The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday (September 30, 2026) hit out at the Congress and its allies, alleging that they were spreading misinformation and undermining democratic institutions. Defending voter-list verification, the BJP also took a jibe at the absence of some alliance partners from the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc’s meeting on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) issue.
They go to foreign soil and advocate for foreign powers to interfere in India’s democracy…and even after doing everything they could, when they could not remove Modi ji through democratic means, once again they are conspiring to spread anarchy and unrest in the country,” he alleged. “The programme from October 2 to 8 has been announced: Save Democracy March.
The Union Minister said the Congress and its allies were, out of frustration, “making excuses in advance for the defeat in upcoming elections”. This is not a Save Democracy March, but a Save Dynasty March, save the family campaign…but the people have decided not to allow dynastic politics to continue,” he said. “Whenever elections are near, the INDIA bloc, Rahul ji , Kharge ji either start politicising the courts or constitutional institutions…If any court does not give a decision according to their wishes, they question the judiciary.
“If they win, they hail democracy; if they lose, they condemn the Election Commission. “The Congress has decided that it will not improve. Whether it is Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge ji or Rahul Gandhi ji , instead of apologising for their mistakes, they are spreading confusion. They are lying and making fabricated allegations,” Mr. He raised questions over the absence of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president M.K. Stalin, and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal. Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren joined the meeting virtually.
At a press conference, Union Minister and senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that after the Congress’s defeat in one election after another, it should have done introspection. This is their frustration over defeat,” he said. Chouhan said. Referring to the INDIA bloc meeting, he said, “Even before the meeting, the alliance fell apart. Rahul himself, during Congress Working Committee meetings, keeps pleading: ‘Accept me as your leader, trust me’,” Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told reporters in New Delhi. Earlier reporting noted: The Congress asserted that the Opposition stands united to protect the Constitution from “repeated assaults” of the Modi government, including its “vote chori gameplan” to remain in power.
Earlier reporting noted: “Leave the INDIA bloc aside; even Congress leaders and members of the party are not willing to accept Rahul Gandhi as their leader. Earlier reporting noted: While the DMK and the AAP skipped the meeting, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav also did not attend on account of nominations for Rajya Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh .
Mr. Chouhan alleged that the Opposition alliance had become badly fragmented, with its constituent parties going separate ways.
“The truth is that the INDI Alliance is not ready to accept Rahul Gandhi as its leader… even the Congress itself does not have faith in him,” he claimed.
