New Delhi, Jun 4 (PTI): The BJP on Thursday hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will no longer remain in office in a year’s time, accusing him of spreading propaganda to create “instability” in the country.
Calling Gandhi a “certified anarchist”, the ruling party also noted that the only Emergency imposed in the country was by former prime minister Indira Gandhi. Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, claimed on Wednesday that Modi will not be the prime minister in a year’s time as the “system that he once controlled is now shaken and collapsing internally”.
He further alleged that the Modi government may try to suppress the public pressure and impose something like an Emergency. Addressing tribal leaders from across the country at an event organised by the Adivasi Congress at the Indira Bhawan here, Gandhi on Wednesday warned that while an “economic tsunami” is coming, the system is also revolting due to public pressure.
Reacting sharply to the remarks, BJP IT department head Amit Malviya said that despite having “access” to information from various institutions and officials, his party continues to lose elections and shrink politically.
“Every few months, he unveils a new conspiracy theory. First, democracy was over. Then institutions were captured. Then election rigging. Now we are told that an Emergency is coming and an economic tsunami is around the corner.
“The country has heard these predictions before. The problem is that none of them ever come true,” Malviya said in a post on X. Referring to Gandhi’s remarks that India is heading towards an “economic tsunami”, Malviya said it is a classic case of “fear-mongering”.
“If India’s shock absorbers had truly been removed, why is the economy continuing to show resilience despite elevated crude prices, conflict in West Asia, supply-chain disruptions, global financial tightening and persistent geopolitical uncertainty?
“Rahul Gandhi should stop selling panic. India is facing global headwinds, but it is facing them with stronger reserves, lower inflation, better infrastructure spending, stronger domestic demand, record FDI inflows, substantial food buffers and targeted support for MSMEs and industry,” he added.
Drawing a comparison between the Congress-led UPA and the Modi government, Malviya said one left India vulnerable while the other made it more resilient.
“The tsunami was 2013. The difference is simple: Congress created vulnerability. This government created resilience,” he said, in an apparent reference to the economic challenges during the final years of the UPA government.
On Gandhi’s claim of receiving information from within the system, Malviya said, “Which raises an obvious question: if everyone has been working for Rahul Gandhi all this time, why was he so vehemently opposed to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)? Didn’t the Chief Election Commissioner tell him it was in the national interest? Or is Rahul Gandhi opposed to cleaning up electoral rolls because he wants illegal voters and infiltrators to remain on them?” he asked.
BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said Gandhi’s comments reflect the Congress party’s own history and mindset.
“Rahul Gandhi comes from a family with a history of the Emergency. That is why he believes everyone is out to impose an Emergency. The Constitution was crushed only once in India, and that was done by Indira Gandhi. The way she undermined constitutional institutions and interfered with them is well known,” Poonawalla said in a video statement.
The BJP spokesperson alleged that the real “emergency” is within the Congress party.
“Rahul Gandhi, who places dynastic rule above democracy, continues to see an Emergency everywhere even today. There is an emergency of sorts, but it is within the Congress. There is institutional collapse and revolt within the Congress. There is a systemic breakdown, but it is in the Congress party,” he said.
The BJP spokesperson also accused Gandhi of repeatedly making allegations against India’s institutions and harming the country’s image abroad.
“But you are the LoP — the leader of propaganda. Spreading lies, creating panic and profiteering — that is your model,” he said.
Poonawalla said the Congress leader should stop “panic-to-profit” politics.
“Stop this agenda of maligning India. Stop this ‘panic-to-profit’ politics. And remember that LoP does not stand for leader of propaganda,” he said.
Responding to Gandhi’s remarks, another BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari alleged that the Congress leader is seeking to create instability in the country and accused him of working with “forces that want to spread anarchy”.
“Rahul Gandhi is an anarchist. George Soros and Rahul Gandhi want to create disorder in the country. Rahul Gandhi wants to create a democratic deficit in India. I have never seen a politician who hates India as much as Rahul Gandhi does,” Bhandari told PTI Videos.
He claimed that Gandhi has realised he could not win the trust of the people through democratic means and is therefore targeting the country’s democratic institutions, stability and security.
“Rahul’s modus operandi is dangerous for the country, and today he stands exposed as a certified anarchist,” Bhandari said.
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