INDIA bloc trying to destabilise country: UP BJP president

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh BJP president and Union Minister of State Pankaj Chaudhary on Tuesday accused the INDIA bloc of trying to destabilise the country by allegedly inciting people, and said his party's 'Loktantra Bachao, Arajakta Hatao' (Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy) march was aimed at creating public awareness.

"The INDI alliance and its people are trying to destabilise the country and instigate people. A sting operation aired on a news channel has purportedly exposed attempts to destabilise India on the lines of Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka," Chaudhary told reporters before the march.

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India's democracy is strong, with deep-rooted foundations, and such attempts would not be allowed to succeed, he said.

Chaudhary said the BJP was organising the march to make people aware of what he described as attempts to create disorder and undermine democratic institutions.

BJP leader Priyanka Rawat, responding to a question about the participation of NDA allies in the march, said the BJP had worked to strengthen democratic institutions and bring people from the last rung of society into the mainstream.

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"The people of this country have voted honestly and contributed to nation-building. The opposition has no substantive issue and is continuously trying to mislead the public," she alleged.

Rawat said the opposition should first resign from governments in states where it is in power before questioning the electoral process.

"The people of the country will give them an answer. They have raised questions against the mandate of the people, and the people themselves will respond," she said.