'Watch out': Vice President Dhankar warns Congress leader about 'Bangladesh could happen in India'

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar launched a veiled attack on Congress after several party leaders suggested the unrest in Bangladesh could spread to India.

Vice President Dhankar, speaking at an event on Saturday, asked citizens to remain vigilant over reports of Bangladeshi violence infiltrating into India.

“It is deeply concerning that some people are trying to instill a narrative that what happens to our community must happen to our Bharat,” Vice President Dhankar said.

“How can a citizen of this country who has been a member of Congress and another who has experienced enough foreign service say without hesitation that what happens in the neighborhood happens in India! Be careful!” the Vice President added.

The Vice President warned anti-national forces against manipulating the basic constitutional institutions of the country to legitimize their actions.

He stressed that these forces seek to undermine our democracy and urged citizens to put the country's interests first.

Vice President Dankar has warned that anti-national forces could infiltrate three key institutions designed to protect democracy.

Congress leaders suggest Bengal be like India's unrest

Congress leader Salman Khurshid said on Tuesday that what is happening in Bangladesh could happen in the country as well, even though “on the surface everything looks normal”.

“What happened in Bangladesh could happen here… the spread of the disease in our country prevented things from breaking out like they did in Bangladesh,” he said.

Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar also said that concerns about the integrity of India's elections have begun to be reflected in Bangladesh.