The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a stinging counter-attack on Saturday evening, October 31, 2026, ridiculing Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi after the opposition INDIA bloc staged a symbolic “public impeachment” of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.
Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in New Delhi, BJP MP and national spokesperson Sambit Patra accused the Congress party of orchestrating political drama to achieve an unconstitutional “regime change” after repeatedly failing to defeat the ruling alliance at the ballot box.
‘Mock PM in Kurta-Pyjama’: BJP’s Scalding Jibe
Mocking the lawn-side parliamentary proceedings organised by opposition MPs at Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence, Patra sarcastically suggested that the Congress leadership should make Gandhi a permanent fixture of their symbolic parliament:
”Make him a mock prime minister in the mock parliament. And my humble request to you is, brother, please do not dismantle the Parliament. In the mock parliament that has been made, on the treasury side, seat Rahul Gandhi in a kurta-pyjama—leave the T-shirt—and do his bhajan-kirtan there every day, calling him ‘Prime Minister, Prime Minister’.”
Patra asserted that the Opposition’s grievance over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is merely a facade covering efforts to bypass democratic mandates.
Accusations of Foreign Agitation Models
The BJP spokesperson also directed sharp criticism toward Neha Bora, chief of the left-leaning All India Students’ Association (AISA). Bora, who previously led protests under the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) banner demanding CEC Kumar’s resignation, recently marched alongside top opposition figures, including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and Akhilesh Yadav.
- Regime Change Allegations: Patra hit out at Bora for allegedly expressing gratitude toward political developments in Bangladesh, warning against attempts to replicate foreign street agitations inside India.
- National Security Stance: Rejecting opposition commentary on police and armed forces personnel, Patra stated: “If you think that Indian police and the army will revolt against the government like in Pakistan, then you are living in La La land. We want to make it clear that India is not a banana republic.”
- Protest Footprint: Patra dismissed the political impact of student demonstrations, remarking that “India does not exist only within a 2-km radius of Jantar Mantar.”
