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BJP Slams Opposition Over Regime Change Remark and Alleged Conspiracies
- •BJP National President Nitin Nabin accused the Opposition of attempting to destabilise India in collusion with foreign powers.
- •The backlash followed senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan openly stating that ongoing agitations had become a fight for regime change.
- •Defense Minister Rajnath Singh alleged that certain groups are using the nation's youth as pawns to create political unrest inspired by events in Bangladesh.
- •BJP leaders argued that the protests over electoral rolls are a smokescreen designed to spread anarchy and bypass the democratic mandate.
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BJP National President Nitin Nabin slammed the Opposition after senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan stated during a New Delhi press conference that the agitation against electoral roll revisions had become a fight for "regime change". Bhushan explicitly remarked that "we all want regime change" and that creating disaffection against the government is a constitutional right, prompting the BJP to accuse the Opposition of attempting to remove Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government without an electoral mandate.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh accused unnamed groups of exploiting the nation's youth as pawns in a politics of chaos, drawing a parallel with events in Bangladesh. He claimed that certain factions were inciting anarchy and attempting to dismantle democratic institutions under the guise of demanding the government's removal.
The Bharatiya Janata Party argues that the opposition-led protests against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls are merely a smokescreen and an excuse to destabilize India, spread anarchy, and seize power through undemocratic means rather than seeking genuine electoral reforms. Meanwhile, opposition leaders have raised concerns that the revision process could lead to the deletion of eligible voters and infiltrators from rolls, intensifying tensions between the ruling party and the INDIA bloc.
