00:00From Charcha over Chai to a war of words, the SIR battle is heating up.
00:05After taking their concerns to the Supreme Court India bloc today,
00:10regrouped at Rahul Gandhi's residence with civil society and student representatives joining the discussion.
00:17Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi said that the fight will continue.
00:22But today the Home Minister has hit back,
00:25accusing the Congress of using SIR to explain past electoral defeats
00:31and predicting a prachandhar for the party in 2029.
00:35The SIR exercise is emerging as the next big political flashpoint.
00:40The battle line is drawn and the battle is in the court as well.
00:46The war of words is heating up and the political stakes are rising.
00:51Before I bring in the guests, here's a report.
00:58From the streets to Rahul Gandhi's drawing room, the opposition's SIR campaign continues.
01:07Following Monday's march to the Supreme Court over the SIR exercise and CEC Gyanesh Kumar,
01:14Rahul Gandhi hosted India bloc MPs, civil society representatives and student groups
01:20at his New Delhi residence for a high-team meeting.
01:23The focus was on discussing the road ahead and deciding the next steps in their campaign.
01:31Mr. Modi, who is the main architect, Mr. Amit Shah, who is the implementer,
01:44Mr. Gyanesh Kumar and others,
01:49they need to understand that the net is closing around them.
01:57It is not going to be so simple that you can destroy the Indian constitution and get away with it.
02:07The opposition came down heavily on the centre for removing Jantar Mantar
02:11from the list of designated protest sides in the national capital.
02:15One method of expression of democracy was Jantar Mantar.
02:21And now the government has decided that Jantar Mantar can no longer be used to express democratic feelings.
02:30Well, we are going to challenge that idea.
02:34This meeting comes a day after the opposition submitted a petition in the Supreme Court
02:39questioning mass voter deletions under the SIR process
02:43and the functioning of the Election Commission of India.
02:46The plea, however, was not listed for hearing after the Supreme Court registry flagged 14 defects in the filing.
02:54Rahul Gandhi's allegations drew a sharp rebuttal from Home Minister Amit Shah,
02:59who accused the Congress leader of blaming the SIR exercise for his party's defeats in previous elections.
03:08I would like to ask the SIR that is the SIR.
03:15The SIR has begun since 24 years.
03:18You have come to the position of Congress of the party's rights,
03:21and then the position of the party's rights,
03:23the leader of the opposition,
03:25the Congress party has set the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to
03:30the right to the left.
03:32Shah also predicted a Prachand Haar for the Congress in the 2029 Lok Sabha elections.
04:07The opposition is mounting a twin-front battle against the CEC politically and legally.
04:14With SIR-related voter deletions fueling the Rao, the focus now shifts to its next course of action.
