Insulting people’s mandate is Congress’ old habit: BJP

Shivraj Singh Chouhan. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday (October 3, 2026) said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah “illegal” amounted to an insult to constitutional institutions and the people’s mandate.

“The country’s democracy stands firmly on the foundation of the Constitution given by Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, and the people will continue to respond to such false and baseless statements democratically time and again,” Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in a statement.

Mr. Chouhan alleged, “Mr. Kharge’s statement, made at the direction of Leader of the Opposition [in the Lok Sabha] Rahul Gandhi, reflects the Congress’ frustration and mindset following electoral defeats.”

Stating that the Congress chief’s remarks were yet another example of the party’s “longstanding practice of attacking constitutional institutions”, he said, “Whenever the people of the country reject the Congress in elections, it begins conspiring to discredit democracy, the Election Commission, EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines), and the mandate of the people.”