BJP slams Rahul Gandhi over his ‘fighting Indian state’ remark
Rahul Gandhi's remarks that "we are now fighting the BJP, the RSS and the Indian state itself" drew a sharp response from the BJP on Wednesday, with its president JP Nadda alleging that everything the Congress leader does or says is in the direction of breaking India and dividing society.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asked what for the Congress and Gandhi carry a copy of the Constitution when the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha is using such a language.
Nadda said on X that Gandhi had exposed his own party's "ugly truth", claiming that it is no secret that Gandhi and his ecosystem had close links with urban Naxals and the deep state who wanted to "defame, demean and discredit" India.
He said Gandhi's repeated actions had also strengthened this belief.
Everything he had done or said had been in the direction of breaking India and dividing our society, Nadda alleged.
Speaking at the inauguration of the new building of the Congress party's headquarters, Gandhi had earlier said that the BJP and the RSS had captured every single institution of the country.
He added, "We are now fighting the BJP, the RSS and the Indian state itself."
Sharing a video clip of Gandhi's remarks, BJP IT department head Amit Malviya said, "Rahul Gandhi has now declared an open war against the Indian State itself. This is straight out of George Soros's playbook."
Hitting back at Gandhi, Sitharaman said, "The LoP, who was sworn in by taking oath on the Constitution, is now saying, 'We are now fighting the BJP, the RSS and the Indian State itself.' So, @INCIndia and @RahulGandhi, what for are you carrying a copy of the Constitution in your hand?"
Nadda said, "Hidden no more, Congress' ugly truth now stands exposed by their own leader."
"I 'compliment' Mr Rahul Gandhi for saying clearly what the nation knows - that he is fighting the Indian state!" he said.
