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A debate on Election Commission integrity and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar saw intense confrontation between BJP spokesperson Sanju Verma, Congress spokesperson Adil Singh Boparai, and analyst Rajat Sethi, moderated by Gaurav Sawant. Congress demanded the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar, alleging unilateral modifications to Form 6 and ignoring dissent from fellow Election Commissioners. Boparai stated that 'Gyanesh Kumar has become bigger than the institution.' The BJP refuted all allegations of constitutional violations, citing Article 324 and Supreme Court rulings regarding electoral rolls and Form 6 annexures. Verma asserted that the opposition routinely blames institutions following election losses. Sethi noted the constitutional reservoir of powers under Article 324 while emphasizing that institutional transparency must stand above suspicion.
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00:00We get you a direct face-off. Sanju Verma, National Spokesperson of the BJP joins us.
00:04Adil Singh Bhoparai, National Spokesperson of the Congress Party with us.
00:08Also with us is political analyst Rajat Sethi.
00:10Adil Singh Bhoparai, the BJP insists Congress accepts the EC or the Election Commission results or the outcome when it
00:20wins,
00:20but attacks it when it loses.
00:23For example, they point out your leaders in Kerala lauded SIR where the Congress won,
00:28but where the Congress loses, Rahul Gandhi alleges vote-chauri.
00:32Is there merit in the BJP saying, look within instead of blaming Gyanesh Kumar?
00:39Goral, this is classic whataboutery.
00:43Can the BJP's most ardent supporter also believe that the BJP can win Kerala?
00:49Will they commit this harakiri of manipulating votes in Kerala?
00:53Is it even possible for the BJP to be in a poll position in Kerala?
00:58So, therefore, this whataboutery will not work.
01:00Let's deal with specifics because I'm not here for a political slugfest.
01:04This is beyond the Congress and the BJP.
01:07This is about the edifice on which our republic stands.
01:11Point number one.
01:13From Goa, you have a situation where the ERO, who is the SDM,
01:17after careful scrutiny, found 97 names to be fully eligible to be included on the electoral rule.
01:23How is it that despite his concurrence, that these names should be put on the electoral rolls,
01:29the ECI net, the software, the algorithm is not including them in the rule?
01:35Point number one.
01:36Point number two.
01:38It is now beyond any pale of doubt, even the revised, the subsequent press release of the ECI
01:43makes it abundantly clear that Gyanesh Gupta was running the ECI unilaterally as his personal fiefdom.
01:52Why did he amend form 6, which is not even within the jurisdiction of the ECI?
01:57To amend form 6, it has to go to the government and thereafter there is parliamentary oversight.
02:04Number two.
02:05Number three.
02:06On whose authorization was he filing 16,000 appeals in Bengal?
02:13I will give you an example.
02:15India today is a private limited company.
02:17Tomorrow, if India today decides to sue Adil Singh Bhopar Rai,
02:21your board of directors will convene a meeting.
02:24They will authorize Gaurav Savant to be the authorized signatory
02:27to prefer a suit against Adil Bhopar Rai in the Delhi High Court.
02:30In this case, Subbir Sandhu Ji and Mr. Yoshi say
02:34on whose authority is the ECI filing 16,000 appeals?
02:39In other words, Gyanesh Gupta has become bigger than the institution.
02:44Number four.
02:46So, let's take it point by point.
02:47You've raised three pertinent points.
02:49Let me…
02:50You've raised three very pertinent points.
02:51Let's keep this conversational and get me…
02:54Let me get Sanju Varma to respond to this.
02:56Why are the BJP's top leadership from party president to health minister
03:01to several chief ministers defending the election commission?
03:04Let the election commission defend itself, ma'am.
03:07Opposition parties have an issue with CEC.
03:10Let him respond.
03:12Congress says BJP jumping to EC's defense proves complicity
03:17and there is no response on that specific issue,
03:21for example, of Goa and Form 6.
03:25So, Gaurav, very quickly.
03:27Of course, yes, the BJP will defend Gyanesh Kumar.
03:31Of course, yes, the BJP will defend the CEC
03:34because Rahul Gandhi, Akhiresh Yadam, Mamata Donizvi, Uddhav Bhatai
03:39and the entire opposition Sahal
03:41have repeatedly, recklessly alleged
03:44that CEC is a handmaiden of the BJP,
03:48that Gyanesh Kumar is an agent of the BJP,
03:52that Gyanesh Kumar takes instructions from the Modi government.
03:55You mean to say that the Congress ecosystem
03:58can make reckless allegations
04:00and then expect the BJP to not respond?
04:04Sorry, that is not going to happen.
04:07We will stand up in defense of the electoral process
04:10and we are doing exactly that.
04:12My second point, very quickly.
04:15Has Gyanesh Kumar violated Article 324, 325
04:20and 326 of the Constitution
04:22because these are the articles from where he derives
04:25his two-o-moto-powers?
04:26The answer is N-O-No.
04:29Has Gyanesh Kumar violated representation of people
04:33back in 1950?
04:35The answer is no.
04:36And has Gyanesh Kumar violated registration
04:40of electoral rolls in 1960?
04:44The answer is no.
04:45No way, Gaurav.
04:46I heard him for a good four minutes.
04:48The other point I want to say is this.
04:50The Supreme Court in its judgment
04:52on the 27th of May, 2026 categorically said
04:56that the Form 6 has neither been physically or online.
05:01It has not been altered
05:03and the Election Commission is well within its jurisdiction
05:06to add an election.
05:08So why make a mountain out of a moulin?
05:11And yes, if you look at social media, Gaurav,
05:14you are somebody who has a very good knack
05:17of the social media narrative.
05:20It is clear.
05:221, 3, 13 crore voters were never deleted.
05:27There is a difference between the draft roll
05:29and the final electoral roll.
05:32And if Rahul Gandhi fails to understand this nuance,
05:36it is not the BJP's problem.
05:38And Rahul Gandhi very quickly,
05:40very quickly got a 50 second.
05:41The biggest challenge is how is it
05:45that Prime Minister Modi is not suffering
05:47anti-incumbency?
05:49So in 22nd, Gaurav,
05:51the Congress ruled Madhya Pradesh for 43 years,
05:55Orisha for 41 years,
05:57Bihar for 37 years,
05:59Uttar Pradesh for 19 years,
06:01Goa for 16 years,
06:03Tamil Nadu for 20 years,
06:05and Gujarat for 25 years.
06:07So, BJP didn't say that he is a vote.
06:11The problem is Rahul Gandhi is a sore loser.
06:15He is somebody who is a loser.
06:17You've directly raised a point about Rahul Gandhi.
06:19Adal Singh Boparai,
06:21wear your legal hat and respond to the legal points
06:23and political points raised by Sanju Verma,
06:26the two of you,
06:26before I bring in Rajat Sethi.
06:28Go ahead, sir.
06:30Let's test Ms. Verma's hypothesis.
06:33She casually uses the word reckless allegations.
06:37If Indian Express has made reckless allegations
06:40against the Chief Election Commissioner,
06:42then why has he not availed his legal remedies?
06:45Let's test it for the sake of argument.
06:47Let's assume what Ms. Verma is saying is correct,
06:50that Indian Express has made reckless allegations.
06:53Is there a defamation suit?
06:54Is there some kind of police complaint?
06:56Nothing, however, number one.
06:59Number two, the more critical part here.
07:01Please understand this,
07:03Ms. Verma, perhaps I will ignore her ignorance.
07:07Under Article 324 of the Constitution of India
07:10and as interpreted by the Supreme Court,
07:13the Chief Election Commissioner
07:14is first amongst the equals.
07:17He is on the same pedestal as the other ECs.
07:21The other ECs are not...
07:23The moment he completes his point, ma'am,
07:25I'm coming to you.
07:26Let him just complete his point,
07:27I'm coming to you.
07:28The other ECs are not rendered ornamental.
07:32Number two.
07:33Number three, please understand,
07:36you have a scenario
07:37where Mr. Gyanesh Kumar is a tool.
07:41Let me again say this.
07:42Gyanesh Kumar is a tool
07:44of the Prime Minister and the Home Minister
07:46and he has to go.
07:49He will have to tender his resignation.
07:52Sir, since you've raised the point naming Prime Minister,
07:56I wanted to bring in Rajat Sethi,
07:57but I will quickly bring in Sanju Verma to respond specifically.
08:01But all the points you made, sir,
08:02they will have to test the scrutiny in a court of law.
08:07You know, political allegations, yes,
08:09but court of law.
08:10But Sanju Verma, respond, ma'am.
08:12You know, I really don't care
08:14if the Congress spokesperson said,
08:16oh, Sanju Verma is ignorant.
08:17This is the same spokesperson who said,
08:19oh, we are going to win Maharashtra.
08:21Hajji had been in Congress in Maharashtra.
08:24This is the same spokesperson
08:25who on a debate said,
08:27oh, Haryana Congress will win.
08:29Today he has a nice big fight on it in his face.
08:31Hajji had been in Congress in Haryana.
08:33So, Mr. Goparai, your credibility is Z-E-R-O-0.
08:37Please have that smirk,
08:38but understand that you and your party
08:40have not covered yourself in glory.
08:43Now, coming to the limited point, Gaurav,
08:45what is the biggest allegation
08:47against the CEC and its team?
08:50Rahul Gandhi and the Darbari ecosystem says
08:53that the ECI net website
08:56can only be accessed by the CEC
08:58or his jane, pehchane, handwritten,
09:02whereas the BJP has put this out in public domain.
09:07In Uttar Pradesh, 84 lakh new voters
09:11were added in the final role
09:13by the EROs via the ECR net.
09:16In Tamil Nadu, 27.53 voters
09:20were added in the final role
09:22via the ECI net by the EROs.
09:26And Gaurav in Bihar,
09:27again 21.53 voters
09:34I want to quickly bring in Rajat Sethi
09:37into this conversation now.
09:39I want to bring Rajat Sethi.
09:41Gyanesh Kumar has to go,
09:43says the Congress Party.
09:45You know, if I go back in history a little.
09:47So, VS Sampath was the Chief Election Commissioner
09:50in 2014 when BJP came to power.
09:53I think Sunil Arora was the CEC in 2019
09:57and Rajiv Kumar in 2024.
09:59So, is there merit in the BJP saying
10:02Congress is unable to win elections
10:03and is blaming Vot Chauri?
10:05Or do you find merit in the Congress saying
10:07Gyanesh Kumar has to go?
10:08He's been helping the BJP.
10:10He's been match fixing
10:11for the Home Minister and the Prime Minister.
10:15So, Gaurav, I will start off with
10:17first of all saying that
10:19see, over the past year or so
10:21ever since 2024 elections
10:22we have seen that Rahul Gandhiji
10:24has been learning
10:25the nitty-gritties of electoral role
10:28live on camera.
10:29First thing, if you remember in Haryana
10:31he suddenly objected to the fact
10:32that how is it possible
10:34that in one household
10:35you have 600 to 700 voters registered.
10:38And lo and behold, today
10:39he's coming back to the same question
10:41that why are 600, 700 people
10:43not in House No. 0?
10:44In fact, we all knew
10:46that while we were debating this issue
10:48this issue was objected by Congress
10:50as an electoral malpractice
10:52wherein a House No. 0
10:54was allocated to 700 people.
10:56Then the Election Commission
10:57had to come out
10:58and with a press release
10:59saying that this is the methodology.
11:01So, Rahul Gandhiji
11:02he needs to genuinely understand
11:04that there are far too many nuances
11:05in this country
11:06which he is not aware of.
11:08He needs to really understand
11:09the process
11:10before he goes out
11:11and objects
11:11and starts establishing
11:13malified intent on EC
11:14before and without any
11:16he had several attempts
11:18of proving this
11:18in the court of the law
11:19and he has so far
11:20not in a single instance
11:22been able to produce this
11:23any tangible fact.
11:24Now also
11:25now moving past Gyanesh
11:26is the CEC
11:28there have been multiple CECs
11:30we remember
11:31again Gaurav
11:32that there has been instances
11:34where
11:34the entire electoral voting machine
11:37was called into fraud
11:38as if the entire software
11:39can be hacked.
11:40election commission
11:41then under a different CEC
11:43actually brought out
11:44those election commissions
11:45and said that
11:45let us have an hackathon
11:46let us allow the prominent hackers
11:48world over
11:49to come in
11:49and try to hack this machine.
11:51Then all the parties
11:52who were
11:54giving allegations
11:55against the EVM
11:56they chickened out.
11:57Nobody stepped up
11:58and said anything
11:58so this has become a pattern.
12:00You go after
12:01you know
12:02ECs
12:03after ECs
12:04and the CECs
12:05will come and go
12:06but the accusation
12:07will remain
12:07because at the heart of it
12:09you do not understand
12:10the process
12:10you are not able
12:11to prove anything
12:12in the courts of law
12:12and having said all of this
12:14I still maintain
12:15if
12:16and there is a very big
12:17capital letter
12:18if
12:18the due processes
12:20of the election commission's
12:21functioning have not been followed
12:22then
12:23the responsibility
12:24is with the CEC
12:25and with the other two commission
12:26equally.
12:27Responsibility
12:27is with the CEC
12:29to come out
12:29and clarify
12:30on all the points
12:31I mean
12:31Caesar's wife
12:32has to be about suspicion.
12:35Come out
12:35just respond to every
12:37allegation
12:38that is being leveled
12:39but Adal Singh Boparai
12:40if I were to take it
12:41politically
12:42take for example
12:43Uttar Pradesh
12:43Chief Minister
12:44Yogi Adityanath
12:45he is bringing out
12:46exactly this point
12:47first Rahul Gandhi
12:48blamed the EVM
12:49now he is blaming
12:50the CEC
12:52Rahul Gandhi
12:53or the Congress Party
12:54is being accused
12:54of destroying institutions
12:56and they say
12:57look at statistics
12:582022
12:58Congress Party
13:00contested
13:01399 seats
13:02in Uttar Pradesh
13:03they won only 2
13:04lost deposit
13:06in 387 seats
13:08or the previous election
13:09in 2017
13:10which brought
13:11Yogi Adityanath
13:12to power
13:12Congress contested
13:13114
13:14won 7
13:15there was no
13:16Gyanesh Kumar
13:16to blame then sir
13:18Gaurav
13:19let us not
13:20let us not
13:21very conveniently
13:22shift the goalpost
13:23now let me deal
13:24with it
13:24one by one
13:25Rajat
13:26is ostensibly
13:28aligned with
13:29the BJB
13:30so therefore
13:30let me have
13:30my say
13:31and he is
13:32completely entitled
13:33to do so
13:33I have no difficulty
13:34with that
13:34number one
13:35is O.P.
13:36Rawatji
13:37your congressman
13:37is Ashok
13:39Lavasa
13:39your congressman
13:40is Mr.
13:41Qureshi
13:42your congressman
13:43these people
13:44have held
13:45the positions
13:46of CECs
13:47and ECs
13:47and there have
13:48been officers
13:48beyond reproach
13:50of unimpeachable
13:51integrity
13:52and rectitude
13:53they have come out
13:54and pointed out
13:55that there are
13:56serious loopholes
13:58there are serious
13:59errors
13:59and opacity
14:01in the functioning
14:02of the current
14:02ECI
14:03it is not the
14:03congress party
14:04the Indian Express
14:06story is not by
14:07the congress party
14:07the Indian Express
14:09story
14:09the deduction
14:10of the story
14:11is unilateralism
14:13in the functioning
14:14of the ECI
14:15which has not
14:17been disputed
14:18or negated
14:19even by
14:20this half-baked
14:22press release
14:22of the ECI
14:23number one
14:24number two
14:25let's look at
14:26specifics
14:26I can also
14:27indulge in
14:28political
14:28point scoring
14:30let's look at
14:31specifics
14:31form 6
14:32form 6
14:34is a very
14:35important
14:35and a crucial
14:36document
14:37for first-time
14:37voters
14:38who intend
14:39to have
14:39themselves
14:40included
14:40in the
14:41voters
14:41now
14:42this form
14:43cannot be
14:44amended
14:44or an additional
14:46declaration
14:47cannot be
14:47inserted
14:48by the ECI
14:49it is not
14:50within their
14:50jurisdiction
14:51it has to be
14:52that is also
14:53tested in a
14:54court of law
14:56and has been
14:57responded to
14:58Sanju Varma
14:59wants to come in
15:00can I come in
15:01on this
15:02Sanju Varma
15:03thank you
15:04Gaurav
15:05this is not
15:05fair
15:07yes
15:08Gaurav
15:09I don't wish
15:09to be
15:09interjected
15:10to me
15:10but
15:11gibberish
15:12of Mr.
15:12Boparai
15:13he makes
15:16zero sense
15:16now let me
15:17come in
15:18no no
15:19it is not a
15:19shouting match
15:20Mr.
15:20Boparai
15:20since you
15:21specifically
15:21raised a
15:22point on
15:22form 6
15:23since you
15:24specifically
15:25raised a
15:25point on
15:25form 6
15:28fair enough
15:28let her
15:29complete her
15:29point
15:30and I'll
15:30come back
15:30to you
15:31yes
15:31Sanju
15:32Varma
15:33you know
15:33Gaurav
15:34I just
15:35wish to
15:35say one
15:36thing
15:36oh
15:37is
15:37OP
15:38Rawat
15:38a
15:39congress
15:39spokesperson
15:40says the
15:41congress
15:41spokesperson
15:42is
15:43SY
15:43Qureshi
15:44a
15:44congress
15:45spokesperson
15:45says the
15:46congress
15:46spokesperson
15:47is
15:48Ashok
15:48Lavasa
15:49a
15:49congress
15:49spokesperson
15:50says the
15:51congress
15:51spokesperson
15:52excuse
15:53me
15:53if you
15:54have the
15:55audacity
15:56and the
15:56shamelessness
15:57to call
15:58Gyanesh Kumar
15:59a BJP
16:00stooge
16:01I say
16:02yes
16:02no no
16:03but I'm not
16:03getting into
16:04specifics
16:04ma'am
16:05no
16:05this is not
16:05a platform
16:06for name
16:06calling
16:06no
16:07sorry
16:07Sanju
16:08Varma
16:08this is
16:08not a
16:09platform for
16:10name calling
16:10on either
16:11side
16:12I wanted
16:12you to
16:13respond on
16:13merits on
16:14form 6
16:15we hold
16:16we hold
16:17people in
16:18good honour
16:19India today
16:19does not
16:20back either
16:20what congress
16:22says or BJP
16:23says on
16:23individuals
16:24no no
16:25so I'm being
16:26very clear about
16:26that Sanju
16:27Varma
16:27I came to
16:28you for
16:29intervention on
16:29form 6
16:30ma'am
16:30specifically
16:31okay
16:31Gaurab
16:32I heard
16:33you Gaurab
16:34Gaurab
16:35you know
16:35I love
16:36coming on
16:36your debates
16:37but if
16:37the congress
16:38spokesperson
16:39can get
16:39away by
16:40calling
16:40Gyanesh
16:40Kumar
16:41a tool
16:41of the
16:41BJP
16:42and with
16:43no offence
16:43to you
16:43you did
16:44not
16:44interrupt him
16:45I did
16:47anyway
16:47but let's
16:48stay on
16:48the substantive
16:48issue ma'am
16:50she's wasting
16:51prime time
16:51please mute
16:52her
16:52let me make
16:53my point
16:53she's wasting
16:54prime time
16:55Gaurab
16:56is the
16:57anchor
16:57letting
16:57moderate
16:58the
16:58debate
16:58Gaurab
16:59my limited
17:00point is
17:00this
17:00do you
17:01know
17:02who brought
17:03in
17:03provision
17:04of having
17:05booth level
17:06agents in
17:072008
17:08it was the
17:09congress party
17:09because it
17:10said that
17:11BLOs are
17:12either
17:12government
17:12appointing
17:13or
17:14when I
17:14go back
17:151950
17:16I want
17:16to ask
17:171940
17:171930
17:18okay
17:19give me a
17:20moment
17:20give me a
17:21moment
17:21I'm going to
17:22stay on the
17:22substantive
17:23issue and I
17:23quickly want to
17:24bring in
17:25Rajat Sethi
17:25on this
17:27broadcast
17:27because
17:27Rajat Sethi
17:28congress says
17:28there is no
17:29response
17:29on very
17:30critical issues
17:31by the
17:31EC
17:32the response
17:33is either
17:33too lame
17:34too little
17:34or too
17:35late
17:35there is no
17:36clarity
17:36the congress
17:37says on
17:37form 6
17:38changing
17:38it was
17:39illegal
17:39on objection
17:40raised by
17:41ECs on
17:4114 occasion
17:42in 10
17:43months
17:43no clarity
17:44on that
17:44or 97
17:46odd names
17:47cut off
17:47in Goa
17:47only 81
17:48may have
17:49been added
17:49but why
17:50did the
17:50problem
17:51come in
17:51the first
17:52place
17:52that shows
17:53all is
17:54not well
17:54in the
17:55EC
17:56so
17:57Gaurab
17:57again
17:58going to
17:58the substantive
17:59points
17:59we need
18:00to understand
18:01that the
18:01constitution
18:02itself
18:03and several
18:04supreme court
18:05judgments
18:05have laid
18:06the enormous
18:07powers
18:08that is being
18:09given to the
18:10election commission
18:10through the
18:11article 324
18:12article 324
18:13is called a
18:14reservoir of
18:15power
18:15that's the
18:16amount of
18:16power and
18:17the residual
18:18power that
18:18resides with
18:19the election
18:20commission
18:20this topic
18:21of residual
18:22power was
18:22also brought
18:23in when
18:24this Bihar
18:25SIR was
18:25tabled before
18:26the supreme
18:26court and
18:27there has
18:27been no
18:28adverse
18:28remarks that
18:29was made
18:29by the
18:30supreme
18:30court on
18:30this specific
18:31issue the
18:32form per
18:32se has not
18:33been changed
18:33there is a
18:34declaration which
18:35has been
18:35attached because
18:36there is an
18:36SIR process
18:37which is a
18:38live process
18:38in order to
18:39ensure that
18:40there are no
18:41leakages in
18:42the system
18:42this declaration
18:43was slapped
18:44alongside the
18:45main form
18:466 so there
18:47is no
18:47substantive
18:47changes and
18:48also keep in
18:49mind that
18:50philosophically from
18:50the constitutional
18:51provisions
18:52enormous reservoir
18:53of powers
18:54remain in
18:55article 324
18:56and this has
18:57been well
18:57established in
18:58the MS
18:58Gill versus
18:59Union of
18:59India versus
19:00the election
19:01commission
19:02okay you
19:03know because
19:04the specific
19:05point the
19:06election commission
19:06has also
19:08Adil Singh Bhoparai
19:09clarified on
19:09this point 6
19:10the EC says
19:12there is no
19:13change to
19:14form 6
19:14the requirement
19:15relating to
19:16the linkage
19:17with parents
19:18or grandparents
19:19was introduced
19:19as an additional
19:21declaration
19:21along with
19:23the existing
19:23approved form
19:25form 6
19:26the ECI's
19:27position is
19:28that attaching
19:28a separate
19:29declaration does
19:30not amount to
19:31altering the
19:32statutory form
19:33now wear your
19:34legal hat sir
19:35does this pass
19:36legal scrutiny
19:38Gaurav you can
19:39verify this after
19:41this debate
19:41you know
19:41please understand
19:43where does form
19:446 derive its
19:45legal sanctity
19:46form 6 derived
19:48its legal sanctity
19:49from the
19:50registration of
19:51electors rules
19:521960
19:53it is a statutory
19:54form
19:55in other words
19:56it is a
19:56pro forma
19:57I will come to
19:59you to respond
19:59let him complete
20:00his point ma'am
20:00I am coming to
20:01you let him
20:01respond
20:02go on sir
20:03form 6 is a statutory
20:05pro forma form
20:07number 1
20:08number 2
20:09even the supreme
20:10court at the
20:11time of the
20:12Bihar election
20:12at the time of
20:13the Bengal election
20:14said please do
20:15not go beyond
20:16the statutory
20:17framework
20:18point number 2
20:18point number 3
20:20Mr. Sandhu
20:21and as revealed
20:22by the Indian
20:23Express says
20:24raises an
20:25objection that
20:26when you seek
20:27an amendment
20:27or an additional
20:28declaration
20:29puts a burdensome
20:31or an onerous
20:32obligation on
20:34an elector to
20:34disclose whether
20:36his parent or
20:37his grandparent
20:38was part of the
20:39earlier SIR or
20:40not
20:40you need to
20:41amend the
20:42terms
20:42have it amended
20:44by the government
20:44and then thereafter
20:45it has to be
20:46parliamentary
20:47but did he
20:47object in a
20:49meeting
20:49do we need
20:51more clarity
20:51that whether
20:52this objection
20:53was subsequently
20:55you know
20:56was it
20:56objection alone
20:57was it
20:582 is to
20:581
20:58was it
20:591 is to
21:002
21:00all of that
21:01we need more
21:02clarity
21:02Sanju Verma
21:03wants to
21:03come in
21:03because
21:04opposition
21:04Sanju Verma
21:05is clearly
21:05not satisfied
21:06with the
21:07clarification
21:08of the
21:08EC
21:09should the
21:09CEC
21:10and the
21:10EC
21:10now
21:11hold a
21:12press
21:12conference
21:13and clarify
21:14these issues
21:14ma'am
21:14after Sanju
21:18Verma
21:19respond
21:19I don't
21:20wish to
21:20be heckled
21:21because when
21:22I am speaking
21:23in heckled
21:23and I don't
21:24think that
21:24it's fair
21:25Gaurav
21:26please
21:27I need
21:27my time
21:28and I
21:28need 2
21:28minutes
21:30only Sanju
21:32Verma
21:33this is
21:34one thing
21:34either you
21:35call the
21:35BJP
21:36and give
21:36us time
21:36yes
21:37only Sanju
21:37Verma
21:39thank you
21:39go on
21:39ma'am
21:40on the
21:4227th of
21:43May
21:432026
21:44the Supreme
21:46Court
21:46clearly said
21:47no
21:48alternation
21:49of form 6
21:50has happened
21:51but if a
21:52declaration
21:53or an
21:53annexure
21:54is added
21:55the CEC
21:56is well
21:57within his
21:58jurisdiction
21:58to do
21:59that
21:59point number
22:00one
22:00so Gyanesh
22:01Kumar
22:01has not
22:02violated
22:02any role
22:03or rule
22:04and has
22:05not
22:06overreached
22:07his brief
22:08the second
22:09point is
22:09this
22:11people in
22:12Raghun Gandhi
22:13they first
22:13said that
22:14the EVMs
22:15are faulty
22:16the Supreme
22:17Court told
22:17Raghun Gandhi
22:18EVMs are
22:19not faulty
22:20then Raghun Gandhi
22:21said
22:22Om Dirla
22:23speaking in
22:24Lok Sabha
22:24is being
22:25unfair
22:26they moved
22:27a no
22:27confidence
22:28motion
22:28Om Dirla
22:29came out
22:30unscared
22:31and Raghun Gandhi
22:32had a nice
22:32big shot
22:33on his face
22:34they even
22:35passed a
22:35no confidence
22:36motion in
22:37August 2023
22:38against Prime
22:39Minister Modi's
22:40government
22:40ahead of
22:41Lok Sabha
22:422024
22:42again
22:43that no
22:44confidence
22:45motion was
22:45defeated on
22:46the floor
22:46of the house
22:47so what am
22:47I trying to
22:48say
22:48I'm trying
22:49to tell
22:49you
22:50that each
22:51time
22:51Rahul Gandhi
22:52loses an
22:52election
22:53he starts
22:54shouting
22:54vote
22:54chori
22:55tell me
22:55Gaurav
22:56after winning
22:57the KLM
22:58election
22:58in 2026
22:59Rahul Gandhi
23:00said
23:01but after
23:02the BJP
23:03won
23:03Bengal
23:04now
23:06it remains
23:06to be seen
23:07because this
23:07war is all
23:08set to
23:08escalate
23:09this war
23:10is all
23:10set to
23:10escalate
23:11we'll be
23:11tracking that
23:12story
23:12I want to
23:12thank all
23:13our guests
23:13because
23:13there's
23:13another
23:14big
23:14story
23:14Easy
23:14to
23:14him
23:15to