00:00We're now getting reports that the India Bloc meeting to organize a protest march of all opposition MPs on Tuesday,
00:06that is tomorrow, October 6th at 10.30 from Makar Dwaran Parliament House to the Office of the Election Commission
00:14of India, Nirvachan Bhawan.
00:16Nirvachan Southern, in fact, has been called.
00:19And on the issue, it is vote chori and the recent revelations regarding this EC.
00:24The Congress held major meetings and has adopted aggressive stance.
00:29Leaders from all state units, state presidents, party in charges will be present.
00:35And we are told that strategies regarding the planned gherao of the Election Commission on 6th of October are being
00:42discussed.
00:43Delibrations are also underway concerning the preparations for the march that is scheduled on the 8th of October and strategies
00:53to bring alliance partners on board there as well.
00:56The Congress aims to unite opposition parties around the Election Commission issue and transform this protest into a mass movement.
01:04So as we speak, that all-important meeting is going on and tomorrow's protest details are being looked into.
01:13My colleague Himanshu joins us for more details on this story.
01:17Himanshu, tell us what exactly are the preparations.
01:30We've had a weekend of protests.
01:33We've had left parties.
01:35We've had student unions.
01:36We've had the Kokro Janta Party in different cities across the country hold protests.
01:41And now the Congress Party also jumping in.
01:44If the Delhi preparations are anything to go by, the police is not letting people go beyond a particular point.
01:50So my first question is, do they have the permission to protest?
01:56See, the parliamentarians would be protesting as on the Makar Dwar.
02:03Now all MPs have permission to go to the Makar Dwar.
02:07Mr. Kargi has told all the Congress MPs to assemble there about at 10.30 a.m.
02:14And of course all the India Bloc MPs would also be present there, Sonal.
02:20And we'll see that they will be apparently going towards Vijay Chowk or perhaps from the other gate towards the
02:27election commission.
02:29Because through the transport bar on the back gate, the election commission is just 500 meters away from the parliament.
02:37So that, and we've seen protests erupt earlier on that stretch.
02:42We'll have to wait and see whether the cops can really allow them to cross that threshold.
02:48But it's going to be a lot of protest, dharma and slogan hearing is what the opposition is gearing upon.
02:56I would request the output in fact to patch me.
03:00If you can see me, I'm standing in front of the camera on live.
03:04So we could in fact have a conversation one on one.
03:10We've got you on live.
03:11How quick the output really responds, Mossmi, to everything that you're saying and how we're listening as well.
03:17Perhaps, so take me through, take me through what exactly is the plan.
03:21Like I said, Delhi police has had enough.
03:22The past three days there has been constant protest and protest.
03:26There have been detentions.
03:27Over 1100 on Friday, several hundred over the weekend as well.
03:31Now, tomorrow, when the MPs jump in, when leaders of other political parties jump in,
03:37and this time it's not a surprise, one outside Prime Minister's house.
03:40This is a planned one for which you need permission, for which you need to ensure that safety is, you
03:46know, kept in mind as well.
03:48What exactly is the strategy?
03:49Are we hearing that they will be allowed to protest and for how long?
03:58So we are right here at Indra Bhavan, and you can see that, you know, there's a flurry of activities,
04:04a lot of netas going in and out.
04:07Now, that is the buzz, or you can say the lull,
04:09before the opposition actually plans that entire political storm tomorrow,
04:15because all the in-charges, the precedents of all the state units are right here with the top brass.
04:23They are being given directives of what's going to happen on October 8th,
04:27how you're going to be a cohesive lot on October 6th,
04:31and that is the strategy that is being planned by the Congress.
04:35Now, remember, earlier the Congress was questioned over whether they're really on the streets.
04:41This time around, it's not just been random, sporadic.
04:45It's been a very planned carpet bombing by the Congress leadership of its youth unit,
04:53the youth Congress, the NSU, I've heard it yesterday, day before,
04:57every hour, every morning, evening, night, we are seeing sporadic protests by these outfits,
05:04these frontal organizations of the Congress.
05:06They don't want to, you know, give that leeway, that it's not,
05:12the Congress is not on the streets,
05:14and that's been a lot of pulling up by the top brass,
05:18specifically Rahul Gandhi, Mr. Kargay,
05:21saying that you have to amplify what we've been saying.
05:25Priyanka Gandhi had specifically said,
05:27Congress kisi ke sahare nahi hai.
05:30That is the, that was in the backdrop of leaders raking up the CJP protests,
05:37whether we need to align with them and stand with them.
05:40Then Priyanka Gandhi said that Rahul Gandhi raked up the vote chori thing,
05:44where nobody did.
05:46So now this meeting is actually a precursor to what's going to follow tomorrow.
05:51At 10.30 a.m. in the parliament,
05:54the parliament is not in session,
05:56but we'll see a full house of the India bloc tomorrow.
05:58So Akhle Shiyadav, the TMC leaders,
06:03Supriya Sule, Mr. Kargay, Mr. Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi,
06:08all these leaders will be there marching towards the EC.
06:12There's an EC girao.
06:14And remember, it has happened in the past,
06:16when you saw Akhle Shiyadav jumping the barricade,
06:19if you remember, a few MPs had fainted,
06:23they were detained in buses.
06:24So perhaps those scenes could perhaps unfold or replay again tomorrow.
06:30All right.
06:31So a couple of interesting days ahead of protests
06:34and a lot of bandubast, as they say,
06:36to be done by the Delhi police in the days ahead.
06:39Like Maasami was pointing out on the 6th,
06:41on the 8th and then on the 10th.
06:42That's the protest that has been called in on the 10th by the CJP.
06:45There are going to be successive, you know,
06:48protests every day demanding the resignation of CEC.
06:51Let's see where this really goes at the moment.
06:54The momentum for his ouster is only building up.
