Prashant Bhushan says anti-CEC protest now a ‘fight for regime change’, BJP hits back with 'conspiracy' charge
Here's the latest protest news from across India:
Senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan , who is part of the ongoing anti-CEC protests, on Friday shared the agitation against alleged irregularities in the SIR of electoral rolls had become “really a fight for regime change”, drawing a sharp response from the BJP, which accused the protesters of seeking to oust the Narendra Modi government without an electoral mandate.
Adding to this, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis among many other BJP leaders reacted to Bhushan’s 'regime change' remarks. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi alongside Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke , student organisation leaders and activists, Bhushan shared calls for regime change were part of democratic rights and that creating “disaffection” against a government was not a crime under the Constitution.
Meanwhile, “The government alleges the opposition wants a regime change... We are currently fighting to ensure that elections are conducted properly. But if this kind of brutality continues, there will certainly be regime change.
Notably, “What is wrong with that? BJP led several movements for regime change? Now they are saying there is a conspiracy for regime change...” Bhushan shared.
As per the latest buzz, “Regime change is the democratic right of every citizen. Creating disaffection for the government is not a crime as per our Constitution.
In further updates, “That is why this is now really a fight for regime change against a dictatorial government. A government that is crushing democracy,” he shared.
On top of that, Bhushan shared attempts by the authorities to suppress protests would only bring more people onto the streets. He added that young people would lead the movement for regime change, with civil society groups and political parties joining the campaign.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh accused unnamed groups of trying to use young people to foment political unrest, drawing a parallel with the events in Bangladesh.
Source: Hindustan Times