New Delhi, Oct 16 (PTI) The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) held protests across universities, states and metropolitan centres on Friday against Congress, slamming the opposition and stating that power changes hands through ballots, not mobocracy.
ABVP, the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, said it organised protests under the call ‘Stop Anarchy, Embrace Democracy’ at various locations, including Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha. It asserted that attempts by Rahul Gandhi and the Congress-Left ecosystem to undermine public confidence in constitutional institutions, including the Election Commission and the Supreme Court, cannot be allowed to succeed.
“India is a democracy, not a mobocracy. Governments are formed and changed through the people’s mandate, not through demonstrations of street power,” ABVP said.
It said attempts to emulate political developments in Bangladesh and Nepal to pursue a politics of anarchy and regime change in India are unacceptable.
ABVP national general secretary Virendra Singh Solanki said, “India’s democracy rests on the people’s trust, the right to vote and the independence of constitutional institutions. The authority to change governments rests solely with the people, who elect and replace governments through their votes.”
“Political dissent is welcome in a democracy, but attempts to change governments through mob pressure, anarchy or by targeting constitutional institutions are unacceptable,” he added.
ABVP said the youth of the country must remain vigilant in safeguarding the dignity of constitutional institutions, democratic values and national interests, and must oppose the politics of anarchy and mobocracy through democratic means. PTI KSH ASD
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