In one of his sharpest political broadsides yet, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, levelled a sweeping attack on the Indian National Congress and the INDIA alliance, accusing them of seeking to subvert the republic, weaponise politics, and turn democracy into an instrument of suffering.

Posting on X under the hashtag #SaveDemocracyRemoveAnarchy, Chouhan framed the opposition's politics in a striking triple-barb formulation — 'gantantra ko gunda tantra mein, rajneeti ko raktaneeti mein aur prajatantra ko peeda tantra mein badalna chahte hain' — charging that Congress and its allies want to convert the republic into a 'rule of the mob', politics into a 'politics of bloodshed', and democracy into a 'system of suffering'. He further alleged that these parties are 'conspiring to divide the country.'

BJP's democracy-threat frame against the INDIA alliance

The attack is not isolated rhetoric. Since the INDIA alliance was formally constituted in July 2023, BJP leaders have consistently framed the coalition as a destabilising force — characterising its political mobilisation as divisive and its electoral campaigns as corrosive to constitutional order. Chouhan, as a four-term former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and one of the BJP's most battle-tested mass communicators, carries particular weight when delivering these lines ahead of electoral cycles.

The Congress and the INDIA alliance, for their part, have mounted a parallel argument — repeatedly accusing the BJP-led government of undermining democratic institutions, pressuring independent bodies, and concentrating power at the Centre. Each side, in effect, casts the other as the republic's principal threat. That mutual escalation has defined the texture of Indian electoral politics through 2023, 2024, and beyond.

The political stakes behind 'Save Democracy'

Chouhan's use of the hashtag #SaveDemocracyRemoveAnarchy signals a coordinated messaging push — the kind of campaign anchor that travels across speeches, rallies, and social media simultaneously. His standing as a senior party figure and his decades of grassroots organisational experience in central India give the slogan an outreach well beyond digital audiences.

The phrase 'conspirators to divide the country' — desh ko baantne ka shadyantra — is also a deliberate invocation of one of BJP's most durable campaign themes: national unity under threat from opposition politics. Whether deployed around caste, region, or religion, this framing has been a structural feature of the party's electoral playbook for multiple election cycles.

With state assembly elections on the horizon and parliamentary discourse sharpening around constitutional and electoral issues, the temperature is rising fast — and Chouhan's post is a clear indication that the BJP intends to fight the next round on the terrain of democratic legitimacy itself.