BJP Accuses Congress of Foreign-Linked Protest Plot

The Bharatiya Janata Party accused the Congress of conspiring with foreign organisations to destabilise India, citing an investigation that described international links among protest groups. The allegations were made by BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia, who singled out Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. The investigation did not establish that Congress directed protests in India. Bhatia said the report showed organisations coordinating, organising or amplifying demonstrations across borders. It identified 101 organisations, including Indian Alliance Paris and Progressive International, in connection with protest messaging in India and other countries. The investigation described different forms of involvement, which do not establish that every organisation directly coordinated demonstrations. The reported geographic scope differs: some accounts put the organisations in nine countries, while another gives 13. The investigation’s 101-organisation finding and descriptions of its network are claims attributed to that investigation, rather than independently verified evidence in the reports. At a press conference, Bhatia alleged that Gandhi and Congress were pursuing an “anarchy and...