00:00Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi is charging over the CEC Gyanesh Kumar issue.
00:07As the court has heard some of these plays, Rahul Gandhi has also charged reference to the Form 6,
00:13saying that unilaterally and illegally, Form 6 was changed by the CEC.
00:19This is just one more proof of him abusing his position to help the BJP.
00:23He and everyone else involved in the criminal assault and our democracy will be held accountable.
00:28This is as much about Form 6, they are also referring to Form 7.
00:33Remember in Karnataka, as the Chief Minister of Karnataka has spoken exclusively to India today about how Form 7 has
00:39become an issue,
00:39for example in areas like Malishwaram.
00:42And that is what is being said now by Rahul Gandhi, that Form 6 was changed illegally, unilaterally,
00:49and that has been able to eradicate some of the genuine voters as well.
00:52What the Congress party maintains is that this is an exercise against Muslims and Dalits.
00:59Minorities are being targeted via this SR exercise.
01:02Rahul Gautam, tracking all the latest on that.
01:04Rahul, tell me more about this.
01:06Why for Rahul Gandhi they believe that SR exercise and specifically the CEC remain the centre of the target?
01:12Well, you know, it seems that Congress has sent an opportunity as far as, you know, CEC is concerned and
01:19the Commission is concerned.
01:20And that's why we see Rahul Gandhi going hammer on tongs as far as CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
01:26And again, he has tweeted saying that Mr. Gyanesh Kumar has actually misled the nation by saying that the modification
01:34of the amendment that were made to Form 6
01:36were not approved by Supreme Court as it has been claimed earlier by the Election Commission in this case.
01:42In fact, Rahul Gandhi went on to accuse them of rigging and compromising the entire election process
01:48and said that the election commissioner and those people who are responsible for this will be taken to task once
01:56the government is going to be changed.
01:58So, in a way, it seems that, you know, the entire Congress ecosystem, you know, is attacking CEC Gyanesh Kumar
02:07very aggressively
02:07and they are only mounting the offense, the entire attack over this fact that he has lied to the nation,
02:15allegedly lied to the nation.
02:16And in fact, they have misled the nation by saying the Supreme Court actually approved and upheld the amendment and
02:23the modification.
02:24I have access to that document that basically has been posted by Rahul Gandhi.
02:29And he's quoting from the Election Commission, Election Commission website as well.
02:35So, this is the social media site X where Rahul Gandhi has posted this.
02:40This is the document.
02:41The declaration attached to Form 6 for SIR has been upheld by the Honorable Supreme Court for non-SIR period.
02:46Forms applicable as per rules will be used.
02:49So, he's saying that there were changes that were specifically done by the CEC and that is unacceptable.
02:56It was illegal and unilateral as well.
02:58That if it was upheld that the Form 6 will not be changed, not be used, why these changes have
03:04been brought in.
03:04Rahul, how do you think this is proceeding?
03:06Because just a short while ago, we also had the Form 7 issue from Karnataka.
03:10The Congress maintains this is an exercise against certain category of voters.
03:16Muslims, Dalits, minorities.
03:19The Election Commission, the BJP, the government, all of them are maintaining it's an exercise against fake voters.
03:24Voters who have been able to infiltrate from other countries even.
03:28How do you think it will be about Congress justifying their attack and not look like they're attacking an institution?
03:37That's the consistent stance of Congress Party.
03:40It's a deliberate attempt on the part of the Election Commission at the behest of the BJP to delete certain
03:46sections of voters.
03:49Particularly those who come from minority, those who come from weaker sections.
03:53And they believe that these people have been voting essentially for the Congress Party.
03:57But for some time, it seems that their voting rights are being smashed by Election Commission to give undue advantage
04:06to one political party.
04:07And they've been also giving some examples also.
04:12For example, Rahul Gandhi held three press conferences pertaining to Haryana, Maharashtra and Karnataka.
04:18And in fact, in Karnataka, we have seen that how Congress there, you know, is attacking the Election Commission saying
04:24that in one particular constituency,
04:27at the behest of the BJP MLA, Mr. Patil, you know, several Muslim voters, you know, were deleted and were
04:34taken off from the voters list.
04:36So, as far as Congress is concerned, they are saying that why anti-incompancy is not working against BJP chief
04:41ministers and BJP, you know, Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
04:47Rahul, keep tracking the latest on that because this is definitely now becoming not just a matter of credibility, but
04:53an issue with democracy.
04:54We have to really ensure that there cannot be mistrust, distrust over the Election Commission and ensure that it's all
05:00transparent.
05:01People know, voters know what is happening, what is real.
05:04And so that when we go to cast our vote, we must have complete faith in our democracy, in our
05:09voting process and in the Election Commission.
05:11Thank you very much. Rahul Gautam will be tracking all the latest on that.
