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Prashant Bhushan Declares Regime Change Fight is a Fundamental Right
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News18•15-10-2026, 17:28
Prashant Bhushan Declares Regime Change Fight is a Fundamental Right
- •Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan openly stated in Delhi that demanding a regime change in the country is not a crime but a fundamental right.
- •He criticized the BJP for double standards, noting that the party itself staged protests to uproot governments when it was in the opposition.
- •Bhushan cited the Supreme Court's stance on sedition, arguing that criticizing the government without promoting violence is completely constitutional.
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Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan strongly defended the demand for regime change, stating that changing the government in a democracy is a fundamental right of the people and not a crime.
Prashant Bhushan accused the BJP of adopting double standards by labeling current regime change demands as a conspiracy, while reminding that the BJP itself previously staged large-scale protests to uproot governments when it was in opposition.
Prashant Bhushan's comments were made amidst protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Election Commission's 'Special Intensive Revision' (SIR) of electoral rolls.
