This regime wants power at any cost: Randeep Singh Surjewala
Condemning the mass defection of Congress MLAs to BJP, Randeep Singh Surjewala, media in-charge of All India Congress Committee, said that the ruling party does not care about democracy.
“Phrases like ‘aaya ram-gaya ram’, mass defections, rank opportunism and treachery with people’s mandate have become buzz words of BJP’s style of functioning,” he said.
He added that BJP is following a policy like that of British’s ‘divide and rule’. “The present regime follows a policy of ‘Divide and Arrogate, denigrate the mandate and rule’. Their sole aim is ‘Power at any cost and power at all costs, democracy be damned’. Tragically, traders of power and democracy are murdering democracy and deprecating constitutional principles through political conspiracy in the land of Gandhi,” Sujrewala said. All this is happening when the country celebrates the 75th anniversary of Quit India Movement launched by Bapu, he said.
Referring to the claim by Congress that Vyara MLA Punabhai Gamit was abducted and offered bribe of Rs10 crore to defect to BJP, Sujrewala said that similar attempts had been made to buy the loyalty of other MLAs like Mangalbhai Gavit and Ishwarbhai Patel.
He urged the Election Commission to take legal action in the matter and …read more
