Lucknow, Nov. 3 -- The BJP took out 'Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy' rallies in Lucknow and Bareilly on Tuesday, mobilising thousands of party workers and supporters against the Opposition's allegations of irregularities in the electoral process and its criticism of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
More than 50,000 party workers and supporters reportedly participated in the rallies in the two cities, carrying BJP flags and placards bearing the slogan 'Save Democracy'.
In Lucknow, Union Agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan joined the march and launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav.
"Congress and Rahul Gandhi are unable to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi politically, so they have started conspiring against him. Modi is the crown jewel of the country and a blessing from God," Chouhan said.
Urging party workers to raise slogans against the Opposition, he said their voices should be loud enough to make Rahul Gandhi nervous in Delhi.
Taking a dig at Akhilesh Yadav over his opposition to the SIR exercise, Chouhan asked
whether a voter whose name appeared in two places should not have one of the duplicate entries deleted.
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