00:00In fact, we've got more breaking news on that matter. Let me take you straight to that.
00:03We now have a government fact-check that has come over the CJP's deleted AC note claim.
00:10Now, the government has said that the press release dated 26 September 26 is available in the public domain
00:15and has not been taken down by the Election Commission of India.
00:17Now, the CJP had claimed earlier in a tweet that the EC had deleted the 26 September press release
00:25which claimed that EC had upheld the Form 16 order.
00:30So, a fact-check there coming in from the government that that EC order,
00:35the press release where they said that they did get a nod from the Supreme Court for modifications in Form
00:436.
00:44We are now being told that it is still there.
00:51Aishwarya Pariwal now joins us for more details on this story.
00:55Aishwarya Pariwal started with a tweet that came out from Ashutosh Ranka's handle
00:59and he said that it looks like, and there was a video attached to it
01:02which said that it looks like that the Election Commission has deleted that press release.
01:08The government is saying that it's still there.
01:10We've not independently checked it, so hard for us to say.
01:13But the government is saying that it is indeed still there.
01:16But on a day like this, give us an understanding of where a day like this
01:23where so much of embarrassment has come the way of the CEC
01:26in saying that they did not get the nod for modifications in Form 6.
01:31How exactly is the government coping up?
01:32How are they dealing with this entire situation?
01:35Well, you know, Sonal, let me tell you, we have independently verified the press note
01:39that, in fact, Ashutosh Ranka is speaking about is available not just on the PIB website
01:44but also on Election Commission's website.
01:47We have personally gone there and checked it.
01:49So it is present.
01:50But yes, there are some things, sort of clarification, further clarification rather
01:55that has come in from the Supreme Court side in which the Supreme Court said
01:58that the modification was something that they had not specifically agreed for.
02:03The Election Commission, however, Sonal, at the moment is maintaining
02:06that in the order that was given earlier by the Supreme Court of India,
02:09they had said that it is within the ambit of the Election Commission of India.
02:13If it wants to tweak something, then it can do so.
02:16So this is a battle which I think will be fought further in the Supreme Court.
02:20But yes, today is the day when further clarification is coming in,
02:23especially with regard to Form 6.
02:25And this is the exact same form, Sonal, if you remember about which
02:29both the Election Commissioners, Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, both of them,
02:33had written and said that there were administrative changes that were being made.
02:36But the government standing firmly behind the press release and saying
02:40that the press release, in fact, is available not just on PID
02:43but even on Election Commission's website.
02:45All right, Ashutosh.
02:46Thanks so much for coming in and making a clarification there on what exactly happened.
02:49But more updates coming in.
02:51Let's take you to that.
