'Events today show democracy has thwarted efforts to incite anarchy: Ravi Shankar Prasad, BJP

BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad says, "Based on the events of today and the preceding three days, two things have become clear. One, Indian democracy has thwarted attempts to incite anarchy. Two, the country will be governed by Parliament, not by the streets. The results came in yesterday: the BJP won in Assam and Nandigram. The BJP also won in Puducherry. All these elections took place while this entire mischief was unfolding in Delhi over the past several days. The BJP wishes to particularly highlight that this stellar performance in Bengal, Assam, and Puducherry occurred while a movement for anarchy was underway in Delhi and other parts of the country... We are not opposed to protests, but you have weaponized street protests because of your electoral defeats..."