Hello and welcome. You're watching ND TV. I'm V. Anal. Our lead story. Well, the big political headline and that is Milin Dira dumping the Congress and joining the Shin Sa. This comes after he said that I'm ending a 55 year old association with the grand old party. And when it also comes after he expressed his pleasure over the Utsa taking the south Mumbai seat, he joined the Shinde CNN and the presence of Chief Minister Ikat Sindi. What are its political ramifications? Take a look at this report. She was sending a as Rahul Gandhi prepared to walk again on his Yatra 2.2. Another next generation leader of the Congress decided to walk out. Milind quit his party and joined the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Ignat Shinde. Soon after, he listed the reasons for his departure. Among them the Congress targeting industrialists. Me, a lawyer home. I've so give up here a key Congress ALS Congress JFP or do our congress do know Congressman bought and bought for whether Congress or constructor of Sarat Sinha or Merito Yogita K Garage EGY the same party that ushered in economic reforms 30 years ago, is a party that is abusing industrialists, abusing businessmen and calling businessmen antis. Malindi is not just another Congress leader quitting the party, though he joins a club of young leaders like Jo J, PR, P and Singh, all considered close to Rahul Gandhi At one point of time. He has been a South Mumbai MP and a former union minister, and his can from south Mumbai for the looks of her was endorsed by some of the top industrialists in the country. But in 2024 sources say they felt the seat would be given to Arvin Savant of the Shub. As part of the India Alliance seat sharing deal, servants defeated Dora in 2014 and 2019. There is no guarantee that the BJP will allow ikat Shinde Shiva to contest the Mumbai's South Lok Sabha seat, but sources say Melinda will go to parliament to Lok Sabha, or Raja Sabha. Shinde welcomed Melinda into his party while the BJP targeted Rahul Gandhi. Why didn't say so at cargo upon Magas? Mauna Veto Karan I Did you in store that a but the Kara actor Man Ariman, Rahul Gandhi, Bhara Julo, Ahan Chala, Sri or UM, Herta Delia A a Dear your Congress. Tell me Gandhi, Paar and Nik Tara O be a comadre. Senior Congress leaders were more circumspect in their response to Malin Dora's departure. Malinda's father, Mli Dora, was also a congressman and a respected leader. Mia's departure is the loss of a prominent face for the Congress, which has seen its second run leadership completely eroded. And there's ties across party lines will ensure he re enters Parliament soon. MND TV bureau report. And well, on a day of a big political setback to the Congress Mile, Dora spoke first to ND TV, and he made some startling remarks. He said that, well, the Congress asked me to attack specific people that the Reform Party is now attacking and abusing industrialists, and that is costing the party politically. Take a look at this interview. For a long time, I felt that we should be moving towards a more constructive agenda. We should be giving the country a constructive opposition, not just opposing for the sake of opposing something bad happens, oppose it. Something good happens. Welcome it give suggestions on how we can improve that. That's been my politics, and I just found it's suffocating. I found it toxic. And in many ways I don't recognise the Congress of today as compared to what it was 20 years ago when I started it. It certainly isn't the congress that I heard about when my father joined the party in 1968 and I wish the Congress Party well, I wish them well in their ideology. They were once for me. They were the centrist party of India. They were the Nationalist Party of India Nationalistic Party of India. They united India today. This is a party which is talking about a cast census. It's talking about a north south divide. This is the party that ushered in economic reforms 32 years ago, which was a significant step in India's history to empower the common man. Today, the party is abusing businessmen who are born out of that. To my next question is this shrill anti corporate stand costing Congress politically as well as ding its image? Look, I don't know if it's costing them politically, but I just think that it just did. You are among those leaders who have quit saying so, attacking No, no to me. It's to me, it's it's It's wrong to do that to me. It's wrong to say that for a party that unleashed economic reforms, for example, Dr Manmohan Singh is a member of parliament. He was the the pioneer, the steward of economic reforms in India 32 years ago. Have you once heard him naming an industrialist attacking businessman? Not once. He will attack institutional incapacities. He will attack institutional problems that need to be safeguarded, which is constructive politics. And this is something which is unacceptable to me. This is something which I find I can't imagine that the leaders of the past would do this in the Congress Party. Would make personal statements against the prime minister of India, would make personal statements against any businessman against anyone. There is a way to attack. There is a way to hold government accountable to do it in a dignified parliamentary manner. And it's it's it's it's It's very sad to that a party, a great party. Once upon a time, it was a great party, Um, has gone down to the level of naming people, abusing people, calling people names, calling the prime minister names. I can't imagine that And if you've seen my track record over 20 years and in the last 10 years, not once have I made personal statements against anyone. Not once you have been the values I was brought up with dignified in your politics, I was told Yes, I was told very clearly by my father when I entered politics, that politics. You should speak well about yourself about what you intend to do, Have the confidence to talk about your own vision. Don't deride others. This is what my father taught me on day one of politics. Until today, when I'm told when I used to be told by the party, Go out and abuse this person, attack this person and I would reject that and I would reject going to press conferences. I would always remember my late father's words and well. The timing of Bea's exit from the Congress was also extremely interesting. It happened on the day Rahul Gandhi began his bhara Jodo Nyaira from Manipur, and in Manipur. He made an important point. He said, that I understand your pain and we will restore peace in the northeastern state. Now This bhara nayra is different from his earlier Yatra. It's focused entirely on polls. It will traverse 15 states and 100 looks of her constituencies. Listen in, man what they are KK luck Bye be up to top are always some No. One to K. When Pandi Jor Leo host visited Manipur, he described Manipur as the jail of India. Kala K, Josh Zire, Rauni Kim Congress PK is a dus and hosa le by a target called Aara Ya Ali Amare Des and moving now to the big diplomatic headline. Well, the Maldivian president, Mohamed Mui, has asked India to withdraw its troops and set a March 15th deadline for India. Of course, this was unexpected lines, given the fact that a pro China government has taken over the island nation. And it also comes amid the diplomatic row with India over the Maldivian minister's comments on the prime minister's visit to Lakshadweep. My colleague Umar Shankar has more details and high power, high level, non combat rescue operations and well, speaking of geopolitics, the world is at the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos 2024. This time the meeting is happening in the shadow of the Gaza War. Climate change the economic slowdown globally and of course, artificial intelligence and cyber security is the focus. At this meet, my colleague Vishnu Shum sent us this report from Davos Hello and welcome from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. D TV has had a presence over here at the WEF for 16 years. Nonstop. The next couple of days are going to be absolutely critical. While the World Economic Forum usually deals with economic issues, issues which affect billions around the world, the overall story of the WEF this year will certainly be based on the geostrategic and the geopolitical issues which affect so many. The war in West Asia, the expansion of that conflict to involve parts of Yemen, a sense of deep uncertainty from an economic standpoint, not so much in India but in other parts of the world. And of course, the entire issue of how the environment and global warming is something that we just cannot cannot forget about. These are all concerns and issues which will be affecting the World Economic Forum this year and the fact that you've got 40 odd foreign ministers coming over here. The US secretary of State, the Chinese premier among national security advisor Who will be over here, the US national security adviser, Jake Sullivan. Over here, the Ukrainian president, Vladimir Zelinsky, over here, so wars will certainly be discussed. The overall geopolitical situation will be discussed, but the World Economic Forum every year also comes up with several key themes. And some of the themes that are being looked at over here is employment and artificial intelligence, the threats of artificial intelligence, the process of job creation and, indeed, sustainable environmental growth. What are some of the strategies out there? What can some nations actually look forward to and a final key point, and this is going to be a large part of our programming? The World Economic Forum, over a period of time, has become almost synonymous with India and an India presence. The Promenade and we're going to be bringing you stories of the Davos Promenade showcases so many Indian pavilions. There's a Maharashtra pavilion, a Tamil Na pavilion, a T pa. There is West India. Over here, there are gigantic posters of the and hoardings of the prime Minister. Over here there are top notch Indian industrialists over here, and the story and the goal absolutely clear in western India. There's security over here and there is opportunity from all of us over here in the D TV team. Do keep watching and well moving now to the big weather concern. There's cold wave and dense fog across the national capital and the NCR as well. The schools will reopen on Monday, but only from 9 a.m. There's revised timing for Delhi NCR schools, given the cool wave conditions and what's also most concerning is that it's not just fog that you're seeing around your around your city, but it's actually smog because the A Q I is in the severe category. In fact, the A Q I is above 450 which is extremely concerning the PM. 2.5 levels are also over 80 times the World Health Organization's safe limit, and here in the national capital, several flights have been delayed as well. Nearly 800 flights to and from Delhi have been delayed, so check with the airlines before you go to the airport. Extremely concerning there, smog in the national capital and the cold wave, Crip continues, and in other news, a leopard attacked a child on Dehradun Canal Road In fact, what was most shocking is that in that CCTV, as you can see passes by chasing away the leopard, an extremely gory and gruesome video there emerged from Dehradun. It happened on Dehradun Canal Road. Several such incidents have been reported of the man animal conflict in these areas, particularly in places close to natural reserves extremely shocking there. And the video captured on CCTV short breakdown news continues on the other side.
