THE BJP on Tuesday slammed the INDIA bloc MPs’ march to the Election Commission demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, claiming that it was yet another attempt by the Congress and itsallies to create anarchy and relaunch Rahul Gandhi. Hitting out at the INDIA bloc, Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that through this march, they are “venting their frustration” over their electoral defeats by levelling baseless allegations against the constitutional bodies to malign their image. “Friends in the Opposition, the very system you are questioning is the one under which you won in Kerala. Was that victory illegitimate? You won in Karnataka. Was that victory illegitimate? You won in Himachal.

 

Was that victory illegitimate? Opposition Governments were formed in Punjab and Jharkhand; were those victories illegitimate?” the senior BJP leader asked. Speaking to reporters here, Chouhan asserted that accepting defeat is the fundamental spirit of democracy, asking the Congress and its allies to “stop insulting democracy and maligning” democratic institutions. “If you question constitutional institutions, you will commit the sin of plunging the country into the fires of anarchy. Do not commit the sin of plunging the nation into unrest and anarchy. The country and its people will never forgive you,” he added.