Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday accused the Congress and its allies of trying to create anarchy in the country after failing to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi electorally, as he led the BJP’s ‘Loktantra Bachao, Arajakta Hatao’ padyatra in the state capital.
Targeting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, he also rejected their allegations of “vote chori” and accused the Opposition of attempting to undermine constitutional institutions.
“When Congress cannot defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the electoral battlefield, it is busy hatching conspiracies to create anarchy in the country,” Chouhan said. Referring to Emergency, Chouhan said: “The Congress committed the sin of murdering democracy by imposing Emergency in 1975 but will never succeed again in weakening democracy.”
Targeting the Congress’s rally in Delhi despite protests by traders, Chouhan accused the party of attempting to rake up old wounds. If they have courage, they should come to Parliament and debate with facts. “The first time was in 1905 by Lord Curzon, the second in 1947 by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and now the Congress, INDI alliance, Samajwadi Party and other parties are trying to spread anarchy in the country. “India’s global standing has changed significantly over the past 12 years.
These parties are dreaming of a change of power,” he said. Chouhan said people had kept the Congress out of power in several states for a long time, adding that the presence of NDA governments in most states reflected public trust in Modi. Contrasting the Opposition’s approach with the Centre’s development agenda, he said the Modi government and the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh were setting new benchmarks in development. Now, the world listens to and respects the country,” the Union minister said. Responding to Rahul Gandhi’s demand for a debate in Parliament, he said: “PM Modi is ready to discuss any subject, but when the opportunity comes, the Opposition remains absent. State BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary said the ‘Loktantra Bachao, Arajakta Hatao’ campaign was not merely a political programme but a mass campaign to protect democracy, end anarchy and expose what he called anti-national conspiracies.
