Episode Details

Bhupender Yadav is the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change and a senior BJP leader. In this episode of the ANI Podcast with Smita Prakash, Bhupender Yadav discusses the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, questions over the Election Commission’s credibility and concerns about genuine voters’ names being deleted. He responds to Rahul Gandhi’s allegations of vote theft, questions about the CJP protests and allegations of foreign funding.

*Timestamps*
0:00 - Introduction
2:01 - SIR Process Transparency
9:15 - Deletion of Genuine Voters’ Names
11:36 - Foreign Nationals in Bihar
13:52 - Bengal’s Voter Deletions
18:02 - Cong 89 Lakh Complaints in Bihar
21:18 - Changes to Form 6
24:58 - Pilibhit’s Muslim Voter Controversy
27:12 - EC Not Addressing Media
30:31 - Supreme Court on Form 6
32:08 - Dissent Within the EC
35:10 - Why BJP Defends EC
38:10 - Was SIR Rushed?
39:57 - SIR “NRC in Disguise”?
40:45 - “Regime Change” Charge
42:16 - Foreign Funding Allegations
45:22 - Election Boycott by Opposition
46:20 - Annamalai on Foreign Forces Narrative
49:40 - Young Protesters Jailed
52:56 - Gyanesh Kumar’s Resignation Demand
55:57 - BJP Becoming Arrogant?
57:21 - Protests at Govt Buildings
1:00:18 - Detention of Protesters & Journalists
1:02:37 - Rahul Gandhi’s Conduct
1:05:40 - Democratic Dissent vs Anarchy
1:07:01 - Political Pressure on India’s Institutions
1:08:10 - Closing Remarks