00:00And leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has vowed to continue the fight against
00:04Chief Election Commissioner over SIR.
00:06This as India bloc leaders regrouped in Delhi after approaching the Supreme Court.
00:11Home Minister Amit Shah has hit back, accusing Congress of using SIR to explain past defeats
00:16and predicting a Prachandhaar in 2029.
00:20The legal battle continues and so does the political war of words.
00:23Here's a report.
00:30From the streets to Rahul Gandhi's drawing room, the opposition's SIR campaign continues.
00:39Following Monday's march to the Supreme Court over the SIR exercise and CEC Gyanesh Kumar,
00:45Rahul Gandhi hosted India bloc MPs, civil society representatives and student groups at his New Delhi residence for a Haiti
00:54meeting.
00:54The focus was on discussing the road ahead and deciding the next steps in their campaign.
01:03Mr. Modi, who is the main architect, Mr. Amit Shah, who is the implementer, Mr. Gyanesh Kumar and others,
01:20they need to understand that the net is closing around them.
01:29It is not going to be so simple that you can destroy the Indian constitution and get away with it.
01:39The opposition came down heavily on the centre for removing Jantar Mantar from the list of designated protest sides in
01:45the national capital.
01:46One method of expression of democracy was Jantar Mantar.
01:52And now the government has decided that Jantar Mantar can no longer be used to express democratic feelings.
02:01Well, we are going to challenge that idea.
02:06This meeting comes a day after the opposition submitted a petition in the Supreme Court questioning mass voter deletions under
02:13the SIR process and the functioning of the Election Commission of India.
02:17The plea, however, was not listed for hearing after the Supreme Court registry flagged 14 defects in the filing.
02:26Rahul Gandhi's allegations drew a sharp rebuttal from Home Minister Amit Shah,
02:30who accused the Congress leader of blaming the SIR exercise for his party's defeats in previous elections.
03:04Shah also predicted a Prachand Haar for the Congress in the 2029 Loksabhai elections.
03:38The opposition is mounting a twin
03:41front battle against the CEC politically and legally.
03:46With SIR-related voter deletions fueling the row,
03:50the focus now shifts to its next course of action.
03:55Bureau Report, India Today.
