00:00The special intensive revision of the electoral rolls that's battle is now not just playing out on the streets, but
00:06also in the Supreme Court of India.
00:09The Election Commission has filed a detailed affidavit with a point-by-point response to allegations of vote chori.
00:19The Election Commission has denied all allegations of unilateral decisions taken by the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar.
00:26The Election Commission, on a signed affidavit, insists that all orders, the three orders related to the special intensive revision
00:36of the electoral rolls, were taken unanimously.
00:40On the issue of Form 6, they say the Form 6 has not been amended and that no voter can
00:46be added or deleted from the electoral rolls without the order of the ERO.
00:53So, let's take, break this down point-by-point on charges made and the EC's response, the EC's clarification on
01:03a sworn affidavit.
01:04So, on allegations of unilateral decisions by C.C. Gyanesh Kumar, the ECI says all orders were unanimously approved.
01:12On Form 6, the report flags an alleged change without government approval to Form 6, the annexure.
01:22The ECI says Form 6 has not been amended.
01:25The annexure is for mapping to ease requirement for additional documents.
01:33On Goa's 97 voters allegedly left out of the final electoral rolls, the ECI, in its response, filed in the
01:43Supreme Court, says 88 names out of those 97 have already been enrolled.
01:49Six others were overseas.
01:51On West Bengal Tribunal Appeals, the Election Commission of India says the CEO's office in Bengal acted under orders of
02:01the Supreme Court, though the matters raised there were not brought before the Election Commission.
02:07On ECI net access, the ECI says voter additions and deletions require an order from the competent authority and the
02:17competent authority is the ERO or the Electoral Registration Officer.
02:23On work redistribution, and this, again, was a major issue because this is where the newspaper report had claimed that
02:31the Election Commissioners had reached out to the Cabinet Secretary and this indicated that all was not well within the
02:37Election Commission.
02:37The Election Commission of India affidavit says that this July 28 order was never implemented after both the Election Commissioners
02:46issued a joint direction on the 30th of July.
02:50And on official communication, allegedly issued without approval, the Commission says that officers exceeding their delegated power will face action.
03:00But the opposition, led by the Congress, they're clearly not backing down.
03:06They're not satisfied with these answers.
03:08They say this is very clever wordplay.
03:11There is no response on merits.
03:14Rahul Gandhi, leader of opposition, for example, he repeated the charge that the special intensive revision is all about democratic
03:24rights, no doubt.
03:25But voters in India are being denied their rightful place in this electoral process.
03:31The Congress Party maintains that the fight is not merely about paperwork, but whether every eligible citizen actually gets to
03:38exercise their right to vote.
03:41And now, the Congress Party says they will take this war even further.
03:46The Congress Party now wants to have a mock parliament.
03:52And in this mock parliament, there will be a debate and ultimately mock impeachment of the CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
04:02Now, the Congress Party says their efforts to have this mock parliament have been blocked.
04:07The Ashok Hotel, where they plan to have this mock parliament, apparently, Congress says police denied them permission.
04:16But the Delhi Police has issued a clarification countering the claims of the Congress Party.
04:21Delhi Police officials have said that the Congress Party's NOC to have a protest at Ramlila ground has not been
04:29withdrawn.
04:30Protest permission still stands.
04:33Police say they are not interfering with any of the rally preparations.
04:38The proposed mock parliament inside the Ashok Hotel falls outside the jurisdiction.
04:44So, they say we have nothing to do with what happens inside the Ashok Hotel.
04:49As far as Ramlila Maidan is concerned, they have permission.
04:52They have an NOC.
04:53They can do what they want there.
04:55Where the Congress Party, they have dug in their heels.
04:59As they say, they will continue with their protests at the Ramlila Maidan.
05:04Traders are now red flagging these planned protests.
05:07Traders in that area, they are asking the Congress Party to shift either to Burari or to Nehru Stadium.
05:15Where at least business in this very important festival season will not be adversely impacted.
05:24They have actually warned, they have cautioned that if protests are held at the Ramlila Maidan.
05:29And if it's a sustained protest, then 20 markets, 20 markets in and around that area of Ramlila Maidan will
05:38be adversely impacted.
05:40And the losses could be up to a tune of 10,000 crore rupees during the festival season.
05:47And then they say there are multiple hospitals in the region.
05:51Entry and exit, including of emergency vehicles to hospitals, may also be adversely impacted.
05:57The BJP has taken up this issue.
06:01They have accused the Congress of putting their political agenda ahead of public interest.
06:08The BJP has accused the Congress of putting politics over public,
06:12alleging it's turning the SIR battle into a political campaign, ignoring traders' concerns over business losses.
06:19This political contest is now moving towards the month of November,
06:23with both sides preparing for contesting street campaigns.
06:28So Rahul Gandhi's Congress is pushing a Save Democracy agenda.
06:33The BJP is launching a nationwide padhyatra from the 1st of November under the slogan,
06:38Lok Tantra Bachao or Save Democracy, Arajakta Hattao.
06:43The BJP says the campaign is intended to counter the opposition's narrative
06:48and create awareness about the special intensive revision of the electoral rolls.
06:53And there are multiple union ministers and chief ministers from NDA-ruled states
06:57who are expected to participate in the counter-mobilization
07:01to indicate a national footprint.
07:05Battle lines are very clearly drawn.
07:07Congress protest versus BJP's padhyatra.
07:11The big question, is it about protecting voter rights as the Congress claims
07:16or politicizing the electoral revision as the BJP hits back?
07:20Then the Congress says, why is it that the BJP says a Congress rally will lead to disruption
07:27but a BJP padhyatra in the same festival season will not?
07:31We'll get you all sides of the debate, keeping India first.
07:36But first, let me get you the war of words.
08:07We will make you the war of words.
08:11I don't think we will stop.
08:14We will not stop until Gyanesh Kumar will not give their support.
08:18Until Narendra Modi Ji will not attack Gyanesh Kumar,
08:22we will not stop the opposition.
08:24We can do this in the country.
08:28So, that's not the reason.
08:30The reason is that you will protest against people's lives,
08:33people's lives, people's lives,
08:35people's lives, people's lives.
08:38They will protest against people.
08:40We want to do this in other countries
08:41and produce some of the trade.
08:46We will not stop there.
08:47The whole country isabeled.
08:48I also have been saying that.
08:52I was asking,
08:55we will not hire some people.
08:58Don't let us know that
08:58there will be more people who have arrived.
09:00The people who have arrived at the country
09:00will be satisfied.
09:02What will the police tell us?
09:04The only time is the most common points.
09:10.
09:33first of all they need to go alone then they came here they told we can't allow you
09:40that means this is not the Delhi police decision it is the decision of Mahirandra Modi and Amit Shah
09:46their pet are Ganesh Kumar to be protected this is what they're thinking but we are
09:57not going to succumb on their pressures the traders are appealing to him he's asking the
10:04traders to do his work in effect that he's telling the traders that why don't you ask for the
10:08resignation they are saying we want to enjoy the festival of Diwali we don't want disruption in
10:13our business we want our customers and our other people to move freely so Rahul Gandhiji's politics
10:19is very strange what is his demand his desire he now wants to give it to the traders and ask
10:25them to do it what the traders will say on this is best to ask them
