BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia attacked Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday, calling him a destructive force who believes in anarchy. Bhatia claimed the Opposition wants to overthrow the government, which threatens democracy. He warned that the public will hold leaders like Gandhi responsible and eventually end their political careers for such actions.
BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia targets Rahul Gandhi over his alleged support for regime change, accusing the Opposition of promoting anarchy and undermining democratic institutions amid protests over SIR.
New Delhi [India], November 3: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia on Tuesday launched a blistering attack on the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, labelling him as a destructive force who believes in anarchy.
"If India has one greatest strength, it lies in its democratic government, its reverence for the Constitution, and the stability it has maintained for 12 years. On the other hand, there is an opposition that is anarchic in its thinking, anti-Constitution, and openly speaks of overthrowing the government.
Rahul Gandhi believes in anarchy and destruction; it is not for nothing that he is called a 'Bhasmasura' (a destructive force). He has become the kind of leader who seeks to usher in anarchy by killing democracy, strangling it to death," he said.
Further, he emphasised that the general public remains politically vigilant and cautioned that if the Opposition leaders, including Gandhi, former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, former Bihar Deputy CM Tejaswi Yadav, and others continue to demand a regime change, it will drive the citizens to ultimately hold them responsible and change the Opposition itself.
"I say this with a lot of responsibility: people wanting a regime change might witness a situation where the people of the country feel that the Opposition is irresponsible and should be changed. The public will find an alternative to the opposition; do not imagine, Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, or Tejashwi Yadav, that you will gain anything through anarchy. This public will put an end to your political careers. India's democracy will remain unscathed," he said.
The remarks came after Senior Advocate Prashant Bhushan, AISA (All India Students Association) president Neha Bora, and Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera publicly used or discussed the phrase "regime change" during conferences and press addresses in Delhi in the context of the ongoing protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.