00:00But now they are back on that bus. Tell me what's happening.
00:04Yes, that's right. Let me bring in Gurdeep Sappal now, Congress leader who has been marching along with the entire
00:11leadership of the India bloc.
00:13This appears to be a point where you will not be able to cross this barricade.
00:17I have seen you march all the way to Cunard Place and now return, Mr. Sappal.
00:22My question would be, has the petition in the Supreme Court been filed already?
00:27Yes, the petition copy has already reached the Supreme Court.
00:30We are doing this symbolic march to the Supreme Court, raising the voice of millions and millions of people who
00:36believe in democracy and who are not willing to let this democracy slip away.
00:40So the sense is that the petition has already been filed and now what happens to this protest?
00:45Does it end here and will it be revived perhaps again tomorrow or day after?
00:50No, this is not the end of the protest.
00:52You see, this is not a petitioner Congress that you petition and you sit at home.
00:56Our struggle, our protest, our resistance continues.
01:00It may take days, it may take weeks or months, but this will continue till we get the democracy back
01:05on rails.
01:06The BJP says that the question of democracy only arises when the Congress loses elections,
01:13like you lost in Assam or in India bloc losing in Bengal.
01:18When you win elections, say you won in Kerala or you won in Karnataka, this issue doesn't come up.
01:23Well, the country has moved beyond these logics of BJP.
01:28When people in Maharashtra see that the sentiment on the ground does not match the sentiment of the EVMs.
01:35When the sentiment in Haryana on roads does not match the result.
01:39Various places, we have just seen the by-elections in Bengal, where the candidates were forced to take back nominations,
01:45were jailed.
01:46So this is not a singular thing.
01:48BJP has been trying to get people on its side by the same argument,
01:52fully well ignoring that this time whatever we have been alleging has been found, proven in the files of the
01:59Election Commission itself.
02:00So these are no more allegations.
02:02These are facts which are before the nation.
02:04All right, Mrs. Appal.
02:05Really appreciate your time.
