These days, sharp arrows of statements and political turmoil are at their peak in the country's politics. Amidst the political turmoil over issues related to the Chief Election Commissioner and electoral reforms, the Congress Party has strongly attacked the Central Government and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). After Defense Minister Rajnath Singh's objection to senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan's statement on 'change of power', senior Congress leader Pawan Khera made a strong attack on BJP during a press conference. Pawan Khera took a dig at Rajnath Singh and said that changing the government through elections and talking about change of power is a completely democratic process, then why does Rajnath Singh have objection to it and why is he reacting like 'Jagga Jasoos'? Pawan Khera called Rajnath Singh's statement 'hypocrisy'. Addressing a special press conference in the capital New Delhi, Congress leader Pawan Khera expressed strong objection to the statement of Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, in which he had raised questions about the opposition's words of 'change of power'. Rajnath Singh had said that from these statements of the opposition, it becomes clear that their entire fight is not for any electoral reform or the issues of the general public, but is based solely on the secret agenda of removing the government. Countering this, Pawan Kheda termed BJP's stand as sheer 'hypocrisy'. He said bluntly, "We are reiterating our goal again and again that we have to defeat this government and change this system. Then why is Rajnath Singh ji getting so worried on this matter and why is he behaving like 'Jagga Jasoos'?" Kheda said that the biggest and basic democratic right of the opposition is to oust the current government from power through elections. 'What happened in 1977? In a democracy, elections are the only way to change power. Pawan Kheda, while strengthening his arguments, also cited historical political examples of the country. Referring to the general elections of 1977, he asked whether there was no 'regime change' (change of power) in the country at that time? In a democracy, the public is supreme and whenever the opposition takes to the streets and raises the voice of the public, its ultimate objective is to bring about change through the democratic process. He said in sharp words, "How does the regime change in a huge democracy like India? Change happens only through elections! Changing the government through elections is the main and only political objective of the opposition, and apart from this what other objective can there be?" The Congress leader alleged that today the Bharatiya Janata Party has become so intoxicated with power that it has completely forgotten its democratic traditions and its habit of tolerating criticism from the opposition. Whenever the party has to face the heat of the public and the opposition, they get nervous. What was the whole controversy and Prashant Bhushan's statement? This entire political conflict started when the protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar intensified over allegations of irregularities in the electoral processes. Amidst these protests, senior and well-known lawyer Prashant Bhushan had given a statement making a very sharp attack on the central government. He had clearly said that if the government feels that this fight is about 'change of power', then yes, we want to do 'regime change' in this country and want to change this system. Based on this statement of Prashant Bhushan, BJP adopted an aggressive stance and in a press conference on Friday called it an attack on the constitutional system of the country. BJP said that the intentions of the opposition are not clear and they want to weaken democratic institutions. 'This same Prashant Bhushan was dear to BJP in 2013-14' Pawan Khera refreshed old memories by taking a sharp sarcasm on this opposition of BJP. He reminded that the lawyer Prashant Bhushan, on whose statements BJP is raising so much objection today, was the same lawyer who used to be the main face of the movements against the then UPA government during 2012-2013. At that time, Bharatiya Janata Party used to clap on everything he said and remained his cheerleader. Kheda sarcastically said that at that time, when Prashant Bhushan used to talk about 'regime change', BJP used to like it very much, but today when the same thing is being used against them, they are facing problems. In the end, he claimed that BJP has fully realized that power is going to slip from their hands in the coming time, hence they are giving importance to such baseless issues.
