Updated On: 25 August, 2025 08:34 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
“It is like running a bulldozer on democracy,” the Congress chief said

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge. PIC/PTI
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday alleged that after “vote chori”, the BJP is now engaged in “satta chori” by bringing bills to “topple opposition governments within 30 days” and “destabilise democracy” by using arrest as a weapon.
Kharge claimed that the bills take away the right of citizens to form or remove their elected government and give that power to institutions like ED-CBI. “It is like running a bulldozer on democracy,” the Congress chief said.
“This is like running a bulldozer on democracy,” he claimed. “With these bills, the BJP can topple opposition governments within 30 days, it can destabilise democracy by using arrest as a weapon,” Kharge further alleged.