NDA Leaders Oppose Hamid Ansari’s Stance on Nationwide Protests

Patna: Remarks made by former Vice President Hamid Ansari about protests being held across the country to demand the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar have become a major point of political discussion. The protests are reportedly intended to lead to a regime change, and Ansari’s comments on them have drawn strong criticism from leaders of the NDA.

Ansari said that India has always functioned in this way and that the protesters are our own people. Political parties have responded sharply to his statement, with some leaders questioning its message and others defending the current direction of the country.

Bihar BJP President Sanjay Saraogi expressed serious objection to the former Vice President’s comments. He said the remark that things run in this manner was part of Ansari’s earlier divisive and pessimistic statements. Saraogi described it as deeply regrettable that a person who enjoyed power for decades at the second highest constitutional post was now mocking India’s democratic order and social harmony.

He asserted that the country is moving forward under the authority of law, the Constitution of Babasaheb Ambedkar, and the sentiment of nation first, rather than under a weak system of appeasement. He called for an end to the trend of running down the country’s system after retirement from constitutional offices.

Meanwhile, JD(U) National General Secretary Shyam Rajak said Ansari had rightly stated that what is happening should be allowed to continue. He cited development, employment generation, and investment as signs of progress, and said India was expected to become a world leader by 2047.

BJP National Spokesperson Guru Prakash Paswan responded to the former Vice President with a counterattack. He said anarchy cannot be tolerated in the name of protest. Quoting Ansari’s remarks, Paswan said the protesters were not belonging to anyone else but to the people of India. He asked who was claiming otherwise, and questioned whether action should not follow if people violate bonds they have signed and break the law.

Paswan further said demands cannot be fulfilled simply because of any compulsion. He stated that every matter has a defined procedure and that the law and Constitution have their own dignity and scope, within which everyone must work.