and garbage.
34:34The Ghazipur mountain of rubbish
34:36is bigger than the Taj Mahal
34:38and it is only getting worse.
34:44Climbing this mountain
34:46won't be easy for the BJP.
34:52Yamuna became the biggest
34:54flashpoint during the Delhi
34:56assembly polls.
34:58It is also one of the important
35:00poll promises made by the BJP.
35:04The party has vowed to clean
35:06the Yamuna river in the next three years.
35:10Images of the LG supervising cleanup
35:12have gone viral after the assembly results.
35:18The previous Aam Aadmi Party regime
35:20was charged with lack of
35:22infrastructure development.
35:24The new government will have to address
35:26issues like pothole roads, water logging
35:28and other civic bolts.
35:30The middle class voters of Delhi
35:32also expect the BJP
35:34to jumpstart flyovers
35:36and other infra projects.
35:40The last big challenge will be to implement
35:42freebies announced in the manifesto
35:44without damaging the city's
35:46finances.
35:48It will be a tough task as the party
35:50had promised to continue existing
35:52schemes in addition to new ones
35:54like Rs.2500 to
35:56women and cylinders at Rs.500
35:58for the poor.
36:00Having come to power in Delhi
36:02after 27 years, the BJP
36:04is under tremendous pressure
36:06to meet people's expectations.
36:16Very few know that Delhi became
36:18a full-fledged assembly
36:20only in 1993.
36:22That's 32 years ago.
36:24Rekha Gupta becomes the
36:26fourth woman chief minister
36:28in all this time.
36:30She replaces Atishi as chief minister
36:32by making her the Delhi
36:34chief minister. The BJP
36:36is perhaps seeking to build on the legacy
36:38of women chief ministers
36:40that Delhi has had for about
36:4216 years in total
36:44since 1993.
36:46There was Sheila Dixit and don't forget
36:48there was also Sushma Swaraj.
36:52Delhi
36:54is no stranger
36:56to women chief ministers.
36:58The city-state
37:00has a history of women leaders
37:02holding office.
37:10Rekha Gupta will be the
37:12fourth woman to head Delhi government
37:14and the ninth chief minister
37:16of the national capital.
37:18It was 37
37:20years ago when BJP's
37:22Sushma Swaraj was chosen as Delhi's
37:24first woman chief minister.
37:32Elected in 1998,
37:34Sushma Swaraj, a firebrand
37:36BJP leader, was chief minister
37:38for 52 days.
37:40At 46,
37:42she was information and broadcasting
37:44minister in the Vajpayee cabinet
37:46when Swaraj was appointed as chief minister
37:48to counter internal party conflicts.
37:50In her short stint,
37:52Sushma Swaraj was known
37:54for her fire-fighting capabilities.
37:58Delhi's second woman
38:00chief minister, Sheila Dixit,
38:02came to power in 1998.
38:14Dixit held the post
38:16for three consecutive terms,
38:1815 years.
38:20The Congress leader ruled
38:22Delhi with an iron fist.
38:24It was under Sheila Dixit's
38:26government when the city expanded
38:28its metro network, transformed
38:30public transportation, and
38:32overhauled its healthcare system.
38:46In
38:482024,
38:50after AAP's Arvind Kejriwal
38:52quit his post amid liquorgate probe,
38:54Atishi stepped up as Delhi's
38:56new chief minister for six months.
38:58With Rekha Gupta
39:00taking charge, the legacy of
39:02women leading in Delhi continues.
39:06Bureau report, India Today.
39:10An explosive political showdown
39:12has erupted in India
39:14after President Donald Trump
39:16dropped a bombshell that pertains
39:18to Indian domestic
39:20politics. In a big charge, the
39:22US president claimed that the
39:24Biden administration tried to
39:26interfere in Indian
39:28elections. While the Congress
39:30party has rubbished Trump's claim,
39:32the BJP has pointed fingers
39:34at, who else, but Rahul
39:36Gandhi. The question is,
39:38did the US really meddle
39:40in Indian elections in 2024?
39:42Was 21 million
39:44dollars really spent via
39:46US aid in order
39:48to subvert voting and the
39:50democratic process? Here's what
39:52we know so far.
40:12Trump hinted at Biden
40:14administration's interference in Indian
40:16polls by pumping in funds to
40:18stop re-election of Prime Minister Narendra
40:20Modi.
40:22Trump also highlighted the need to keep
40:24Indian government in the loop about such
40:26meddling.
40:28And 21 million
40:30dollars for voter turnout in
40:32India. What do we need to spend 21 million
40:34for voter turnout in India?
40:36I guess they were trying to get somebody else
40:38elected. Well, we ought to tell
40:40the Indian government because when we hear
40:42that Russia spent about two
40:44dollars in our country, it was a big deal,
40:46right?
40:48Trump's remarks came days after
40:50Elon Musk led DOJ
40:52stop 21 million dollars in US
40:54funds to boost Indian voter turnout.
40:58The revelation sparked
41:00explosive political war in India.
41:02The BJP asserted that
41:04there was a conspiracy to dethrone
41:06Modi with foreign help.
41:08For voter turnout,
41:10what kind of money do you need?
41:12People in India don't need
41:14money for turning
41:16up. So it's essentially just
41:18labeling it. It was basically
41:20for regime change and it's been given
41:22to people. And they must
41:24come clean at this juncture and
41:26investigation must go and
41:28find out and get to the root of where the
41:30money went.
41:32The BJP posted
41:34Rahul Gandhi's video from 2023
41:36where he was seen
41:38seeking help from the West to expose
41:40the reality of Modi-ruled India,
41:42calling it proof of Congress'
41:44role in the conspiracy.
41:48The surprising thing is that
41:50the so-called defenders
41:52of democracy, which are the United States,
41:54European countries,
41:56seem to just be
41:58oblivious that
42:00a huge chunk of the democratic model
42:02has come undone,
42:04which is a real problem.
42:08The BJP said that the Congress-led
42:10global conspiracy was flagged
42:12multiple times by Prime Minister Modi.
42:34...
42:54But the Congress rubbished Trump's charges
42:56and termed them nonsensical.
42:58It also sought details on
43:00US aid fundings from government.
43:04Did the US
43:06try to subvert the political process
43:08in world's largest democracy?
43:10Per a report, India Today.
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