BJP chief Nitin Nabin slams Rahul Gandhi as anarchist, accuses opposition of spreading poison

BJP president Nitin Nabin on Thursday called Rahul Gandhi an anarchist and said the opposition is trying to spread poison in society. He made the comments while speaking to media during a visit to the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Delhi. Nabin repeated his claim from the previous day that Gandhi is sheltering infiltrators by questioning the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, which Nabin described as driven by a foreign mindset. He challenged Gandhi to resign as Leader of the Opposition if he does not trust the Election Commission that oversaw his own election. Nabin said the same commission handled elections in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, accusing the opposition of using a back‑door rise to power there. He warned that the public is watching the tactics of the INDIA bloc and that the opposition leader is protecting outsiders who threaten the rights of Indian citizens. The remarks echo BJP’s campaign messages in Jharkhand, Delhi, Bihar, Assam and West Bengal, stressing that only Indians should control the country’s resources, wealth and land. Earlier on Wednesday, Nabin addressed a programme in Varanasi marking the end of a motorcycle yatra under the Seva Sankalp Abhiyan, a month‑long celebration of Prime Minister Modi’s 25 years in public office, and again warned that opposition leaders are concerned about those stealing Indians’ rights. His statements respond to the ongoing protest by opposition MPs in Delhi demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. ## Context The Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision is a periodic exercise to update voter lists and remove duplicate or ineligible entries, a process often contested by political parties during elections.