Congress holds protest March to Raj Bhavan, says BJP abusing constitutions to topple Rajasthan govt

PANAJI: The Congress party walked in protest towards Raj Bhavan on Thursday to protest against the BJP’s use of constitutional authorities and “nefarious means” to topple Congress-ruled state governments. The party’s state leadership met with Goa governor Satya Pal Malik and submitted a memorandum asking president Ram Nath Kovind to ensure that Constitutional provisions are upheld.
The party said that instead of focusing on the Covid-19 pandemic, the economic crisis and China’s aggression along the eastern border, the BJP and the Centre are “actively engaged in toppling democratically elected governments” in Manipur, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and now in Rajasthan.
“The silence of constitutional institutions vis-a-vis these developments is not only deafening, but most baffling in nature,” said opposition leader Digambar Kamat.
Amidst the global health crisis, the political crisis is unfolding in Rajasthan with a strong rift emerging within the Congress party. The Congress has accused the BJP of using nefarious means to engineer a shift of Congress MLAs in Rajasthan and prompting them to resign.
“If the efforts of the BJP to capture power undemocratically and unconstitutionally are not contained timely, it will be a severe blow to our democracy and all of the hallowed tenets laid down in the Constitution,” said state party president Girish Chodankar.