In the wake of INDIA bloc’s demand for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged election irregularities, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday accused the Opposition of conspiring to “spread anarchy” in the country with the help of what he described as “dimagi naxals, jihadis and cockroaches”. He also said that his party, the BJP, knows how to “tackle those trying to destabilise the country”.

Addressing the BJP’s ‘Save Democracy, Defeat Anarchy’ rally in Siliguri, the chief minister targeted the Opposition leaders for levelling ‘vote chori’ (vote theft) charges against the Election Commission (EC) and the ruling party, and alleged that Congress and TMC were trying to “protect infiltrators” in the country.

“The EC and the Centre have taken up the task of driving out infiltrators from the country, whereas Mamata Banerjee and Rahul Gandhi are fighting together to keep them in India,” the BJP chief minister said.

“At a time when we are working towards the goal of…