the Delhi High Court today came down heavily on the Arvind KJ Dr led government over the non supply of books to the Children studying in M CD schools. The court has said that CJ Dr Government put personal interest over national interest by not resigning the CM not resigning from the his post despite being in jail well. The court said that the Delhi government was interested in the appropriation of power. It said the CM placed his interest above the interest of the students, the Children that are studying and it's very clear and we are going to give that finding that you have placed your political interest at a higher pedestal. It is very unfortunate that you have done this. This is what the Court said today. My colleague ishika also now joins us on the broadcast getting us more on that uh ishika the court today coming down heavily on the Arvid kwal government. This is in regards with the non supply of books to the Children studying in M CD schools. Uh, while uh uh, while slamming the government, the court has said that it's, uh, Chief Minister Arvind Kal who's put his personal interest over national interest. Well, yes, certainly, Kitty. You know, now, the Delhi High Court, in fact, you know, was hearing this plea on, in fact, you know, really, in the supply of books to the city schools now has come down heavily on the Delhi government. In fact, the court, you know, the bench of the Delhi High Court, in fact, today said, and I quote that I am sorry to say you have placed your interest above the interest of the students, the Children that are studying it is very clear. And we are going to give that finding that you have placed of political interest at a higher pedestal now. The court also in fact, said that in fact, you know, the court also in fact noted that you know the council. The Delhi Government Council was appearing on the instructions of Sabbat, who's the urban development minister and the court and the bench. In fact, stated that quote. We will record your statement that it is because the chief minister is in custody, that I cannot do anything. If that's his to call. Good luck to him. So certainly the court coming down heavily on the Delhi government. The court has yet to pronounce its order. The order will come on Monday. But in fact we talk about the Delhi government's you know, a plea in the court. In fact, the Delhi government in fact, had attacked the left and governor over this. Now what the Delhi government said over this is that the delay of books is being done because no standing Committee has been formed. And the sole reason behind this is because the left and government now appointed 10 elder men without the aid and the advice of the elected government of the and now strong words have been used by the High Court for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kal and his government. Well, the court had said that the government is only interested in power and that is what it is doing, which is very unfortunate. Thank you so much. Meanwhile, ishika for getting us all those details there. We'll keep an eye on the developments here. Meanwhile, some more news now. Well, the voting has ended in 88 constituencies in phase two of the looks by election. Another phase of low voter turnout has been witnessed this time around. Overall voter turnout in phase two has been recorded to 63%. Now we are learning up Bihar Maharashtra have witnessed lowest turnout in this phase. Meanwhile, voting now is over 100 and 90 seats. Out of the total 543 losa constituencies, that is one third of the total seats in Luka. This phase has seen all 20 seats of Kerala 14 seats in Karnataka, 13 in Rajasthan, eight each in Maharashtra and UP go to polls, among other states. Now what is going to be the fate of the candidates contesting in phase two? Results will tell on June 4th. Well, uh, we had spoken to Mr Ranil Anthony today Who was the B GP candidate from Patnam Theta in Kerala. Listen to what he has to say, Mr Anthony. Last time around, the ND was unable to open its account in Kerala. In fact, the BJP has never won even a single seat. What has changed this time for you to believe that there will be a difference. There are multiple factors. So this is the first time I'm coning as a candidate in Kerala. Been here for the last year. So this election in Kerala is very different. But that much I can say for this national election not just an election to Joseph U MP S. And unlike the last election, where in Kerala? Because Mr Rahul Gandhi was standing here for the first time. And there was a narration that was created that UP a could come back and Rahul Gandhi could become the prime minister, et cetera. There were some mode shift that happened in the end and which is one of the major reasons why, uh, that the votes and, uh, how the results in Kerala are very different from what happened in the national stage. But this time you come to Kerala, you wouldn't speak to a Congress or a Communist Party supporter. One thing which each from a sure office in this national election and India three is coming back, led by Prime Minister Modi. So this major factor that happened last time is not there. And then you, uh, across India. Um, that is a sentiment that India three is coming back with, um, Narendra Modi, uh, again as the prime Minister, and, uh um, sentiment exists everywhere in Kerala. Then you look at, um um each individual constituency in Kerala. Like for example? Um uh, my constituency. Pata Uh, I'm standing here for the first time, but then I was, um I'm I was having two, heavyweights. I would say with a long political one was Mr Thomas Isaac, Uh, as a 56 time MLF one or twice, he was a finance minister. Then there. There's Mr Anto Anthony, who has been an MP here for the last 15 years. But then again, you look at the state. Right now, the state is in dire financial distress. Uh, even last month, the state, uh, reached a situation where they can't even pay salaries and pensions to their employees. So from kargo to two and every each of the 20 seats, there is a anti incumbency and, uh, and the left government multiple factors. So now all that work in Kerala has done. In fact, Kerala elections are done and dusted. You are also campaigning in man poor. I remember. There's literally nothing that you can do now. Where are you headed? Home or party? I'm very sure that, uh, I'm in a party where we have to work very hard till the elections are over. So there will be other things to do from very soon. All right. From Kerala now shifting our focus to Bengal, we have spoken to Sukha Majumdar as well. Who is the B? JP chief in West Bengal. And also looks up a candidate in bloat listening. Thank you, Mr Majumdar, for speaking to LTV, sir, 72% polling has happened over 72% polling. So how do you What do you read into these numbers, sir? And this time it wasn't as easy as 2019. There was a minister who was flown in from a different constituency to fight against you. How do you see your own battle from Balt? I think the election percentage will go up a little bit when the final data will come. But even this time not even, uh, you know, the political fight is never It is easy. It is always tough. So whether it is at this time in 2024 or it may be 20199. Both the fight a good fight. And I feel that after the election today I can assure you that I will own this seat. I will win this seat with a big margin, right? How do you see the faces of the elections that are going to come up now? Because these are going to be the tougher seats for you. South Bengal has always been a challenge. Realistically, what is the target that you have set for your party in Bengal? Already Honourable Minister of this country has given us a target of around 30 seats. So we have to cross that and we are ready. This time we are much more stronger organizationally as well as we have much more experience than the previous talks of election. So this time we can achieve, I think I will. We will be able to achieve that target very easily. And that situation of the Congress is very bad. There are so there are so many factions in each and every district of the West Bengal. So I think his own. I think we won't face any kind of difficulty to reach that target point right, Mr Mada Today, the West Bengal government has approached Supreme Court in the sandesh Khali matter saying that the CBI probe should not be allowed. How do you see this and Do you see this? Becoming a flashpoint between your party and the T MC in the coming days. See what happened in Sandesh Kali. You know that lots of ammunition and arms have been recovered by the CBI. And now energy is there and they are investigating the matter. And whenever a state government is opposing that kind of investigation So what is their motto? What is their? What they want actually are. Are they in support of this country or they are opposing this country? I couldn't understand because this is a huge thing. So many arms and ammunition have been recovered and those arms and ammunitions are not made in India. That means these are not local things, most of them according to the media reports, Most of them are from the different countries. That means they have been They bought TMC guns. They bought arms from the foreign countries. So the internal security of this country on sake and that EMC is compromising with the internal security of this country. All right, with that, it's time for a short break Here. Have more news and updates on the other side. Stay tuned. Welcome back after the break the Ministry of Education has asked the CBS C to work out logistics for conducting board exams twice a year from 2025 to 26 academic session. This is according to sources, uh ND TV has received this information. Now the plan for introducing a semester system has been ruled out According to the information coming in the ministry and the CBS C will hold consultations with school principals next month for conducting board exams twice a year. As for sources, all right, shifting our focus now, senior advocate Mahe Milani has spoken exclusively to ND TV, alleging that there is a kabal operating in the Supreme Court. Mahe J Milani has termed the VV pad verification petition on which the court gave its judgement today motivated and said that the intention was to cast a doubt on the sanctity of India's electoral process. Listening I am joined by one of the most prominent lawyers of this country. Mr Mahesh J Malani Mr. J Malani. Welcome to ND TV. Thank you, Mr Janni, would you agree with my summary of the judgement of the Supreme Court that this probably is the landmark judgement as far as the sanctity of the poll process in this country is concerned. Yes, certainly. You've got a judicial seal of approval on the sanctity and integrity of the system of conducting elections. But I you know, this is a repetition of the past. It had already happened before. Uh, as you know, NGO Jet was in 2019. A constitutional court had already been through this right, And they had they had given it their endorsement. So, you know, But I can These are this is these are all motivated litigations. As the court this time pointed out, it was based only on suspicion. There were no hard facts to invoke the jurisdiction of the court. They said this could be done. This can happen and so on and so forth. So you know, whatever residual doubts based on no factual. I mean, the made it very clear that our system is foolproof. But the Supreme Court still added one or two more things to strengthen the integrity of the EDM. But frankly speaking, it's a motivated prediction. It is really done by a bunch of people who are not so much concerned about strengthening our electoral process but casting a doubt on the sanctity of our democratic processes. You know, it doesn't It doesn't behove them to do that. In my view, this is an extremely anti national step to keep casting doubt on the integrity of the person. Because, you know, you undermine the legitimacy of the government. You don't agree you're a bad loser. Why you're doing why you're breaking up this pre election result? Doubt right is in fact because you are a bad loser and you don't want the winner to really, you know, enjoy the fruits of his success and hard work both in governance and during the electoral process. Well, Mr J man was coming to that. But some would actually say that more than casting an aspersion on the government of the day, you are besmirching not only a constitutional body like the Election Commission of India, but also besmirching the entire electoral process in of the entire Global Committee of Nations. But be that as it may, Supreme Court actually had reserved some very stern words today for the petitioners and it actually said that this is these are motivated allegations and you have actually nothing to show for what you are claiming Absolutely No, I mean that. You know, uh uh, the the petition is a bad petition, As I've said it was, you know, it's just speculative and, you know, full of conjectures. Right? So, uh, you know, unfortunately, unfortunately, because the issue is serious, the Supreme Court spend some time on it right and sealed it once and for all. So it's good that has got yet another endorsement of being a sacrosanct system which can't be tampered. Uh, the the mob, I call them a mob that that moves these petitions right? You know, they're questionable. Their intent is always questionable. And they're really they they are they a badly motivated, you know, rabble rousers, that's all. They just throw mud on anything. There's nothing. There is nothing. There is no sense of, you know, responsibility in in in the actions they take particularly, you know, in a really sober institution like the like, the Supreme Court, it's just raising unnecessary doubt and they make the world watch. You can go and give press conferences. It's self publicity, right? And B at the cost of the nation's institutions. Well, absolutely. That's that that many actually most neutral observers would agree with that, Mr Janni, But the fact remains, this also that today probably it has been overtaken by certain other people. But it all started by Mr Subramani. M swami. You know Mr Subramani M swami went after after a certain loss and then cast doubt and actually wanted to return to the ballot. And today's Supreme Court has said that, you know, Look, there is absolutely no return to the ballot paper. We are introducing two more safeguards, so to say so. Do you think that these safeguards are effective safeguards? And now finally, seal the deal as to as if one were to put it like that in the favour of EV M and electronic voting. Yeah. I mean, I think this is the final. This should be the final word, right? They've sealed any possible, you know, doubts. They are only doubts, right? They've sealed any that the said you don't You don't even need this. But you know there's nothing wrong with these extra to the Supreme Court is I mean, you know, it will now show that the Supreme Court has not only examined it yet another time, but examine it to the point of such care, right, that they don't want any future, you know, reopening of the issue. And it was It was also good that it was a completely judgement in cohesion. It was a concurrent judgement. Both the judges completely agreed with the fact so people would say that whatsoever. Doubts that were being cast on the entire sanctity of the process of the voting in this country, which is probably the largest such exercise undertaken anywhere in the globe, have been now put to rest. But Mr Janni, do you think that this additional safeguards that have been brought in will now ensure that at least this kind of frivolous petitions are kept out of the legal and judicial process? Or if at all, they are raised again, they are summarily dismissed because time and again what happens is that for a very large period of time, they will occupy the mind space in the voter's mind and become a talking point, which many would say is unnecessary. Look, you know you can't stop frivolous petition in the Supreme Court that that the court has to actually now put its foot down on this issue. You know, it has been so well travelled now that I don't think there's scope for any other petition. But you know, just whenever the opposition wins an election, the BJP never question the why don't they? Then do it. Look at the motives of someone like Bush when they win, when the opposition wins Karna or the left wins in Kerala Or or uh, you know any of the any of the non B JP government, you never get the then the the sacro sacrosanct. That's how P saying this is this is this is motivated not only from the point of view of undermining BP feeds, right and Simon there is the undermining India's electoral process and hence democracy, and hence the sanctity of the verdict car and polls, right? But it is also a cabal that operates under the aegis of the opposition. I'm saying that very clearly, and I can prove it. I can prove it every time this group has done it. It has never It has never champion causes where the opposition is covered in mud. So you mean to say they are actually fronting for the opposition. But now that this is this is a front for the opposite for the opposition. All right. On that note, it's time to wrap this edition on news and updates on the other side of the Statu.
