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BJP workers staged a black-flag protestation against Congress person Rahul Gandhi successful Mumbai connected Saturday (February 21, 2026), calling it a effect to the Youth Congress's protestation astatine the AI Summit.
Mr. Gandhi landed astatine the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport successful the greeting and travelled by roadworthy to Bhiwandi successful neighbouring Thane territory to look earlier a tribunal successful the 2014 defamation case.
A radical of BJP supporters staged a protestation astatine Mulund toll naka and raised slogans against him. Speaking to reporters, protesters alleged that Mr. Gandhi consistently opposes the initiatives of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and accused him of tarnishing the country's image.
"Rahul Gandhi continuously opposes immoderate the Prime Minister does. Even connected issues concerning the nation. The Youth Congress workers raised slogans astatine the AI Summit, maligning India's image. That is wherefore we protested against him," a BJP protagonist said.
The constabulary had made elaborate information arrangements for Mr. Gandhi's sojourn to forestall immoderate confrontation betwixt workers of the ruling and Opposition parties.
Meanwhile, Congress person Sachin Sawant termed the BJP protestation arsenic "an effort to divert attraction from cardinal nationalist issues". Sawant accused the ruling enactment of resorting to theatrics arsenic it had nary answers for the public.
He questioned the reasons down what helium termed the BJP's "surrender" earlier US President Donald Trump and sought clarity connected matters related to financier Jeffrey Epstein, saying the enactment owed an mentation to the people. Sawant besides alleged that the BJP had compromised the aboriginal of farmers successful Maharashtra and the state by placing their interests astatine involvement successful the commercialized woody with the US.
The Nationalist Congress Party (SP) besides deed retired astatine the 'black flag' protest, calling it a "disrespectful" departure from antiauthoritarian norms. The party's Thane metropolis chief, Manoj Pradhan, said, "Rahul Gandhi holds a law station arsenic the Leader of the Opposition successful the country's highest house. It is fundamentally incorrect to amusement achromatic flags to him successful specified a manner. This is not however a ideology should function." Gandhi raises the issues of communal Indians; helium is simply a patriot done and through, helium said.
