Congress Party Faces Leadership Crisis as Fadnavis Alleges Internal Movement to Remove Rahul Gandhi Nagpur, India — Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis sparked controversy on Sunday by asserting that a growing faction within the Congress party is pushing to oust Rahul Gandhi from his leadership role. Speaking at a public event in Nagpur, Fadnavis accused Gandhi of using rhetoric to deflect from the party’s electoral struggles, claiming his recent statements were attempts to shift focus from internal dissent. Fadnavis argued that Gandhi’s public criticism of the BJP-RSS ideology was not a genuine political stance but a strategy to avoid accountability for the Congress’s repeated electoral defeats. “Rahul Gandhi’s fight is merely superficial,” Fadnavis said. “His struggle is about shielding himself from the continuous losses he has faced. Within the Congress, there is a growing sentiment that he is incapable of leading the party to victory, so he should be removed.” Fadnavis further suggested that Gandhi’s remarks were designed to divert attention from the “atmosphere” of discontent within the party. Senior Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar dismissed Fadnavis’s claims as baseless, accusing him of fabricating the narrative. Wadettiwar stated, “BJP can say anything they want, but even they know there is no truth in it. If Rahul ji started giving hate speeches, dividing people on the basis of religion and caste, then Congress would have a 100% electoral strike rate. If Congress started stealing votes, deleting names through Special Intensive Review (SIR), then we would have won every election.” Wadettiwar emphasized that Gandhi’s leadership was rooted in adherence to constitutional principles, which the BJP feared.#rahul_gandhi #devendra_fadnavis #congress_party #vijay_wadettiwar #maratha_agitation
