<span style="color: #222222;">BJP President J P Nadda today accused Opposition parties of unfairly targeting his party's workers and independent voices on social media for criticising the handling of the COVID-19 crisis in states where they are in power. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a series of tweets, Mr. Nadda said this is unacceptable in a vibrant democracy and asserted that BJP stands with every party worker, supporter and well-wisher, who are being targeted by those scared of their unprincipled politics getting exposed. He said, the BJP will defend the right to free speech and resist these tyrannical forces in the democratic framework.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Saying that Culture of debate and criticism of those in public life is an integral part of a democratic process, the BJP Chief added that using state agencies to silence dissent is unbecoming of those in power.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">   </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">There have been reports of police cases in states like Maharashtra and West Bengal over alleged fake reports related to coronavirus developments.    </span><br />''