# BJP calls Rahul Gandhi’s claim on President ‘lie’ 2026-10-10T00:38:25+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The BJP on Saturday, 10 October, accused Rahul Gandhi of misrepresenting President Droupadi Murmu's response to a delegation of INDIA bloc leaders. BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said Gandhi's claim that the President did not deny allegations of vote-rigging was a 'lie' and part of a malicious political pattern. A delegation led by Gandhi met the President on Friday, 9 October, and submitted a memorandum on alleged 'vote theft'. After the meeting, Gandhi said he was 'surprised and stunned' that the President did not refute the charge of election manipulation. Government sources cited by Amar Ujala separately said Gandhi's account was wrong and that the President had in fact denied the allegations. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Aajtak.in leads with the BJP's rebuttal of Rahul Gandhi's claim, framing the Congress leader as deceitful and politically motivated, while Amar Ujala reports the same rebuttal through anonymous sources, calling Rahul's statement 'wrong'. Both outlets report the same facts: a delegation met the President, Rahul said she accepted their allegations, and the BJP and government sources deny it. Neither outlet includes Rahul Gandhi's own statement or evidence. The coverage is uniform in substance: the denial is reported from the government side only. The unstated fact is that neither side has publicly produced a recording or transcript of what the President said. The dispute will turn on whether the government releases any record of the meeting. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 pro-government - aajtak.in (pro government) Leads with BJP's accusation, no Rahul quote - amarujala.com (pro government) Reports government denial via anonymous sources This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: BJP, Droupadi Murmu, INDIA bloc, Rahul Gandhi Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bjp-calls-rahul-gandhis-claim-on-president-lie/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bjp-calls-rahul-gandhis-claim-on-president-lie/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/