New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Congress chairman of Media and Publicity Pawan Khera on Friday defended the Opposition's demand for a change of government through democratic means, accusing the BJP of conflating its government with the Indian Republic and warning that attempts to portray peaceful protests as a conspiracy for "regime change" undermine the principles of parliamentary democracy.
Addressing a press conference, Khera said ministers in the Narendra Modi government needed to recognise that they held office for a fixed five-year term granted by the people and could not claim ownership of the country or its Constitution. "The BJP is not the Constitution. Demanding a change of government through democratic means is neither sedition nor treaso...