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The opposition INDIA bloc mounted a major demonstration at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan to protest against alleged electoral irregularities and targeted the Election Commission of India. Key leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, and Akhilesh Yadav, addressed the gathering, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Rahul Gandhi accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of hijacking institutions and labelled the 2024 parliamentary elections illegal. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav also criticised the government over voter list manipulation and predicted electoral defeats for the ruling party. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party dismissed the opposition demonstration as a flop show and a waste of time. Pointing to visuals from Ramlila Maidan, the party countered claims of a 10 lakh attendance, asserting that significant sections of the venue remained vacant.

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00:00So, the vote-chouri battle continues to intensify.
00:03The opposition has upped the ante in its fight against the Election Commission
00:07with a mega show of strength at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan.
00:10Leading the charge were Rahul Gandhi, Malik Arjan Kargay, Akhilesh Yadav
00:14and several other opposition leaders.
00:16Rahul Gandhi asserted that Gyanesh Kumar will have to resign as Chief Election Commissioner
00:21and that he must be jailed.
00:23And Rahul Gandhi mocked BJP's Modi kahi nahi jayega offensive
00:26and said that Modi will not be allowed to leave until he pays for the alleged vote-chouri.
00:31Rahul Gandhi also accused the BJP of hijacking institutions
00:34and he also alleged that vote theft had brought Narendra Modi to power
00:39and also declared that no one was bigger than the constitution.
00:43West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also hit out at the Chief Election Commissioner
00:47warning that Gyanesh Kumar would have to vanish.
00:50Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of looting democracy
00:53claiming Bengal's electoral defeat was engineered.
00:56And with Uttar Pradesh elections on the horizon,
00:59Akhilesh Yadav trained his guns on the BJP,
01:01predicting its defeat in the state and also alleging manipulation of voter lists.
01:06So meanwhile, the BJP has targeted the India Bloc over its rally,
01:09questioning the Congress' claim that 10 lakh people would attend the gathering
01:13and also accusing the Opposition Alliance of exaggerating the turnout.
01:17Now, BJP MP Samit Patra said that the party described the event
01:22as a complete waste of time, so the BJP is calling it a complete waste of time
01:26and also calling it a flop show.
01:28And it also cited footage of the venue to argue that large portions of the Ramlila Maidan remained vacant.
01:36In 2014, it was illegal, it was illegal, it was illegal, it was illegal, and this is what I don't
01:48say.
01:49This is what I don't say, this is what the Election Commission is saying.
01:52This is what I don't say.
02:22I will tell you that there is no way to go. I will tell you that there is no way
02:32to go. If you want to go, we will not go.
02:54I will tell you that there is no way to go.
03:07I will tell you that there is no way to go.
03:46I will tell you that there is no way to go.
03:53There is no way to go.
04:19I will tell you that there is no way to go.
04:28I will tell you that there is no way to go.
04:41I will tell you that there is no way to go.
05:08I will tell you that there is no way to go.
05:44I will tell you that there is no way to go.
05:46I will tell you that there is no way to go.
06:13I will tell you that there is no way to go.
06:47I will tell you that there is no way to go.
06:48I will tell you that there is no way to go.
06:49I will tell you that there is no way to go.

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