00:00We are here at the Ashoka Road and this is the roundabout on the Ashoka Road.
00:07We are next to the Royal Plaza and we are showing you the status of the ongoing protest that has
00:14been called by the opposition bloc
00:15and several other organizations were demanding actively the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar
00:21and pointing out all the irregularities in the SIR process.
00:26So there are several things which are going on but we will show you what exactly is the situation.
00:31So the situation seems to be a lot under control.
00:34You can see a lot of policemen here.
00:36RAF is deployed, police is deployed.
00:38You can see a very dedicated, this flex is also written where it is mentioned that section 163 of BNSS
00:45has been issued here
00:47so you cannot illegally collect in more than a certain number of people, in groups of more than a certain
00:54number of people.
00:55So you can see that they are actively barricaded every possible entry to Jantar Mantar
01:01given that they were planning to carry out the process, carry out the entire protest from Jantar Mantar itself.
01:10We have also seen several figures like Apil Sibbal Prashant, Bhush and Nea Bora protesting around 1pm today
01:18but later Nea Bora along with other protesters were detained.
01:23We will also show you around that are there people, yes there are still people here
01:27but the situation seems to be a lot under control.
01:31You can see there is heavy deployment of police on that end as well.
01:36That particular entry is also barricaded.
01:38There are still people, certain number of people collected here, they are sloganeering and they are protesting
01:44and actively asking for resignation of Gyanesh Kumar.
01:48We will also show you another entry, another entry point of Jantar Mantar which is also again barricaded.
01:55You can see, we will show you the situation.
01:58There is a lot of loitering that happened during the protest.
02:02The forces are still ready if something happens that makes the things go out of control.
02:12But you can see even that entry point is sealed and barricaded.
02:15So every possible entry exit point has been sealed and barricaded.
02:19Nobody is allowed to come this way without a proper work or without a proper notice
02:30that they have to go there, if they live there, if they have an office there.
02:34Only then they are allowed to come here.
02:35We will keep bringing all the latest updates to you from this protest
02:40that has been called by the opposition bloc and several other organizations.
02:44This is Shambhavi reporting from Jantar Mantar with Vijay Alok Das on India Today.
