'Both had to do something in India': Congress leader claims CIA–Mossad behind 2014 rout

NEW DELHI: Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party engaged successful warfare of words aft the expansive aged party's erstwhile MP claimed meddling by US and Israel quality agencies successful the 2014 Parliamentary elections.

Kumar Ketkar blamed Mossad and CIA for the Congress party's loss.BJP MP Sambit Patra, successful turn, quipped saying that the Congress mislaid due to the fact that "Pakistan’s quality bureau ISI" carried guardant its "agenda successful India".

Here's what erstwhile Congress MP said

The erstwhile Rajya Sabha MP noted that the enactment secured 145 Lok Sabha seats successful 2004 and accrued its tally to 206 successful the 2009 wide election. If that trajectory had continued, helium argued, the Congress mightiness person reached astir 250 seats and easy held connected to power.

Instead, the party’s spot number plunged to 44 successful 2014, helium observed."There were organisations that acted successful a mode that 'till the clip we bash not bring down the Congress from 206, we would not beryllium capable to play games present (in India)," helium said."One of the organisations was the CIA and different was the Mossad of Israel. Both had decided that they had to bash thing successful India. If a unchangeable Congress authorities oregon a Congress-led confederation authorities came backmost to powerfulness again, they would not person been capable to interfere successful India and instrumentality their policies," helium added.

"The Mossad prepared elaborate information connected states and constituencies. The CIA and the Mossad person elaborate information connected states and constituencies," the erstwhile writer said.

What BJP said

The BJP countered Congress person Ketkar’s allegation, insisting that its victories travel from the enactment of "the people, not overseas quality agencies"."Neither the CIA nor the Mossad makes the BJP win. It is the radical who marque the BJP win. Those who get state cylinders and housing, arsenic good arsenic the poor, farmers, women and youth, marque the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) win," helium said."If you volition enactment connected the ISI’s blueprint, question to reconstruct the Babri mosque, reason Ram temple… If the Congress follows the ISI agenda, however volition it progress?" the BJP person told reporters astatine the enactment headquarters," helium added.