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BJP Chief Accuses Congress of Backing Infiltrators Amid SIR Protests
BJP president Nitin Nabin criticized Congress and Rahul Gandhi over protests about changes to voter lists.
He said the opposition was defending people he called infiltrators.
He also accused opposition leaders of working with anti-social elements to create disorder.
Nabin said people in India would not let the opposition’s aims succeed.
The protests were about alleged problems with a voter-list review called the Special Intensive Revision, or SIR.
Protesters were asking for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to be removed.
Nabin spoke at an event in Varanasi honoring a group of bikers taking part in a campaign connected to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The article reports Nabin’s accusations and the protesters’ demands; it does not establish whether the alleged irregularities occurred.
BJP president Nitin Nabin accused Congress and Rahul Gandhi of fighting for “infiltrators” and working with anti-social elements.
Nabin said the Indian public would not allow the opposition’s agenda to succeed.
He linked the opposition’s criticism of democracy to the deletion of alleged infiltrators’ names through the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Rahul Gandhi and opposition MPs were protesting in New Delhi for a second day, seeking Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s ouster over alleged SIR irregularities.
Nabin made his remarks at a Seva Yatra event in Varanasi marking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 25 years in public office as a constitutional executive.
- Who
- BJP president Nitin Nabin; Rahul Gandhi and opposition MPs were also involved in the protests.
- What
- Nabin accused Congress and Rahul Gandhi of backing infiltrators, while opposition MPs protested alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- Where
- Nabin spoke in Varanasi; the protests were held in New Delhi.
- When
- The report is dated October 7 and says the protests were in their second day.
- Why
- Nabin said the opposition was objecting to the removal of alleged infiltrators’ names from voter rolls; protesters demanded the chief election commissioner’s ouster over alleged SIR irregularities.
Opposition and protesters
BJP president Nitin Nabin
Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls
Opposition and protesters
Rahul Gandhi and opposition MPs protested alleged irregularities in the SIR and demanded the chief election commissioner’s ouster.
BJP president Nitin Nabin
Nabin said the opposition was questioning democracy because the exercise had removed names of alleged infiltrators.
Opposition’s motives
Opposition and protesters
The article reports the opposition’s protest and demand, but does not provide a response to Nabin’s accusations.
BJP president Nitin Nabin
Nabin accused Congress and Rahul Gandhi of fighting for infiltrators and alleged opposition leaders were working with anti-social elements to create anarchy.
Key facts
- Speaker
- Nitin Nabin, BJP president
- Protest participants
- Rahul Gandhi and opposition MPs
- Protest demand
- Ouster of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- Issue cited by protesters
- Alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
- Nabin’s event location
- Varanasi
- Event
- A programme honouring Seva Yatra bikers who arrived from Vadnagar, Gujarat
- Campaign
- Seva Sankalp Abhiyan, marking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 25 years in public office as a constitutional executive
Quotes
Nitin Nabin
BJP president
“I want to tell the Leader of the Opposition: the people of India will never allow that their share is taken by infiltrators whose cause you champion. For whom have you shown concern? Whose battle are you fighting?”
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“I want to tell them clearly that whatever their objective and intention, the people of India will never allow their objective and intention to be fulfilled.”
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Sources
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