00:00Delhi is witnessing a political face-off, where electoral roll allegations have triggered street protests, mass detentions and a Supreme
00:09Court intervention, turning a battle over boats into a larger test of power, protest and the right to dissent.
00:17CJP leaders are out of preventive detention, but with a condition to maintain peace for a year.
00:24After their release, they hit back at the Modi government, accusing the authorities of suppressing dissent, even drawing parallels with
00:31the emergency period.
00:33Such is the extent of the blanket security operations that the Supreme Court themselves have stepped in for a second
00:39time, directing authorities to review barricading, restore the internet services,
00:45avoid a blanket shutdown of public transport and ensure the public's movement is not unnecessarily restricted.
00:52But viewers, that brings us to the larger question, the one we leave open to the floor of our panelists
00:58who will shortly be joining us.
00:59The government maintains that the restrictions were necessary to prevent a law and order situation, citing the denial of permission
01:06and prohibitory orders.
01:08Its critiques argue that the scale of the operation raises serious questions about the right to peacefully assemble,
01:15freedom of movement and the limits of preventive detention.
01:18One side invokes public order, the other invokes constitutional freedoms.
01:23And the Supreme Court is now examining the balance between the two.
01:28So tonight, viewers, a very good evening to you, as you're joined on India Today with me, Sriya Kundu,
01:34where the question we will be putting to the floor is,
01:37Where does legitimate crowd control end and constitutional overreach begin?
01:43And when does the state stop a protest before it starts?
01:47Who ensures that security does not come at the cost of citizens' fundamental rights?
01:53Before all of these questions are taken to the floor, let's quickly take a look at a report
01:59showing you all that's happened since October 10th.
02:14Drama, detentions and a dharma in Delhi that has triggered a political storm.
02:28The streets of the national capital have turned into a theatre of confrontation
02:32with heavy police deployment, protesting students and a crackdown that has entered its second day.
02:39The battle over alleged irregularities in electoral rolls has spilled onto the streets of Delhi.
02:45The left student's wing was up against a heavy police deployment
02:48and a crackdown for a second consecutive day.
02:51And the political showdown is now escalating.
02:55It's the second day of the protest in New Delhi.
02:58And now we see the left front student have hit the streets.
03:01And now they are being detained from Connaught Place, the Delhi police, CRP.
03:05Even the police forces from UP have also been called in.
03:11They came here to protest.
03:13Now they're being detained.
03:14While we see the hearing that was underway at Supreme Court,
03:19it was a flash protest by the left wing, left group students.
03:25They all came out in a huge number at Connaught Place.
03:53This is a strange narrative called Konnaught Place.
03:55foreign
04:31More than 20 hours in detention, followed by release on bond, but the confrontation is far from over.
04:38CJP leaders Abhijee Deebke, Sauravdas and Ashutosh Ranka were released after a surety bond of 50,000 rupees each was
04:44furnished.
04:45With a condition to maintain peace and good behavior for one year.
04:51YouTuber Dhruvrati detained in Gurugram ahead of the Kokrojanta party protest was also released in the early hours.
04:58But release has not meant retreat.
05:00The CJP leaders have hit back at the Modi government, turning their detention into a fresh political flashpoint.
05:40The CJP leaders have hit back at the Modi government, and the Chinese government have hit back at the Modi
05:43government.
05:54The opposition, too, is refusing to back down.
05:56Congress President Malik Arjun Khadge and ARP leader Arvind Kejriwal have joined the political pushback
06:01with the message that police action will not end the fight.
06:08We were agitating, but suddenly it is, even in emergency, such things did not happen.
06:20In emergency, we all were ministers.
06:24No trains were stopped.
06:28No flights were stopped.
06:31Nothing.
06:32The people really used to move.
06:35Supreme Court, Supreme Court, Supreme Court.
06:37From detention to conditional release, from police barricades to political counter-attacks,
06:42Delhi streets have become the latest battleground in the fight over alleged irregularities in electoral rolls.
06:51With Anmol Bali, Arvind Ocha and Ashutosh Mishra, Bureau Report, India Today.
