People Who Divided India Must Drown In Handful Of Water: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey On USAID Funding Row

New Delhi: Taking over the Congress and the 'anti-India' forces over the USAID funding row, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, on Saturday, launched a pincer attack by saying those who divided the country should drown themselves in a ‘handful of water.’

Dubey along with the BJP has accused the Congress party and the Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi among others of colluding with foreign forces to weaken India.

In a detailed post on X, Dubey said he noticed many people becoming 'restless' over the USAID funding row. He claimed that 'bad news' had arrived for the Congress party’s spokespersons and the 'tukde tukde gang,' who, according to him, thrived on US businessman George Soros and American handouts.

Dubey further alleged that for the third time, US President Donald Trump had spoken about allocating ₹180 crore directly to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India, along with an additional ₹250 crore for influencing the formation of an anti-Hindu government in Bangladesh.

Amid BJP's claims that the USAID funding came to India with the intent to meddle with internal politics and disrupt the electoral process in the country, Congress accused the BJP of 'diverting attention' from its own foreign funds to destabilise past governments led by it.

Congress demanded the government come out with a white paper on the USAID funding as well as funding by similar agencies in the country.

While the BJP dismissed media reports that stated the $21 million fund was used for Bangladesh and not India, it labelled Gandhi as a ‘traitor.’

Randhir Jaiswal, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson tagged the row as 'deeply troubling.' Jaiswal. who said the row led to concerns over foreign interference in India's internal affairs, stated, "We have seen information that has been put out by the US administration regarding certain US activities and funding. These are obviously very deeply troubling."