00:00So yesterday, the India Bloc leaders led by Rahul Gandhi took out a march to the Supreme Court.
00:04Thousands of party workers accompanied the leader of opposition, Priyanka Gandhi Vajra,
00:09Akhilesh Yadav and others as they went to file a petition against the Chief Election Commissioner,
00:14Gyanesh Kumar. Rahul Gandhi at a press meet had urged Gyanesh Kumar to turn approver.
00:19The BJP, on the other hand, has rubbished the opposition charges against the Chief Election
00:23Commissioner. Here's a report on the capital tussle on the streets yesterday.
00:39A week on the streets, a refused meeting with the Chief Justice, and now the opposition
00:45is taking its fight against the Election Commission to the Supreme Court.
00:49After CGI Suryakant declined to meet Rahul Gandhi and Malikar Jungkarge and advised the opposition
00:55to seek legal relief through a judicial petition, India Bloc leaders marched towards the top
01:01court on Monday to file their plea against Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar and the
01:05SIR exercise. The Congress, Samajwadi Party and Trinamore Congress leaders joined the march,
01:11with AISA President Neha Bora also accompanying the opposition.
01:15The petitioners include Rahul Gandhi, Malikar Jungkarge, TMC MP Shogato Roy, SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav,
01:23RJD's Tejasvi Prasad Yadav, Shiv Sena, UBT MP Sanjay Rawat and CPM General Secretary MA Bibi.
01:31The message is clear. The India Bloc is not backing down.
01:39In his reply to Rahul Gandhi and Malikar Jungkarge, CGI Suryakant said the issues raised by the
01:45opposition were already subjudice. Discussing pending cases in a meeting, he said, would go
01:51against the principles of separation of powers and judicial propriety. The CGI made it clear that
01:58citizens and elected representatives could approach the court for legal relief, but through the judicial
02:03process. And that is the route the opposition is now pursuing.
02:09You are the government. You are not only the government, you claim that you have perhaps
02:13the world's most popular leader as your prime minister. Every nation in the country bows to you.
02:19In fact, they're scared of you. So find out who's supporting us. If you're thinking that such
02:23large leaders are doing something anti-national, they should not be allowed on the streets.
02:29But before the march, Rahul Gandhi had a direct message for the CEC.
02:35It is very easy for you. Resign, get out of the way. No problem. We might even think of
02:42forgiving you because that will be a service to this nation. That will be a service to this
02:46constitution. We know that you have been forced by the prime minister, by Amit Shah, by Mr.
02:51Doval, by Mr. Adhani. We know it. And we understand the type of pressure you are under.
02:55And we are forgiving people.
02:58The BJP meanwhile has hit back.
03:30From the streets to the Supreme Court, the opposition is determined to keep this confrontation
03:35alive. The BJP, however, is refusing to yield, pushing back against the opposition's charges
03:41and questioning its political motives. The battle is now unfolding on multiple fronts,
03:46from parliament, to the streets, to courts.
03:52With Preeti Chaudhary, Shreya Chatterjee, Moshmi Singh and Maria Shakil, Bureau Report, India
03:58Today.
