P. Chidambaram: 'We Have Never Supported Violent Protests'

Speaking to India Today, Congress MP P. Chidambaram rejected allegations by BJP leaders regarding a Bangladesh-style regime change plot through street mobilization, stating, "We have never supported violent protests, nor do we aim to, uh, bring about a regime change through violence." He asserted that the Congress is a democratic party committed to Gandhian methods of protest, demonstration, and building public opinion against the government. Chidambaram also addressed the Election Commission's voter revision process, questioning the conduct of a summary revision instead of a special intensive revision across the remaining states and union territories, stating that both exercises cannot go together.