Good evening. It's eight o'clock. You're watching ND TV Our lead story tonight Well, A key Congress meeting in the national capital over Ahmeti and Rai Bireli The Congress Election Committee meeting will begin shortly in the national capital. This is a suspense over Ame and Rai, Brei continues And Smith the Irani in fact, just today mounted and all our attack on Rahul Gandhi is saying that he ran away from Ame and his loyalties are shifting and he is changing families. Meanwhile, Malika jn Karge hit back. He said the people of wear wanted Rahul Gandhi to contest from there. The big question Will the Gandhis now enter the poll freight to win back citadels like a METI? Will Priyanka ghi make her election debut from Rai Bre? So those are some of the big questions we'll be going across to our reporter live Ghazali is joining us from the Congress headquarters here in the national capital. But before that, listen to what Smith Irani had to say and how Malik Arjun Karg responded in high in her. He took it to How you feeling then why not tell you that? Yeah, Why not make con Dee Lou jak kus leader JAE Uh uh, Bad by up. But the cons Well, it never a but malume to pale May me so paleo Uh, it is a KY lo demand, and Norma Ghazali is now joining us live. In fact, there is a live picture that we're bringing to you from the national capital. Uh, the Congress Election committee meeting, uh, likely to begin shortly. So Ghazali going across to you, Rashid Kidwai, in fact, is also with us on the programme tonight. But, uh, Ghazali, what's happening on the ground? What are your sources telling you? The big question, of course, is will the Gandhis fight? Uh uh to you know, rests back the key congress citadels see, the discussions will be held for Ahmeti and rail has been told by the senior party leaders. That is why the S meeting is happening. And as always, the feedback from the ground or the local party leadership within Uttar Pradesh have been suggesting and conveying the top leadership that the Gandhis should not lose connection with Amti and Rai, but really both being family based. And for decades and in politics, we have seen in different states when tall leadership, never leave, have never left their own bastions, even in the worst of the worst crisis. So this is exactly what most of the party leadership has been suggesting. And while Rahul Gandhi fought from Vard in 2019, it also helped Congress in Kerala in the los by elections in 2019. But this time around, Smith Irani is trying yet again to make this contest very personal and it will be a challenging task for the leadership here who will be holding this meeting after a short while to discuss and reach a conclusion over tonight whether Mr Rahul Gandhi should be fighting from a or whether there should be somebody else from the Gandhi family to fight on either of the seats. So a meeting will only confirm that what has been concluded in the meeting But the local leadership within Uttar Pradesh has conveyed the Gandhi family should not lose touch with these two local Sabah seats in Uttar Pradesh. The other prominent faces arriving. What's happening there? Malik Arjun Kar also expected there, Yeah, Malik Arun K is also expected to arrive. We saw Mr Salman Khiva from Punjab because even eight seats from Punjab are also under discussion today for this meeting. So we also saw other leaders, senior Congress leaders arriving. They are all waiting for Mr Karges arrival. And perhaps after that, the meeting will start and deliberation and discussion on rivalry and every seat will also begin. Right, Ghazali, thanks very much for joining us with that update there. Rashid Kwai is also joining us live on the eight o'clock news tonight. Uh, Rashid up. How do you see this? Um, delay in the announcement of candidates for a AT and rare. What is a great conundrum within the Congress? Of course. There were internal surveys conducted as well. Um, what is the Congress trying to gauge here before announcing the candidates? Uh, thank you for that. I think fundamentally, it's availability in electoral contest. Nobody gets in just to, you know, uh, either for gramme purpose or to, you know, enthuse the party worker. Ultimately, end of the day. Uh, you know, contestant must win. Uh, there is no Silver Med politics. Uh, today's meeting, essentially from my understanding, is about Punjab. It's not so much about, uh, a bit. There is a There is a hype from the ruling party for the P GP, which is very unusual because this is the internal method of the progress. As I see it, this is a very clever ploy. By breaking Raul Am battle is to, you know, make a 2024 election the remaining part of it. But there are about 300 seats to go around, so make make it make it into a Rahul versus Darin bhi battle. And that's a easy beat for Mr Modi. I don't see a rational or a logic Rahul for abeti because, as per, you know, parliamentary convention, he can only retain one seat either for ARD or Abeti, provided he wins for both. So therefore, he will have to, you know, sort of cut a sorry figure in one of the places that people will get that point making mistake because, you know, every time, even in the state Assembly elections, every time we have seen the Congress tries to sort of project Rahul versus Modi fight, you know that bid falls flat on its face and you know, the electoral losses have shown that. But do you think the Gandhi is entering the poll free will That enthuse the Carter on the ground. As we saw in the case of Acces as well, there was a lot of excitement with acces other family deciding to contest from KJ. Yeah, so Achilles case is different. I think Achilles has a strong, you know, prospects of feeling that cannot see it. I think a pressure also on the GHI because But the alliance took place. Uh, obviously a sha expects one of the GHI to so I see more chance of Priyanka ghi from rivalry. But there is also a problem of, uh this, uh, you know campaigning because these two are the key campaigners of the Congress. You look at Priyanka today, you know, she was in one place and another They are doing this now. If they fight a and respectively, they will get, you know, sort of. There are a lot of hard work that is required so they will not be able to, you know, find out in other parts of the country. So from third phase to the fifth four face with am to polls, there are about 240 looks that will you know, uh, there we go. So it's a very difficult call on that count. Also, I I think Rahul Gandhi may not like to contest in this scenario because he will have a choice. And if you notice whether it is or the entire VP leadership, there is a lot of inspired greed that is happening. Only GHI know that whether they will contest or not, point of view. He has just conveyed to them that, you know, he would want party wants them to contend. But it is going to be certainly, you know, the most important, uh, sort of aspect that the Congress is looking at before finalising candidates for both a AT and rail. But my last question to Mr Kai very quickly. Uh, you know, this time around, we've seen on the ground as well. There is no national sort of wave to the elections. There is. Perhaps local issues have become more important in states like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, even, you know, in Bihar, local issues are sort of gaining more prominence as far as the election narrative is concerned. Do you think that Congress should bank on that? As opposed to going back to the larger narrative of Rahul versus Modi fight Or perhaps you know, Rahul Gandhi himself has projected that he is fighting a higher fight with the Bhara Jodo Yatra and that, you know, perhaps choosing to stay away from the electoral battle. I think you have raised the issue. This election in that sense is being fought from a commerce point of view which are localised by the local issues cast corporations, et cetera. The moment Rahul Garhi joins from an extra seat other than bar it is it will be a projection of Rahul Ghi as a prime ministerial credit. And that is what Mr M and P GP want are. The alliance has been very careful consciously it has within India Alliance also, there were a lot of results were there to project when Nish Kumar was part of it as a you know, convenor or the chairman of India Alliance and then Malik Arjun's name was also mentioned. But you know, I mean, the entire India alliance has avoided that question because they know that if Modi versus some individual, that was Modi's popularity. But you know he would hugely over it. And therefore I don't see again I would repeat This is my assessment that I can go wrong because you don't tell these things. I don't see Rahul ghi joining because if you look at the cost benefit thing, it is zero, right? Absolutely. Mr. Thanks very much for joining us with your analysis. With your perspective there. Of course, Mrs has covered many general elections, covered the Congress very closely as well. Thanks very much for that. But moving now to the other big headline from Maharaj Shaw. Some minority trouble for the Congress in this key political state. With Nasim Khan, a top minority leader from the state, resigning as the star campaigner. In fact, there was an attempt to reach out to him as well by the Congress and the Mumbai Congress Chief as well. He is upset over Muslims not getting tickets across the 48 seats in the state. Take a look or, uh, my name is, uh, logo samaj. Uh uh uh uh uh Hindi. No, that is wrong. No Muslim Bolek WPP a the the part, You may say Joao Mile jar O jits W oti paia milk decision to ko um the Kola abundo compensate raaban US king or a misunderstanding about the A G prominent Congress minority leader Nasim Khan has now expressed his infuriated over the party, not nominating a single Muslim leader from the 48 Loka seats in the state and also meetings of Congress. Leader and Marsha Gwa have now begun with Nasim Khan to solve the matter, whereas Malik Arjun has too hinted out at adjustments being made in the Raja Sabha. But the bigger question here is Will Congress be able to hold on to its 1.5 floor Muslim vote bank in the state, or mislay it all for the sake of its alliance with video journalist Jitu Wag Mari, Mr Dedi for ND TV, 24 7 and staying with news from Maharashtra? Well, Chaan Bobal has done it again. This time he says that well, he is hurt over the delay in ticket announcement as far as the Maha you or the N in Maharashtra is concerned. He also says that there is a sympathy factor towards av, thre and Shaar. In fact, in a provocative statement, he says that J soar is creating fear and confusion. Take a look, Rahul Gandhi kaha NDAKBMT na ND a band her but Modi and do have So who did your hair? You so or a you Do I see, uh, which was, um MC Modi. Meanwhile, news now from Uttar Pradesh Ale. Yadav has hit the campaign road to win back Samajwadi Citadel. Kano, remember, Kano has been a Samajwadi Party bastion with Mulan Singh Yadav, Dimple Yadav. All these strong Yadav contesting. No. And this time as well. Earlier, a ad had fielded his nephew but finally deciding to throw his hat in the ring and contest to enthuse the card on the ground. And he held a roadshow there as well. Just a few days after failing his nomination. Well, AK's Roadshow, as you can see here he is holding a massive roadshow in Kano and you can see his supporters all around. You can see over there. A yo going down inside. Inside, inside, Inside the truck. Over here. This is the truck that's going on along with a Shas roadshow. He's going to contest elections from Kano. He himself is in the poll battle. Now I'd like to speak to one of his supporters. You saw the enthusiasm in the report. I would like to show you the number of supporters that have gathered here. This is a very long road show that is going on. And of course, Ales a contesting from Kano himself entering the poll battle the poll ground. He has been a member of Parliament from thrice and in 2019 sub won by a margin of 12 to 14,000 votes. Again dim Yadav. But this time, dimple Yadav is fighting from men a aav himself entering the pole battle from to take back his family bastion with cameraperson vend Kumar Punjabi for NG TV. Welcome back in now news from Maharashtra the B JP has decided to drop Puna Mahajan from a key Mumbai seat the Mumbai north central seat, and replace her with Uj Nik, Remember U Nik is one of the most high profile lawyers of the country. He was a public prosecutor in the 2611 terror case as well. He spoke exclusively to ND TV saying that well, he will work together with P Mahajan for the constituency. Take a look Looking at Vishwa Hamari Pradhan Mantri Moji Hare Kind amid National President Naji Or all right, let's cut across live the way The Prime Minister is addressing a public meeting in. 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