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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) connected Thursday (May 14, 2026) raised questions connected Rahul Gandhi's overseas trips and demanded the disclosure of their root of funding, claiming that determination is simply a wide mismatch betwixt the year-over-year yearly income of the Congress person and the wealth spent connected his question abroad.
Addressing a property league astatine the BJP office successful New Delhi, enactment nationalist spokesperson Sambit Patra said, “Gandhi went connected 54 overseas trips successful the past 22 years, connected which a cumulative expenditure of ₹60 crore was incurred.”
“However, his year-over-year yearly income, arsenic disclosed successful his canvass affidavits successful the past 10 years, remained astir ₹11 crore altogether,” the BJP person claimed.
“According to the plus and liability declaration made by Mr. Gandhi successful canvass affidavits, the full disclosed assets stood astatine ₹55.38 lakh successful 2004 and ₹20.39 crore successful 2024,” the BJP MP claimed.
"While ₹60 crore was spent connected these overseas trips, it's not fitting anyplace erstwhile his full plus and liability stands astatine ₹21 crore," Mr. Patra said, demanding that Mr. Gandhi and the Congress disclose who funded the overseas trips of the Leader of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha.
Sharing year-over-year details of Mr. Gandhi's overseas trips, Mr. Patra besides alleged that the Congress person did not disclose galore of his visits overseas and demanded answers from him connected these "mystery trips".
"This raises ineligible questions. Under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) provisions, immoderate MP, justice oregon authorities authoritative has to instrumentality anterior support from the government, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), if their overseas visits are funded by immoderate agency," helium said.
"If going connected immoderate overseas circuit astatine idiosyncratic expense, past you person to disclose it successful the income taxation return. If you person immoderate acquisition overseas oregon wealth is spent connected you successful an undisclosed manner, past it attracts provisions of the Black Money Act 2015 also,” helium continued.
"Has helium obtained mandatory anterior support of the MHA for his overseas trips? Where are the documents? Has helium made an income taxation introduction disclosure?" the BJP person asked.
Mr. Patra claimed that the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), successful a missive to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge successful September past year, raised objections to Mr. Gandhi's six "undeclared overseas trips" betwixt December 2024 and September 2025. “In the authoritative letter, the CRPF noted it was an "extremely worrisome" contented arsenic each of these six overseas trips was undertaken successful usurpation of the yellowish publication of the Special Protection Group (SPG) protection,” helium said.
"We privation to inquire that connected May 3, 2026, nighttime a ocular footage of Gandhi's backstage sojourn to Muscat, Oman. He didn't state immoderate nationalist programme. There was nary disclosure of the big and nary itinerary was disclosed. Who had invited him? No FCRA Section 6 support has been shown," the BJP person said.
"If the Oman pb is substantiated, past it becomes the seventh introduction successful that signifier (of undisclosed overseas trips successful usurpation of yellowish publication information protocol)," Mr. Patra added. He said Mr. Gandhi undertaking overseas visits, including his "mystery trips" raises sedate questions, particularly erstwhile helium aspires to go the Prime Minister of the state successful future.
"With what motive did helium question to Oman? Who did helium conscionable there? What did helium talk against the state there? What benignant of conspiracy did helium hatch?" Mr. Patra asked.
"It's not that the Government of India volition spare him. This is caller India. There are cameras installed everywhere. Everything is being counted and taken into account. We person released conscionable a tiny ledger today. There are umpteen papers and facts available. He [Rahul Gandhi] volition not beryllium spared," helium said.
