As part of the latest polemics over the alleged USAID funding for voter turnout in India, Congress on Sunday accused BJP of indulging in “anti-national work” by spreading “fake news” from US “about the Indian democracy” and demanded to know from PM Narendra Modi and external affairs minister S Jaishankar why the government was silent when US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk were “insulting” India repeatedly. AICC communications in-charge Jairam Ramesh said: “…Elon Musk made a fake claim, Trump got confused between Dhaka and Delhi… Now BJP should just answer this: Why did BJP spread fake news about India’s democracy? Why did BJP do anti-national work by spreading fake news from America? If the BJP’s accusation against India’s opposition party over fake news from America is not treason, then what is it?…”
AICC Session: April 8-9
AICC general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal notified April 8-9 as the dates for holding the AICC session in Ahmedabad. The session commencing with a CWC meeting, he said, will deliberate on the “anti-people” policies and “attack on Constitution” by BJP.
