New Delhi: Continuing its scathing attack against the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre, the main opposition Congress on Thursday made serious allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Congress accused the Prime Minister of taking the help of Israeli agencies to win elections in the country and remain in power. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in Delhi, Congress spokespersons Pawan Khera and Supriya Shrinate alleged that PM Modi was playing with democracy, influencing elections in the country with the help of Israeli agencies.
Congress leaders alleged that democracy in India is under threat as the prime minister is conspiring against the country in connivance with foreign leaders and agencies.
India’s democracy is being hijacked by the ruling party of India itself.
Israel’s agency’s help is being taken to influence the country’s democracy.
Sitting in India, they are plotting against India’s democracy along with other countries.
, @pawankhera Yes pic.twitter.com/Rg3Mo1vNgH— Congress (@INCIndia) February 16, 2023
Shrinet claimed a group of international journalists claimed that Israeli contractors influenced three elections in the world. Their main strategy is to spread lies. He said traces of these agencies working covertly have been found in India as well. “This cannot happen without the consent of the government,” he said, adding that “their method of spreading propaganda and lies matches that of the BJP IT cell.”
Some of our questions:
1. Israeli firm rigging 30 elections, including India, but Modi government is silent?
Modi government did not say anything on 2. Pegasus?
3. What is the role of BJP IT cell and their so-called partners in the fake news that is spread?
, @SupriyaShrinate Yes pic.twitter.com/4JQNwNTssX— Congress (@INCIndia) February 16, 2023
Shrinet claimed a group of international journalists claimed that Israeli contractors influenced three elections in the world. Their main strategy is to spread lies. Traces of these agencies working secretly have also been found in India. “This cannot happen without the consent of the government,” he said, adding that “their method of spreading propaganda and lies matches that of the BJP IT cell.”
The Congress accused the BJP government of colluding with the Israeli “Team George” led by Tal Hanan, a 50-year-old former Israeli special forces operative who operates privately using the pseudonym “George”. The party alleged that the Israeli team was behind “fake social media campaigns” in countries such as the UK, US, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Mexico, Senegal, India and the United Arab Emirates.
Modi government has a pattern.
First suppress the news, don’t punish the culprit. The criminal will get protection.
Then file an FIR against those journalists who are showing the news, put them in jail.
After that start attacking political people.
, @SupriyaShrinate Yes pic.twitter.com/1pALFQFXgy— Congress (@INCIndia) February 16, 2023
Shrinet further pointed out that the Israeli team is responsible for spreading fake news and misinformation on widely used platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Gmail and alleged that the BJP’s IT cell, known as the “George Team”- methods have been shown.
“This government is known for playing with big data to its advantage,” Shrinate said. He also accused PM Modi of having over 60% fake followers on social media platforms and claimed that over 18,000 fake accounts on Twitter still proliferate fabricated information for the BJP.
• More than 60 percent of PM Modi’s Twitter followers are fake.
• Reports suggest that around 18,000 Twitter accounts spread ‘Fake News’ for the BJP.
• Around 16 million accounts of Indian Influencers on Instagram are fake.
, @SupriyaShrinate Yes pic.twitter.com/USNbuEiEo1— Congress (@INCIndia) February 16, 2023
Referring to Rahul Gandhi’s recently concluded Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said that while the yatra was underway, the BJP IT cell spread the lie that the girl who shouted “Pakistan Zindabad” met Rahul Gandhi Was. Similarly, BJP’s IT cell wrongly linked a statement of Rahul Gandhi with the Udaipur massacre.
Congress spokespersons further alleged that BJP’s tall claims on Nagaland’s development are far from the ground reality and the northeastern state is still grappling with widespread unemployment and lack of good roads, electricity and water supply.
He alleged that the two big cities of the state, Dimapur and Kohima, are still grappling with erratic electricity, water supply and bad roads, making the situation even worse in other cities of the state, and the youth do not have employment.