00:00Delhi is witnessing a political face-off, where electoral roll allegations have triggered street protests,
00:08mass detentions and a Supreme Court intervention, turning a battle over votes into a larger test of power, protest and
00:15the right to dissent.
00:17CJP leaders are out of preventive detention, but with a condition to maintain peace for a year.
00:23After their release, they hit back at the Modi government, accusing the authorities of suppressing dissent,
00:29even drawing parallels with the 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,
00:40directing 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.
00:51But viewers, that brings us to the larger question, the one we leave open to the floor of our panelists,
00:57who will shortly be joining us.
00:59The government maintains that the restrictions were necessary to prevent a law and order situation,
01:04citing the denial of permission and prohibitory orders.
01:08Its critiques argue that the scale of the operation raises serious questions about the right to peacefully assemble,
01:14freedom of movement and the limits of preventive detention.
01:18One side invokes public order, the other invokes constitutional freedoms.
01:22And the Supreme Court is now examining the balance between the two.
01:27So 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.
02:13Drama, detentions
02:20and a dharma in Delhi that has triggered a political storm.
02:27The streets of the national capital have turned into a theatre of confrontation
02:31with 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, now they are 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.
03:29...
03:29The police has had guardsess right on the judge, with the police security calls.
03:35They where police areеместно and are assemblated with police
03:45and police making our guards helpful.
04:18Thank you very much.
04:28Thank you very much.
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.
05:27The CJP leaders have hit back at the Modi government.
05:37The opposition, too, is refusing to back down.
05:39Congress President Malik Arjun Khadge and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal have joined the political pushback with the message that police
05:46action will not end the fight.
05:51We were agitating, but suddenly it is, even in emergency, such things did not happen.
06:02In emergency, we all were ministers.
06:07No trains were stopped.
06:11No flights were stopped.
06:14Nothing.
06:15The people really used to move.
06:20From detention to conditional release, from police barricades to political counterattacks, Delhi streets have become the latest battleground in the
06:28fight over alleged irregularities in electoral votes.
06:34With Anmol Bali, Arvind Ocha and Ashutosh Mishra, Bureau Report, India Today.
