“Their Bankruptcy Is Moral And Intellectual, Not Financial”: JP Nadda Lashes Out At Congress

The National President of BJP J.P. Nadda came down heavily on Congress for “blaming their irrelevance on financial troubles.” His response comes after the Congress party made allegations of crippling the party financially through systematic efforts undertaken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In a scathing critique of the opposition party, J.P. Nadda took to X (formerly known as Twitter) and said that the Congress was blaming its “irrelevance on ‘financial troubles’”. He accused the party of blaming authorities instead of taking responsibility and accountability for their mistakes. He claimed that despite the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal’s (ITAT) or the Delhi High Court’s demands to comply with rules and pay taxes, the opposition party has never done either.

He further stated, “For a party which has looted from every sector, in every state and at every moment of history, to talk of financial helplessness is comical.” He said that the party should use the money collected from “all their scams from jeep to chopper scam via Bofors” for election purposes.

J.P. Nadda called the Congress’ claim of the death of democracy a lie, adding, “India was not a democracy only for a few months between 1957 and 1977 and that time the Prime Minister of India was none other than Mrs. Indira Gandhi.”

Congress is going to be totally rejected by the people and fearing a historic defeat, their top leadership addressed a press conference and ranted against Indian democracy and institutions. They are conveniently blaming their irrelevance on ‘financial troubles’. In reality, their…

— Jagat Prakash Nadda (Modi Ka Parivar) (@JPNadda) March 21, 2024

Earlier today, the Congress claimed that there was no ‘level playing field’ for opposition parties as their accounts have been frozen, preventing them from electioneering. Party President Mallikarjun Kharge accused the BJP of having kept huge amounts of money through electoral bonds and then preventing the opposition from accessing their own accounts, hampering the party’s ability to participate in the upcoming elections.

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi called the freezing of accounts “undemocratic” and a “determined assault” on the party. Rahul Gandhi expressed the party’s struggles with being unable to purchase plane and train tickets for party leaders to travel or even run advertisements or campaigns for the Lok Sabha elections.