Mumbai, Nov. 2 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday alleged that the Congress and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi were part of a conspiracy funded by foreign powers, especially China, to create political anarchy and foist an ultra-leftist or communist regime on India. Addressing participants of the ruling Mahayuti's 'Loktantra Bachao, Arajakata Hatao' (Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy) march in Thane, Fadnavis claimed that the Opposition was using the Constitution as a shield while systematically discrediting constitutional institutions to pave the way for "China-influenced rule". The Mahayuti march was organised to counter the rally in Delhi convened by the Opposition INDIA bloc, seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged election malpractices. Participants in the march included top leaders from the BJP and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, which have been at loggerheads in the recent past over various issues, including losses in the legislative council elections and the murder of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Pradeep Purnekar. Fadnavis raised concerns over Rahul Gandhi's recent trip to Vietnam and Thailand and wondered why the Congress and trusts controlled by the party were getting funding from China, which he said had been trying to infiltrate areas along India's border. "Why is the Congress getting funding from China to spread anarchy in our country," he said, alleging that the copy of the Constitution with a red cover which the party displayed at protests was merely a mask, and their real intentions were contained in the "red book". "Using this red book, conspiracies are being hatched to change our Constitution, as they did in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka," Fadnavis said. The Congress' strategy, Fadnavis alleged, was to hold the red Constitution in one hand and, with the other, discredit every institution established under Dr. BR Ambedkar's Constitution. "They know that if they directly call the Constitution bad, people will reject them. Therefore, they are claiming that the institutions established by the Constitution are corrupt and ineffective. They have been claiming that institutions like the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) and CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) are bad, have abused the ECI (Election Commission of India) and claimed that decisions cannot be taken in Parliament. Now they are abusing the Supreme Court. This is what anarchy looks like," Fadnavis said. The chief minister also defended the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The Congress, he said, must explain why it was troubled when the names of 25 million deceased people were removed from the electoral rolls....