Tensions boiled over in Mumbai as Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, faced court in Bhiwandi on Saturday. BJP supporters waved black flags, prompting a sharp counter from Congress stalwart Charan Singh Sapra. ‘Such antics don’t deter us,’ he retorted. ‘Rahul embodies the people’s voice in the ongoing fight to protect our Constitution.’
Sapra turned the tables on BJP’s demands for Rahul’s apology following Youth Congress’s AI Summit demonstration. Labeling it ‘manufactured anger,’ he recalled their indifference to explicit threats against Rahul’s life. ‘Their hypocrisy exposes them as mere spectators damaging India’s reputation abroad,’ Sapra charged.
Defending the youth wing’s action as a model of peaceful democracy, Sapra pointed to historical precedents: Bhagat Singh’s bold stand in Parliament, BJP protests at Commonwealth Games. ‘Double standards define them—miracles if they protest, sins if we do. Our workers showed restraint, no destruction involved.’
He accused BJP of eroding India’s sovereignty, from Trump-forced ceasefires with Pakistan to trade announcements from Washington dictating India’s oil imports. ‘Eleven years of schemes: polarizing movies like Kashmir Files and Kerala tales to stoke divisions for votes.’
Invoking Gandhi’s iconic non-violent movement as national ethos, Sapra contrasted it with BJP’s drama. Even as US courts chide Trump, he persists with deal claims. Sapra’s words underscore Congress’s unyielding opposition to what he deems BJP’s image-tarnishing conspiracies.