BJP alleges UPA was controlled by foreign influence, targets Sonia

Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday upped the ante against Rahul and Sonia Gandhi, accusing them of letting the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government become a “puppet in the hands of foreign powers.” While addressing a press conference, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia latched on to former Union minister P Chidambaram and Manish Tewari “revelations” and claimed the Manmohan Singh’s government – influenced by Sonia Gandhi – chose not to take strong retaliatory action after the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai. “The people of India are asking questions — questions to the Congress Party and to the fake Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi.
We have also seen that the leader of the opposition, who has been abroad for the past four days, has only one mission — to defame India, a nation that is moving forward on the path of rapid development. From foreign soil, Rahul Gandhi levels baseless allegations and tries to malign our great nation. Therefore, from the soil of India, we want to ask questions — to the Congress Party, to Mallikarjun Kharge ji, to Rahul Gandhi ji, and to Sonia Gandhi ji — and demand answers before the people of India,” Bhatia said.”It is a matter of grave concern that senior Congress leaders like P Chidambaram, who served as Home minister under the UPA government, and Manish Tewari, a former UPA minister, have recently made revelations that are shocking and alarming.
It shows that a government which was constitutionally responsible for protecting India’s sovereignty had, in fact, become a puppet in the hands of foreign powers,” he added. Bhatia also alleged that Sonia had Monmohan Singh’s remote control while “foreign powers” had the remote control for Sonia Gandhi. Additionally, BJP MP Sambit Patra also attacked Sonia Gandhi and alleged that UPA government used to decide cabinet ministers after consulting with America, quoting Natwar Singh’s autobiography. “It was Sonia Gandhi’s dictation that don’t act against Pakistan. She made India bow down and gave shelter to Pakistan,” Patra said.
Natwar Singh wrote in his autobiography that the Sonia Gandhi government used to decide the Indian Cabinet Ministers after consulting America… She believes ‘saugandh mujhe us videsh ki, main desh nahi uthne dungi’…,” he added. He also questioned Chidambaram’s recent statement about foreign pressure behind India’s lack of retaliation against Pakistan after 26/11 attacks, suggesting that Chidambaram himself was part of the decision-making process under Sonia Gandhi’s leadership. “Only because the ‘whole world descended on Delhi’, the Congress party decided not to take any action against Pakistan. This was the India of that time, under the reign of the Gandhi family… This decision must have been taken by Sonia Gandhi unlawfully and unconstitutionally, and she must have dictated to Manmohan Singh and then Home Minister Chidambaram…,” Patra told ANI