Patna, Oct. 18 -- Union minister Chirag Paswan on Sunday charged the Congress with trying to create anarchy in the country, "just like France and Italy", by advocating "regime change" through street protests.
The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president also criticised the main Opposition party for treating as its "poster girl" Neha Bora, the AISA president, "who speaks of the uprising in Bangladesh".
"In a democratic country like India, it is highly objectionable that the main Opposition party is speaking of a regime change (through street protests). They should know that wherever such things have taken place, these have been sponsored by foreign powers and caused anarchy", Paswan told reporters.
Without mentioning Bora by name, the union minister also asked, "What does the Opposition party want to prove by making its poster girl an activist who is full of praise for what happened in Bangladesh? Does the opposition want to see here the same anarchy that has been witnessed in Nepal and Bangladesh, and, more recently, in France and Italy?"
Meanwhile, Paswan also said Bollywood actor Imran Khan was "not an Indian citizen"; and he should have stayed away from protests against SIR, which the MP called "attempts to create anarchy, backed by foreign powers".
The Hajipur MP, who, incidentally, tried his hand in films before entering politics, was responding to queries about the "leave India" notice issued to Khan.
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