00:00Okay, let's turn, though, to our top story today, where the SIR Rao is now hitting the streets.
00:07The battle over the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, who finds himself in the line of fire of the opposition
00:15parties, particularly the Congress.
00:17The Congress held protests across the country, demanding action against the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar.
00:23The BJP, on the other hand, is firmly backing the CEC. Top opposition leaders, including Malikar Jun Gharge, the Congress
00:31President, continuing to hit out against Gyanesh Kumar.
00:35As the war of words escalates, the Kokruj Janata Party has also entered the fray and reiterated its ultimatum against
00:44Gyanesh Kumar, threatening to launch a jail-bharo-andolan from the 2nd of October.
00:50Take a look at just how the Election Commission story refuses to die down.
01:02Delhi, Jaipur, Srinagar, Hyderabad.
01:15The opposition on Monday hit the streets in different parts of the country over the already raging controversy over the
01:24special intensive revision of the electoral rolls,
01:27or the SIR process, which has put the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, in the opposition's crosshairs.
01:38The protesters clashed with the police in NDA-ruled states and demanded the removal of the CEC.
01:48The government is unwilling to budge an inch and launched a scathing counter-attack on the opposition, which hit back
01:58measure for measure.
02:16Particularly this issue is concerned to the entire country and also our existence of our democracy.
02:29Meanwhile, the Kokruj Janata Party reiterated its ultimatum and targeted Gyanesh Kumar.
02:51But amidst the opposition attacks in the government defense, all eyes now are firmly on the CEC and his next
02:59course of action.
03:01With Anmol Bali, Sharad Kumar, Rohit Singh and Satyajit Kumar, Bureau Report, India Today.
