00:00Alright viewers, where the Congress and the India Alliance are concerned, they've had
00:04a very good day.
00:05Maybe not in the office, but on the streets of the national capital.
00:08Rahul Gandhi had made a clarion call yesterday that all opposition comes together, unites
00:14as well as civil society and the youth.
00:17And today what we saw was a sea of support for him and the India Alliance while they
00:25were marching or rather in a bus going towards the Supreme Court of India to launch a petition
00:30there with the Chief Justice of the country.
00:33And alongside this time were not just India Alliance leaders, but also civil society members
00:41and a big chunk of youth support as well.
00:45Like I said, I don't think Congress has till now seen the kind of support that they saw
00:50today, even when it comes down to their own party and cadre.
00:55This is how the day panned out.
01:08A week on the streets, a refused meeting with the Chief Justice and now the opposition is
01:14taking its fight against the election commission to the Supreme Court.
01:18After CGI Suryakant declined to meet Rahul Gandhi and Malikar Junkarge and advised the opposition
01:24to seek legal relief through a judicial petition, India Bloc leaders marched towards the top
01:29court on Monday to file their plea against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the
01:34SIR exercise.
01:36The Congress, Samajwadi Party and Trinamul Congress leaders joined the march, with ISA President
01:41Neha Bora also accompanying the opposition.
01:44The message is clear.
01:46The India Bloc is not backing down.
01:53In his reply to Rahul Gandhi and Malikar Junkarge, CGI Suryakant said the issues raised by the
01:59opposition were already subjudice.
02:02Discussing pending cases in a meeting, he said would go against the principles of separation
02:07of powers and judicial propriety.
02:09The CGI made it clear that citizens and elected representatives could approach the court for
02:14legal relief but through the judicial process.
02:18And that is the route the opposition is now pursuing.
02:23It's full of India Alliance, all the colleagues are there and the march is a positive march and it
02:31shows the mind of every youth and every woman and every student of this country.
02:39You are the government, you are not only the government, you claim that you are perhaps the world's
02:43most popular leader as your Prime Minister.
02:46Every nation in the country bows to you, in fact they are scared of you.
02:50So find out who is supporting us.
02:52If you are thinking that such large leaders are doing something anti-national, they should
02:56not be allowed on the streets.
02:58But before the march, Rahul Gandhi had a direct message for the CEC.
03:05It is very easy for you, resign, get out of the way.
03:09No problem.
03:11We might even think of forgiving you, because that will be a service to this nation.
03:15That will be a service to this constitution.
03:16We know that you have been forced by the Prime Minister, by Amit Shah, by Mr. Doval, by Mr.
03:21Adani, we know it.
03:22And we understand the type of pressure you are under.
03:25And we are forgiving people.
03:28The BJP, meanwhile, has hit back.
03:32The BJP, meanwhile, has hit back.
03:34This is the end of the party's life of the party.
03:35The party's life of the party's life is dead.
03:43The party's life has a relationship to the country.
03:46After one, a life of life is dead.
03:48And its strength.
03:51To escape from the streets, this is the strength of Congress.
03:59from the streets to the Supreme Court the opposition is determined to keep
04:04this confrontation alive the BJP however is refusing to yield pushing back
04:09against the opposition's charges and questioning its political motives the
04:13battle is now unfolding on multiple fronts from Parliament to the streets
04:18to courts the opposition is pressing ahead with its legal challenge the BJP
04:23is holding its ground in a showdown with no signs of easing who blinks first but
04:31Preeti Chaudhary Shreya Chatterjee Moshmi Singh and Maria Shakil Bureau report India
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