00:00Let's quickly get you up to speed where all the protests, the political protests that have taken place across the
00:06country over the demand of the opposition that the Chief Election Commissioner stepped down as his position as per the
00:13opposition is now untenable post the latest revelations in news reports.
00:18The Congress leading from the front multiple protests across the country. This is how the day panned out.
00:31Delhi, Jaipur, Srinagar, Hyderabad and many others.
00:45The opposition on Monday hit the streets in different parts of the country over the already raging controversy over the
00:53special intensive revision of the electoral rolls.
00:56This is the SIR process, which has put the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, in the opposition's crosshairs.
01:07The protesters clashed with the police in NDA-ruled states and demanded the removal of the CEC.
01:16Heavy barricading has been done by the Delhi police and the paramilitary forces to stop the Congress workers to march
01:22towards the Election Commission headquarters.
01:24But here in the visuals, clearly you can see that IYC workers are holding placards in their hand.
01:30They are trying to march towards the Election Commission office.
01:34They are holding posters in their hand.
01:36Vote-chori prison.
01:37So clearly they are targeting Chief Election Commissioner.
01:39The Congress is trying to march towards the Department of Congress and they are trying to march towards the Department
01:46of Congress and they are trying to march towards the Department of Congress.
01:56You can see pictures here that how the entire area has been heavily barricaded.
02:01And a short while back, a water cannon was also used to control the situation.
02:06But you can see here how the barricading's have been, in fact, damaged here by the protesters.
02:26The government is unwilling to budge an inch and launched a scathing counter-attack on the opposition, which hit back
02:37measure for measure.
03:02And also our existence of our democracy.
03:08say
03:47Meanwhile, the Kokrut Janta Party reiterated its ultimatum and targeted Gyanesh Kumar.
04:09The controversy has now snowballed into one of the biggest political controversies of the year and is threatening to escalate
04:18even further.
04:19The Election Commission has given a point-by-point rebuttal to all charges and has denied any division in its
04:28ranks.
04:29But amidst the opposition attacks in the government defence, all eyes now are firmly on the CEC and his next
04:37course of action.
04:39With Anmol Bali, Sharad Kumar, Rohit Singh and Satyajit Kumar, Bureau Report, India Today.
