New Delhi: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday alleged that a conspiracy similar to the violence witnessed in Bangladesh and France had been hatched in India by ‘anti-India gangs and some politicians’ to incite youngsters and trigger violence on the streets.
Those behind the alleged ‘dangerous conspiracy’ had forgotten that India is neither Bangladesh nor France, Rijiju said, criticising opposition leaders and others who participated in protests in Delhi this month against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.
A change of government in India was ‘certainly possible’, but only through elections, ‘not through Soros’, the minister said.
Hungarian-American political activist George Soros and his organisations, including the Open Society Foundations (OSF), have been accused by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of acting against India's interests.
Rijiju made the remarks in a post in Hindi on X and shared a short video featuring recent comments by lawyer Prashant Bhushan, All India Students' Association (AISA) leader Neha Bora, socio-political rights activist Yogendra Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
“The violent incident that occurred in Bangladesh and the riots, arson and looting that took place in France -- a similar conspiracy was hatched for India as well. Anti-India gangs and some politicians had colluded to incite youngsters and spread violence on our streets,” Rijiju said.
“But those who devised this dangerous conspiracy forgot that India is neither Bangladesh nor France,” he said, adding, “‘Satta parivartan’ (change of government) in India is certainly possible but only through elections, not through Soros.”