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Bhojpuri Chhath songs at Mumbai stations draw MNS objections

The report follows a dispute over language and festival celebrations before turning to contested allegations about dead fish in Delhi's Yamuna River.

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0:04An MNS worker challenges a railway official over Bhojpuri Chhath songs playing at Mumbai stations.
1:09Raj Thackeray's post accuses the BJP of using the festival and songs to create electoral divisions.
2:08Kukreti reports MNS objections to celebrations at Banganga, Juhu Beach and Versova, citing pollution concerns.
2:37Political responses address language, festival celebrations and constitutional equality.
6:33Parvesh Verma accuses AAP of dumping dead fish into the Yamuna to disrupt Chhath preparations.
7:07Saurabh Bharadwaj rejects Verma's allegation and demands CCTV evidence.

An MNS worker confronts a railway official inside an office, demanding to know why Bhojpuri Chhath songs are playing at Mumbai railway stations rather than local songs. The exchange opens a report by NDTV India, the Indian Hindi-language news channel of New Delhi Television, on political disputes surrounding the festival.

Anchor Sucherita Kukreti connects the station confrontation with objections to Chhath celebrations elsewhere in Mumbai. Chhath Puja is a Hindu festival particularly associated with Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh, and Bhojpuri is spoken across parts of those states. Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra, where Marathi is the official language.

The report presents a social media post by Raj Thackeray, founder of the regional Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of using Chhath celebrations and Bhojpuri songs to create divisions for electoral advantage. Kukreti also reports MNS opposition to celebrations at Banganga, Juhu Beach and Versova, citing pollution concerns.

A sequence of political responses shows disagreement over both language and the festival. Shiv Sena spokesperson Anand Dubey questions Thackeray's opposition to the celebration. BJP politician Ram Kadam rejects the suggestion that his party wins through language disputes, while AIMIM spokesperson Waris Pathan invokes constitutional equality and equal application of the law. Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, Congress leader Husain Dalwai and Maharashtra minister Ashish Shelar also appear.

The report then moves to Delhi, where dead fish found floating in the Yamuna during festival preparations have prompted accusations between the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Delhi minister Parvesh Verma accuses AAP of deliberately putting dead fish into the river to disrupt Chhath and damage the government's reputation. AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj rejects the accusation as fabricated and challenges Verma to produce CCTV evidence. The segment presents the allegation and rebuttal, without establishing who was responsible for the fish.