BJP claims Rahul Gandhi losing support within Congress, cites Tharoor’s remarks on PM Modi

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BJP nationalist  spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla besides  alleged that immoderate   allies of the Congress are unwilling to judge  Rahul Gandhi’s leadership. File.

BJP nationalist spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla besides alleged that immoderate allies of the Congress are unwilling to judge Rahul Gandhi’s leadership. File. | Photo Credit: The Hindu

The BJP connected Saturday (June 20, 2026) claimed that Congress person Rahul Gandhi is losing enactment wrong his ain enactment and cited Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s purported remarks praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi to onslaught the Opposition leader.

BJP nationalist spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla alleged that Mr. Tharoor’s remarks connected PM Modi’s handling of the seafarers contented earlier U.S. President Donald Trump contradict Mr. Gandhi’s stand.

“It is embarrassing. Yesterday was Rahul Gandhi’s birthday, but helium did not person immoderate gift. Dr. Shashi Tharoor contradicted Rahul Gandhi’s basal connected the aforesaid issue, saying Prime Minister Modi articulated India’s presumption connected the sailors’ contented precise forcefully earlier President Trump and conveyed the country’s stance effectively,” Mr. Poonawalla said successful a video statement.

The BJP person further claimed that Mr. Tharoor has praised PM Modi’s enactment qualities.

“Not conscionable that, Tharoor has been effusively praised Prime Minister Modi’s vision, articulation, dynamism and oratory. He has said Modi has near a stamp connected the lives of Indians,” helium claimed.

Mr. Poonawalla besides targeted the Congress implicit its projection of Rahul Gandhi arsenic a aboriginal premier ministerial campaigner and claimed that immoderate leaders wrong the enactment bash not stock that view.

“On 1 hand, the Congress says ‘Cool PM Rahul’ and claims that Rahul Gandhi volition go the country’s premier minister. But his ain MPs bash not look to judge that,” helium said.

Claiming that Mr. Gandhi has mislaid nationalist support, arsenic good arsenic the backing of radical erstwhile considered adjacent to him, Mr. Poonawalla said, “This shows Rahul Gandhi has mislaid the janmat, having mislaid 99 elections. He has mislaid the enactment of radical who were erstwhile adjacent to him, whether it is Ramachandra Guha oregon Shashi Tharoor.”

The BJP spokesperson besides alleged that immoderate allies of the Congress are unwilling to judge Mr. Gandhi’s leadership.

“And now, helium does not person the enactment of his confederation partners either. Be it the Left oregon the DMK, they bash not judge his leadership. Rahul Gandhi has been reduced to a reel neta (politician); helium is not a existent neta,” Mr. Poonawalla said.

Published - June 20, 2026 03:06 p.m. IST

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