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BJP Leader Says Opposition Protests Won’t Rattle Modi
Opposition parties are protesting changes to voter lists.
The protests also concern Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said the protests would not change the government’s position.
He argued that the Opposition does not accept institutions when it disagrees with them.
He also rejected calls for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resign.
Prasad said Modi became Prime Minister because voters supported him.
He compared the protests with a recent gathering in Mumbai that lasted about two hours.
The article gives Prasad’s views but does not explain the Opposition’s full reasons for protesting.
Former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said protests over voter-list revision would not rattle the BJP or Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
His remarks came during the second day of Opposition protests over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Prasad accused the Opposition of refusing to accept the legitimacy of national institutions when it disagrees with them.
He dismissed calls for Modi to resign, saying the Prime Minister holds office because of popular support.
Prasad cited a recent protest in Mumbai, saying parties held a meeting for two hours before dispersing.
- Who
- Ravi Shankar Prasad, the BJP, and Opposition parties.
- What
- Prasad criticized Opposition protests over voter-list revision and rejected calls for Narendra Modi to resign.
- Where
- India; Prasad gave the interview to NDTV. He also referred to a recent protest in Mumbai.
- When
- During the second day of Opposition protests; no calendar date is specified.
- Why
- The Opposition was protesting the Special Intensive Revision of voter lists and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Opposition protesters
Ravi Shankar Prasad
Voter-list revision and election authorities
Opposition protesters
Opposition parties protested the Special Intensive Revision of voter lists and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Ravi Shankar Prasad
Prasad said the protests would not rattle the BJP and accused the Opposition of refusing to accept institutions’ legitimacy.
Calls for the Prime Minister to resign
Opposition protesters
The article reports that the Opposition demanded Narendra Modi’s resignation.
Ravi Shankar Prasad
Prasad dismissed the demand and said Modi held office because of popular support.
Key facts
- Speaker
- Ravi Shankar Prasad, senior BJP leader and former Union minister
- Interview
- NDTV’s Padmaja Joshi interviewed Prasad
- Protest focus
- Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- Protest timing
- The interview took place on the second day of the protests
- Prasad’s position
- He said the protests would not rattle the BJP or Narendra Modi
- Mumbai example
- Prasad said parties held a protest meeting against the Election Commission for two hours before dispersing
Quotes
Ravi Shankar Prasad
Senior BJP leader and former Union minister
“You (the Oposition) will not accept the Supreme Court, you will not accept the Election Commission, you will not accept the CVC, you will keep on berating the Army, the Army Chief... What do you want? I say, 'my way or highway'.”
NDTV
“PM Modi will stand tall... He is there not because of the charity of a family; he's there because of the popular support.”
NDTV
Sources
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