00:00Thus, we now have more details coming in from the Supreme Court, and this is regarding the petitioners whose name,
00:06the eight petitioners name that have gone to the Supreme Court asking not just for the ouster, but a relook
00:13at the SIR exercise as well.
00:16Let's let's see if we have Maria and Preeti to sort of, you know, get us quick responses on that.
00:20But for our viewers, the eight petitioners whose name, who have petitioned in the Supreme Court asking for the ouster
00:27of the CEC, also asking for an entire relook at the SIR exercise as well.
00:32It starts with Rahul Gandhi of the Congress Party, has Mr. Kharge of the Congress Party as well, then it
00:38has Sugata Roy, that is from the TMC.
00:41You've got Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party, you've got Tejasvi Prasad Yadav of, from Bihar as well, of the
00:51Art Realty over there.
00:53You've got Sanjay Raut of the Shiv Sena, Shiv Sena there of Sanjay Raut of, and then MABB, MABB from
01:02the CPIM, the Communist Party of India, Marxist, and then you've got D. Raja, CPI as well.
01:09So a whole host of political parties and opposition, you know, who have come together in filing of this petition.
01:17You've got the TMC, you've got the SP, you've got the Shiv Sena Udav Thakere, you've got CPIM, you've got
01:23CPI as well, along with the Congress Party and the TMC.
01:28Alright, we're getting more reactions. Let's quickly listen in to that as you continue to watch these live visuals on
01:34your screen.
01:36Joining me now as he marches towards the Supreme Court is Senior Advocate and Senior Congress Leader, Abhishek Manu Singhvi.
01:43Dr. Singhvi, what exactly is the petition of the India Bloc leader, sir?
01:48You did not see us marching from the Supreme Court to the end of Karnat Place.
01:52Now we are marching back.
01:54Yes, sir.
01:54We have already filed the petition.
01:56The petition has been filed.
01:58Should have been filed. I was here. I don't know, but should have been filed by now.
02:01It is a petition which seeks the quashing of all the illegal acts, all the bad decisions.
02:08It seeks fairness, a level playing field.
02:11It seeks proper one person, one vote.
02:16And it will be taken up tomorrow.
02:17It seeks contempt, action against the way police has stopped protests, etc., etc.
02:23Dr. Singhvi, the fact is that the Congress is running a sustained campaign against the Chief Election Commissioner.
02:31But the Chief Election Commissioner can be impeached.
02:34The process for removal of the Chief Election Commissioner is essentially an impeachment.
02:38This has nothing to do with impeachment.
02:41This is to deal with the irregularities and illegality that the EC and it's questionable.
02:46All right. Abhishek Manu Singhvi over there telling our colleague Maria Shaquille over there
02:51that this entire petition has been filed, not just against the SIR exercise which he calls illegal,
02:58also against the high-handedness of the police, also saying it has a mention of the CEC as well.
