00:00Continuing store coverage continues on of course the dhanna that has been put up by the Gandhi siblings
00:05outside Akashwani Bhavan in the heart of the national capital and as part of a live tracker
00:11the latest update coming in is that the top police officials in the Delhi police have spoken to both Rahul
00:16and Priyanka Gandhi.
00:18Remember the Gandhi siblings have been on a dhanna inside Akashwani Bhavan for the past several hours
00:22with several protesters already being detained but they stay undeterred.
00:26Top congress netas are inside Akashwani Bhavan which is of course the broadcasting office of the All India Radio
00:32just a stone's throw from Nirvachan Southern where of course the election commission sits
00:36which is what they are protesting against.
00:38Let me go across to my colleague Amit Bharwaj who's joining us with more details.
00:41Amit what's the latest about what's happening right now both inside and outside Akashwani Bhavan?
01:04All right. All right. In fact we understand KC Wainukopar Congress General Secretary is speaking and let's listen.
01:12What's happening right now.
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01:46.
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01:48.
02:10What is happening, but this is, of course, Congress General Secretary KSVN Kapal trying
02:14to address, the media person saying, from what we understand, is that the Congress party
02:20is going to continue its agitation and its efforts to march till the Chief Election Commissioner's
02:25office in Irvatchan Southern, just a stone's throw away from where they are at this point,
02:29and they are going to stay steadfast on the demand that the CEC must resign among the
02:35demands.
02:36On the right of the screen, of course, the latest visuals which we got from the Gandhi
02:40siblings and Akashwani Bhavan.
02:41They have been on a dhanna for the past several hours now.
02:45He has also released a video in which, Rahul Gandhi just released a video which we will
02:49play out shortly for our viewers as well, in which he is outlining the fact that he is
02:54not going to budge from his stance and the police will have to physically detain him.
02:58It is, of course, something which echoes back to Rahul Gandhi's quite infamous protest which
03:04he had, dhanna, which he had had outside the Prime Minister's residence a few months ago
03:09at the height of the movement against then Education Minister Darmendra Pradhan, which
03:13had led to Rahul Gandhi and Piang Gandhi being physically detained and removed by the cops.
03:19My colleague Amit is with us at this point. Amit, can you hear me if you can?
03:22Please go ahead with the latest developments you know.
03:32Well, it was Rahul Gandhi's staff which had a confrontation with the Delhi police officials
03:38who are standing in front of the Akaswani Bhavan, and after that Rahul Gandhi and Pinka Gandhi-Wadra,
03:45both of them have stepped forward. And they are just looking at the development as things are unfolding.
03:53But Delhi police is continuously also trying to ensure that the Youth Congress Karikartas,
04:00the NSUI Karikartas and the Congress Karikartas are not near the Akaswani Bhavan.
04:07Most of them have been already detained by Delhi police, and whoever is left here and there
04:14is also getting detained. So that's the strategy to ensure and isolate, you know,
04:21the leaders of the Congress party who are inside Akaswani Bhavan right now. And after that,
04:28you know, possibly they will see as to whether Rahul Gandhi agrees to end his dharna or not,
04:35because there have been consultation with Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi-Wadra as well.
04:40That didn't work out well. And after that, what we can see is that, you know, again,
04:47whoever Karikartas, whatever Karikartas were there, near to the grills of the Akaswani Bhavan gate number 4,
04:54they are being physically removed by Delhi police personnel. So this is what is unfolding right now
05:02on ground zero, right now at Akaswani Bhavan. Back to you.
05:09So stay on with us. Let's now try and make sense of what KC Venigopal is speaking at this point.
05:17I am going to tell the whole country that you are now leaving the media.
05:24You are leaving the media, leaving the media.
05:27And you are leaving the media.
05:31You are still staying.
05:39Thank you very much.
06:31Oh
06:39India is witnessing your action.
06:43India is witnessing your action.
06:48India is witnessing your action.
06:51India is witnessing your action.
07:07India is witnessing your action.
07:09India is witnessing your action.
07:24Let's try and make sense of what's happening for our viewers.
07:27You can see the top Congress leaders inside Aakash Paveena.
07:31You can see that inside the complex,
07:34on the inside of these iron grates, that iron rod.
07:37Of course, you can see already Rahul Gandhi.
07:40You can see Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal.
07:43You can see senior Congress leader Pawan Khaira also, if I'm not mistaken, behind as well.
07:47Now, you just heard a snippet of Rahul Gandhi speaking amidst this commotion that we had just cut to,
07:52claiming that the Delhi police is trying to ensure that the media's coverage contingent from there is being removed.
07:59Now, that is, of course, a claim Rahul Gandhi is making.
08:01There is a lot of commotion going on at this point as, from what I understand,
08:06the media person trying to get access to Rahul Gandhi and the Congress leaders from outside the gates.
08:11To make more sense of what's happening at this point.
08:13Let me go across to Ahmed Bhagavad.
08:15Ahmed, we heard Rahul Gandhi saying that the Delhi police,
08:18that he claimed that the Delhi police is trying to remove media persons from the spot.
08:22Can you weigh in on that?
08:32We have lost Ahmed, but that's no surprise given the fact that you can get a sense of how chaotic
08:38the situation is at this point.
08:40There are slogans being raised.
08:41You also heard cries of people saying that there is this, that, you know,
08:47that avoid asking the others to, asking others to not crowd them so that people don't get injured.
08:53Let's listen in to what's happening right now at the ground.
08:55?
08:58?
08:59?
08:59?
09:00I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
09:31This is what, of course, is happening right now. Earlier today, in just a few minutes ago, Rahul Gandhi gave
09:35a statement in which he is claiming that he is being forcibly stopped from marching to Nirvachan Bhavan, which is
09:40the ECI headquarters. That's just around the corner. Let's listen to what he said.
09:52Let's listen to what he said.
10:37Let's listen to what he said.
10:44Let's listen to what he said.
11:141,300 MPs of the opposition from both houses of parliament are being forcibly stopped by the police from marching
11:22towards the election commission's office at Nirvachan Southern.
11:25They have been blocked outside Akashwari Bhavan, which is a stone's throw away from Nirvachan Bhavan.
11:32Akashwari Bhavan being the broadcasting center of the All India Radio for the past several hours.
11:38They were on a dhana, as you saw on the right of the screen, those visuals we are running at.
11:42Now, what we have seen is that, as Amit was pointing out, there has been a minus scuffle between protesters,
11:48some of the party workers and members and Delhi police as well.
11:52We can give you details that it has now been the situation has been brought under control.
11:56But what is happening now is the confrontation you see on your left here.
12:02Rahul Gandhi, KC Venugopal, Priyanka Gandhi, Pawan Khaira and other senior leaders of the Congress are inside the Akashwari Bhavan
12:09complex.
12:11Behind these doors, as you can see, they are not being allowed to speak to the camera persons directly.
12:17They are speaking to them behind, as they can say it, behind literal bars.
12:24And they are claiming, as you just heard from Rahul Gandhi, that they are not being allowed to speak to
12:29the media.
12:29And he also claimed the Delhi police is forcibly trying to detain them, block them from their march and refuse
12:37them access to the media.
12:38Now, this is, of course, scenes that we see in Indian politics on a fairly regular basis, although one can
12:44argue that it is unprecedented to see an opposition mobilization to this extent.
12:50Now, as we can see, live visuals of the Congress top leadership, including the Gandhi family, moving back.
12:56That is, of course, senior Congress media convener Supriya Bhadwaj trying to address, trying to speak to the media people
13:03here.
13:04And those are the visuals earlier that came in on the left of the screens.
13:15Now, while this has been going on, the BJP has, of course, been criticizing and lambasting the Congress, especially the
13:32Gandhi siblings, for continuing to make a mockery of democracy.
13:35We have seen these words. We heard from BJP spokespersons earlier. Let's listen to what they said.
13:42Let's listen to what they said.
13:49Let's listen to what they said.
14:28Let's listen to what they said.
14:28Let's listen to what they said.
14:28Let's listen to what they said.
14:49Let's listen to what they said.
14:51Let's listen to what they said.
14:53Let's listen to what they said.
14:55Let's listen to what they said.
14:56Let's listen to what they said.
14:59Let's listen to what they said.
15:04Let's listen to what they said.
15:06Let's listen to what they said.
15:07Okay.
