Rahul ‘selling panic’, promoting baseless conspiracy theories: BJP

Key points

• The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday (June 4, 2026) accused Leader of the Opposition (Lok Sabha) Rahul Gandhi of “selling panic” and promoting baseless conspiracy theories about Indian institutions and the economy, in response to his remarks on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not remain in office a year from now.
• Claiming that the Modi government was facing an “institutional revolt”, at the Congress’s Adivasi Professional Conclave, Mr. Gandhi had said an unprecedented “economic tsunami” was set to hit India as the BJP government had removed protections against international shocks, and its control over institutions had collapsed.
• BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya retorted sharply through a post on X.
• “Every few months, he [Mr. Gandhi] unveils a new conspiracy theory.
• First, democracy was over.