സിജെപി തീവ്ര ഇടതുപക്ഷ ആശയങ്ങൾ വെച്ചുപുലർത്തുന്നവരാണെന്നും രാജ്യത്ത് അരാജകത്വം സൃഷ്ടിക്കാൻ ശ്രമിക്കുകയാണെന്നും മഹാരാഷ്ട്ര മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി ദേവേന്ദ്ര ഫഡ്നാവിസ് ആരോപിച്ചു. മുംബൈയിൽ നടന്ന ഇന്ത്യ ടുഡേ കോൺക്ലേവിൽ സംസാരിക്കവെ, ഭരണഘടനാ സ്ഥാപനങ്ങളെ ചോദ്യം ചെയ്യുന്ന ഇവർ യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ ഭരണഘടനയ്ക്കെതിരായ ഗൂഢാലോചനയാണ് നടത്തുന്നതെന്ന് അദ്ദേഹം കുറ്റപ്പെടുത്തി.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched a scathing attack on the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), accusing it of holding "ultra-Leftist views" and wanting to bring anarchy to India. He alleged that the group's protest was part of a political design that had emerged from the vacuum created by a weak Opposition.
"There are two kinds of protests. Some protests are genuine, with people in genuine distress talking about their problems, while some protests are manufactured," Fadnavis said at India Today Conclave in Mumbai, arguing that the CJP agitation belonged to the latter category.
He alleged that ultra-Leftist groups and anarchists, having lost the ideological battle, were now using specific public issues to challenge the government.
"They have lost the ideological battle, and now they have come to the issue-based battle," he said.
Fadnavis maintained that protests over public issues were inevitable in a developmental democracy. However, he accused the CJP of using a copy of the Constitution to question constitutional institutions, including the Election Commission of India.
"This is a conspiracy against the Constitution," he said, alleging that the group's ultra-Leftist ideology was aimed at creating anarchy.
The Maharashtra Chief Minister said the BJP-led government had attempted to resolve differences through dialogue despite ideological disagreements. He cited its engagement with Maoists as an example of how the government was willing to engage with groups holding opposing ideologies.
Fadnavis also sought to distinguish legitimate political protest from what he described as anarchic conduct at the CJP agitation in Delhi's Jantar Mantar.
"Asking for the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan or the gathering at Jantar Mantar is not anarchy," he said.
However, he alleged that the presence of history-sheeters at the gathering and the abuses directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi crossed the line into anarchy.
"Challenges are always there," Fadnavis said, arguing that the government had to contend with protests while distinguishing between genuine grievances and what he described as manufactured agitation.