Sam Pitroda calls foreign funding claims bogus, BJP takes 'George Soros' swipe

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Sam Pitroda rejected BJP allegations of foreign funding and defended Rahul Gandhi's overseas engagements. BJP leaders countered with a George Soros swipe and accusations involving the Election Commission.

Indian Overseas Congress chairman Sam Pitroda has dismissed claims of foreign funding and overseas interference in the Congress and the opposition INDIA bloc as "bogus", accusing the BJP of manufacturing controversy every time Rahul Gandhi travels abroad. The BJP hit back with a George Soros swipe, accusing the Congress of deliberately creating an issue around foreign influence as part of a new tactic.

Speaking to news agency ANI, Pitroda rejected the BJP's allegations of foreign interference in the opposition's activities, calling the 'foreign hand' theory a worn-out political bogey. He maintained that the INDIA bloc drew its strength from Indian voters and did not need external support to challenge the ruling party.

" The so-called 'foreign hand' theory is a worn-out political bogey that ruling regimes rely on whenever they run out of substantive answers to domestic crises," Pitroda said, adding that the opposition alliance did not take directions from foreign entities.

He said the alliance's legitimacy came from Indian voters, particularly farmers, young people, Dalits, backward classes and minorities who, according to him, had mobilised to safeguard the Constitution during the recent Lok Sabha elections.

Pitroda also accused the BJP of targeting Rahul Gandhi every time he travelled overseas, alleging that the party's communication machinery launched campaigns against the Congress leader to manufacture outrage.

He said Gandhi's overseas engagements involved interactions with the Indian diaspora, academics, policymakers and innovators on issues such as the global economy, Artificial Intelligence and democratic governance.

"Rahul Gandhi does not travel abroad to seek foreign intervention or disparage his homeland," Pitroda said, arguing that discussing the state of Indian democracy overseas could not be equated with treason.

Backing Rahul Gandhi's challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an open, unscripted debate, Pitroda said the Congress leader had been subjected…

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