DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Taking a dig at the BJP, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Thursday alleged while the saffron party has been using "power of currency" to topple elected governments, if others join the same style and brand of politics, then how are they different. His comments came on the day 12 Congress MLAs of Meghalaya joined the Trinamool Congress. Surjewala was commenting on the remarks by senior party leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury who had said that a conspiracy was being hatched to break the Congress not only in Meghalaya, but the whole northeast. "In democracy, people vote to elect you. Anything else is murder of democracy and a betrayal of people's vote, nothing more, nothing less. Why does everybody blame the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi because Modi does not believe in the power of ballot," he said at a press conference. "The BJP has been using power of the currency to topple elected governments. They have tried it across the country. They have succeeded in multiple instances, like in Karnataka, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and an attempt was made in Rajasthan too. A successful attempt was made in Arunachal Pradesh where the assembly met in a private hotel," Surjewala, who is the party's chief spokesperson, said. He alleged that such attempts were also made in Meghalaya. "That is why we criticise Modi. If you join the same style and brand of politics, then how are you different?" he asked. "That is what sets the Congress apart. We do not bring down elected governments, elected through the ballot. That is a question that each one of our political parties in the political spectrum -- whether they are regional parties, or aspiring to become national parties, or belonging to different space in our polity -- need to ponder over and consider," he added. (editor@dailyworld.in)