Jammu, Nov. 3 -- Turning up the political heat, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Vice President Ram Madhav launched a scathing offensive against the Congress party and its leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday, accusing the opposition of fanning "false propaganda" around the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to chip away at public trust in India's democratic institutions.

Addressing a press conference in Jammu, the BJP leader alleged that having failed to secure mandate after mandate against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress leadership is aiming to trigger a non-democratic, "Bangladesh- or Nepal-style regime change" by fueling street turmoil and system-wide scepticism.

"Their leaders are clearly say...