Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday accused the Congress and its allies of using protests against the Election Commission of India (ECI) to foment political unrest, alleging the opposition was plotting to bring about a “Bangladesh-style regime change.”
“And the fourth is being committed today by the Congress by attacking the Constitution, constitutional values, and constitutional institutions. And today, Rahul-ji is attempting to spread anarchy while keeping the Constitution in his pocket,” he said. Addressing a press conference in Lucknow, Defence Minister Singh claimed that the INDIA bloc was using concerns over electoral reforms, including the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, as a pretext to destabilise the government. “The developments that have taken place in Delhi over the past few days raise several serious questions. “Attempts are being made to use the nation’s youth as pawns in a politics of chaos.
He referred to three historical episodes to support his charge: the Emergency imposed in 1975 under then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the 1984 massacre of Sikhs, and the Congress’s support in 1990 for a government that, he alleged, was responsible for the killing of Ram devotee kar sevaks. “I believe that under the protection and governance of the Congress, three of the biggest unforgivable crimes have been committed: Their first unforgivable crime was the Emergency imposed by Indira-ji in 1975. Their second unforgivable crime was the 1984 massacre of Sikh brothers and sisters under the patronage of the Congress. And their third unforgivable crime was in 1990, when they supported and saved the government of those who shed rivers of blood of the Ram devotee kar sevaks,” Singh said. I want to remind you that in the year 1975, Indira Gandhi locked democracy behind bars.
It appears that the Congress and its political allies, both directly and through their affiliated organisations, are attempting to channel the energy of young people not into constructive activities and nation-building, but into instruments of political confrontation and the spread of chaos,” he said. Some seek a regime change, modelled after the events in Bangladesh, openly admitting that they drew inspiration from the situation in Bangladesh; others, meanwhile, brazenly call for the toppling of the government,” the Defence Minister said.
