Did CIA and Mossad sway 2014 Lok Sabha election? Congress leader Kumar Ketkar fires explosive claim

Congress leader Kumar Ketkar was speaking at an event on Constitution Day.

Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Kumar Ketkar has alleged that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel’s Mossad 'plotted' the Congress party’s defeat in the 2014 Lok Sabha election, claiming foreign spy agencies were determined to prevent a stable Congress-led government in New Delhi.

Speaking at a Congress-organised Constitution Day event, Ketkar argued that the sharp fall in the party’s tally, from 206 seats in 2009 to 44 in 2014, could not be explained by domestic politics alone and was 'not the mandate of the people', according to his remarks.

He claimed that 'a game' was launched ahead of the 2014 polls and that 'under no circumstances' should Congress’s seat tally be allowed to rise from 206, alleging that foreign agencies believed Congress had to be pushed down for them to 'play games in India'.

VIDEO | Congress leader Kumar Ketkar on Wednesday claimed that the CIA and the Mossad, the spy agencies of the United States and Israel respectively, had plotted the defeat of the Congress in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

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What exactly did Ketkar allege?

Ketkar said that foreign agencies 'decided' that Congress should not cross its 2009 tally of 206 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

“One of the organisations was the CIA and another was the Mossad of Israel,” he claimed, arguing that both agencies believed that if a stable Congress or Congress-led coalition returned to power, they would not be able to interfere in India or implement their preferred policies.

He further alleged that Mossad had prepared 'detailed data' on Indian states and constituencies and that the CIA and Mossad maintained extensive electoral databases to influence outcomes.

Acknowledging that there was 'some disenchantment' with then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2014, Ketkar insisted that this alone could not justify the collapse of Congress from 206 to 44 seats. “This was not the mandate of the people,” he said, suggesting that domestic anti-incumbency did not fully explain the scale of the defeat.

Ketkar also linked his allegation to a wider historical claim, saying that the British had long desired 'Balkanisation' of India, fragmentation into smaller, weaker units, and suggesting that alleged foreign intelligence activity fits within that broader pattern of external powers wanting a politically divided India.