Rahul Gandhi’s leadership now being questioned within Congress and among allies: BJP

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) connected Tuesday (December 23, 2025) claimed that questions implicit Rahul Gandhi’s enactment were nary longer confined to the electorate but were besides being raised from wrong his ain enactment and among its allies. This is wherefore the Leader of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha has gone overseas to marque “anti-national” remarks, alleged BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla

At a property conference, Mr. Poonawalla targeted Mr. Gandhi implicit his “vote theft” charges made successful the run-up to past month’s Bihar Assembly election. “[Congress leader] Shashi Tharoor ji has already gone connected grounds saying that successful the past 20 years, the NDA authorities has done precise bully enactment successful Bihar. Meaning, helium has wholly defused Rahul Gandhi’s ‘vote-theft’ narrative,” helium said.

Mr. Poonawalla alleged that Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP John Brittas precocious remarked that Mr. Gandhi should not person near Parliament and gone abroad. “He made an adjacent bigger disclosure: not lone the Left party, but adjacent the DMK was against Rahul Gandhi’s ‘India-bashing’ journey, and helium said that Rahul Gandhi does not instrumentality his enactment seriously,” the BJP person claimed.

‘No mandate oregon backing’

He added that Congress MP Imran Masood had backed Mr. Gandhi’s sister and chap MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arsenic a imaginable Prime Minister. “And this was endorsed adjacent by [her husband] Robert Vadra,” Mr. Poonawalla said.

“This means nationalist sentiment has already moved distant from Rahul Gandhi. From the Left to [Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister] Omar Abdullah, who rejected Rahul Gandhi’s statements, [NCP (SP) leader] Supriya Sule, Samajwadi Party, Trinamool Congress, each cull everything helium says... He present has neither nationalist mandate, nor organisational backing,” Mr. Poonawalla said.

The BJP person claimed that, a fewer days ago, Odisha Congress person Mohammed Moquim had raised questions astir the enactment of Mr. Gandhi and Congress main Mallikarjun Kharge. “Immediately, a ‘fatwa’ was issued by the Rahul Gandhi faction of the Congress enactment to expel Mohammed Moquim,” said the BJP leader, adding that “even his ain allies, household members, and enactment members are passing 1 no-confidence question aft different against Rahul Gandhi”.

‘Anti-India rhetoric’

“And that is why, erstwhile Rahul Gandhi mislaid the public, the organisation, and present possibly has nary enactment adjacent successful the enactment structure, helium erstwhile again went overseas to vent his choler against the BJP, and started speaking against the state instead. Once again, helium has started anti-India rhetoric, successful absorption to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the people, and their mandate,” said Mr. Poonawalla.

Alleging that the ‘Indian National Congress’ had go the ‘Anti-National Congress’, the BJP person countered Mr. Gandhi’s connection made successful Berlin regarding concerns astir physics voting machines, India’s electoral process, the Maharashtra and Haryana polls, and the country’s manufacturing capability. “Why does Rahul Gandhi emotion China truthful much? Is it donations, MOUs, oregon propaganda?” helium asked.

In different connection to the media connected Mr. Gandhi’s remarks successful Germany, BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari accused him of having an “anti-national” mindset, claiming that speaking against the state had go Mr. Gandhi’s policy, intent, and habit.

Published - December 23, 2025 09:37 p.m. IST

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