'Leader of propaganda': BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi for 'attack on democracy' remark in Colombia

Rahul Gandhi

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday hit back at Rahul Gandhi for his remark -- biggest threat to India is the "attack on democracy". The BJP has responded strongly, calling Gandhi "Leader of Propaganda" and accusing him of targeting Indian democracy on foreign soil.

Targeting the Narendra Modi government, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has said the biggest threat to India is the "attack on democracy".

cIn his response to a question on India's growing relevance in the global landscape, Gandhi said, "India has tremendous potential with its 1.4 billion people. But India has a completely different system from China. China is very centralised and uniform. India is decentralised and has multiple languages, cultures, traditions, and religions. India has a much more complex system."

Addressing engineering students, he said empires arise during energy transitions. "The British controlled the steam engine and coal. They became a superpower. We in India fought that empire and eventually got freedom in 1947.

After the British, the Americans managed the transition from coal and steam to petrol and the internal combustion engine. Now we are facing a new transition to the electric motor, from the fuel tank to the battery. The real fight between the US, which has a maritime vision of the world, and China, which has a terrestrial vision, is about who is going to manage this transition," Gandhi said, adding that "the Chinese are winning so far."

"Once again, Rahul Gandhi behaves like LoP - Leader of Propaganda. Goes abroad and attacks Indian Democracy! After all, he wants to fight (the) Indian state! Sometimes demands that the US and the UK should intervene in our affairs, and now this. From Sena to Judiciary to Sanvidhan to Sanatan," BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said on X.