Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Congress party and the state government, accusing them of using the two-day Bharat Summit, attended by around 110 political leaders from 70 countries, as a desperate exercise to project Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as an international statesman despite his failure to establish himself as a credible political leader at home.
In a strongly worded statement, BJP State Chief Spokesperson and Media In-charge N.V. Subash ridiculed the Congress for repeatedly attempting to relaunch its dynastic leader, alleging that the Bharat Summit was less about India’s interests and more about manufacturing an international political image for Rahul Gandhi.
“The Congress has failed to successfully launch and relaunch Rahul Gandhi within the country, and now it wants to project him as a global visionary capable of shaping a new world order. If a leader has failed to demonstrate a convincing vision for his own country, what credibility does he have to preach about a new global order? Calling this a Bharat Summit does not automatically make its agenda pro-Bharat,” Subash remarked sarcastically.
He questioned the political forces backing the initiative and pointed out that the Samajwadi Party was among those lending support to the summit. According to him, the Congress and its allies appeared to have a dual political agenda: projecting Rahul Gandhi as an international leader while simultaneously attempting to revive their electoral prospects ahead of the crucial Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
“The Congress has virtually lost its political relevance in Uttar Pradesh, while the Samajwadi Party is struggling to retain its political ground. Is this summit also an attempt to forge a convenient political understanding and create an international platform for Rahul Gandhi ahead of the UP polls? The people of India are not going to be impressed by carefully choreographed political spectacles,” he asserted.
Referring to television reports about the ideological affiliations of several participating political organisations, Subash said that a significant number of the reported participants appeared to belong to left-wing and socialist political streams. He questioned the relevance of such an assembly to India’s national priorities and alleged that the Congress was attempting to use an international gathering to promote its own political narrative rather than showcase Bharat’s achievements, aspirations and growing global standing.
Taking particular aim at the Revanth Reddy-led Telangana government, Subash accused the Chief Minister of diverting public attention towards politically motivated events instead of addressing the pressing concerns of the people. He alleged that Revanth Reddy, whom he described as a political turncoat, was using the summit to advance the Congress high command’s ambitions at the cost of Telangana’s interests.
“The Congress and its leadership may believe that a two-day international gathering can manufacture a global image for Rahul Gandhi. But political leadership is earned through vision, performance and public credibility, not through carefully arranged photo opportunities and international guest lists,” he said.
Subash further asserted that the Congress government in Telangana was increasingly losing public confidence and that such political exercises would do little to arrest its declining fortunes. He claimed that the electorate was becoming increasingly disillusioned with the government’s performance and was preparing to seek a political alternative.
“The Bharat Summit may serve the Congress’s publicity ambitions, but it cannot conceal its political failures. Neither an international gathering nor an artificially projected global image can substitute for leadership, governance and accountability,” he added.
