00:00Let me cut across to Sriya now, who's joining us for more details on this.
00:04Sriya, like we were discussing, today's protest is extremely unlike what we've seen over the weekend.
00:10The police presence is negligible, you know, compared to what we saw over the weekend.
00:16The vans which look like jails are not there.
00:19We do not see them in full force.
00:21It's, as some have said, the opposition parties have been given a free pass
00:25to just walk all the way from Constitution Club to the Supreme Court.
00:30But you're saying that now there seems to be some security walking in.
00:34Take us through the details, please.
00:42Well, you know, Sonal, I'm not going to mince words.
00:45The police is outnumbered today.
00:47Since the last two days, we saw 220 plus CRPF companies on the ground,
00:52more number of booths than protesters on the ground.
00:55But today's visual is a stark difference in the way Delhi police is treating
01:00the opposition India block march to the Supreme Court.
01:04You can see senior officials now atop the barricade requesting the crowd to move.
01:10But definitely, just looking at the sheer number,
01:13it is impossible for the police to actually contain this crowd
01:17or stop them to move forward to Supreme Court.
01:21Now, this is the second layer of barricade.
01:23Straight the road goes to Supreme Court.
01:25The number of crowd that we are seeing right now,
01:28it is swelling and only increasing.
01:31This looks like a law and order situation right now.
01:33And clearly, this is a stark difference in the way Delhi police is handling
01:38a CJP protest compared to an India block protest that we are seeing on the ground.
01:46Back with me, we are now getting news that the opposition seems like they have called this entire protest
01:54and march towards the Supreme Court a victory.
01:57We have before you, ladies and gentlemen, and everybody, all our viewers who are joining in right now,
02:03update.
02:04One is that 11 petitioners from across political parties, including the TMC, the SP, the RJD, the NCP, the Shiv
02:14Sena, the CPI, the CPM.
02:16Also, you know, from Kerala, we have members from the Indian Union Muslim League,
02:24all of them, some 11 petitioners who have taken their plea and managed to file a petition before the Supreme
02:30Court.
02:30Abhishek Manu Singh, we are saying that matter will be heard tomorrow.
02:34And all of this is happening inside the court, while outside you see unprecedented amount of numbers of protesters
02:42who have flocked to streets of the national capital.
02:46What is happening?
02:46They are making their way from Constitution Club all the way to the Supreme Court.
02:52And as our reporters are telling us, unlike over the weekend, today the protesters have completely outnumbered the police forces
03:00on the ground.
03:01This is an interesting day, because just this morning, the government has said that Janatar Mantar is no longer the
03:08site of the protest.
03:09And now, we are getting updates on what happens next as well.
03:13Let me cut across to my colleague, Maria Shakilna joining us.
03:15Maria, the opposition united in its cause, both outside on the streets, also the petitions inside the Supreme Court.
03:24Where is this protest going?
03:27What's the next course of action now?
03:35It's very clear that the opposition has decided that this will be a sustained protest.
03:40That it will not be a one-off-one.
03:42Remember, every time there is almost like a surprise element which has come in in this protest.
03:48Be it Rahul Gandhi making an effort to go to Jantar Mantar.
03:53Then they went to Raj Ghat.
03:55Multiple times they have been detained.
03:57And I am, to give you a sense of where exactly we are, this is next to Mandi House.
04:02That is the truck on which you can see Priya Gandhi, Vajra, Supriya Sule and all other leaders of the
04:09Congress party.
04:11Akhilesh, the one who has called senior leaders of all these political parties.
04:26Let me cut across to my colleague Shriya, also, who's been tracking all these details.
04:32Shriya, we got an update with our colleagues some time ago that there seems to be enhanced security presence just
04:39around the Supreme Court,
04:41around the last barricade that stands between the protesters and the Supreme Court as well.
04:46Take us through what really is unfolding there.
04:53Well, you know, the scenes are changing right now.
04:56We can see the paramilitary forces are now coming and trying to contain the crowd.
05:03This is the second barricade that is leading to the Supreme Court.
05:07Very chaotic situation.
05:10If this is not contained, there could be a law and order situation that we can see unfold at this
05:16very point.
05:16Because police are outnumbered, paramilitary forces are trying to cross the barricade and go to the protesters and stop them.
05:23But there are no buses over here to detain them.
05:27So that is also something.
05:28It will be difficult how they'll contain the crowd.
05:30But by the visuals itself, you can clearly see that how chaotic the situation it is unfolding at Bhagwanda's Road.
05:38If this amount of crowd is allowed to march forward to Supreme Court, that is also something that will be
05:45questionable.
05:46So clearly, the Delhi Police now using paramilitary on the ground, asking them to push the crowd back.
05:54But the crowd is also resisting and clearly they are clashing with the forces here at Bhagwanda's Road.
06:02Shreya, they're saying that the protesters have clearly outnumbered the police forces.
06:07Meanwhile, what is happening?
06:09The leaders of this protest, the India Bloc leaders, the petitioners in this case are now on top of a
06:16bus.
06:17There you see over there.
06:18Those are visuals from just a moment ago.
06:19Now we are told that ever since this protest got closer and ever since the petition actually got registered with
06:26the Supreme Court,
06:27the leaders there have made it into a victory bus.
06:30A victory dance of sorts is happening with the other opposition leaders as well.
06:35Remember, this is unity being seen of the India Alliance because the petitioners, 11 in number, cut across different political
06:43lines.
06:44We've seen people from the SP, from the TMC, we've seen from the RJD, we've seen from CPI, CPM, we've
06:55seen representation from Kerala and we've seen representation come from Maharashtra in forms of NCP and Shiv Sena as well.
07:04So now the opposition leaders with the petition registered inside the court outside are on top of that bus.
07:12Now that bus, you can call it an open truck really, which is making its way, continues to make its
07:18way to the Supreme Court.
07:20Now remember, it started about roughly two hours ago at the Constitution Club.
07:25From Constitution Club, they went all the way, almost halfway in their bus.
07:29Then they had to do a bit of a padhyatra and now they are back on the bus, we are
07:34told.
07:35The leaders are showing V sign, a victory mark, others breaking into a dance as well.
07:41But let me cut across back to get some live action.
07:44Shreya, could you give me an understanding of where the protest has reached?
07:50Our colleague Maria was saying that somewhere around Mundi House is where the truck of all the leaders is.
07:57Where are you exactly and do you see this protest going forward or is this that they've realized that you
08:05can't move forward and they're going to stay around that area?
08:16You're at Baghanda's road, this is the road that leads to the Supreme Court.
08:22So you can look around me, it's completely chaotic, it is jam-packed.
08:27Up until now, the crowd was outnumbering the forces.
08:32But now paramilitary has been called in and they are trying to push back the crowd so that they cannot
08:38march forward.
08:39This is the second layer of barricading.
08:41The first layer has already been breached and the Delhi police now trying to take control back here at Bhagwanda's
08:49road.
08:49With paramilitary being deployed on the ground, more forces have been pulled in.
08:55But Delhi police does not want them to be moving forward from this very point.
09:01This is a straight road to the Supreme Court.
09:03We'll have to wait and see.
09:05Because asking my cameraman Amit Badwar to show the crowd, the crowd is still huge.
09:10Clearly more than the boots on the ground who is trying to tackle and control the situation.
09:16And that's one of the reasons we see these clashes that are also breaking out between the protesters and the
09:21paramilitary forces in Delhi police who are trying to contain it.
