Union Minister Giriraj Singh directed criticism on Saturday at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Opposition figures Prashant Bhushan and Arvind Kejriwal, who had participated in demonstrations calling for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Singh contended that the conduct of Opposition figures had revealed their underlying positions. He went on to apply the label "Tukde-Tukde gang" to several parties and stated that individuals including Prashant Kishor, Prashant Bhushan, Rahul Gandhi, and Arvind Kejriwal had each revealed their positions through their actions.

The BJP leader attributed a rise in India's international profile to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and pointed to the Viksit Bharat 2047 target as the direction in which the government was moving, drawing a contrast with what he characterised as the opposition's record. Among the Opposition parties Singh named were the Congress, Shiv Sena, and a group he referred to as the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP).

Those remarks came as demonstrators assembled to call for Kumar's removal from office, citing what they characterised as procedural irregularities in the conduct of the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls. Opposition groups stated that roughly 13 crore people across India were dropped from voter rolls as a direct consequence of the process.

Singh raised questions about the organisation's name and asserted that it had been engaged in efforts to destabilise India's economy and stir up public disorder, adding that these matters had become apparent. He also questioned the reasoning behind the group's decision to adopt the name "Cockroach" and its implications for the general public. Singh referred to the group's members as cockroaches. He further alleged that money routed from outside the country was being directed toward undermining the national economy and fomenting civil unrest.

Rahul Gandhi also drew scrutiny from Singh over his stated ties to the organisation and to Neha Bora.

In a separate statement, BJP MP Tarun Chugh levelled charges against Gandhi, contending that the Congress leader was working to destabilise democratic institutions and apply political pressure against the constitutional order. Chugh further asserted that Gandhi sought to use crowd pressure, threats, and misdirection to operate outside democratic norms, including, Chugh claimed, by directing pressure at the Supreme Court, Parliament, and the Election Commission.

Chugh went on to claim that the Congress party was using young people, under the cover of protecting democratic values, as ground-level participants in politically motivated confrontations. Invoking the notion of Bangladesh-style "regime change," he contended that the Opposition was pursuing political power through disorder and confrontation rather than through constitutional means.

The charges levelled against Gandhi, the CJP, and a range of other Opposition figures came from BJP leaders at a point when demonstrations over the electoral-roll revision process had not wound down and questions directed at the Chief Election Commissioner remained unanswered.