00:00Six key metro stations shut in Delhi.
00:03These six metro stations are shut, citing security reasons ahead of the opposition march.
00:08These include Patel Chowk, Janpat, Rajiv Chowk, which have been shut.
00:12Mundi House and Central Secretariat metro stations are also shut.
00:16In fact, Barakamba Road metro station is also shut.
00:20Amid India Block marched to the Supreme Court call in Delhi.
00:24Six metro stations will remain shut till 4 p.m. today.
00:28So due to security reasons, the entry and exit at the following metro stations will remain closed from 6 a
00:34.m. till 4 p.m. today.
00:36And we've already listed these metro stations.
00:40These include the Barakamba Road metro station, Patel Chowk, Janpat, Rajiv Chowk, Mundi House and the Central Secretariat.
00:47So these are the six key metro stations that will remain shut in view of the opposition march.
00:51Remember, this comes despite the Supreme Court in its directive saying that there cannot be blanket prohibitions.
00:57In fact, 45 metro stations were shut on Saturday in view of the CJP protests over which questions were being
01:03raised.
01:04The Supreme Court also heard the petition yesterday.
01:07It was a special hearing on a Sunday.
01:10But despite that now, what we're learning is that six key metro stations will also remain shut today in view
01:15of the opposition march.
01:16My colleague Anshul Singh is now joining us with more details on this.
01:20Anshul, a very good morning to you.
01:21Anshul, despite the Supreme Court clearly stating that there cannot be blanket prohibitions and inconvenience cannot be caused to the
01:28residents of the national capital.
01:29We're learning that six metro stations will once again be shut today in view of the opposition's march.
01:38Very good morning to you Anshul Singh and to all our viewers.
01:40So yes, the big news that is coming in that the Delhi Police has gone ahead and requested the DMRC
01:46to shut down six key metro stations.
01:49Now remember, the Supreme Court had yesterday said that metro stations and restrictions on movement can only happen citing law
01:56and order, keeping in mind public order.
01:58And that is one of the reasons why the Delhi Police says that they have gone ahead and requested DMRC
02:03to shut down these six key metro stations.
02:06Because today, Saurabh Das and Abhijee Dipke have given a call in which they have gone ahead and said that
02:11they will go towards the Parliament Street Police Station and in fact ask the Delhi Police for a permission to
02:17offer sit in Dharna at Jantar Mantar.
02:19And if the permission is not granted in a time period of 24 hours, then they would start the agitation
02:25again.
02:25So yet again, it is expected that a crowd could accompany them towards the Parliament Street Police Station.
02:30And yet again, there could be unruliness that could happen on these streets.
02:34That is what the Delhi Police fears and that is the reason why the six key metro stations in and
02:39around Parliament Street have been shut down.
02:42Be it the Patel Chog metro station, Mandi House, Barak Hamba or for that matter Rajiv Chog.
02:47But since today is a working day, it is going to be very, very difficult for daily commuters to actually
02:54travel through metro, use public transport.
02:56Because Rajiv Chog is one of the biggest metro stations of Delhi and shutting down Rajiv Chog for entry and
03:02exit means that the daily commuters would have to face a lot of issues.
03:07Also, the metro stations in and around Rajiv Chog are also shut.
03:11So the commuters are definitely going to face a lot of issues as they travel towards New Delhi today.
03:16Apart from that, Delhi Police is also gearing up for the protests that has been called from the side of
03:22the India Alliance where they have gone ahead and said that they will try to march towards the Supreme Court
03:26and meet with the Chief Justice of India.
03:28On one hand, where the Chief Justice Secretariat has clarified that they won't be able to meet on this particular
03:33issue as it is not in their jurisdiction at this point.
03:38So, yet again, there could be drama that could happen on the streets of Delhi and definitely a very, very
03:43long day for the Delhi Police as two big protests, two massive gatherings are expected to happen in New Delhi,
03:50specifically at a time when Section 163 have been imposed all across the New Delhi District.
03:55Alright, Anshu, do stay with us.
03:57So, six metro stations, key metro stations will remain shut today in view of the opposition's march to the Supreme
04:03Court today.
04:03These include the Patel Chalk metro station, Barakamba metro station, also Rajiv Chalk, that is a very crucial metro station,
04:12that will also be shut.
04:13Central Secretariat will also be shut.
04:15Mundi House will also be shut today.
04:21Let's now take a look at the timeline.
04:23The opposition has been staging multiple protests against the CEC.
04:27Let's take a look at all those protests and marches.
04:30So, on October 6th, there was a mega opposition march to the Election Commission's office.
04:35It started from the Parliament and it was supposed to end at the Election Commission's office, but there was no
04:41permission that was granted.
04:42The access was blocked and then the opposition MPs were eventually detained.
04:47This was also the day when Rahul Gandhi had forcibly entered the Akashwani Bhawan, where after six to eight hours
04:52of protesting, he and Priyanka Gandhi Badra were detained.
04:55Then comes the next day, October 7th, when the opposition MPs met over lunch at Connaught Place and then they
05:03boarded buses.
05:04They started moving towards Jantar Mantar, where they were supposed to stage protests.
05:08But again, they were not allowed to go to Jantar Mantar.
05:11The access was blocked and after which the opposition MPs got off the buses and they were then detained.
05:18Then comes October 8th, again, there was a meeting, lunch meeting that was called by the Congress Chief Malikarjan Karge.
05:27The opposition MPs gathered at Connaught Place and then they started moving towards Rajghat.
05:32But this day was different.
05:34They were allowed to go to Rajghat and the access was not blocked, unlike the previous days.
05:40And there they staged peaceful stir.
05:43They arrived at Rajghat and for half an hour or so, they staged a peaceful protest against the Chief Election
05:50Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar.
05:51And there were no detentions that took place on this day.
05:54On October 9th, which was on Friday, the opposition MPs marched to the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
06:00They had sought a meeting with the president.
06:02The opposition delegation met with the president.
06:04They also submitted a memorandum against the Chief Election Commissioner.
06:08Then comes October 12th, which is today.
06:11Now, today there is another march that is slated from the Barakamba Road and Connaught Place Junction to the Supreme
06:18Court.
06:18So, the opposition MPs will be marching towards the Supreme Court.
06:21They wanted to meet the CGI, but their request has been rejected.
06:25And now the opposition will just be marching to the Supreme Court.
