00:00Our top focus today comes in from Mumbai. The heat on CEC Gyanesh Kumar is rising.
00:07The Kokoro Janata Party, the political pressure group, today held protests in Mumbai demanding the resignation of the CEC.
00:15Opposition parties and civil society groups also protested in the national capital.
00:20And the protests are not ending. The opposition planning to take these protests nationwide.
00:25And the CGP now will look for the next city to take its protest from Shivaji Park in Mumbai.
00:33Here's the full report.
00:40Two months after its stir over exam paper leaks, the Kokoro Janata Party has kicked off its agitation over the
00:47special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
00:51Hundreds reached the Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Gandhi Jainti in response to the call made by CGP founder Abhijit
00:59Dipke, demanding the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
01:04Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi and Vishal Dadlani were among those who attended the protest.
01:13The Shiv Sena UBT and MNs have announced their support to CGP's agitation.
01:18If he doesn't sack Gyanesh Kumar, because of course he is the one who appointed him.
01:22He was appointed by the Prime Minister and the Home Minister. Am I right?
01:27So they have the rights to sack him and they should better sack him because if they don't sack Gyanesh
01:32Kumar,
01:33the anger against Gyanesh Kumar would turn towards the Prime Minister and the Home Minister.
01:40In Delhi, the All India Students Association and several civil society groups led the protest.
01:48AAP, Left Parties and RJD joined the demonstrations.
01:55The Congress Students Wing and SUI also held protest.
02:03Over 1,000 people were detained.
02:21The BGP claimed the Congress is objecting to Gyanesh Kumar as Rahul Gandhi is looking for an excuse to defend
02:29his party's protest.
02:29election losses.
02:31There is a family rift also it is going on because of that family rift he wants to prove a
02:37point which is actually not there.
02:40He wants to prove that point which doesn't exist at all that I am not responsible for this defeat.
02:55Amid the rising anger over SIR which has excluded over 13 crore names from the voter list since the exercise
03:03began,
03:04the Election Commission has announced it will hold a special drive for enrolment of voters left out.
03:11The opposition however is in no mood to relent.
03:16They have planned nationwide protest against the CEC over coming days.
03:22Bureau report India today.
03:24Bureau report India today.
03:24Bureau report India today.