Nitin Nabin calls Rahul Gandhi ‘pawn of foreign toolkit gang’

BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Saturday, 17 October 2026, accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of acting as a pawn of a 'foreign toolkit gang' and working against India's national interests. Addressing a gathering in Patna, Nabin alleged that Gandhi and his team were unable to accept India's progress under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership and were attempting to undermine the country's development narrative.

Nabin criticised the demand for a return to ballot paper voting, alleging it could push Bihar back into the era of jungle raj and booth capturing. He questioned how many opposition leaders had filed complaints after the Election Commission's special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with the final roll published on 30 September 2025. The BJP president said opposition parties had no objections to the EC when they won polls in Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, but blamed it for defeats in Bihar and West Bengal.

Nabin warned that the opposition would not be allowed to succeed in its alleged attempts to undermine the country's interests, and said the BJP would counter what he described as anti-national elements both on the streets and in Parliament.