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The INDIA bloc has intensified its campaign against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, announcing a symbolic public impeachment event on October 30, followed by a mega rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on November 1 over alleged voter deletions during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
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00:00Good evening, you're watching NewsTrack with me, Maria Shakil, protests versus Paddyatras.
00:05The political battle has spilled onto the streets completely.
00:10The India bloc is turning up the heat on Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
00:14with a public impeachment event on October 30th, that's tomorrow,
00:20which will be followed by a mega rally on November 1st at the Ramlila Maidan.
00:24The BJP, meanwhile, is hitting the ground with its counter-campaign, Lok Tantra Bachao, Arajak Tahatao.
00:31Two camps, two counter-mobilizations and a political contest gathering pace.
00:37The big question now will be, will November 1st remain a protest against CEC
00:42or evolve into a larger test of political strength?
00:47Before I bring in the guests, here's a report.
00:55This festive season, expect political fireworks.
00:59Delhi's streets are turning into a political battleground.
01:06The opposition's agenda is clear.
01:09Oust CEC.
01:10The India bloc has turned up the heat against CEC Gyanesh Kumar,
01:15announcing a public impeachment on October 30th
01:18and a mega rally at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan on November 1st.
01:25After police allegedly denied permission at two venues,
01:29the India bloc will hold its public impeachment at Congress President's residence.
01:33Former Lok Sabha speaker Meera Kumar will preside.
01:37Malik Arjun Karge will move the motion.
01:40Rahul Gandhi will deliver the concluding address
01:42and opposition leaders, civil society representatives
01:46and people affected by the SIR will join the proceedings.
01:51We have no other way but to hold this representative impeachment
01:55and we also thought that to give slot or windows to civil society
02:00and the victims of the SIR.
02:05Rahul Gandhi, meanwhile, has thrown his weight behind the November 1st showdown,
02:09urging people across the country to join the Chalo Dilli march.
02:13His message, don't be afraid of the police or Lattis.
02:18Don't worry about the police.
02:21Don't worry about Lattis.
02:24The BJP will not have the guts to try any of their antics.
02:29Come march with us.
02:30We'll walk together to protect the Constitution.
02:35And the opposition is leaving nothing to chance.
02:38India bloc leaders have huddled at Karge's residence
02:41while Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Wadra,
02:45KC Venu Gopal and Pavan Khaira have inspected Ramlila Meydan.
03:13But there is a festive season twist.
03:16Traders are urging Rahul Gandhi to postpone the November 1st rally,
03:20warning that a political show of strength could disrupt business
03:24at the busiest time of the year.
03:29But the BJP isn't sitting back.
03:32The ruling party has launched counter-protest and counter-campaign.
03:36Lok Tantra Bachao, Rajak Tahatau.
03:39BJP President Nitin Nabeen has also chaired a strategy meeting
03:43which was attended by Union Ministers Piyush Goyal,
03:46Kiran Rajajoo and other senior leaders.
04:12So as Delhi heads towards November 1st,
04:15the stakes are rising.
04:17This is no longer just a fight over SIR.
04:21November 1st will be more than a show of strength.
04:24It will be a showdown for political supremacy.
04:28Bureau Report, India Today.
04:32And joining me on this broadcast, Sanju Varma,
04:34National Spokesperson of the BJP.
04:36We have Adil Singh Bhoparai representing the Congress,
04:38Sajjan Kumar, political analyst.
04:41And I have Swati Chaturvedi, senior journalist and author.
04:45I'm going to begin with you, Sanju Varma.
04:47What really explains BJP's counter-move?
04:51That if something is being done by the India bloc,
04:54you have to counter it with your own padhyatra.
04:57I mean, you're not really trying to set an alternative agenda.
05:01You are trying to play on the pitch
05:03which has been set by the India bloc.
05:08You know, Maria, that's a very pertinent question.
05:11But if you know BJP,
05:12since you're a smart and seasoned journalist,
05:15the fact of the matter is
05:16that there are two ways of handling a situation.
05:20A, you make your own pitch.
05:21And two, you play on the front foot
05:24and decide to take up the challenge,
05:27the gauntlet thrown at you by the opposition.
05:30And the Modi government, the BJP,
05:32has decided to do both parallelly.
05:34So the march that was undertaken
05:37barely a couple of hours back by Nitin Nabeen,
05:39which was basically save democracy,
05:42you know, remove anarchy and remove mobocracy.
05:44I mean, that is not necessarily a counter
05:47to what Rahul Gandhi or the likes of a Yogendra Yadav
05:51who believe in street style veto
05:53have decided to do.
05:54If freedom of speech and freedom of expression
05:57is something that the Congress
05:58and Darbari ecosystem keeps talking about ad nauseum,
06:03then that same freedom of speech,
06:05that same freedom of expression,
06:07that same right to protest,
06:08the same rights under Article 19,
06:10which are available to the Darbari ecosystem,
06:13are available to us as well.
06:14And if we've decided to exercise them judiciously,
06:19if we've decided to exercise them with restraint
06:23to prove a point, to set the narrative,
06:26I don't see any harm in that.
06:28I mean, why are people so rattled?
06:30No, I don't think so anybody is rattled here, Sanjuji.
06:34I'm going to get the two analysts on the show
06:36and ask them that question.
06:38Swati Jadu Redi,
06:39it's evident that this is a pitch of the opposition.
06:43The BJP is saying that they are trying to play
06:45on the front foot here.
06:47But the question really is
06:49that in this competitive narrative setting,
06:53what role can a mock parliament really do?
06:57Or really play?
06:59Thank you so much, Maria,
07:00for having me on your show at the outset.
07:03You know, I've been saying this for a while now.
07:06This mock parliament to me
07:07is, you know, something which is very juvenile.
07:11I find it quite ridiculous
07:13because, you know, these are serious things.
07:15The Congress is the oldest political party in the country.
07:19We call them the grand old party.
07:21They used to be the biggest, you know,
07:22they had, it was the biggest tent.
07:24And all these things are very serious matters.
07:27They should be addressed in parliament.
07:29I mean, a mock parliament,
07:30a mock parliament can only lead to a mock prime minister.
07:33You know, you know, we are...
07:35And a mock CEC, who will be impeached.
07:38Exactly.
07:39You know, I mean, impeaching the CEC,
07:41you know, all of this,
07:43you know, Maria,
07:44the way it has been personalized against Ganesh Kumar
07:46is, you know, there is a systemic problem.
07:49Instead of attacking the systemic problem,
07:52talking about SIR,
07:53talking about the fact that
07:54people are being disenfranchised,
07:56you made it all about Ganesh Kumar.
07:59You know, like earlier the CJP
08:00had made it all about Dharmain Kumar.
08:02You know, and Dharmain Prasthan
08:04gotten rid of him.
08:05Has anything changed?
08:06So this very personalized campaign
08:08could backfire.
08:10You know, the BJP's picked up the gauntlet
08:12thrown down by the Congress and the opposition.
08:14And, you know, now they shouldn't be complaining
08:16that, you know, the trade doesn't be affected
08:18or not affected
08:19because after all the permission for this rally
08:21was given by,
08:22the Ramlila Medan was given by Delhi police.
08:25That's right.
08:25So, you know, they can withdraw it at any time.
08:27Okay.
08:27So you have to put all the responses.
08:29Okay.
08:29Okay.
08:30Let me bring in Sajjan Kumar as well
08:33as we wait for Adil to join us.
08:37Sajjan, how are you viewing this?
08:39Many would say that the BJP,
08:43which always played the role of good opposition,
08:47has again decided to play that role
08:50while being in power
08:51because they realize
08:52that they cannot give a free pass
08:55to the Congress party here.
08:58Yes, precisely the perception has been
09:00that BJP does an excellent job
09:03when in opposition
09:04and Congress always pretends to be
09:06a ruling party
09:07or a ruling party invading.
09:09And that is why
09:10the rule reversal seems a bit difficult.
09:13And that is why
09:13we are witnessing
09:14an unprecedented,
09:17unique situation
09:17in the history of modern India.
09:19That is that for the first time,
09:22you see both the ruling party
09:24and the prime opposition party,
09:26both are out in protest
09:28on the roads,
09:30in the streets
09:31and calling for movement simultaneously.
09:33So this is like one nation,
09:35one protest kind of a scenario
09:37wherein the ruling party
09:38and the opposition,
09:38they all are hitting the roads
09:41and the streets.
09:42This also shows that
09:44when politics has,
09:46democratic politics
09:47has two faces,
09:48one, the parliamentary politics,
09:49along with that,
09:50you have the oppositional,
09:51that is the protest politics.
09:53And what we are witnessing
09:54that the parliamentary politics,
09:56the conventional mode
09:57is taking a back seat
09:58and the protest politics
10:00from all the corners
10:01is superseding
10:03the parliamentary politics
10:04and it is foregrounding.
10:06And that means
10:06the politics is going to
10:08be more confrontational
10:10because the way...
10:11Street,
10:11the nature of street
10:12is confrontational.
10:14So let me bring in
10:15Adil Singh Bhoparai
10:16before I go back
10:17to Sanju Verma.
10:18Adil,
10:19the point that was being made
10:21by Swati Chaturvedi,
10:22a veteran journalist herself,
10:24that, you know,
10:25a mock parliament
10:26really doesn't really
10:28help your cause.
10:29Congress is planning
10:30a symbolic public impeachment
10:32of C.C. Gyanesh Kumar.
10:34How does it really help?
10:35Aren't you making a mockery
10:37of an issue
10:37that you have raised
10:39with a lot of conviction so far?
10:42Well,
10:43Maria,
10:43good evening.
10:44We live in very unusual times.
10:46We live in times
10:47where almost every institution
10:49in this country
10:50has been emasculated,
10:51perhaps barring
10:52a few notable exceptions.
10:54So therefore,
10:55under such circumstances,
10:57the opposition,
10:58which is muzzled
11:00at every curb,
11:01at every corner,
11:02has to find creative ways
11:04of putting their point across.
11:07And one such creative way
11:09is a mock parliament
11:11because, unfortunately,
11:12under the BJP,
11:14the parliament
11:14has been reduced
11:15to a notice vote.
11:17The BJP tries to ride
11:19roughshod
11:19over the processes
11:21in parliament.
11:22Unfortunately,
11:23the presiding officers
11:24are extremely biased.
11:26So that is basically
11:27the mock parliament
11:28flows out of that template,
11:30point number one.
11:31Point number two,
11:32the larger issue
11:33which is about
11:34vote sorry
11:35and the lack of credibility
11:37in Mr. Gyanesh Kumar.
11:39I think that goes
11:39to the root of our republic.
11:41If the empire is biased
11:43or if the empire
11:44has started to side
11:46with one party
11:46and there is overwhelming material
11:48to demonstrate
11:49that he is siding
11:50with one party,
11:51I think it's incumbent.
11:53the matter is subjudice.
11:55Let the courts decide.
11:58You know,
11:58the EC has submitted
12:00its affidavit.
12:01Of course,
12:02that affidavit
12:02raises much more questions
12:04than it actually
12:05finds answers to.
12:06In no way
12:07it has actually
12:08set aside
12:09any of the questions
12:10that were raised
12:10by Rithika
12:11in that story
12:12that she did.
12:13So my limited point is
12:15that here is
12:17opposition
12:18which is trying
12:19to really push
12:20for an issue
12:21or a concern.
12:23But again,
12:25if you do not
12:28wait for the parliamentary
12:31processes
12:31to really move ahead
12:33then how will
12:35a mock parliament
12:36really help
12:37the larger seriousness
12:38of an SIR
12:40which is about
12:41disenfranchisement
12:42of a number
12:43significant number.
12:45I'll respond to that question.
12:47Firstly,
12:47as far as the ECI
12:48and their affidavit
12:49is concerned,
12:50I think the ECI
12:51is tying himself
12:52in knots.
12:53Gyanesh Kumar
12:54is making it worse
12:55for himself.
12:56Be that as it may,
12:57the courts will decide.
12:58Yes.
12:58But what the court decides,
13:00I think it's important
13:01to indicate
13:02on behalf of the
13:03Congress party
13:04that our yearn
13:05for accountability,
13:07for political accountability
13:08in the political realm
13:10will continue regardless.
13:11This is point number one.
13:13Point number two,
13:14Maria,
13:15responding to your
13:16specific question,
13:17when processes
13:18and institutions
13:20have been made
13:21a mockery
13:21by the BJP,
13:23when yes-men
13:24are governing
13:25such institutions
13:26who have completely
13:27lost their voice
13:29and do not have
13:30So the Congress
13:31says,
13:32that the Congress
13:36party doesn't get
13:37a chance to speak
13:38in Parliament,
13:39their concerns
13:40are not addressed
13:41in Parliament
13:42and hence
13:42they have to
13:44resort to
13:45these ways
13:46in order to
13:47get the attention.
13:49Maria,
13:50I will answer
13:51your question
13:51because it's
13:52a very relevant one
13:53but I cannot allow
13:55statements made
13:56against the CEC
13:58and SIR
13:59by the Congress
14:00spokesperson
14:01go unchecked.
14:02So let me first
14:03say this,
14:04the Chief Election
14:05Commissioner
14:06and his team,
14:07it was a common
14:08affidavit
14:09which was signed
14:10by all the three
14:11election commissioners
14:12including
14:12Gyanesh Kumar.
14:14It is like
14:14making a statement
14:15under oath
14:16and was filed
14:17in the Supreme Court
14:18and while the Supreme Court
14:19will take a decision
14:20as and when it will,
14:22the fact of the matter
14:23is that Form 6
14:24was not altered.
14:26Point number one.
14:27Point number two.
14:28The fact of the matter
14:30is that three major
14:31SIR related decisions,
14:33one on the 24th
14:34of June 2025,
14:36one on the 27th
14:37of October 2025
14:38and the third one
14:39on the 14th
14:40of May 2026
14:41were all taken
14:43unanimously
14:43with consensus
14:45and the third
14:46and most important
14:47point is this,
14:48each time a Congress
14:49comes on national
14:50television
14:50and says,
14:52oh,
14:52Gyanesh Kumar
14:53is actually somebody
14:54who's a handmaiden
14:55of the BJP
14:56and that is the reason
14:57they're winning elections.
14:58I will just remind them
14:59about three people.
15:01A,
15:02TN Session
15:03who was given
15:04a ticket to contest
15:05from Gandhinagar
15:06after his tenure
15:07as Chief Election Commissioner
15:08expired.
15:09He was also accommodated
15:11in the Planning Commission
15:12after Rajiv Gandhi's demise.
15:14B,
15:15I will talk about
15:15N.S. Gill
15:16who was the
15:17Chief Election Commissioner
15:18from 2001
15:19to 2006
15:20and was made
15:21the Union's
15:22Fox Minister
15:23in 2008
15:24by Sonia Gandhi's
15:25kitchen cabinet
15:26and the third example
15:27I want to give
15:28is that of
15:29Naveen Shabla
15:30who was handpicked
15:31by Sonia Gandhi
15:32and appointed
15:33as the Chief Election Commissioner
15:35despite Sonia Gandhi
15:37not holding
15:38any constitutional position
15:40at that point in time.
15:42And my final point
15:43is this,
15:44that if there is
15:44one entity
15:45that has delegitimized
15:47our institutions,
15:48it is the Congress Party.
15:50Do you remember,
15:50Maria?
15:51They chose the date
15:521st November
15:53for their shenanigans.
15:551st November 1984
15:57is when the
15:59anti-Sikh genocide
16:01started.
16:02When Sikhs
16:03were being pulled out
16:04of their houses
16:04and butchered
16:05in broad daylight
16:07under the
16:08long and incompetent
16:09I am going to,
16:09I am going to come
16:11to 1st of November
16:12in just a bit
16:12but let me go back
16:13to Swati Chaturvedi
16:15and Sajjan Kumar
16:16as well.
16:16Swati Chaturvedi,
16:18of course,
16:19all eyes will be
16:20on what happens
16:21in Ramlila Maidan
16:22because that will be
16:23also a show of strength
16:25of the opposition parties
16:26but it is coming
16:27in the backdrop
16:28of MLC election results.
16:31Many would say
16:31why attach
16:32too much of
16:33importance
16:34to these elections
16:35but these were
16:37elections
16:37which were held
16:38on ballot paper
16:40which has been
16:41the demand
16:41of the Congress Party
16:42and then you have
16:44a case
16:45in which
16:45the regional parties
16:46like Akhilesh Yadav
16:47holding to his ground
16:48in the state
16:49of Uttar Pradesh
16:50the Svi Yadav
16:51led RJD
16:52doing well
16:53in the state
16:53of Bihar
16:54the larger question
16:55is also
16:56if you do not
16:57have the
16:58organizational support
16:59in narrative setting
17:00where do you go?
17:04Now,
17:05Maria,
17:05exactly,
17:05this is the number
17:06of the matter
17:06this is the most
17:07critical question
17:08everybody is
17:09squaring off
17:09for UP
17:10you know
17:11every single party
17:12and what we saw
17:13yesterday
17:14was a very
17:15important message
17:16to send to
17:16three chief ministers
17:17and they should
17:18all be getting
17:18the message
17:19it is a message
17:19to Yogi Adityanath
17:20it is a message
17:21to the BJP
17:22to get its house
17:23in order
17:23to get its act
17:24together
17:24and to stop
17:25the big infighting
17:28the big infighting
17:29which is going on
17:30in the Uttar Pradesh BJP
17:31and the fact
17:32that Yogi Adityanath
17:32does not exactly
17:33get along
17:34with Mr. Modi
17:35and Mr. Shah
17:35number one
17:36it was a message
17:37sent to DK
17:37Shiv Kumar
17:38who had promised
17:39after his
17:41takeover
17:41from Siddharam
17:42that you know
17:43the Congress
17:44has a citadel
17:45now in Karnataka
17:46is one of the very few
17:47big states
17:48the Congress
17:48still rules
17:49and also a message
17:50to Bihar
17:52you know
17:52where a newbie
17:53like Prashant Kishore
17:54managed to rest a seat
17:55so you know
17:56the electorate
17:57the voter
17:58has sent a very
17:58clear message
17:59and of course
18:00in Nagpur
18:00in Varanasi
18:01you know
18:02Nagpur
18:02is where
18:03Mr. Fadnavis
18:04comes from
18:05and where the RSS
18:06has its headquarters
18:08and Varanasi
18:09of course
18:09is the Prime Minister's
18:10seat
18:10so all of
18:12all of these
18:13are very critical
18:13messages
18:14that the voter
18:14has sent out
18:15I don't know
18:16if these
18:16political parties
18:17will decipher it
18:18or what their
18:19take away
18:19or you know
18:20whether there's
18:20going to be
18:21any introspection
18:22or not
18:22I think
18:23this is far
18:24more important
18:25than what happens
18:26on the
18:271st November rally
18:28because
18:29today also
18:30Rahul Gandhi
18:31had an outreach
18:32with beat
18:32correspondents
18:33to kind of
18:33convince them
18:34about the
18:34you know
18:35opposition's
18:36point of view
18:37but
18:38you know
18:38the fact that
18:39both of these
18:40outfits are
18:41hitting the street
18:42against each other
18:43is a bit comical
18:43I mean
18:44what is the BJP
18:44protesting?
18:45I don't understand
18:45I'd like Sanju
18:46I mean
18:47you know
18:47I'd like Sanju
18:48Rahman to tell us
18:49what is the BJP
18:50hitting the streets
18:50for?
18:51It's the government
18:52Okay
18:53what is the BJP
18:54hitting the streets
18:55for?
18:56You know
18:56first and foremost
18:57Swapi made some
18:58very interesting
18:59points
18:59and I will answer
19:00what she's
19:01posed
19:02without ducking it
19:04you know
19:04what is the BJP
19:05protesting against?
19:06I think BJP
19:07is the one
19:07who should be
19:08protesting
19:08against the
19:09daylight
19:09vandalism
19:11of the
19:11legal system
19:13daylight
19:15and delegitimization
19:16of the electoral
19:17process
19:18daylight
19:18legitimization
19:19and vandalization
19:20of freedom of speech
19:22you know
19:23where professional
19:23Landolan Jeevis
19:24gather at
19:25Jantar Mantar 1.0
19:26and say
19:26Sansad Bhavan
19:31is BJP supposed
19:32to be lying down
19:33and taking
19:34all the muck
19:35that is thrown
19:36at it
19:36certainly not
19:37and for those
19:38who say
19:39why has BJP
19:40taken so long
19:41to wake up
19:41and we will decide
19:43when we want
19:43to protest
19:55you know
19:56all the questions
19:57that are being
19:57raised
19:58no no no
19:59Maria
20:00let me make
20:01one thing
20:01very very clear
20:02I think
20:03more than
20:04a press conference
20:05and I say
20:06this with all
20:07humility
20:08more than
20:09a press conference
20:09a written
20:10affidavit
20:11which is like
20:12a you know
20:13document under
20:14oath
20:15which have
20:16the signatures
20:16of Mr.
20:17Gyanesh
20:18but Sanju
20:18it has raised
20:19lot of questions
20:20still there
20:21unanswered
20:22questions
20:22even after
20:24that affidavit
20:24Maria you don't
20:26do this normally
20:27why are you
20:27interrupting me
20:28let me finish
20:28please
20:29you know
20:29my limited
20:30point is
20:31more than
20:31a press conference
20:32Maria
20:32with no
20:33offence to
20:33anyone
20:34a document
20:35why an
20:37affidavit
20:38signed by
20:39Gyanesh Kumar
20:39signed by
20:40SS Sandhu
20:41signed by
20:41Dr.
20:42Vivek Joshi
20:43is far
20:44more relevant
20:45has far
20:46more weightage
20:47and credibility
20:48than a press
20:48conference
20:49and I tell
20:49you what
20:50I will say
20:51on your show
20:51Ritika Chopra
20:53and Indian
20:53Express
20:54did a
20:54hit job
20:55no I will
20:56not take
20:56that
20:57I will not
20:58take that
20:58at all
20:59Sanju
20:59and Ma
20:59I respect
21:00her journalism
21:01I will not
21:02be taking
21:02this on my
21:03show
21:03please no
21:04ma'am you
21:05have to
21:05respect
21:06a journalist's
21:07hard work
21:07and I
21:08respect
21:08Ritika Chopra's
21:09hard work
21:10there is no
21:10hit job here
21:11whatever questions
21:12has been raised
21:13about 14
21:14objections
21:14that has not
21:15been answered
21:16by that
21:17affidavit
21:17so I am
21:18going to
21:18bring in
21:18no ma'am
21:19no
21:20Adil Singh
21:21Boparai
21:21you may say
21:23whatever
21:23I will not
21:24take that
21:24on my
21:24show
21:25Adil Singh
21:25Boparai
21:26we have to
21:26respect
21:27the profession
21:28and the
21:28professionals
21:28yes please
21:29Adil
21:31Adil
21:32it is
21:33important
21:35that your
21:36viewers are not
21:37misled by the
21:38BJP lettering
21:39so therefore
21:40let me place
21:40one fact
21:41for their
21:42benefit
21:42in 2023
21:44this autocratic
21:46mindset
21:47which is the
21:48BJP and
21:49the RSS
21:49pushed the
21:50legislation in
21:52parliament
21:52which provides
21:54for lifelong
21:54immunity for the
21:56election commissioners
21:57never before in
21:59the history of our
22:00country such a
22:01provision has been
22:02passed
22:02not even the
22:03president or the
22:05governors have
22:06lifelong immunity
22:07even their
22:08immunity is
22:09restricted during
22:10the currency of
22:11their tenure
22:11so what does
22:12this demonstrate
22:13this demonstrates
22:15that Mr.
22:15Modi and
22:16Amit Shah
22:16wanted a
22:18cloak of
22:19immunity around
22:20these election
22:20commissioners so
22:21they can continue
22:23in vote chori
22:24point number one
22:25point number two
22:26let me deal with
22:26the specifics as
22:27far as the
22:27allegations are
22:28concerned
22:29the affidavit in
22:30fact admits
22:31that a committee
22:33of experts of
22:34IITs IIMs etc
22:35has been
22:36constituted as
22:37far as the
22:38accessibility of
22:39the ECI net
22:40database is
22:41concerned
22:41number two
22:42it acknowledges
22:44that a
22:44declaration has
22:45been added to
22:46form six which
22:47appears like an
22:48amendment
22:48this is not me
22:50saying these are
22:50the words of
22:51the affidavit
22:52when you add
22:53a declaration to
22:55an app to a
22:56form six that
22:57becomes a
22:57composite
22:58application and
22:59you put onerous
23:00obligations by
23:01way of a
23:02declaration that
23:03tantamounts to
23:04an amendment
23:05point number
23:05two point
23:06number three I
23:07fail to understand
23:08why is the
23:09BJP defending
23:10the ECI or
23:12more particularly
23:12yes that's the
23:13question that we
23:14have asked the
23:14BJP repeatedly
23:17yes it's high
23:18time that the
23:19CEC and the
23:20two election
23:21commissioners hold
23:22a press conference
23:22and answer all the
23:23questions that are
23:24being raised by
23:25all the journalists
23:26and the country at
23:27large really
23:27appreciate your
23:28time Sanju
23:28Varma
23:29Adil Singh
23:29Boparai
23:30Swati Chaturvedi
23:31and Sajjan
23:31Kumar
23:31remember there
23:33was an
23:33interesting
23:34development in
23:34the Supreme
23:35Court today
23:35two lakh
23:36fifty thousand
23:37cases over
23:38three thousand
23:39crores
23:40these are the
23:41figures from
23:412022 to
23:432025 that
23:44highlight how
23:45big a menace
23:46digital arrest
23:48is in India
23:49and today the
23:51Supreme Court
23:51said enough is
23:52enough taking
23:53slow motor
23:54cognizance of
23:55digital arrest
23:56scams the
23:57top court
23:57said banks
23:58must be held
23:59accountable for
24:00losses suffered
24:01by victims if
24:03the fraud
24:03results from a
24:06failure of due
24:07diligence the
24:08court also
24:08stressed that
24:09banks have a
24:11duty to protect
24:12customers asking
24:13why unusual
24:14transactions are
24:16not flagged when
24:17they deviate from
24:18an account holder's
24:19normal banking
24:21pattern the bench
24:22proposed that
24:23banks compensate
24:25victims and
24:26face prosecution
24:28where fraud
24:28occurs due to
24:29failures in due
24:31diligence the
24:32court has also
24:33sought details of
24:35authorized financial
24:36institutions and
24:36the proposed
24:37safeguards including
24:39compensation for
24:40victims in fact
24:42the chief justice
24:43questioned why
24:44educated citizens
24:45continue to fall
24:47prey to these
24:48scams despite
24:49widespread awareness
24:51campaigns the
24:53center meanwhile
24:54informed the
24:54court that
24:55reported digital
24:56arrest cases have
24:57declined by around
24:5850% compared with
25:00the previous year
25:01however the chief
25:03justice noted that
25:04losses from such
25:05offenses had still
25:06reached nearly 800
25:08crore rupees this
25:10year
25:12all right that
25:14brings me to the
25:15end of this
25:16broadcast thanks so
25:17much for watching