00:00Some more news coming in. Big opposition protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar today in the National Capital.
00:06Opposition will march from the Parliament to the Election Commission office at 10.30am.
00:12India Block to hit the streets today. Safe Democracy march in the National Capital.
00:16Congress invites Aam Admi Party and DMK also to join the protests, but Aam Admi Party chooses to stay away
00:22from the stir.
00:23So, big India Block protests from Makar Dwar in Parliament to the Election Commission building at 10.30am today in
00:31the National Capital.
00:32This will be against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
00:35Remember, the opposition is demanding the ouster of Gyanesh Kumar from the Election Commission.
00:40And now they will be staging a big march today, which will be from the Parliament's Makar Dwar to the
00:46Election Commission's office.
00:47This will begin at 10.30am today. And India Block will be hitting the streets today.
00:53The name of the march is Safe Democracy March. And this will be held in the National Capital today morning.
00:59And the Congress has also invited Aam Admi Party and DMK to join the protest.
01:03But the Aam Admi Party has decided that it will not be participating in this protest.
01:08My colleague Amit Bhardwaj is now joining us with more details on this.
01:12Amit, a very good morning to you.
01:14So, a big opposition march is slated for today, the Safe Democracy March.
01:18What we are learning is that the Congress had also invited the Aam Admi Party and DMK to join the
01:24protest.
01:24But they will not be participating in this protest.
01:28Which other parties will be, in fact, taking part?
01:32Good morning, Anjali.
01:33This particular protest by India Block, possibly the biggest mobilization by the opposition parties,
01:39united mobilization by the opposition parties against Kyanesh Kumar, is all set to happen today.
01:44At 10.30am, that would start from the Parliament.
01:48Now, three things.
01:50Number one, Aam Admi Party is maintaining distance from this particular march because they are saying that they are not
01:55part of the India Block.
01:56And hence, while we support the ouster of Kyanesh Kumar, the demand for ouster of Kyanesh Kumar,
02:03we will not be participating in this India Block March.
02:07Which means that Aam Admi Party will not be part of today's protest march,
02:12which will be, in most likelihood, led by Abul Gandhi, the leader of opposition in Loksa by itself.
02:18Number two, the DMK factor remains, you know, the trouble issue for India Block.
02:23Ever since the Congress and the DMK split, what we are seeing, that they have been skipping the India Block
02:31meetings,
02:32they have changed their sitting position in the Parliament as well,
02:35and now they did not turn up in the India Block meeting focused on CEC last week,
02:42and they would not be participating in today's march either.
02:45So, if you look at the India Block formation, yes, it looks like a United Front minus DMK.
02:52We can tell our viewers, surely, that that is happening today.
02:56But the bigger question is, Anjali, whether these MPs will be able to march forward as planned by them,
03:02or they will be held, you know, in a way, stop rather, around the transport urban area itself,
03:10as it has happened in the past as well.
03:12All right, Amit, thank you for those details.
03:15We'll keep coming back to you for more updates on the opposition's mega-protest that will be beginning at 10
03:21.30am today,
03:22and the Aam Admi Party and the DMK will be staying away from this stir.
03:27We'll go into street showdown over the special intensive revision issue.
03:32India Block is stepping up its campaign against the Election Commission,
03:35with opposition leaders set to march from Parliament's Makar Dwar to the Election Commission office,
03:40demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
03:43Congress is preparing for a sustained nationwide offensive against the Chief Election Commissioner,
03:49demanding his resignation and a re-look at the recent poll results.
03:54They have also invited Aam Admi Party and DMK for the stir.
03:58At a meeting attended by Rahul Gandhi and Malikar Junkarge, Rahul Gandhi reportedly told leaders to stay alert,
04:04be bold and aggressive and keep fighting the battle.
04:07But there is already a split within the opposition camp.
04:10Aam Admi Party has decided to stay away from the protest, saying that it is fighting its own battle
04:15and has its own approach to the SIR issue.
04:18And this is not a one-day protest.
04:20Congress has announced a phased Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao campaign,
04:24with block-level rallies and padhyatras from October 10th,
04:27a village-level vote Rakshat Chowpals from October 25th,
04:31and a mega-rally at Delhi's Ram Leela Meidan on November 1st.
04:34And on November 26th, six separate yatras are planned to converge on Delhi.
04:41For an aggressive, national-wide campaign against Vote Chowpals,
04:50Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao.
04:54This is a slogan.
04:56A continuous, aggressive campaign.
04:59Till Gyanesh Kumar is removed and the system has to be corrected.
05:06Followed by the CWC decisions and the India Islands meeting,
05:12we are going for a massive campaign throughout the country.
05:18You know that the election commission becomes the cheating commission of India.
05:22We demand Gyaneshwar Kumar's resignation.
05:25We are united.
05:26All the 19 parties, 20 parties of the India Islands will be together
05:31and we will march to election commissioner Karge Saab,
05:34our leader of opposition Rahul Gandhiji will lead the march
05:37and we are united and we will fight it out
05:39till Gyanesh Kumar resigns.
05:44So, Congress has announced its Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao campaign.
05:48Let's take a look at what the campaign looks like
05:51and what are the key dates.
05:52So, from October 10th till October 20th,
05:55there will be block-level campaigns
05:57which will include bike rallies, padhyatras, cycle rallies
06:00which have been planned.
06:01Then from October 25th till November 25th,
06:04which is a one-month period,
06:06there will be village-level campaign
06:08which will include Vote Rakshak Chaupals
06:10which will be held across villages.
06:13And then on November 1st,
06:14there will be a mega rally in the national capital.
06:17It will be called Chalo Delhi Rally
06:19which will be held at Ramlila Maidan in the national capital.
06:23Then on November 26th,
06:25there will be Chalo Delhi Yatras
06:26where six Yatras will be launched from nearby places to Delhi.
