Announcing that the Congress party would launch a nationwide awareness campaign against erosion of democracy by the BJP, Punjab party chief Sunil Jakhar on Sunday called upon all the party functionaries to participate in the same.
Jakhar has asked all the party workers and leaders to share their videos against BJP’s “anti-democratic thinking” on social media so that the people could be made aware of the truth and mobilized against the dictatorial mind-set of the saffron party.
“BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is killing democracy by destabilizing the State Governments of opposition parties in a bid to seize power,” said Jakhar adding that after eroding democracy in Goa and Madhya Pradesh, BJP was now following the same dirty tricks in Rajasthan.
Describing it a “threat to the country’s federal structure”, Jakhar warned that Congress party would not remain silent against the BJP’s bullying.
“Our great freedom fighters had gifted us with democracy after a long struggle; it was unfortunate for the BJP playing with it,” he said.
Jakhar said that the BJP did not care about the Constitution nor did it care about the high democratic values of the country.
. “BJP is turning blind in the lure of power and wants to seize it by any means,” he said.
Claiming that the Gehlot Government in Rajasthan was doing a great job in the time of COVID-19 crisis but Central Government, he said that BJP leaders were indulging in the buying and selling of MLAs. BJP leaders’ policy of intimidation and abusing the constitutional position of the Governor was a way to get votes to overthrow the government elected by people, he added.
“The manner in which the Governor is not convening the assembly session at the request of the Chief Minister in violation of the constitutional norms made it clear that he was ignoring democracy with the concurrence of the Central Government,” he said.