New Delhi: The Congress has launched a scathing assault on retired civil servants, judges, troopers and diplomats who accused Rahul Gandhi of tarnishing the picture of the Election Fee.
The primary opposition social gathering claimed that lots of Rahul’s targets have been members of the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) or related to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and a few have been going through “severe corruption instances”.
Congress chief Supriya Srinath made a sequence of social media posts leveling allegations towards 272 signatories.
The official parliamentary account associated to “X” additionally posted assaults on the signatories (16 former judges, 123 former civil servants, and 133 former navy officers).
Now, let’s introduce 272 “well-known Chikhol” 👇 pic.twitter.com/BItF5ZQllU
— Congress (@INCIndia) November 21, 2025
Shrinate slammed them for ignoring “clear proof of voter fraud” introduced by Rahul as a result of it put them in danger.
“Is it as a result of most of this listing of 272 individuals are members of the Bharatiya Janata Get together or are related to the RSS, Vivekananda Basis, Basis of India, and lots of of them are going through severe corruption instances?
“These aren’t the individuals who care about our democracy. Attacking Rahul Gandhi is definitely payback to guard themselves from their very own instances,” she posted on X.
272 ‘celebrities’ criticize opposition leaders @RahulGandhi For exposing the voting chori and elevating associated inquiries to the Election Fee.
So who’re these outstanding folks? Why aren’t they fearful in regards to the clear proof of voter fraud that Rahul Gandhi has… pic.twitter.com/zPUe6ZnWYs
— Supriya Shrine (@SupriyaShrinate) November 21, 2025
Shrinate, head of social media and digital platforms for the Congress, stated the signatories described themselves as outstanding residents, however in actuality many have been members of the Bharatiya Janata Get together.
These on her listing embody Justice PM Ravindran (retired), former R&AW chief secretary Sanjeev Tripathi, former Andhra Pradesh chief secretary IYR Krishna Rao, former ambassador Baswati Mukherjee, former Kerala DGPTP Senkumar, former Jharkhand DGP Nirmal Kaur, former Karnataka chief secretary BH Anilkumar and former IPS officer Lt Gen Bhaskar Rao. DPVats (retired) and Main Common PCKharbanda (retired).
She additionally named former ambassador Virendra Gupta and former judges Adarsh Kumar Goel and Hemant Gupta as members of the RSS-linked Antarashtriya Sahayog Parishad, Akhil Bharatiya Adivakta Parishad and Vishwa Hindu Parishad, respectively.
Moreover, she named 5 signatories related to both the India Basis or the Vivekananda Basis. Each are perceived as suppose tanks aligned with the institution. She additionally named seven people who find themselves stated to be going through corruption prices.
“These aren’t the individuals who care about our democracy. Attacking Rahul Gandhi is definitely a payback to guard themselves from their very own instances. However India is aware of precisely what’s going on and any effort to discredit Rahul Gandhi is not going to succeed,” Schnate asserted.
The letter focused at Mr Rahul described his “vote choli” narrative as a “handy deflection” meant to provide the impression that his election defeat was because of conspiracy somewhat than technique.
“India’s democracy is predicated on the establishments constructed by the nation’s founding era. They engaged in principled and disciplined authorities even beneath the deepest variations. They defended the sanctity of the democratic construction even once they had good purpose to query it. They sought to strengthen, not undermine, the foundations of the Structure,” the letter stated.
(Edited by Tony Lai)
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