Why Electric Vehicles Are Increasing in Nigeria? Electric vehicles, EVS, are already being driven by millions of people worldwide, and sales are expected to rise further. In the first half of 2021, EVS accounted for 7.2% of the global market share of all new vehicles, nearly trebling what it was in 2019. According to the International Energy Agency IEA, there will be 145 million electric vehicles on the road by 2030, accounting for approximately 7% of all new and used vehicles registered in that year. Electric vehicles are also gaining popularity in Nigeria. In June 2021, Nigerian Vice President Yemi Asanbajo unveiled the first made in Nigeria EV, the Hyundai Kona by Stallion Motors. The National Automotive Design and Development Company inaugurated the country's first electric vehicle charging station at Usmanu Danfidio University in Sokoto, Nigeria's Northwestern state in April. Furthermore, EV deployment in Nigeria has the potential to promote renewable energy development with a bi-directional charging plan. Implementing electric vehicles could also reduce emissions, reduce energy sector investments, and eliminate the need for costly petroleum subsidies. Hello and welcome to Africa Reloaded. Today's topic is the use of electric vehicles in Nigeria. Join us on this journey to learn more about the benefits and challenges that Nigerians face with the electric vehicles. Benefits of Electric Vehicles The reduced environmental impact is one of the most significant benefits of driving an electric vehicle. Because pure electric vehicles lack a tailpipe, they emit no exhaust gases, reducing local air pollution, particularly in congested cities. There are no tolls. In some areas, clean air zones are being established, with levies aimed at discouraging polluting vehicles from entering designated areas. The fact that an electric vehicle is exempt from these fees is a significant benefit. Lower Operating Costs In comparison to a gasoline vehicle, an electric vehicle costs less than 1.30 euros to travel 100 miles based on our Go Electric 35 pricing during off-peak hours. There are also lower or no car taxes, as well as lower or no servicing and maintenance costs. Renewable Electric Vehicle Rates Our EV electricity rates are all renewable.  Improved Driving EVs have more sensitive acceleration and regenerative braking when you take your foot off the gas pedal. Because they have a low center of gravity, they are easier to handle, more comfortable and safer. EV Awards There are a few programs available to help with the transition to electric vehicles. The government provides assistance with home and workplace charging stations, as well as the purchase of a new electric vehicle. Parking is Free Electric vehicles can frequently find free, priority or dedicated parking spots that are conveniently located. Electric car owners, for example, can park for free in over 15,000 city center bays in Milton Keynes. Electric vehicles are significantly quieter than gasoline and diesel vehicles. Electric vehicles must now have an acoustic vehicle alert system, a VIA-S, that emits a sound when reversing or traveling less than 12 miles per hour, 19 kilometers per hour. Key Challenges Overlaying EV Commercialization in Nigeria High upfront cost. EVS have a much higher initial capital outlay than internal combustion engine vehicles. Despite being less expensive over their lifetime, I see EVS. A new electric vehicle costs $55,600, approximately $23 million, on average, according to Cox Automotive. This is far more than the $2 million average annual salary of ordinary Nigerians in Lagos. To make EVS appealing to Nigerians, upfront costs must be lower than the cost of use I see EVS, which will be difficult to achieve in the absence of financial incentives. Lack of infrastructure and technical know-how. Public EV-charging infrastructure is virtually non-existent in Nigeria, and there is currently no plan in place to expand it. Roadside mechanics in Nigeria are typically untrained in repairing I see EVS and have little to no experience with EV maintenance. Access to Electricity and Reliability Gap With over 85 million people without access to grid electricity, Nigeria has the world's largest energy access gap, and those who do have it frequently lack the consistent supply that EV require. Nigerian policymakers are faced with a quandary whether to prioritize limited energy supply for EV services when they are already struggling to provide dependable vital services such as lighting. Political entrenchment of oil and gas Nigeria depends on crude oil exports for nearly 90% of its foreign revenue, raising serious concerns about the future of fossil fuels. Nigerian officials may be concerned about the effects of the global EV industry maturing on Nigeria's crude oil exports to Europe and Asia, as well as reduced local demand. Because of political and economic realities in the oil and gas industry, the Nigerian Senate rejected a plan to phase out fossil fuel vehicles by 2030 in April 2019. Future Possibilities and Priorities Significant fiscal and non-fiscal policies and initiatives will be required to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles in Nigeria. Currently, Nigeria can prioritize the following strategies. Tap into the use EV market. Importing used vehicles from other countries is one method of lowering the initial cost of electric vehicles. In contrast to ICEVS, whose emissions intensity can increase over time and due to a lack of maintenance, EVS produced no tailpipe emissions regardless of their age. Nigeria could use its existing structure for importing used vehicles to encourage the importation of used electric vehicles. Introduce novel charging infrastructure business models. The Nigerian government is already overburdened with the task of providing basic electrical access to millions of people who lack access to modern energy. Regardless, the government can liberalize the charging infrastructure market in order to encourage private sector participation. Lessons from the country's innovative business models for accelerating mini-grid construction can be applied to EV charging infrastructure to make it more appealing to investors, customers, and the government. Create a comprehensive electric vehicle policy. While Nigeria's automotive vehicle policy favors domestic production and supports domestic automakers, it remains silent on the development of electric vehicles. To start a serious discussion about EV deployment in Nigeria, the government must first create a solid EV policy framework with targets and rules that are backed up by legislation. Investigate new tax incentives. The primary reason for low car ownership in Nigeria is high import taxes. Fiscal incentives for electric vehicles, such as the elimination of the import fee, a value-added tax, and lower car insurance could make them more appealing and affordable to Nigerians. Make use of your peers' knowledge. East African countries, particularly Kenya, are investing heavily in two and three-wheeler electric vehicles due to their lower cost and ease of adoption. Nigeria has a large number of two and three-wheelers, Akata and KeekNapub, that are primarily used for intra-city commercial transportation. By focusing on these types of vehicles, Nigeria can quickly assess the viability of EVS in the country. When four-wheeler EVS become more common, introducing smaller EVS first can aid in the establishment of multiple charging stations in rural and urban areas, thereby closing the charging infrastructure gap. Form EV education collaborations in Nigeria. To increase EV acceptance, politicians, oil companies, I see EV mechanics and Nigerian citizens all require more credible information. Credible EV education is required to avoid potential anxiety and misinformation about the potential disruptions and benefits that EVS could bring to the conventional vehicle market. and the national economy as a whole. Electric vehicles are a great venture into Nigerian society and would be for Africa once all of the challenges associated with them are overcome and definite solutions to ensure that these vehicles run smoothly are provided. 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Hey guys, what's up? It's me. We're back for some more. There's nothing left to do but to do it, so that is what I will do. I'm a sweaty mess, and a defeated sweaty mess. I will not be able to land the kickflip without intense training. A newfound respect for anyone who can land a kickflip, especially whilst in motion. I certainly couldn't get anywhere near to landing it because simply I can't even ollie. So here I am admitting defeat. For now, I think a golden life, a great golden life for anyone out there, is to land a kickflip. Just one. Once you got it, tick off the bucket list, done. But it takes a hell of a lot of training to get there, and that's training I just do not have the time for. So this video is titled how it feels the day after doing 200 kickflips. And originally I was just gonna come down here and make a talking video. Guys, I am literally sweating like crazy. I don't know if you can see it. I was gonna come down here just tell you guys how I was feeling physically. But then I got down here, I brought the board with me, and I thought no I can do it. I can. All I've got to do is just stick at it. So I've been down here for about half an hour. The sticking power is not what it was yesterday. I was down here for two hours yesterday. 200 kickflips and I woke up this morning and my adapter is just absolutely on fire. Okay? Inside here on my right foot, I don't know why it is, obviously using using that using those deep muscles, deep muscle fibres for a contraction of an ollie. You know what I mean? Using my hamstring but also my adductor. So I woke up this morning, tried to lift my leg out of bed and I couldn't. It was so sore. It felt like it was gonna rip. But I'm happy to say and obviously clearly it's gotten better throughout the day because I've been able to try again for half an hour and it doesn't feel too bad. But yeah this morning it was absolutely absolute agony. Obviously lying there for you know without icing it. A brand new movement. I was expecting something in my body to become sore but I didn't expect my adductor to become sore and I actually got kind of worried for a second because my adductor is the only major injury I've actually had. But I think it was on the other side. Honestly I can't even remember it was a while ago but to be fair physically I do feel good.  I feel better now. I got sunburnt yesterday. I got sunburnt today. I got sunburnt the day before. I've really got to look after. I gotta put some sunscreen on. I did but it's just not... I need to coat it on if I want to have any chance against this New Zealand ozone layer free sun. So once again guys I want to say thanks for watching. It's been a pleasure. This is me signing out from Christchurch New Zealand. Can I do a kickflip? No. Will I do a kickflip? Maybe. Am I physically okay after doing 200 attempts at a kickflip in a two hour period after not doing anything on a skateboard for 20 years plus? Yes I am. Am I mentally okay? Yeah sure but it's a bitter pill to swallow in the words of Conor McGregor. Thanks for watching guys. Peace out and have a great day.


I have this nightmare. You know like some people they have the same dream coming back haunting them every once year or so They they fall from a cliff or they get hit by a train or in my bad dream. I have a job So somehow I get this fancy offer and I get flattered and I sign up And now I have a boss and I have a Monday morning meeting and all these things and I Wake up and I realize it was just a bad dream. I don't have a job So I can go skiing if the weather is like this and if I feel for it because I don't have to ask anyone for permission Today's topic is the gig economy and how to be your own boss Yeah, yeah, yeah, the Sun is not always shining and I'm not always skiing and and I don't get paid to ski Unfortunately, but just because I don't have a job doesn't mean that I don't have work to do Today, I'm in London one of these cities where the the number of self-employed It's actually outgrown the public sector and while traditional office buildings are on a decline We can see that co-working spaces where Entrepreneurs and freelancers and people in startups meet to collaborate are on the rise a job is only a what? What do I do and more importantly? What do I do to get paid my answer to that is that I am a speaker? I stand in front of people and I talk to bring food for thought to challenge them and inspire them That's what I do for money But as you know, you need to start from the opposite direction You need to start with a why if you're not familiar with this Check out the link down below and listen to Simon Sinek in his world famous speech about how to start with why and why? That is important to you or read his book My why is to help people embrace change and then how I do that and What I get paid to do have changed many times throughout my life and career and will continue to change just like any other job Maybe I can meet more people like you now here online And then I don't need to travel as much anymore and maybe in the future I will be referred to as a youtuber rather than a speaker who knows The big thing is that this drama of changes to your job will be less scary if you focus on your why rather than the what So this is what I tell young people or parents when they ask about young people. Yeah, you need to be good It's crucial competition is fierce But the only way to to be good and become good is to do something that you love So that's the most important thing you need to do. You need to find something you feel passionate about To find your why think of this the next time you meet someone new don't ask them what they do ask them why why do you work? Watch out though. This is a very provocative very challenging question. What do you mean? Why I work? I have I have rent I have bills to pay and yes, we all have bills to pay We know all there is to know about our human needs from the work of Abraham Moslem You remember the hierarchy of needs down here in the bottom You have the essentials like food water shelter Education health care can translate all of those to money But as you know money is not enough you want more so you will climb and climb and then on top is meaning So if you have that if you have money and meaning then life will be good Make no mistake though jobs are nowhere to be found in the muscle of hierarchy of need We don't need jobs. We need money and meaning and jobs are the how that's the most common way to get money and meaning today Doesn't mean that that can't change. I was talking to a friend the other day about this and he said yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, but 99% of all people have a job That's how we solve this and I said, yeah, sure But doesn't mean that it's the way it's always gonna be I mean if you think of it from another dimension the time perspective 99% of the time human beings were on this planet We didn't have jobs. I mean if you go back a thousand years everyone was a Gig worker or freelancer you woke up in the morning and you solved your problems That's what you were doing during the day No one thought of such a thing as applying for a job or Outsourcing the responsibility for solving my problems to somewhere else if you think of this one step further I mean, yes, if I do get a job and if I do actually outsource the responsibility for for my work to someone else What do I do the day he or she? Changes her mind and believe me that they will come Remember, I told you the the job market will will be in constant change And we will see new technology and robots and AI and all those things we hear about so much. Yes, of course, we will And that will be fine as long as you trust in your own ability to cope with change The only reason to work for someone else and this is crucial if you're an HR I mean no such thing as a safe job anymore. So the reason for me to join you That is if I truly believe that I will learn faster if I'm inside your organization rather than outside Otherwise, you are better off if you focus on how to build trust in your own ability to cope with change And trust me with the power of the internet and all these devices like now I'm shooting this video on us on a phone on an iPhone this here that I'm doing right now You and I would have been impossible just 10 years ago Not only to to shoot the video but to distribute it to reach you Hundreds of thousands of dollars at least and now anyone can do it So it's fair to say that today anyone can manage the how and what as long as you know your why It's how to be your own boss. I wish you the best of luck. Oh, yeah One more thing if you've been watching all the way to here then yes This was work too If you like these short speeches about future trends, then please hit subscribe and I'll see you in the future


Our legacy is is jumping hurdles I think but I think along the way we've gotten so good at jumping the hurdles and making a way and assimilating that we never look back to say well what hurdles should I have never have had to jump.  Don't back off or we don't treat it like a marketing initiative.  We don't want this moment to pass right we need to make sure that we are putting this stake in the ground now that we are going to hold people accountable that we are going to put consequences in place for not doing so. I would encourage every agency to pull all of your numbers of the compensation for your employees and make sure that it's equal. Make sure that they are doing everything that they can to ensure that the folks that are working their companies are retain and are moving through the ranks and they have a true voice. There's no kind of race to the best PR statement that's going to solve this and there's no cultural band aid that a brand or business can do. We are the change we need to see in the world.  They need to have a seat at the table. They need to have a voice every single day not only when there's a crisis. Everyone is not built for that front line right out there in the community. But when we stop and pause in the roles and privilege that even the black people on this call have in their organizations what are you how are you spending that privilege. Are you speaking up because it is important to let people know you cannot protect and dismantle the same system. So pick your battles and pick one where you can you can be specific about what outcomes you're driving to. Do the work right do the work for yourself. Don't don't come to me asking me to give you the history lesson on race in America. How can I help you know what do you need and my response has been I need you to have the same energy a week from now a month from now in a year from now. I need you to invest in it and you'll find your way you'll find your way. You'll come back with it'll open so many questions for you but you will find your way. You will figure out the way that you can help and the way that you can get involved that is unique to you. But it also takes people who are in seats of power who have access to money to donate to the organizations that are on the ground but also to give back to your own industry. I have a personal mission and that mission is to be the change and inspire it and others because I believe that what people are doing now is opening their eyes. And I think if you're opening your eyes that starts to lead to a sense of understanding.


We're looking at such an amazing number of submissions. Architecture, interiors, landscape, fashion.  We vote. We put stickers next to the ones that rise to the top. You see the debates. You see even a little bit of the friction. It was so wonderful. It's so passionate. Everyone cares. Everyone cares about design. It's about the entire breadth of design. It's not about one discipline or one form of design. Fashion designer speaks very differently about architecture. A product designer speaks very differently about graphic design, but at the same time there's ideas that connect them all together. The depth and lineage of experience on the jury is humbling, say the least. Especially that we did receive one of the awards. You realize, oh my God, all that went into picking us. That's true. We all recognized when there was a clarity of concept, there was a commitment to create something innovative. Many of us take design extraordinarily seriously because it has such a dramatic impact in how people live their lives. Because it is the Smithsonian Institution, the bar is set very high. It's actually super interesting to me that it's in a museum because essentially what you're saying for the rest of time is that this exemplifies something good at this moment. Rewards remind the entire country that design is important and design is part of your everyday life. And any particular reward, you go back and look at its recipients over a decade or two and you go, oh, they got quite a few of them right. All the designers that we chose today have had an impact not only on their own field but also an amazing impact on the society.


Lux presents Hollywood the Lux radio theater brings you Ronald Coleman in libel with Otto pruger and Francis Robinson ladies and gentlemen your producer mr. Cecil B. DeMille greetings from Hollywood ladies and gentlemen there are probably quite a few parents in the audience with daughters who are slightly moon-struck over certain motion picture stars and I'll offer them my sympathy right now you see I'm the grandfather of a certain young lady knee-high to a grasshopper who's very much that way about Ronald Coleman but as a producer not as a grandfather I understand her admiration perfectly in the theater of the air the magnificent voice of Ronald Coleman is a treat that comes only once in a blue moon so having him in the Lux radio theater tonight is something of an occasion and I I think we've got a play worthy of his talents a powerful drama called libel it ran for many weeks on Broadway and it's so so different from the usual run of plays that I think you'll remember it for many weeks to come libel is the drama of a trial for libel and of a man in the pitiless glare of the courtroom who hears his life torn apart shred by shred that man calls himself some Mark Lodden but when he goes to the witness stand to try to prove that he has a right to that name he sees the shadow of doubt cross even the face of his wife the presence of Ronald Coleman in tonight's exciting drama would quicken the pulse of any producer and I believe of any audience it's what all producers pray for and what most audiences love to pay for but of course our setup is different for this is your theater just as Lux Flakes is your product both made expressly to please you we prize very highly your loyalty to this theater and to our product and anything that we tell you about Lux Flakes will be more than borne out in actual performance make a test if you like and check your experience against what we say about our product we're not afraid of the answer because your letters have already told us what the results will be there's a stir in the wings now and our players are at the microphone as the curtain rises on the first act of libel starring Ronald Coleman as some Mark Lodden with Otto Kruger as Foxley and Francis Robinson as Lady Enid Lodden 1934 just 16 years after the armistice of the first World War in the present English countryside stands the home and the state of Sir Mark Lodden member of Parliament a wide drive bordered by trees leads to the front gate there hidden in the foliage a man and rough clothes peers intently at the house at last he enters the gate and moves slowly toward the door he rings the bell and as he waits he seems to smile inward layer good morning morning I'd like to see the master if you don't mind I'm sorry sir but I don't believe some mark was expecting anyone some mark is it will you go tell Sir Mark the pet bucket in a mosey you'll see me we surf together in the army sir Mark and I go and tell him very well sir you'll wait in the library I'll speak to Sir Mark did you wish to see me about something no no no sir don't tell me you don't remember me I'd hardly believe that sir I'm very sorry your face is familiar but just think a little sir the German prison camp at Obheim 1918 Hobheim of course you were one of the men I escaped with that's right there was three of us Sir Mark Lodden Frank Wellney and Pat Buckingham Pat Buckingham yes I remember now sit down Pat it's good to see you thank you you'll have to forgive me my memory isn't what it used to be how have you been Pat are pretty well has the world been treating you all right well frankly no those things are beginning to look up a bit that is I could stand the loan of a few thousand pounds a few a few thousand that's right I was in the neighborhood so I thought I'd just drop by and see if you could help me out you seem to be fairly well off well yes I am but so it won't be much of a loss to you a Frank Frank yes Frank Frank Wellney I'm afraid I don't understand this why do you call me Frank Wellney because it used to be your name what do you want to be called now Lord algae do you pretend you don't remember my name was Mark Nanny of Blarney Frank I don't want to be nasty after all this time you looked enough like poor old Mark to be his twin I always said that I remember joking about it the night we escaped I said if Sir Mark got killed Frank Wellney could always go back to England in his place and as it turned out Sir Mark was killed and here you are a Frank are you mad I am Sir Mark Lodden are you and I say your Frank Wellney I say you came home under his name took his estate and married the girl who waited for him get out of here get out no no no Frank for a few thousand pounds say four or five I'd be glad to get out but under the circumstance get out I tell you you're making a mistake Frank you see there's a newspaper in London that might be very glad to know what really happened to Sir Mark did you hear what I said they pay me big for the story even if you won't for keeping quiet about it get out of this house all right but it don't end here remember that Frank Wellney a political impostor the legislator recently returned to the House of Commons a Sir Mark Lodden baronet is not a baronet not even a lot mark what is this now read it in it that's all there in the paper it explains itself but it says you're not Mark Lodden it no go on read it the man who is now posing as Sir Mark secured his position in Parliament by practicing on the voters the same deliberate fraud that he that he practiced on his wife Mark this is mad it's it must be a joke that's what I thought at first but it seems it's not for what are you going to do about I intend to sue the Gazette for malicious libel so what else can I do I put the matter in the hands of Sir Wilfred he's going to represent me you're going to court you're going to let them drag your name through a filthy mess of lies that mark you can't in it listen if I could ignore this story believe me I would the last thing I want to do is to risk my career to risk my life our life together on anything so stupid but they they won't let me ignore it you speak of a risk what risk can there be there are hundreds of people right here in our own village you can swear that you are Mark Lodden that's true well then well sir Wilfred has advised me to go through with the case to clear my name the Gazette is going to contend that that I look like Sir Mark Lodden that I came home after the war and took his name and his place here but that I am really someone else mark this is horrible how can they say such a thing they were probably glad to get the story they've been against me politically ever since I took office but they must realize what it will mean to them if you bring suits you can ruin them if we win of course if you win what doubt is there they've printed a malicious horrible lie as plenty we'll have to prove it a lie I think we can think mark I don't understand you mean it's not as easy as it sounds not easy to prove that you are yourself they're going to say that I'm not myself that I look enough like Mark Lodden to fool anyone to fool even you to fool me in it look at me look at me darling it's going to be very difficult these next few weeks it'll need all your strength and all your courage mark you frighten me you are Mark Lodden I know that you're my husband the father of my child you are yes yes in it of course I am then why are you so worried oh you were a boy in this village you lived in this house you were born in the East Room upstairs there are things about this house about the people who lived here that only Mark Lodden wouldn't know you can tell them they'll have to believe you then they'll have to mark darling there's something I must tell you you'll know sooner or later you'll know in court I want to tell you now what is it do you remember when I came home after the armistice I I had changed hadn't I you've been shell shocked yes but but no one knew how much I had changed only myself in it I had to piece my life together again in that prison camp at Hubheim I knew my name only from my identification disc I knew you only by the letters you wrote the forward to me there you say I can prove who I am by telling them things that happened here when I was a boy I can't see in it I have no recollection of anything I remember nothing that happened to me nothing before I was a prisoner in that camp in it why do you look at me like that in it you are you are the boy I knew you must be you must be you may proceed with the case for the plaintiff sir Wilfred thank you my lord members of the jury I'm not going to insult you by any further explanation of the libelous charges recently appearing in the Daily Gazette you've seen for yourselves that the Daily Gazette has informed a million or so readers that my client Sir Mark Laudan is an infamous imposter in every possible role of life public and domestic the first witness for the plaintiff will be the plaintiff himself Sir Mark Laudan you swear by Almighty God I swear by Almighty God the evidence you shall give the evidence I shall give shall be the truth shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth your Sir Mark Laudan third Baron at a Bingworth Hall in the county of Norfolk that is so you retired with the rank of major after 15 years service in the rifle brigade that's right I believe you became engaged in 1914 to Enid the only daughter of General Edgar Winterton CB we were engaged just just before the war yes and after your engagement I believe you went to France with your battalion in August 1914 yes then you were wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of the Marl I was what wounds did you sustain in that battle Sir Mark I was shot through both legs and badly shell shot I believe the farm in which you lay wounded was set on fire by the enemy's guns and you were nearly burned to death before you were rescued by the enemy very nearly now what affected that terrible experience have on you those few hours that afternoon turned my hair gray as you see it now what was it that morning oh I hadn't a gray hair I was only 22 what happened after you were taken prisoner I was in a German hospital for for three months and then sent to an officer's prison camp at Hobheim when were you released I was never released I escaped in October 1918 I reached the Belgian frontier three days before the armistice hasn't been then I made my way fairly easily to the English lines and was in for lead at home what did you do then I retired from the army and had a long rest cure after six months or so I I was as well as I suppose I ever shall be and and married my wife I think your son Gerald was born the following year that is so you have recently entered public life and last autumn you were elected Member of Parliament for the Rainham Division of Norfolk yes Sir Mark what is the present state of your health oh subject to a bit of a limp I I can indulge in any reasonable physical effort what about mental effort I suppose I mustn't say too much about that apart from memory I don't complain what of your memory I have practically no recollection at all of of events or persons before my imprisonment now I want to turn for the moment to the libel which is the subject of this action yes the jury has heard the allegations of which you complain to Mark is the one word of truth in them they are an infamous lie has anyone else any right to your title a state's opposition not a soul in the world has any member of your family at any time displayed any difficulty in identifying you know not one until this paragraph appeared in the Gazette I think I have only one more question to put to use a mark how did you first learn of this libelous publication it was sent me by friends and constituents but I first read it in my own copy of the paper I happen to be a registered reader of the Gazette I I don't agree with its views but I've always liked all sorts of fiction thank you sir mark that will be all does counsel for the defendant wish to examine the witness we do my lord so you've always liked all sorts of fiction have you yes I said so you've indulged that liking to a rather abnormal extent haven't you what do you mean I am suggesting that ever since November 1918 you have indulged in the unscrupulous fiction of being in English bernett that is an infamous libel for which your clients will have to pay of being the lawful owner of the modern estates I am the lawful owner keep calm some mark and the most unscrupulous fiction of all of being entitled to who and marry your wife my wife doesn't require the protection of the gutter press and my instructions I'm not so sure of that now before we go any further I want to be quite clear you don't wish to suggest to the jury that any physical or mental disability that is prison or escape experiences could possibly make you believe you were someone other than yourself do you suggest such a thing no I don't you've sustained no injury that could make Frank well may honestly believe that he was some mark blood done of course not whom did you say mr. Fox Frank well name a lot who is Frank well if your lordship will allow me to explore that in my own way certainly mr. Fox thank you my lord I am sure that the witness has heard of a man called Frank well there certainly he was a Canadian officer I believe so you ever know him yes I was at the same prison camp in Germany so I believe for how long nearly four years when did you last see him let me see it would be let me help you did you shave yourself this morning yes why didn't you see him then when you looked in the mirror I say didn't you hear me I'm suggesting that you are Frank well near and that he is you that's a lie is it we should see now when did you say you saw him last when we we escaped together in November 1918 we got parted got parted now when did you get parted we missed each other in the dark you missed each other in the dark hmm is that really all you can tell me of how you separated yes it's very easy to get lost in the dark the other fellows had got hold of civilian clothes but I hadn't I was in uniform so we had to move by night is anyone else in the party of escape yes a man called Buckingham now then that was the party so Mark Lodden Buckingham and Welney yes myself and the other two and how did you separate I've told you we lost each other in the dark yes in which of you got lost first well Buckingham went off first to forage for food he didn't come back ah that left Lodden and Welney together what happened then then Welney went off to to look for Buckingham he never came back either hmm both got lost the same fatal knight oh killed ah killed that was it was it I don't know I only mean well me I know Buckingham is alive so do you who do you say was killed well me or Lodden I won't answer that question you know I'm alive yes I know you're alive did you make any increase at the time about your shall we say mislaid companions of course I did and you've never heard from either of them since not from well me hmm do you think they are dead or alive I know Buckingham is alive and what of well me I've no doubt he's dead don't let us be unduly pessimistic would you please describe Frank Welney's appearance to the jury nothing peculiar very ordinary looking fellow come come I won't I don't want you to be so modest was he not in fact remarkably like you know I'll put the question another way wasn't he remarkably like Sir Mark Lodden I never noticed you never noticed it never did other people notice it did they yes who noticed it Buckingham he pretended to think that we were very much alike pretended hmm I wonder if you remember any physical peculiarities about this man well me no I can't say that I do no and I shall try to help you thank you I'm lucky enough to have an official description of well me from the army Canadian Army records oh most fortunate yes now let's see if it helps us at all height 5 foot 10 it's about your height isn't it and a good many millions besides I dare say blue eyes what color are yours you can see for yourself and so can the jury they're blue gentlemen thick crop of gray hair and how would you describe yours how would you describe yours if you've been through what I went through and now even a more important physical feature of Frank well me it seems from this record that he had lost the first two joints of the first finger of his right hand had he yes he had how did you lose yours my finger do you mean yes by a curious coincidence you've also lost the first finger of your right hand I don't know about coincidence I'm I'm I'm not ashamed of my wounds how did you lose it my my finger was shut off by a chance German bullet when when I was escaping of when you were escaping and that would produce the interesting result that no one who was at the prison camp with you could remember that Sir Mark Laden had lost a finger of course not but I remember mr. Foxley would you mind holding your right hand up to the jury so that they remember to thank you now I'm going to read one thing more from this official record of the unfortunate Frank well me it has the initials FW tattooed on his right forearm in a red and blue circle had he yes now I come to think of it I remember he was tattooed and I wonder if you would mind showing me Lord and the jury your forearm and what is your suggestion I'm glad to make it clear I definitely suggest your right forearm has the letters FW tattooed on it I don't want to conceal anything I'm I'm quite prepared to admit my arm is tattooed and has some letters on it but not though may we see for ourselves what they are certainly thank you would you show your arm to me Lord and the jury as far as I can see the initials tattooed on the plaintiff's arm are EW in a red and blue circle that is so my Lord but I suggest those letters EW were originally FW for Frank well me it would only require the addition of a single stroke would it not very true yes and perhaps the witness can explain those letters what about the E if you must have it E is my wife's initial her name is Enid indeed but if the letter was originally F that explanation would not do no but as it never was there is no difficulty and what is the W for the W the W stands for her maiden name winterton and when did you have them tattooed in Hobheim camp by a fellow prisoner why to pass the time time goes rather slowly in a prison camp I just did they permit you to write letters yes they did can you produce any letters written by Sir Mark Lodden while he was a prisoner no I cannot fortunately I can I have here some specimens of Sir Mark's pre-war and prison handwriting and your post-war handwriting are you look at them well they're rather different aren't they shoot off your first finger and see if your handwriting is the same you shoot yours off no I did not no it was a chance bullet of course it all comes down to this doesn't it that Frank Welney had lost the first finger of his right hand and you have lost yours Frank Welney had the letters FW tattooed in his right forearm before captivity and Sir Mark Lodden the English barometer had EW almost the same letters tattooed on the same arm during his captivity it's a world of coincidences isn't it yes it seems to me yes doesn't it all of the physical features which were wellies are also yours can you produce one physical characteristic which would identify you as Mark Lodden no not even a marker a scarf in your boyhood I told the court I don't remember my boy no you were shell shocked a very convenient explanation also happens to be the truth I didn't want to lose all the memories of my youth here I am a man of 40 over 40 and for all practical purposes my life began 15 years ago in the very nice life it was Mr. Welney I am Sir Lodden that is the question we are here to decide if I am not Mark Lodden what became of him shall I tell you Mark Lodden is dead Mark Lodden was murdered by Frank Welney and you are Frank Welney so the curtain falls on act one of LIBO starring Ronald Coleman with Otto Krueger and Francis Robinson in a moment Mr. Mill brings you act two meantime let's take an imaginary trip from coast to coast listen San Francisco Chicago Philadelphia New Orleans now that's a glimpse of the kind of thing that happened when an impartial survey was made in cities all over the country doorbells were rung and thousands of women were asked questions like this would you tell me please what soap you use for stockings why Lux Flakes of course then the same question was asked about other nice things and in thousands of homes east west north and south the answer was Lux finally when all the interviews were read and tabulated it was found that all over the United States it's new quick Lux Flakes two to one right twice as many women use new quick Lux Flakes for stockings under things and other nice things as use any other flakes chips or beads now that's a 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known as some Mark Lodden confers with his counsel some arcs faces white and drawn his eyes bright and feverish restlessly he paces the library as he speaks myself that I mind it's for Enid I watched her yesterday in court she was sober-wildered and hurt only there was some way of sparing her we had to bring the suit Mark it was the only thing to do I realize that you've said it 20 times Mark I'm sorry Sir Wilfred my nerves are all on edge did you sleep last night how could I sleep I went over every word of the trial hour by hour you should have tried to rest we have a hard day ahead of us could it possibly be any harder than yesterday what'll they do put Bucknam on the stand first I imagine after that I don't know back in them there's a witness for you I think I can take care of Bucknam Mark why didn't you tell me about those tattoo marks the letters EW on your arm why didn't you tell me well I didn't think it was important yet you knew that well they had almost the same letters on his arm the inference that F might have been changed to EW was something that I should have been prepared for and I didn't tell you am I supposed to remember every minor detail of something that happened 16 years ago that minor detail as you call it may prove very damaging if I'm to represent you mark you must not withhold anything that may have a bearing on the case hold why should I withhold anything from you I don't know mark you're beginning to talk like Foxley don't you believe me either I'm only trying to look at this through the eyes of the jury that's my job and in the eyes of the jury I am an imposter and a murderer is that what you mean I mean that minor details can sometimes blind the jury to the truth we must be careful mark very careful come in dear I didn't want to disturb you but we haven't much time in it do you think it's wise for you to come to court I must be there mark but it's horrible for you listening to all that it is horrible that's why I can't stay away I must be near you you're my husband in it darling you say that as if please mark not now there isn't much time to talk now all right darling mr. Bucknam let's get down to October 1918 what happened then our guards were reduced so we try to escape and who were we laden well me and me we got off all right at the first attempt and treat towards the Belgian frontier moving at night go on a few days before the armistice we reached the outskirts of a small town Stavolo just over the frontier by Malmedy what happened then well it was my turn to forage for food I went off and left the other two in the wood about half a mile up the hill outside the town when I got back well near Dana bunk Dana bunk he disappeared only Lordin was there and he is what happened well I don't suppose we'll ever know the exact truth will you tell the jury what you saw I saw poor old Mark Lodden where I'd left him both he was lying on the ground with his head bashed in any signs of a struggle rather Lodden's clothes were more red than khaki his arm had been smashed to a pulp which arm his right arm he was smothering blood face and arm you say there was no trace of well me not a sign what did you do I saw poor old Mark was dead but I couldn't leave him there so I lifted him as well as I could and took him along to the door of the first big ass left him on the step and ran away but you're sure that some mark was dead as dead as mutton thank you Mr. Buckingham your witness so we'll fret Mr. Buckingham am I right in assuming that your suggestion is that Frank Wellney murdered some Mark Lodden of course he did I left them together what time was that about eight or nine o'clock the dark it was dark I've told you so then how can you be so sure it was poor old Mark and not well neither to carry no this was smothered in blood no doubt about it if I hadn't known his shape when I carried him I'd have known his uniform he was the only one of the party in uniform see now tell me Mr. Buckingham it's some years since you were demobilized it is and where have you lived during those years are different places I wonder if I can guess some of them did you spend nine months in Liverpool jail yes I did what for is that important very important well it was a misunderstanding that's all really and then did you spend 18 months in Newcastle yes in prison again well what was that for same sort of thing I was just wasn't it for blackmail something you saw blackmail and then did you get three years in the old Bailey yes another misunderstanding yes it was blackmail again some people might describe you as a professional blackmailer then some people would be wrong we'll let the jury decide that your witness mr. Foxley you have served several terms of imprisonment yes for fraud and blackmail well yes I can't deny it have you ever been charged with murder no or attempted murder no and of what do you accuse the plaintiff of murdering Mark Lodden and slipping into his shoes that's all witness excuse me and now my lord I should like to ask for a short recess recess at this time if it please your lordship it is most necessary I would not ask it the most important witness in this case will arrive here within the hour he must be a very important witness mr. Foxley you've had time to prepare this case why wasn't the witness summoned in time he was me lord they took some time to prepare for the journey this witness is coming from the village of Stavallot on the Belgian frontier so what is this what are they going to do I don't know you better leave the court mark go to that little restaurant around the corner I'll try to meet you there in 10 minutes another cup of tea sir no no no thank you no nothing wrong with it is this sir no no it's just I I don't want any more please very well mark mark sir Wilfred I thought you'd never come sit down well well I found out who it is the witness who it's a man named Flordon a doctor listen mark that body that Buckingham left at the door in Stavallot yes dr. Flordon discovered it that night he took it into the hospital and whoever it was mark that man is still alive what he can't be mark he's dead I tell you that man is dead he must be dead mark what are you saying what do you know about this man I I know nothing nothing pull yourself together mark yes of course I I'm all right now and you say dr. Flordon that you practice as a doctor of medicine in the town of Stavallot on the old Belgian frontier yes monsieur for more than 20 years at the soul and you were there 1918 I was do you remember something which happened two days before the armistice it comes back to me distinctly a boy summoned me to admit night to a farmhouse near the town they're on the doorstep lay a man in a very old English uniform I knelt down I felt the pulse the heart the man was not quite dead but so nearly a corpse has made no difference and what did you do there was no hope for recovery but I determined to do my best I dressed his wounds at the farm and the next morning had him removed to my hospital for mental cases then gradually a miracle occurred sometimes it so happens one life is cut short and another is spared sometimes a life that means nothing less than nothing let's get on please what happened as a result of your treatment as I have told you it was a miracle my poor unfortunate recovered completely in a physical sense for the appalling concussion of the blows which so nearly killed him has deprived him of all intelligence deprived him of intelligence no what do you mean can he speak I cannot say he has a tongue he has not ever used it he cannot understand a word written or spoken English or French he cannot think really how can you say that because I a meal floor don't have studies these things are no he is a living log no more and he has been an inmate in your mental hospital ever since the night you found him yes we call him number 15 number 15 why what does the name could we give him we knew him not and that has ever since been the number of a cell I believe that you can produce one or two exhibits associated with this sad case yes this is the khaki jacket number 15 was wearing at the time see how it is stained with tolerance of blood it has lost the right sleeve it is unfortunate I have to cut that off to examine the arm it could not be helped a milord members of the jury please notice that this jacket is of the type one by officers of the rifle brigade so mark laden was a captain in the rifle brigade now doctor can you produce anything else yes I have bought with me another exhibit from Belgium number 15 himself number 15 yes milord that's so unfortunate body was out the brain may my assistant bring him in he is of course in a wheelchair I'm sure milord will allow it let him come in bring in number 15 this milord is number 15 you will notice milord that the features are unrecognizable bring him closer please thank you you will also notice that he breathes with great difficulty the bone structure of the head was badly smashed with some heavy instrument very heavy possibly the bot of an army rifle I see now dr. Fordon there is a very important question in this case yes monsieur it is whether the real name of this poor man here is well ne or whether his real name is so marked London that is indeed an interesting question poor number 15 he does not know he cannot tell it would obviously be useless to question him useless indeed monsieur nevertheless with milord's permission I should like to establish that this this man is incapable of knowing who he is you have my permission you may question him number 15 do you hear me number 15 do you know your name it is no use monsieur please please number 15 look at me look here here attorney said this way look at me now try to think try to remember have you ever heard of a man called sir mark London stop it stop it let him alone let him alone you see what they've done they've brought a dead man here I can't stand it I can't look at him no because you can't bear to see the result of your handiwork he's not alive look at his face yes look at it he's a cop he's been dead for 15 years take him back to his grave let him rest let him rest well on recess please so mark has collapsed after a short intermission mr. de mille and our stars Ronald Coleman Otto Kruger and Francis Robinson return in act three of libel now a question to the women in our audience when you want to know the best way to care for something that you've bought what do you do if you can you ask the person who made it don't you well take leather gloves for example nowadays beautiful gloves are being designed and made here in America and in a practical American way more and more of them are washable now that's a great convenience and a great saving of cleaning bills but of course you want to know how to wash them safely if not washed properly they may come out stiff and shrunken well here's advice from the experts the National Association of leather glove manufacturers whose members are the people who make leather gloves will you read what they say Sally they say never use a 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gentle new quick-lux flakes for all washable gloves we pause now for station identification this is the columbia broadcasting system the curtain rises on the third act of libel the third day of the trial with the evidence mounting against the man called london so wilfred in desperation put lady london understand but her testimony lacked conviction and now the opposing council is cross-examining and your husband was married to you as sir mark london yes now uh only a few more questions from me lady london did mark london ever write to you from captivity at regular intervals after the first two months hmm i want you to search your memory most carefully did any of those letters reveal to you any uh loss of pre-war memories i no he said nothing of it he asked me to wait for him and you did yes i waited did he ever complain in those letters of shell shock he never complained of anything one final question lady london do you now believe your husband the plaintiff in this action is really mark london well is he or is he not so mark london i don't know i don't know i don't know well sir wilfred have you decided to adopt any particular course is this case to go to the jury our position my lord is very difficult but i fear i must yield to my client's insistent desire that i should exercise the right your lordship reserve to me the right to recall the plaintiff on the question of the uniform jacket which was produced by dr floridorn yesterday i believe i did reserve that your client has the right to give his evidence on that one point so mark will you go into the witness box please seems to be under great strain he can if he likes give his evidence sitting down thank you my lord so mark you had an opportunity yesterday of seeing the uniform jacket produced by dr floridorn yes you admit it's a rifle brigade jacket but most certainly i have no doubt that jacket was mine you identify the jacket as yours oh yes my lord do you mean your uniform was on number 15 when he was found by dr floridorn i do i should very much like to know why we are coming to that my lord will you tell the courts a mark how your jacket came to be on number 15 yes well you see buckinham was speaking the truth when he said he went foraging that night leaving uh well me and me together he was away a very long time we thought we thought he'd been caught so well they went to look for him when neither well nor buckinham came back i i began to creep along the edge of the wood towards the town suddenly i i bumped into a german soldier he was as frightened as i was without a word he fired off his rifle before he'd put it to his shoulder the bullet hit my hand and and and that's when i lost my finger yes what happened then i dashed in and and wrenched the rifle out of the man's hands he put up his arm to save himself and i i brought the the butt down on his head he dropped like a stone it was horrible go on go on then then i suddenly realized what i stood i'd lost my two companions i felt sure they'd been caught and on top of that i'd killed a german soldier and that meant that meant certain death if they found me the only chance of getting through was to get out of my uniform and get into a german one so i changed with the man i i thought i had killed of course i took everything out of my own pockets if i hadn't made the change i'd never have got through never is there anything else you wish to add some mark uh only this unless someone changed the uniform again after i got away that poor devil whom dr florid on saved is not an englishman at all he is that german soldier that will be all some mark mr foxland thank you uh tell me uh witness are you sure that you're fitting for cross examination uh whatever view the jury may take there is no doubt you've had a great shock yes i've had a great shock yet in some ways i feel fitter to answer your questions than i was two days ago no no what does that mean that shock seems to have brought a few things back to me i believe i might be able to tell you a bit more now of pre-war events than i could then very interesting hmm uh when you first gave evidence did i hear you take the oath of course you tell the truth the whole truth yes then why didn't you tell the whole truth i thought i did thought you did why didn't we hear a word of this encounter with a german soldier i i i didn't think it mattered oh didn't think it mattered and if it was true why suppress it can't you see it was only yesterday that i knew that that poor devil was still alive whether i'm frank well nay or not had nothing to do with that german soldier until you produced that jacket oh and uh when did you first tell this story to anyone but this morning because of wilfred uh did you never tell your wife no and why not i i didn't want her to associate me with that sort of thing what sort of thing i've told you the way i killed him i have a note of what you said i brought the butt down on his head he dropped like a stone yes yes yes is that all the truth have we got it all even now oh no not all not all i'll tell you he he gave a dreadful scream and fell down helpless i had to finish him off i had to if i was to have a chance of getting away getting home seeing take your time sir mark how many more blows how can i tell i've tried to forget all these years i can't think of it even now so uh we seem to be right you are a man capable of brutal murder did you ever serve in the war mr foxley learned counsel do not expose themselves to questions when they're cross examining i don't want his answer if he can't see the difference between murdering a fellow captive and killing an enemy soldier who was fired on yes yes yes well let's uh not get off the subject please can you produce a shred of evidence that would substantiate this story no no it depends on my word with nothing to support it and uh what became of the german uniform you say you escaped in i i burnt it i wanted to forget that seems unfortunate it might have given the name or regimental number of your mythical german i can give you the poor devil's name and regimental number never mind the number and perhaps i can tell you the name wasn't it mark lotton no it was not my lord it doesn't appear to interest my learned friend but i'm sure it will interest the jury so mark i want you to tell the court the name of that german soldier it was carl geist carl geist are you certain of that name yes my lord how here it is on his identity disc let me see it here my lord you swear this was on the body of the german soldier whose uniform you exchanged for your own that night at stavlo i do and you've kept it all these years yes my lord has anyone beside yourself ever known of the retention no my lord i i've kept it locked up it seems to me it becomes increasingly difficult for a jury to give a verdict in this case my lord i only want the verdict of the jury for the sake of one person and that is my son i've already lost the only verdict i wanted for myself has the witness anything more to say my lord yes something has just come back to me and what is it may i look at my jacket certainly pass the jacket to the plaintiff well will someone lend me a knife a knife what for i want to cut something i sewed in the back of my breast something you sewed in two fifty mark notes and i don't know we can let you mutilate an exhibit oh my lord i i've admitted it's my jacket and you can see where i sewed it up where you sewed it you sewed something in the lining yes milord when did you do that oh when i was at hubheim if i might have a knife to cut these stitches you may who has a pocket knife sure my lord give it to the witness thank you before i started to escape from hubheim with wellney and buckinham i wasn't too sure of my companions or what might happen to things in my pockets i don't seem to have been far wrong so i sewed inside the lining of this breast pocket a photograph and two fifty mark notes if this is my jacket they should be here now well cut it cut the lining yes yes of course yes well here are the notes and here is the photograph may i see the photographs a mark it was taken many years ago but i i suppose you can recognize it it all begins to come back to me milord this is the first photograph my wife gave me when we were engaged i took it with me to france i always had it in that pocket i see something is written on it too darling don't need that to be read aloud my lord i think it should members of the jury on this photograph these words are written to darling mark with all my love enid with all my love my lord yes mr foxley my lord my client has made a great mistake we are more than sorry for the great trouble we have caused this man is obviously so mark lotton oh my god i'm so ashamed can you ever forgive me you didn't know i hardly knew myself at times mark you're so tired will you come home with me mark will you in it yes milord sir mark before you leave may i hope that something more than a name has been recovered by this trial uh milord i cannot believe that the merciful providence which allowed sir mark and lady lotton to come together after all the dangers of the war will not again avail to bring them through this final tribulation milord you may rest assured in that point my wife and i are going home in just a moment mr demille brings back ronald colman for a curtain call some people call men the logical sex say that women go by intuition not reason well i think women are logical and i'll tell you why for a long time we've been giving them good reasons for using new quick lux flakes for dishes now we're sure that they are acting on those reasons because more and more they are using new quick lux for their dishes the reason for doing this is simple there is a great difference between harsh soaps and gentle lux flakes new quick lux contains no harmful alkali nothing to irritate the skin nothing to leave it coarse rough dry that's why in hundreds of dramatic one-hand tests lux proved so much 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kruger and frances robinson for their fine performances i'm very proud to be a member of your company this week each time i've come here you surpassed your reputation as a host our only complaint ronnie is that you you don't come often enough as one sailor to another cb don't go overboard i might wear out my welcome we'll take a chance on that right now ronnie i've received instructions from a good many of our audience to get a firm answer from you to a certain question well i've been on the stand most of the evening one more can't hurt the suggestion is that you pin down all the rumors and tell us what your next picture is going to be it'll be with our k.o and at the moment it's my life with caroline though before we get through it may have another title now i've i've a question for you cb you may fire one ready ronnie well it's about another picture land of liberty the film which you edited and assembled for the entire motion picture industry i understand it's going to be released very soon yes on january 24th to be exact you see land of liberty was made originally for the two world fairs as a kind of story of america in motion pictures it has literally dozens of stars in scenes taken from 112 different motion pictures and many newsreels but a great many people didn't didn't get a chance to see it at the fairs so now it's going to be shown in theaters throughout the country because of the nature of the picture and its timeliness as a living saga of our country all the proceeds are being given to charity so i have no hesitation in recommending land of liberty to every loyal american it's a great subject and it's for a great cause cb and i know the whole country is looking forward to seeing it now i think the audience is anxious to hear about your play for next week and it's something to tell the world about ronnie next monday night we're going to have merle oberan and gene ortrey in the cowboy and the lady it'll be gene's first appearance in the luxe radio 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Hello and welcome to NewsClick. In the first part of the interview that I conducted with the leader of the opposition in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly, Sri Bhuvaneshwar, I beg your pardon, Sharan Singh Dev, we discussed what could be the Congress's strategy to fight against led by Dr. Raman Singh, which has been in power continuously for almost 15 years. And in this, the second part of the interview, we look at other issues. You are aware that on the 25th of May 2013, possibly the biggest ever incident of his kind, 31 people were killed. Among them was Mahindra Karma Ji, Vidyacharan Shukla Ji, Nand Kumar Patel Ji. Three of the tallest, the tallest Congress leaders. People are speculating how it all happened. But I want to link this with, in what way is the strategy of the Congress Party and the Bharti Chhattis Party different when it comes to looking at what you describe as Nuxalites, what are described as Mao Badis, what are described in the Home Ministries to cause as left-wing extremist, Charambampanthi. Mahindra Karma was one of the moving forces together with Dr. Raman Singh of the Salva Judam, which is supposed to be like a vigilante army. People say these are local people protesting, but other Supreme Court has clearly said they are illegal. This is like a parallel police force. But now new forms and new versions of the Salva Judam exist. So I am asking you a long question and a detailed question. Is there anything different between the way the Congress Party and the Bharti Chhattis Party look at what you might describe as Nuxalism, Maoism, left-wing extremism in Chhatisgarh, especially in the Basta region? Yes. We started from the Jiram Ghati massacre that is 25th of May 2013, where 31 people were killed. I am very clear on that. It was not Maoist ambush. It was a political murder. I am very clear on that. I mean, I have no doubt about it. And the reasons why I am saying this and I am again saying it on record, I have said it many a times, is that I was the, let us say, I was chairing the program. Nand Kumar Patelji had made me in charge of the Parivartan Yatra. And I had left the site of the blast barely five minutes before the incident took place. We are lucky you are here with us today. I must say I am very lucky. And what happened in that phase of the Parivartan Yatra? This was the fourth phase. On the 24th, 23rd and the 24th of May, we were given complete security. Complete security. I mean, you could not turn your head and not see a police person or a paramilitary person with rifles and the supplementary role that they have 200 meters or 500 meters from the main. They were there completely. On the 25th, we were allowed to go into this area with not one security person on the road, not one person. And we went into Sukhma and as we were coming back, this incident took place. And like I mentioned, I crossed there, then I went into the next meeting place, which was Keshloor. There we got news that this incident has taken place. We had to disperse the meeting without creating too much of a ruffle and then news kept filtering in. That night at the Jagdalpur Marani Hospital, I was there with the people who were coming and wounded. Everybody who told me about that, not everybody I was able to talk to, they told me that we were being asked who is Nandkumar Patel. Who is Nandkumar Patel?  That's a son. Yeah. But tell me something, who could have done this? You are saying this was... Somebody's interest. Who does the Supari killing? Mercenaries. It cannot have been done except having been organized by somebody. Otherwise, see. You think somebody in your own party could have leaked out information about your... There have been rumors about that. They have been throughout Chhattisgarh at that time and even today it is talked in those lines. But it cannot have been executed without the complicity of the state administration at whatever. Okay. May I come back to the longer question I asked you. What is the difference between the Congress and the BJP when it comes to Salva Judam, when it comes to Charam so-called Charambampanti and the whole problem? I mean, whether it's the BJP or the Congress, you don't treat it like a problem which is an economic problem, a problem of forest rights, of tribal rights, of mining. You treat it as a law and order issue. It has unfortunately degenerated into a law and order issue where the people associated with naxalism are adopting, let us say violence. They are using weapons. If you have an ideology, everybody I suppose has a right to that. And if that ideology says that we do not accept the constitution of India. And if that ideology says that the good of the people cannot be achieved except by doing away with this constitution, that is that if you challenge the state itself, if the entire institution of democracy has established in the country, if your thinking challenges that, then you come into a situation where there is no difference between what Dr. Ramansing is saying and what you are saying. Violence begets violence. They are violent. It does. Therefore, we are going to be violent towards them. You are not looking at the issues of forest rights, tribal rights. I suppose the difference would come about that this is the outer case. How are you to deal with this? Has the government of Ramansing been seen or has it really attempted to talk to them? We had this major process of talks in let us say Andhra Pradesh, then Andhra Pradesh. There was a series of talks. People armed naxalites marching through the state headquarter. Yet, there were talks. Eventually, whether through talks or the use of force or whichever way, it was limited in Andhra Pradesh or as it is today, Telangana. Have we done that in Chhattisgarh? We have not. And I do not think that there is any movement in history, in human history, where if there has been conflict, it has not eventually been resolved through talks. So you are saying you are going to talk with them. Number one, that should be the first priority. You should talk. And not only you, the Indian people, everyone says that there is a need for development. The land there, the agriculture, the various companies where they are farming, we have to deal with that. When you are, there is old saying, resource curse. The natural resources, these are the richest lands, whether it be the mines, whether it be the forests, but the poorest people live there, the richest lands where the poorest people live. There are two aspects to that. One is the lack of development in those areas. And maybe, not maybe, non-implementation of many acts of parliament. Including Pesar? Including Pesar, including the Forest Rights Act, fifth schedule. A lot of things which are there, they have not been implemented, maybe not at all. Community rights have been given to, I think, 36 or 38 villages up to 20,000 in Chhattisgarh. The actual community right, the Jal-Jungal-Jameen, who will do the promotion of it? Who will do the Gram Sabha? So the Pesar law is in its place. Under the One Adhikar law, which you had to give to the Gram Sabha, you did not give it to the Jal-Jungal-Jameen. There is no development, there are no roads, there is no light, there is no irrigation. You cannot develop the source of income. So you are saying that there is nothing like this, there is no development. There is less. There is less. And this is the second point. The first point is talks. The second point is to bring them to the mainstream at the same time. Yes, they do not want to enter the country. They do not believe in the constitution of India. This has become a naxalite. The common people, if I look at the naxalite in two parts, one part is their ideology. The other part is their way of working. It can be for ideology that some people are committed. What is the way of working? I also feel sad if I also want to help the common people. I also believe in left-leaning. That I am influenced by those thoughts. I definitely believe myself in the left-leaning. Where does the difference come from? Is the philosophy of naxalite pure naxalism not compromised in the lens of money? Where there is naxalism and where there is work, is it not true that once the amount is fixed, how much labor is given, what is given, no one is looking at it? You know the entire story of Soni Sori. You know that with the S.R. Group, the Arope, who gave money to whom, you are aware of all these stories. But we have not seen any resolution of these. Naxalism has become tinted by money taking. The corporates, the venerable husband are giving them money because they want their projects to come up over there. The naxalites are using it. They are using the jungle where they are getting dense cover. The main reason they are getting dense cover is that they are in an area where they have not even made revenue records. The revenue records are still there. Now, when I took up a bi-chance in Vidhan Sabha, that you have satellite technology, what was the problem in mapping you? Now the government is mapping you. In such areas, the naxalites have reached where perhaps there is no sunlight in some areas. You are Soni Sori's case. What are your views? Soni Sori, once there is pure activism, it is different. Then if you are motivated, if there is political stance, it is different. Soni Sori is with so many naxalites, so many social activists. She needs to see this too. The case is against her. The way she has been victimised also. She has been, as it was, thrown at her. These are not acceptable. You take action. You have the state, you have the judicial machinery. If you have proof that there is a naxalite which is associated with anti-state activity, then take action. Take action. No, sir. Throw the asset. There is no judicial action. I agree with you. What are your views on the treatment that has been given to Dr. Bin Aik Sen? Again, you have to have facts. You cannot put somebody in jail and then say there is no proof. He has been accused of helping indirectly and directly through messengers. Then he should be in jail. Why is he outside? He was jailed. Yeah, but then you are jailing people to create pressure, not take just action. If there is something against somebody, he should be inside. Okay, so these cases are different. But you, am I right if I understand you that both in the case of Dr. Bin Aik Sen, as well as Soni Sori, you feel they have been more sinned against than alleged sinners? I would definitely think so. Who have been complicit with the Maoists? If the government has information, what is stopping you from taking action? Judicious legal action. You have a judicial system in the country. Put them behind bars on legal basis. Okay. I want to ask you a few questions on two broad subjects. And this is linked to coal mining, Lakhanan, forest rights, tribal rights. We have seen there have been allegations against the Adani group of companies, Adani enterprises, and its association with the Rajasthan government, the Rajasthan-Rajavidyuth-Uttapadan-Nigam Limited. They have two coal mining blocks at Parsa East and Kanta Basani. And they have allegedly, according to some, violated the Supreme Court order of September 2014, which is called the coal gate. Now we know that that whole area, the tribal people, they have been fighting for many, many years for their rights. What is your position on this particular project? And after that, I want to ask you about the power plant, the Chhattisgarh, where the Adani group will invest more than 25,000 crores. It is a 600 megawatt power plant. And they have got one more big contract, National Highways Authority of India, in 2018, in the same year, for the 1,140 crore Rajmarg. So these three issues, we have to see that in Chhattisgarh, today, this Adani group has huge interests. Now tell us something about this issue. Adani group is one of the largest business owners in the last few years. We used to listen to Tata Birla's name, then Rambani's name. Now, on that level, or more than that, or the name that is going on in the country, it belongs to the Adani company. The way the Adani company came in Chhattisgarh, whether it was a party or any other, I did not agree with it that from the back door, you are giving the entry of mining. You did not give the lease of mining to Adani. You gave it to the Rajasthan government. Rajasthan government and Chhattisgarh government agreed with each other. Chhattisgarh Mining Development Corporation and the power distribution, power producing agency in Rajasthan, they came together and they formed, let us say, entity to mine coal and have it supplied to the power plant in Rajasthan. No issue. It is a national resource. Use it for creating another national resource. But the way you went about it, why cannot the government of Chhattisgarh or this entity itself do the mining? You have given the mining to a private company through a tender. SCCL participated, other parties participated and the lowest bidder got it. The process is okay. But what I am seeing it as is, you are allowing a person or an entity to do mining who otherwise would not have been in a position to it. This back door entry to mining, you put it on the floor. You guarantee that you put it on the floor. You gave the Indian government, Chhattisgarh government, back door entry. Adani group only. What is your policy? Sir, you open the private sector. Is there a new Jindal in your kingdom? He has big interests. He is a former congress empty? He is still associated with the congress party. I am not justifying one thing or the other. I am talking in general. Government's policy is that if you are an end user, then we will give you the mining. The government's policy at that time that if you are the consumer. Has the policy changed? It has not yet changed. They have changed. You have become a coal mine operator. Earlier, the private sector had a coal mine. Indira ji nationalised it. It was because of nationalisation. After the nationalisation of it, it remained with the government. Then you said, who will we give this resource to? If the government does not have funds to exploit it, etc. If there is a limitation of the government, it should not have. But if there is a limitation, then you said that the end user, who will use it himself, we will give it. So the policy that you have given here, I do not mean it directly to Adani. You have given someone the job of mining from the back door, which is not available directly, because it is not available in your plant. You understand that. If your government comes to power in Chhattisgarh, what will you do? If you believe there are irregularities? Government must be clear. You tell to the people that we are going to auction coal mines. We do not have the resource. We do not have the ability to mine. Then you do it. Do not do it quietly. It should not work from the back door. It should be transparent. Transparent. Transparent. The last set of questions I have for you. It is said that one of the reasons why Dr. Raman Singh has been successful as the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. He has been a three term member. He has been a three term Chief Minister in 2003 to 2008, 2008 to 2013 and at present 2013 to December 2018. One of the reasons that he has been so successful as the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh that he has been very successful in implementing the public distribution system. It is said that the public distribution system in Chhattisgarh has been implemented one of the best in India. And he has said that in the last 10-15 years this has been implemented with great amount of efficiency and transparency. And he has said that in the last 10-15 years this has been implemented with great amount of efficiency and transparency. And that is one of the reasons for his success. Your party has now said that there is a big scam. You have said that it is a huge scam. It is a huge scam of Rs. 36,000 crores. But people think that why haven't you done this? And you have made this a big scam and people are saying that the story is over.  Dr. Raman Singh Ji's success why he has been successful is because he has been able to portray of a nice guy. I don't know what will happen about that when the time comes. But today where he has been able to get is mainly on the plank. I would discount these things to an extent. They count. BJP's face was not there. BJP got Bahumut. Raman Singh was the Chief Minister. He was the party president, he was the minister in Delhi. Before that, he was losing Vidhan Sabha. People used to win Sabha. This was his career graph. After he was formed, in the 2003 position, in comparison, a better-looking, soft-faced face came forward. And they say that this is the first time that he has done this in India and in Himachal, Tamil Nadu, even in Canada, he earned a name. Kichawalwale Baba. The PDS that we are talking about which is acclaimed, it has been commented upon even by the Supreme Court, what has been achieved in the PDS is from a manual system where records were maintained manually. It is an automated system. They have put it onto the IT. Now all the shops. They have said that there is less fraud. So you should welcome all this. There is less fraud. You have tried to streamline the system of distribution from the IT sector. Why is there less fraud? If you tell me, where does this scam come from? The profit of 36 hours was 2.5 lakhs. According to the 11 cases, it could be 2.8 lakhs. It could be 2.8 lakhs. If it is around 2% every year, it increases. The 36 hours of the 4 lakh families which the government has said that we will give 80% to the people through the PDS. We will give 80% to the central sponsored, plus state sponsored. The 45 lakh families should get the PDS. In 36 hours, 73 lakh families will get the PDS before the election. So you have brought the records to the IT sector. So is it wrong to give a bribe and make a ration card? No. What do you mean? Is this going to be a problem? You will try. Where did the scam come from? You have brought all these records to the IT sector. What did you think about the scam? That it will be a cashless transaction. Whatever the income will be, the loan of money and the payment of the other agency will be online. In the best PDS system of the online transaction in one day in 12 or 20 banks 3 crores 64 lakh rupees are found in cash. One day it was raided and in 10 or 12 banks 3 crores 64 lakh rupees are found in cash. Where did this come from? The things that come from here After the node connection? No, I think it was before the node connection. The node connection came later. This was the first transaction. And what are the loopholes? You put your name in the IT sector. You are saying that this is a foolproof system. Today in the voter list, there are more than 60 lakh names or more than double 60 lakh names. What will the computer hold? Give my name T.S. Singh. I write T.S. Singh three times in the voter list or in the ration card. Give one T without dot s space sing. Give one T.S. dot sing. The companies that are limited. The things that came in this To influence the elections Despite the use of IT In this On the large scale Each ration card shop owner I am not saying 100% 100% 200% 300% It was an empty ration card. I can also prove you if you have to So this was the ground reality. I have to interrupt you. I have spoken to you at length. You have been very kind. Thank you very much. I will start again In very short time In half a minute 1 to 2 minutes How confident are you That this time After 15 years The power will change The government will change. The government is tired The power to think Is also being destroyed. Look at their policies. Mahua connected to tribal They make a policy on that That it will go into exercise from the forest. They are talking about selling The root of the tree of Mahua. The life of the villagers is connected. They bring the law to sell The land of tribal And then when they feel That this is a big reaction They take it back. For example, private companies They make it available To build their towers And then I can tell you A lot of different things If you say This perception of people We have seen it in education We have seen it in health. Please explain to the people We don't have much time Thank you so much You gave us a lot of time You gave us time We don't have much time We have 5-6 months left And we will know by the end of the year What the verdict of the process I hope we can meet again Thank you so much Singh Dojee for being with us You've just heard and watched The leader of the opposition In the legislative assembly of Chhattisgarh Sri Bhuvaneshwar Sharan Singh Do Thank you very much