NEW DELHI: BJP Thursday attacked Congress for using a “distorted” map of India on a banner at its executive committee meeting venue in Karnataka’s Belagavi.
The party’s charge came after its Karnataka unit posted pictures on X of a banner and a welcome flex allegedly put up by Congress ahead of the meeting. “INC Karnataka has shown utter disrespect for India’s sovereignty by displaying a distorted map at their Belagavi event, portraying Kashmir as part of Pakistan. All this just to appease their vote bank. This is shameful,” the state unit said on X.
Later, BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said, “Congress is displaying posters in which the map of India with Mahatma Gandhi’s image has completely excluded the regions of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Aksai Chin. This is reprehensible and condemnable.” He accused Congress of “appeasement politics” and asked whether this was done at the instance of US-based billionaire investor George Soros, whom BJP has accused of sponsoring a campaign against PM Modi. “Congress is working with forces trying to destroy India,” he added.
“Why is India’s map being shown after removing different parts of the country? Is it just a coincidence or part of a systematic anti-India experiment? At whose behest is this happening?” he asked, adding, “Is there a signal coming from some Soros secret service or from other anti-India forces based abroad with whom Congress gets along well?” Trivedi added, “I want to assure everyone the govt under PM Modi is alert about all such forces. We are fully confident the people of the country are equally alert and keeping an eye on such forces.”