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The INDIA bloc opposition continued demonstrations for the third consecutive day demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over alleged vote theft. Led by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, leaders marched to Raj Ghat without detentions and planned to meet President Droupadi Murmu. Meanwhile, the Cockroach Janata Party staged a separate protest against the Chief Election Commissioner at Bengaluru's Freedom Park, joined by Abhijeet Deepke, actor Prakash Raj, and YouTuber Dhruv Rathee. The Bharatiya Janata Party hit back, accusing the opposition of attempting to intimidate constitutional machinery through street-level anarchy.
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00:00Let's turn from there to our big story at home, because for the third straight day,
00:05the India Bloc opposition's protests against the Chief Election Commissioner continued.
00:10But today, they ended without any detentions.
00:13The police allowed the India Bloc leaders, led by Rahul Gandhi, to go to Rajghat
00:18and pay their respects to Mahatma Gandhi, where the leaders vowed to continue their protests
00:24and attempt to even meet President Draupadi Murmu tomorrow.
00:28The Kokhrut Janata Party, interestingly, have held their own protests in Bengaluru.
00:34This was attended by top CJP leaders Abhijit Deepke and actor Prakash Raj and YouTuber Dhruv Rathi
00:42also joined them.
00:44CJP Congress both claim that they have only one target.
00:49The Chief Election Commissioner, Kyanesh Kumar, take a look at this report.
01:05From Jantar Mantar to Rajghat and from Sagar Ratna to Mohitz, it was the third straight day
01:12of the India Bloc's demonstrations, demanding Chief Election Commissioner Kyanesh Kumar's
01:16resignation.
01:18India Bloc leaders met over lunch at Mohitz in Kanaat Place before heading to Rajghat.
01:22Led by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, hundreds of Congress workers and opposition leaders,
01:27marched to Mahatma Gandhi Samadhi.
01:32Rahul Gandhi stepped up his attack against the government, alleging that opposition MPs and
01:37workers were assaulted and repeatedly stopped from holding a peaceful demonstration.
02:08This is our guarantee.
02:36The BJP has hit out at opposition leaders, accusing them of trying to intimidate the
02:41constitutional machinery through street-level anarchy.
02:44Is Rahul Gandhi fearing that the case of the Supreme Court, he is so weak that Rahul Gandhi
02:52is trying to make a place to make a place?
02:55Is Rahul Gandhi attempting to intimidate the constitutional machinery and Indian democracy through street
03:03anarchy?
03:05Meanwhile, at Bengaluru's Freedom Park, the Kokhra Janata Party organized another protest against
03:10Gyanesh Kumar.
03:12Abhijit, Deepkit, Sauravdas and Ashutosh Ranka took centre stage, while actor-activist Prakash
03:17Raj and YouTuber Dhruvrati also joined the protest.
03:20The vote comes to look at this message.
03:24The vote is the democracy that it is, is the democracy.
03:32It is the democracy of India that has died, not these people because these people are standing
03:38here alive.
03:44They have insulted the quarter of this country.
03:49The third language of our politicians in this country.
04:19Three rounds of protests, two lunch meats and one core demand.
04:22The opposition refuses to back down and the Chief Election Commissioner too is giving no
04:27indication of giving in to the demand.
04:30Bureau Report, India Today.

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