The BJP also accused him of harbouring anti-Hindu sentiments and alleged that the Congress-led agitation was aimed at creating anarchy.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday (October 12, 2026) slammed Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for describing the Opposition’s protest march in Delhi as “Shiv Ki Baraat” (Lord Shiva’s wedding procession).
“The top leadership of the Congress is completely directionless. Just a moment ago, they were saying that the Congress is like ‘Shivji Ki Baraat’. Those who oppose Lord Rama are now talking about ‘Shivji Ki Baraat’? He described the protesters as troublemakers attempting to spread chaos on the streets.
Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said at a press conference.
Claiming that Mr. He also alleged that the principal Opposition party and its allies had become puppets in the hands of foreign powers. “For the past several years, the Congress has continuously been attacking constitutional institutions and blaming them for its electoral defeats. There is infighting in Uttar Pradesh. In Punjab, the State party president had to be changed,” Mr. “They talk about the Constitution? They changed Chief Ministers as though they were changing clothes.
The Union Minister cited several States where the Congress had been out of power for decades, including Tamil Nadu (59 years), West Bengal (49), Uttar Pradesh (37), Bihar (36), Tripura (33), Gujarat (31), Odisha (26), Nagaland (23), Goa (14) and Delhi (13). More than 90 times, they dismissed elected governments (during Congress rule).
Gandhi had “nothing to do with India’s values, traditions, and beliefs”, he said, “The Congress leader has not even the right to invoke Lord Shiva’s name. Former Union Minister and BJP leader Anurag Thakur, at a separate press briefing, said: “Wherever Rahul Gandhi and his party find an opportunity, whether in Parliament or on the streets, they make remarks about Sanatan Dharma, insult it, or invoke it for their own political objectives. Chouhan had blamed the Congress’s electoral setbacks on what he called its “visionless” leadership, rather than the Election Commission of India (ECI). He said the party’s leadership “did not understand the country, its people, their values or traditions” He also said the party had been reduced to a “junior partner” in Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Jammu & Kashmir. Losing one election after another and venting its frustration by staging protests on the streets has become its destiny,” he said. Chouhan said, also alleging internal conflicts within the Congress units in Karnataka and Telangana. The Congress strangled democracy by imposing the Emergency,” he said.
That is what they do: ‘Ali, Ali at night; Bajrang Bali during the day.’” Earlier, Mr. “What is the condition of the Congress today?
