Raut had claimed that people in Albania had set the country’s Supreme Court ablaze for allegedly helping “corrupt prime ministers”. Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut courted controversy after suggesting that India should learn a lesson from the student-led protests in Albania, which turned violent and targeted democratic institutions.
Because the Supreme Court was helping corrupt prime ministers, the people were enraged.
Earlier, in a post on X, Raut said, “The people of Albania have burned down the Supreme Court. “And now, Sanjay Raut’s remark that India should learn from Albania, where the Supreme Court was set on fire amid widespread anarchy on the streets,” he said in a video message, adding, “The opposition leaders in India seek to push the nation’s democracy toward anarchy; nothing could be more unfortunate than this. Albania is a small nation that endured years under a communist dictatorship; the idea that people should take the law into their own hands, disrupt order, and destabilise institutions, whether it be the Supreme Court or Parliament, is entirely unacceptable,” said Chaturvedi.
The protesting public has also attacked Parliament and government offices, as well as the ministers’ homes. Former Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, too, disagreed with Raut. Chaturvedi condemned the remarks, saying India does not need to learn from any other country. She also warned against people taking the law into their own hands and destabilising institutions. “India does not need to learn from any other country.