Lok Sabha Elections: India will be like Russia with no Opposition, if BJP comes to power, says Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. There will be no opposition in India, Mann said. “These polls are very important.
Agar log chook gaye, to Russia ki tarah, Putin ki tarah bas main, main, main hoga, aur vipaksh khatam (If people miss this time, India will be like Russia, Vladimir Putin, and there won't be any Opposition,)" Mann said in an interview with the Indian Express. Last month, Vladimir Putin won Russian Presidential election in a landslide securing 87 per cent of the vote. On completion of the six-year term in office, Putin will be Russia’s longest-serving leader in over 200 years, surpassing Josef Stalin.
Putin has been criticised for allegedly suppressing opposition, including the media and civil society. Alexei Navalny who was seen as Putin’s only viable challenger died under mysterious circumstances earlier this year. Follow all Live Updates on Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Here Mann, who is the top campaigner of Aam Aadmi Party in absence of party chief Arvind Kejriwal, who is in jail, said the ongoing Lok Sabha election is not about winning or losing but to save democracy and Constitution.
“Two-three top leaders have said, whether by mistake or intentionally, that give us 400 seats and we will change the Constitution. How dare they? As it is, they don’t follow the Constitution. Supreme Court is supreme, but they don’t obey its directions.
The apex court ruled in favour of Kejriwal 5-0, but they brought an ordinance at 6pm and changed the ruling. They don’t listen to the EC either. CBI, and ED are their ‘kamaoo bete’(earning sons)," Mann said.
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