Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the government of “weaponising” central investigating agencies to target political opponents, while addressing a lecture at the Hertie School in Berlin, Germany. He alleged that the central government is misusing the agencies, including the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), against Opposition leaders and businessmen who support non-BJP parties.
Claiming there is a wholesale capture of the institutional framework in India, Congress MP said, “ED and CBI have zero cases against the BJP, and most of the political cases are against the people who oppose them. If you are a businessman and try to support the Congress, you are threatened.”
Pointing at the financial resources of the BJP, Gandhi highlighted, “BJP uses the institutional framework of India as a tool to build political power. Look at the money the BJP has and the Opposition has.”
He further said the Congress would build a “system of resistance” to counter what he termed the capture of democratic institutions. “There is an attack on the democratic system. We are not fighting the BJP alone, but the capture of India’s institutional structure,” he said.
#WATCH | Berlin, Germany | Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi says, “There is a wholesale capture of our institutional framework. Our intelligence agencies, ED and CBI have been weaponised. ED and CBI have zero cases against BJP and most of the political cases are against the people who… pic.x.com/ffaoEamAPI
— ANI (@ANI) December 22, 2025
Gandhi accuses Centre of ‘vote theft’
Speaking on the theme “Politics Is the Art of Listening” at the Hertie School, he reiterated allegations of irregularities in India’s electoral process. Claiming there is a “problem with the electoral machinery” of the country, Gandhi alleged voter list manipulation and accused the Centre of undermining democratic institutions.
The Congress leader claimed that elections in Haryana and Maharashtra in 2024 were not conducted fairly. He said the Congress had raised concerns with the Election Commission but received no response.
“We have been raising concerns regarding the fairness of elections in India. I have done press conferences in India, where we have clearly shown without a shadow of a doubt that we won the Haryana election and that we don’t feel the Maharashtra elections were fair. There is a full-scale assault taking place on the institutional framework of our country. We asked direct questions to the Election Commission, but we did not get a response. We fundamentally believe there is a problem with the electoral machinery in India,” he said.
#WATCH | Berlin, Germany | Addressing at Hertie School on “Politics Is The Art Of Listening”, Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi says, “We have won elections in Telangana, Himachal Pradesh. We have been raising issues as far as the fairness of elections in India is concerned. I have done… pic.x.com/5mNIkcslXx
— ANI (@ANI) December 22, 2025
| Lok Sabha LoP @RahulGandhi in Germany said, “A number of people in India support #PMModi. A lot do not agree with his ideology.” #RahulGandhi #politics #TheStatesman pic.x.com/nUPLCgyET7
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Rahul Gandhi is currently on a five-day visit to Germany.
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