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A political battle over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls has escalated across the country. Following the opposition INDIA bloc's rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party launched a counter-offensive with padayatras and public rallies. Leaders held mass marches across Bihar, Bengal, and Hyderabad, asserting that three crore non-existent infiltrator names were removed from voter rolls. Meanwhile, the opposition continues to question the revision exercise, alleging vote theft and demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The face-off highlights an intense war of political optics and competing narratives.

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00:00From the war on pollution to the political battle over SIR, the story that has dominated
00:06the headlines now for several weeks because a day after the India block rally at the Ramleela
00:12Maidan led by Rahul Gandhi, the BJP has also shifted gear. Top guns of the party led by
00:19Amit Shah and party chief Nitin Nabeen led the charge with padhiatras today. The home
00:25minister at a public meeting in Hyderabad claimed three crore infiltrators have been
00:30removed from electoral rolls. The opposition on the other hand is questioning where is
00:36the date, where are the details of these names removed? On the other hand, Maintain's
00:41chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will have to go. The battle of the padhiatra
00:47versus the rally is our top story today.
01:02The streets are now the battlefield and the war of optics is getting fiercer by the day.
01:11As the India block turns up the heat over SIR and vote Jodi, the BJP is hitting back with
01:19a street offensive of its own. Rallies, padhiatras and political power shows. The battle for the
01:27narrative is now in full swing. Leading the BJP's counter charge, party chief Nitin Nabeen held two
01:36padhiatras today. One in Bihar, another in Bengal.
01:57And Amit Shah took the battle to Hyderabad as the BJP widens his counter offensive.
02:03There are three crore people who are not there. Do you want to remove them or do you want to
02:11remove them? Rahul Ji says don't remove them. Rahul Ji, let's take so much money, we will
02:26remove them. The BJP street offensive comes after the opposition's mega show of strength
02:36in Delhi. Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Akhilesh Yadav, Mummata Banerji
02:43and Faruk Abdullah. India block heavyweights shoulder to shoulder launching a blistering attack
02:49on the BJP and the election commission from Ramlila Maidan.
02:53Narendra Modi, Amit Shah Ji, you will understand the story. After that, we are going
03:01to be in front of you. We are going to be in front of you. You will be in front
03:04of
03:04Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, you will be in front of legal work.
03:34I would request you to. Before that, on Saturday, a three hour public impeachment of the chief
03:40election commissioner. Two sides, two competing narratives, one political background. From
04:00SIR to street power, from public impeachment to Padhyatra politics, the battle is no longer
04:05confined to allegations and counter allegations. It is a full blown war of optics. Who commands
04:11the crowds? Who controls the narrative? And who is actually winning this battle for political
04:17perception? Vera Report, India Today.

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