Congress targets Amit Shah, accuses him of spreading ‘lies’ against Rahul Gandhi

Reacting sharply to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s claim that Rahul Gandhi is responsible for the “abuses” hurled at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother during the Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar, the Congress on Friday described Mr. Shah as a “weapon of mischievous distraction” and “malicious defamation”.

In a post on X, Congress communications chief Jairam Ramesh accused the Home Minister of spreading “lies” about Mr. Gandhi after being rattled by the response to the Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar.

The Congress attack came soon after Mr. Shah, while addressing an event in Guwahati, said the Congress leader should apologise for the “abuses” hurled at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother during the Yatra in Bihar.

The Home Minister also said Mr. Gandhi’s politics has touched the “lowest level” with his “Ghuspaithiya Bachao Yatra” (Save Infiltrators Yatra) in Bihar.

“The Union Home Minister is a 2-in-1 WMD - a Weapon of Mischievous Distraction and also a Weapon of Malicious Defamation,” Mr. Ramesh said in a post on X.

“Rattled, disturbed, and unnerved by the extraordinary response of the people of Bihar to the INC’s Voter Adhikar Yatra, he is spreading lies on Rahul Gandhi and other leaders,” he added.

The Congress and Mr. Gandhi have come under heavy attack by the BJP, after a purported video showed an unidentified person using a Hindi expletive against the Prime Minister from a dais raised during the yatra in Darbhanga town.