BJP alleges US government, ‘deep state’ targeting India
It also alleged that the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project was providing Congress the ‘ammunition’ to target the party and India.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday alleged the United States government and “deep state” elements in the country were trying to destabilise India.
It also alleged that the investigative journalism group Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project was providing “ammunition” to the Congress to target India and the BJP.
In a series of posts on social media platform X, the Hindutva party said French investigative media group Mediapart had revealed that the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project was funded by the United States Agency For International Development and other “deep state figures” such as billionaire philanthropist George Soros and the Rockefeller Foundation.
USAID is a United States government agency that is responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance.
“In fact, 50% of OCCRP’s funding comes directly from the US State Department,” the party claimed. “OCCRP has served as a media tool for carrying out a deep state agenda.”
The BJP has for long alleged that Soros, a 94-year-old Hungarian-American, has “designs to weaken Indian democracy”.
The deep state had a clear objective to “destabilise India by targeting Prime Minister Modi”, the BJP alleged on Thursday.
The party added: “To achieve this, they turned to OCCRP, instructing the organisation to provide material aimed at damaging PM Modi’s and India’s image. The Congress then exploited this material to launch attacks on PM...
