00:00Good evening, you're watching India Today and I'm Maria Shaquille.
00:03India Bloc leaders have passed a motion impeaching the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar.
00:10And this happened at a public impeachment-style proceeding
00:14which was organized at Congress Chief Malik Arjun Khargay's residence.
00:18Rahul Gandhi led the opposition's attack, saying that Gyanesh Kumar must be tried for treason.
00:23He argued that if 13.2 crore names which have been removed during the SIR process are illegal,
00:30then so is the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
00:34The Lok Sabha leader of opposition insisted that anyone involved in vote chori will not be spared.
00:41Congress Chief Malik Arjun Khargay introduced the motion,
00:44laying down the charge sheet against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
00:48The opposition's charges included that he conspired to steal elections,
00:54that Gyanesh Kumar was involved in deletion of 13.2 crore voters,
00:59he rewrote Form 6 without Parliament's approval,
01:03seized electoral rolls through ECINET,
01:06ignored the complaints of other two election commissioners
01:09and acted at the behest of Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.
01:13But the BJP has hit back, saying,
01:17calling the mock parliament proceedings a parliament of theatrics.
01:22Listen in to all the reactions that have come in.
01:26This had to happen.
01:28It was important that this happened.
01:31Because this is a test of the Union of India,
01:36this is a test of the spirit of the people of India
01:38and I'm confident they're going to overcome this
01:40like they've overcome everything before.
01:46Speaker Madam,
01:48thank you for letting me speak
01:50on this important subject.
01:53I fully support the notion
01:55that Mr. Gyanesh Kumar
01:56should not only be impeached,
01:59Mr. Gyanesh Kumar should be tried
02:01in a court of law,
02:03tried for treason
02:04and justice should be served.
02:06You have taken this game into rigging elections.
02:10Mr. Modi and Mr. Shah might be on top.
02:13We will deal with them.
02:15But you are their instruments.
02:17And so you are our first target.
02:21And so this political weapon
02:23is aimed at these people.
02:25And whoever these people are,
02:27they should realize
02:29that this is not just some talk
02:30taking place in the garden.
02:33This is aimed at you.
02:35And this group of people,
02:37this political weapon
02:39is going to give justice
02:41to the youngsters of India,
02:42to the people.
02:44This is our sacred.
02:45This is not just something we want to do.
02:49This is our sacred duty
02:51for the constitution
02:52for the people of India.
02:53We are left with no choice
02:55for the people of India,
03:00and our people of India are left.
03:10We are fighting today, and today we are going to keep our efforts here.
03:16I will tell you about details about it.
03:20And to protect our people's rights,
03:26we will have a full force.
03:29I understand that this is my fault.
03:42This is my fault.
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