Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organised a massive rally here on Saturday under the campaign ‘Save Democracy – Remove Anarchy’.
The procession, aimed at protecting India’s democracy, Constitution and sovereignty, was led by Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and party national spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi.
Several state party leaders, including Bhubaneswar district president Niranjan Mishra, former state BJP chief Sameer Mohanty, MLA Babu Singh, former minister Aravind Dhali, former MLA Priyadarshi Mishra, state executive committee member Jagannath Pradhan, district in-charge and state secretary Saroj Kar, took part in the march.
The procession began from the state BJP headquarters and ended at Vanivihar Chowk.
BJP leaders targeted the Congress and other Opposition parties over their allegations of irregularities in electoral rolls and the electoral process. They questioned the opposition’s claims on the credibility of elections, asking why similar concerns were not raised in states where the BJP was not in power.
BJP leaders alleged that Opposition parties, unable to accept electoral defeats, were resorting to allegations of vote theft and claiming that democracy was under threat.
The saffron party said the procession was aimed at raising awareness about democratic values and sending a message against what it termed political anarchy.
