CM Rekha Gupta Leads BJP March Against Congress 'Anarchy'
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Tens of thousands of BJP supporters flooded Delhi's streets on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, for a padyatra that Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta declared was democracy roaring back against what she called a politics of chaos — and she aimed that charge squarely at Rahul Gandhi and the Indian National Congress.
A March Called 'Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy'
The rally, organised under the banner 'Loktatantra Bachao, Arajkta Hatao' ('Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy'), was led by BJP national president Nitin Nabin. Chief Minister Gupta credited Delhi's trading community in particular for swelling the ranks of the march, describing their participation as a resounding answer to what she framed as a Congress-led attempt to 'bring Delhi to a standstill.'
In her post she wrote: 'Ye loktantra ki hunkar hai, arajkta ki haar hai!' — 'This is the roar of democracy, this is the defeat of anarchy!' The choice of the padyatra format — a foot march through the capital — was deliberate, echoing a long line of BJP street mobilisations designed to project organisational depth and public energy ahead of electoral cycles.
Congress 'Zero' in Four States — And What BJP Is Saying About It
Gupta extended the attack beyond Delhi, pointing to what she described as Congress winning zero seats in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar as proof that voters across India have conclusively rejected the party's 'negative politics.' The framing is a recurring BJP playbook move: stack regional results into a national narrative of Congress decline.
She reserved particular sharpness for Rahul Gandhi, calling his successive political launches 'repeatedly failing' and predicting the Congress will pay an even steeper price in upcoming elections. The hashtag #ModiKahinNahiJayega — 'Modi is going nowhere' — punctuated her message, a direct rebuttal to any opposition speculation about the Prime Minister's political future.
BJP's Delhi Machinery on Full Display
The event drew a visible cross-section of the party's Delhi apparatus. Delhi BJP state president and Union Minister of State Harsh Malhotra was present alongside senior party figures, members of Parliament, cabinet ministers, and legislators. The show of unity on a single platform in the capital was as much a message about internal BJP cohesion as it was an attack on the opposition.
For BJP, Delhi has always been a uniquely symbolic battlefield — the city where national political perception is made and remade. A high-turnout march here, amplified by the Chief Minister's voice, is the party planting a flag ahead of whatever electoral contest comes next.
The streets of Delhi gave BJP its imagery tonight. Now Congress will have to decide how loudly it responds.