00:00And we open the bulletin with big breaking news coming in.
00:03It seems on October 30th, the India Bloc is planning to organize a mock parliament at the Ashoka Hotel in
00:12New Delhi.
00:13Now, during this event, proceedings will be held to pass a motion for the impeachment of the Chief Election Commissioner
00:21or the CEC, Gyanesh Kumar.
00:22All constituent parties of the India Bloc are believed to be participating in this event.
00:30It is a mock parliament that will be held in a hotel in Delhi, which is Ashoka Hotel.
00:36What is exactly the purpose of this event is something that we will be telling you very soon.
00:42But it is a mock parliament, as we know of now on October 30th.
00:47Joining us now is India Today's Rahul Gautam.
00:49Rahul, this is apparently they are going to pass proceedings to, you know, hold proceedings to pass a motion against
00:58the CEC impeachment.
00:59Now, how does this really work?
01:01What is the requirement of such a mock parliament?
01:04If they are already working on an impeachment motion in the real parliament, what is the purpose of this mock
01:10parliament?
01:12Well, you know, basically, there are two objectives to this entire exercise A.
01:19You know, sources are telling us that by symbolically impeaching CEC, the opposition wants to send out a message that
01:28the Chief Election Commissioner is not functioning as per the constitution and therefore he should go.
01:34So, it is also an attempt on their part to send a message that we are trying to, you know,
01:41impeach CEC, but the Lok Sabha and other Sabha secretariat are creating a hurdle.
01:48Government is creating a hurdle, but therefore they are resorting to such an exercise.
01:53And the other part is obviously to cry, you know, to create a narrative that the opposition is holding guilty
02:03of CEC, of allegedly compromising the election machinery in the country at the behest of the ruling party.
02:11And therefore, it's on their attempt to actually discredit him, you know, in the eyes of public.
02:18So, in a way, you can describe this as a political move aiming at discrediting the Chief Election Commissioner and
02:25obviously to send out a strong political message that the entire opposition bloc is united on this issue.
02:31This has become a sort of rallying point, which has become a sort of rallying point, which is bringing parties
02:35together.
02:35We have seen last time also, you know, a non-NDA, non-UPA political party, BJD, had joined this growing
02:44chorus of opposition to, you know, to get CEC removed.
02:48So, obviously, they are trying to send out a message that the entire opposition is united, you know, on this
02:55issue.
02:55And obviously, that is to, in a way, discredit the very image of, or to embarrass the government, you can
03:03say, that's the whole intent of the opposition at this point of time, behind holding this exercise.
03:10Okay, Rahul, one may understand that there is an attempt to create a narrative, to build momentum.
03:15But what about the actual or the real motion of impeachment that the opposition was planning to move?
03:24What is the status of that?
03:28The opposition has already put in a record that they will be moving an impeachment motion against the Chief Election
03:36Commissioner.
03:37And, in fact, the process is already underway.
03:40The draft for the notice, which is yet to be submitted, is being circulated and it is being signed by
03:46Lok Sabha Rajasabha MPs.
03:49You need 100 Lok Sabha MPs and Tukir Rajasabha MPs to get the, you know, notice submitted by the Lok
03:56Sabha Rajasabha Secretariat.
03:57And we've been informed that once the session is going to commence, then the opposition is going to bring in
04:02an impeachment motion.
04:04You know, and we all know that the numbers are obviously in the favor of the NDA, but they would
04:10be doing this so, to create an impression that the opposition is just not impressed with the kind of functioning
04:17and the working of Mr. Ganesh Kumar.
04:21And in a way, obviously, this would also be to show the incumbent government in bad light.
04:27So, as we speak, the process is still underway.
04:30And in all likelihood, in the next session, the opposition is going to bring in an impeachment motion, which is
04:37most likely going to be defeated also, as the numbers are in favor of NDA only.
04:43Right. So, that is the status of the real impeachment motion that the government will be facing in case the
04:49opposition brings it to the real parliament.
04:51But in the midst of all this, it seems that the India Bloc has decided to organize a mock parliament.
04:56This is on the October 30th, that they want to hold a mock parliament in the Ashoka Hotel in Delhi
05:03area.
