BJP spokesperson Amit Malviya targeted Rahul Gandhi, the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition, for questioning India's democratic electoral process. Malviya accused Gandhi of consciously trying to incite "chaos" by adopting strategies he assigned to American business magnate and philanthropist George Soros.
It is not that Rahul Gandhi does not know how the electoral process functions. He does extremely well. But his aim is not clarity, it is chaos," Malviya, a director of the BJP's National Information and Technology Department, wrote on X.
Echoing his earlier allegations that tied Gandhi to Soros, Malviya also alleged that the Congress leader invoked conspiracy theories whenever his party lost elections.
“This is straight out of George Soros' playbook — systematically erode people's faith in their own institutions, so they can be cracked open from within for political gains,” he added.
Referencing the Election Commission of India’s response to Gandhi’s allegations, Malviya asserted, “India's democracy is strong. Its institutions are resilient. And the Indian voter is wise. No amount of manipulation will change that.”
Malviya also slammed Gandhi for so-called selective acceptance of election results.
"When Congress wins — whether in Telangana or Karnataka — the same system is acclaimed as good and just. But when they lose — from Haryana to Maharashtra — the whining and conspiracy theories commence, sans fail," he said.
The BJP chief asserted that the BJP leader's repeated attempts to create uncertainty regarding the nation's institutional mechanisms are deliberate and politically inclined, aimed at demoralizing voters for political gain.
Malviya has often complained about alleged interferences by Soros in Indian elections. In February, he accused that when the UPA government was in power in 2012, the Election Commission of India signed a pact with a voting rights organization associated with Soros and sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
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