00:02Indian capital's commercial heartbeat, Connaught Place, was forced to shut down over the weekend
00:07for security reasons, following mass youth-led demonstrations against India's poll panel chief
00:13Gyanesh Kumar, accused of rigging the election system. Opposition party demonstrators marched
00:19to India's Supreme Court on Monday to protest the removal of millions of names from voter lists
00:25that has sparked days of unrest in the Indian capital and challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
00:31I'm a storekeeper over here. We have a coffee shop here. For the last one week, we don't have any
00:37customers
00:38walking in because everybody is so concerned and scared. If we come to Connaught Place,
00:45first of all, they won't be able to come inside. If they are inside, they won't be able to go
00:50outside.
00:50Just look at the massive jam over here. Let the government do this protest peacefully. Nothing
00:59will happen. In fact, there are goons from, you know, BJP and RSAs who are basically just, you know,
01:07demolishing the whole protest. Let the protest go peacefully. Nothing will happen. Nothing will happen.
01:14Just wasting everybody's time, wasting time and economy is going down day by day.
01:19What's happening, Mr. Modi?
01:21We are here to earn. Customers will not enter the area unless it is safe and secure.
01:28So our business is suffering. We were closed on Saturday. We were closed on Sunday. Today is Monday,
01:3612th October, and we have opened. And we hope that it will continue the whole day,
01:43that we will remain open. We never know what will happen.
01:46Markets and metro stations in Connaught Place, Delhi's central business district and one of the
01:52world's most expensive office spaces were shut down by Delhi police to ensure security amid the agitated
01:58protests. Traders opened their stores on Monday morning after a closed weekend but saw very little
02:04footfall even during peak business hours.
02:14Female Speaker, Delhi's still working on Monday afternoon.
02:16We'reani, 14th October, and Julie isernil, 16th October, and will be successful because of the
02:17We're the best to enter the town of Sunday. They're also in the public.
02:18They're the only one withers in the public. They're in the public. They're in the public.
02:18They're out in the public. They're out in the public. They're at midnight. They're in the public.
