Trump Confesses to Poll Interference in India as BJP Targets Congress with PM’s Clips

On Thursday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a strong attack on the Congress party after US President Donald Trump admitted that India's 2024 Lok Sabha election was "influenced" by external forces to "get someone else elected." Shortly after Trump criticized the Biden administration's decision to allocate $21 million for "voter turnout efforts in India," BJP IT department head Amit Malviya shared several clips of Prime Minister Modi discussing foreign influence in the elections. During last year's summer election campaign, Prime Minister Modi was seen sharply criticizing Congress for its alleged involvement with "external influence."

"Nowadays influential people around the world have united to remove Modi but there is the blessing of nari shakti (women power) matra shakti (maternal power)... it's your suraskha kavach (protective shield) that Modi keeps working despite facing challenges," PM Modi said while addressing a rally in Karnataka's Chikkaballapur in April ahead of the Lok Sabha polis.

In another rally at Chhattisgarh's Sarguja, PM Modi said, "Congresspeople and some influential people in the world lose their cool...if India grows in power, it would spoil the game of some influential people. Today, if India becomes self-reliant...some influential people would lose their jobs Therefore, they want a weak government of Congress and the INDI alliance. The government with issues of infighting, which practices corruption. The history of Congress suggests that can destroy the nation for the greed of power," he added.

On April 24, 2024, in Sarguja, Chhattisgarh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, among other issues, spoke about foreign powers attempting to install a weak coalition of the I.N.D.I. Alliance in Delhi.

There were several other such instances. pic.twitter.com/maf0axk77m

— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) February 20, 2025

In a television interview PM Modi said "The entire world trying to influence India's election, which they shouldn't do. They aren't giving their opinion or comment but influencing it. But they won't be able to influence it."

Additionally, the BJP criticized Rahul Gandhi for allegedly encouraging foreign powers to intervene in India's internal affairs. They posted a video from his 2023 visit to London and stated"He has aligned himself with global networks seeking to undermine India's strategic and geopolitical interests, acting as a tool for foreign agencies."