BJP Claims US State Department Behind ‘Deep State’ Targeting India

New Delhi: In a rare direct attack, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the US State Department of trying to “destabilise India”, and also claimed that the US “deep state” is working to “target” Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“It has always been the US State Department behind this agenda,” BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said at a press conference, reported NDTV.

The spokesperson claimed that elements in the US ‘deep state’ have colluded with a group of journalists and India’s leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi in an attempt to curb India’s growth story with unsubstantiated allegations and malicious reports without a “shred of evidence”.

All this is in conjunction with the US State Department, Patra suggested.

The main party in India’s NDA government slammed Rahul for using baseless reports by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) that “singularly focused” on targeting the Adani Group and its alleged closeness to the government to undermine PM Modi.

Patra cited a French media report stating that OCCRP was funded by the US Agency for International Development and “other deep state figures” like George Soros.

“The Deep State had a clear objective to destabilise India by targeting Prime Minister Modi,” BJP said.

OCCRP has served as a media tool for US State Department to carry out a deep state agenda, the party spokesperson added.

Accusing Rahul of being a “traitor of the highest order”, Patra went on to say said that “some agencies of America” and billionaire Soros make a “dangerous triangle trying to destabilise India.”

Congress reacted sharply, demanding an apology and seeking a privilege motion against Patra for calling Rahul a traitor.