Gadkari Accuses Congress of Diluting Opportunities and Compromising National Interests

New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday accusedCongressof "dilution of opportunities" over border negotiations with India's neighbours, raising doubts over the past government's decisions on Tibet and Kashmir.In an X post, Gadkari alleged "opaque political funding" ofCongress, and "blurred lines between power and privilege.""Across decades, theCongressrecord raises serious questions. Time and again, strategic opportunities were diluted, whether on global positioning, border negotiations, or post-war leverage. Issues like Tibet, Kashmir, Berubari, and later concessions at negotiation tables cannot simply be brushed aside as isolated decisions. Add to that recurring procurement controversies, opaque political funding concerns, and blurred lines between power and privilege. When national red lines become negotiable, institutions weaken, and public trust erodes. History deserves honest reflection, not selective memory," he wrote.This came in the backdrop of the BJP leaders alleging a "compromisedCongress," in response toRahul Gandhi's attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where theCongressMP had alleged that the "PM is compromised" over the India-US Interim Trade Agreement.Earlier today, Union Minister Piyush Goyal alleged that the Gandhi family "is a completely compromised political family" andCongressis "a compromised political party".Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters, Goyal also slammed former Prime Ministers Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru over some of their decisions.Goyal accusedCongressof "corruption" and said "Rahul Gandhimeans compromise".With the BJP andCongresslocking horns over the "shirtless protest" of the Indian YouthCongressduring theAI Summit, Goyal alleged that "Rahul Gandhihas become the poster boy of negative politics"."The Gandhi family is a completely compromised political family.Rahul Gandhiand hisCongressparty are a compromised family, a compromised political party.Rahul Gandhimeans compromise. Look at theCongressparty's history or its present, whether it's the various tales of corruption, how they compromise public interest and national interest under the influence of foreign powers, there are countless examples before the country and the public of how they completely compromise the country and its bright future, the bright future of its citizens.Rahul Gandhihas become the poster boy of negative politics," he said.Goyal also alleged thatRahul Gandhiis "a puppet of foreign powers, anti-India forces, anti-India organisations and anti-India governments"."Rahul Gandhihas, in a way, demonstrated a high-handed approach to politics before the nation and the world. He is nothing but a puppet of foreign powers, anti-India forces, anti-India organisations, and anti-India governments. This is the compromiseRahul Gandhiand the Gandhi family are making today: whether in Parliament, whether outside, whether in a press conference. We have seen his behaviour with the press," Goyal said.Last week, Indian YouthCongressmembers staged a "shirtless protest" at Bharat Mandapam during the AI Impact Summit.IYCchief Uday Bhanu Chib was arrested on Tuesday in connection with an ongoing investigation into the protest. Later, a Delhi court granted four days' police custody of Chib in connection with the case. (ANI)