India, Oct. 11 -- There is presently no verified evidence establishing that CJP organisers intend to engineer fatalities or that the mobilisation is foreign-directed. Nevertheless, India's security establishment must investigate credible threats.

A Colour Revolution does not necessarily begin with a revolution. It can begin with a grievance, a protest, an emotionally charged narrative and a political ecosystem willing to transform public anger into a confrontation with the state. What appears initially to be an isolated democratic agitation can, under certain circumstances, become the foundation for a much larger campaign to undermine constitutional authority and destabilise an elected government.

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