00:00The big story that's making headlines this afternoon is the Supreme Court order over the CEC Rao
00:04and now that has led to a political war of words as well.
00:08Breaking news coming in that the BJP has targeted the opposition over the opposition's claims of dictatorship running in the
00:14country.
00:15BJP's spokesperson Sambit Patra, the man you see on the left of his screen,
00:18claims that the Supreme Court hearing on the ECPIL is only part of the judicial process.
00:24The BJP insists that the Supreme Court hearing a PIL and issuing a notice to the Election Commission
00:29is part of the standard judicial process and those who call India a dictatorship must answer.
00:36The BJP also claims that the Supreme Court notice to the other side ensures that both sides are heard fairly.
00:42The BJP has also questioned the claim of the opposition of Hitler's rule being applicable in India.
00:48Listen in to what Sambit Patra said.
01:17Supreme Court
01:20This is a process under the judiciary.
01:23To write a letter and ask a question on someone's request, and then with a debate and discussion,
01:31and then with a debate and discussion, and then with a debate and discussion,
01:35this is a democracy.
01:38Debate, discuss, and then you come to a decision.
01:43This is what is democracy.
01:45And after that, to go to the Supreme Court, and to issue the Supreme Court notice,
01:54this is a democracy.
01:56So, the people who said that there is a danger in the country,
02:01I think that today, two times before saying that there is a danger in the country.
02:08So, let's get into a word from my colleague, Piyush, who is joining us with more details.
02:12Because, Piyush, clearly the BJP trying to project it that the Supreme Court sending a notice to the election commission
02:20asking for details on all the contentious decisions taken by the poll panel during the controversial period is due process,
02:27and it should not be seen by the opposition as any sort of vindication.
02:31Well, that's right. One thing is clear that BJP is terming it a democratic process,
02:35and BJP is also of the view that all the institutions in this country are working democratically,
02:40freely, without having any kind of hold of what is being claimed by the opposition.
02:45Remember that a couple of minutes back, BJP's national spokesperson, Samit Parra, did a press conference when he highlighted
02:50that giving dissent in a meeting by two election commissioners was a democratic process, and that was followed.
02:56And after the issuing of notices and the kind of dissent points that were here by the election commissioners,
03:02that issue was reported, and the decision was taken only and only after debate and discussion
03:07which happened between all the election commissioners.
03:10And after that, now the Supreme Court is listening to this, and the Supreme Court is issuing a notice.
03:14It is also a part of the democratic process which is here in the country.
03:18So, one thing is clear that BJP is making it a, one thing is absolutely clear that no institution in
03:23this country
03:23is being controlled by the government.
03:25Alright, Piyush, thanks a lot for joining us with those details, but that has not stopped the opposition as we
03:30speak,
03:30because we are getting in more breaking news as we talk, Piyush.
03:34The opposition has mounted an attack over its CEC ouster demand.
