00:00Moving on now, the Election Commission, Rao, is now testing opposition unity.
00:05After its CWC meeting, the Congress has put forward five demands,
00:09including the resignation of the Prime Minister and also the CEC, Gyanesh Kumar.
00:15The BJP has hit back, but the bigger challenge for Congress comes tomorrow.
00:19The India bloc beats in Delhi to discuss a joint strategy on EC and SIR Rao,
00:26but not everyone is just about ready for it.
00:30Meanwhile, Rahul Kanthi visited Delhi's Yamuna Bank on Monday
00:34and claimed that over 700 people living in the area were on electoral rolls before.
00:40But after the special investigative revision that took place,
00:44only one name remains on the entire roll.
00:49Here's the full report.
01:00Political slugfest over the special intensive revision of the electoral rolls or SIR is intensifying.
01:07The Congress on Tuesday held a crucial meeting ahead of the opposition India bloc meeting,
01:14listing five crucial demands against what it called are irregularities in the poll rolls,
01:21seeking transparency in poll data and decisions,
01:25a probe into lapses and making poll roll changes public.
01:31The Congress also continued its attack on the BJP and the Election Commission,
01:36accusing the Narendra Modi government of hollowing out democracy
01:41and calling the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, the government's puppet.
01:48The Chief Election Commissioner is completely compromised.
01:52The election system of this country is rigged.
01:56Whether it is EVM mission or it is voter list,
02:03both of them are compromised.
02:05The India bloc will hold a key meeting on Wednesday,
02:09which will be attended by several top leaders of the opposition bloc.
02:13However, Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav is staying away
02:19amid reports of a rift over siege sharing in Uttar Pradesh.
02:24While Shiv Sena UBT Chief Uddav Thakre will attend the meet virtually,
02:30the BJP on the other hand hit back at the opposition bloc meeting.
03:03The leader of opposition, Rahul Ghani,
03:05Gandhi visited Delhi's Yamuna Bank on Monday
03:08and claimed more than 700 people living in the area
03:12were on the electoral rolls before.
03:15But after the special intensive revision,
03:18only one name remains on the roll.
03:21He has alleged this amounts to vote chori.
03:40The election commission has pushed back against Rahul Gandhi's allegations,
03:45saying that the area was earlier used for agricultural activity,
03:49which ended in 2021,
03:52while the dwelling units there were demolished in 2022-23.
03:57The election commission said BLOs could not find people
04:01residing at those registered addresses
04:03during the SIR verification process.
04:07India today visited the Yamuna Bank area in Delhi
04:10to cross-check Rahul Gandhi's claims.
04:38Very recently, their names have been struck off from the electoral list.
04:42And obviously, they are now scared
04:46that whether they'll actually be able to
04:49take benefits of government schemes or not,
04:52or whether they'll actually be able to
04:53now participate in voting exercise or not.
04:57The opposition wants nothing short of CEC Gyanesh Kumar's sacking.
05:04Will the government continue to back him and push back?
05:09With Mosmee Singh and Rahul Gautam,
05:13Bureau Report, India Today.
