New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- The Congress has strongly dismissed attempts to link ongoing opposition protests against the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise to the violent civil unrest sweeping France and other European nations, asserting that the opposition's movement is strictly peaceful, constitutional, and centred on free and fair elections.

The sharp pushback from the Congress came after the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged a coordinated conspiracy by "anti-India gangs" to orchestrate "regime change" in India similar to the recent turmoil in Bangladesh and France.

Speaking to reporters in Bhopal, Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan asserted that the "regime change" attempts will be foiled, as he cl...