New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a coordinated attack on the Congress and opposition-linked activists over the "regime change" controversy on Friday, accusing them of trying to destabilise the Modi government through street protests and Bangladesh-style instability rather than through elections.

The opposition hit back, defending its democratic right to challenge the ruling government through peaceful protests and elections.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP national president Nitin Nabin, Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Pankaj Chaudhary, Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis were among the leaders who criticised the opposition over t...