Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday accused the Opposition of planning unrest in India similar to recent events in Bangladesh and France. He said, "Regime change in India is absolutely possible, but only through elections not through Soros." The BJP claims these groups use violence to mislead young people today.

NEW DELHI: The BJP on Sunday accused the Congress-led Opposition of playing an instrumental role in fomenting unrest in the name of "regime change". Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju alleged that a "conspiracy" similar to those behind violent incidents in France and Bangladesh had been hatched in India by "anti-India gangs and some politicians" to mislead and instigate young people into unleashing violence on the streets.

"Regime change in India is absolutely possible, but only through elections not through Soros," Rijiju said in a post on X. He said that those behind the "dangerous plot" have overlooked the fact that India is neither Bangladesh nor France. Rijiju attacked the Opposition and other groups that organised a series of protests in Delhi this month against CEC Gyanesh Kumar and the SIR of electoral rolls.

BJP national media co-in-charge and national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari alleged the Congress' hopes of bringing about a change of government are rooted in disorder. "Congress' regime change hope is not democratic; it is anarchic, it justifies violence," Bhandari said. "Rahul Gandhi is agent of chaos! Beware. Congress admits: They idolise Umar Khalid & Neha Bora", he said.

Replying to Jairam Ramesh's post, Bhandari claimed that his remarks reflected a lack of confidence in the party's case before the Supreme Court. "Mr Ramesh; your tweet explains that you are underconfident with respect your case in Supreme Court. Rahul Gandhi last year accused of 1 lakh bogus entry in Mahadevpura, while pitching for searchable electoral roll; he has neither given a formal complaint nor an affidavit," he said.

'Politics of shoot & scoot'

BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari urged Jairam Ramesh to abandon "the politics of making allegations without evidence". He asked Congress leader to stop what he called "politics of shoot& scoot".