Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Monday, 12 October launched a sharp attack on Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of attempting to 'influence and intimidate' the Supreme Court by arriving at the apex court premises with a large crowd. Trivedi called the act 'disgraceful' and 'unprecedented', claiming no opposition leader had resorted to such conduct before.

What Trivedi Alleged

Trivedi alleged that Rahul Gandhi 'ran across to the other side, broke through the security cordon, and tried to enter from another gate' — conduct he described as evidence of either a loss of 'mental balance' or as being driven by 'suspicious powers' bent on creating disorder. 'I think no opposition leader has ever done anything like this before,' Trivedi said, adding that Gandhi appeared 'ready to go to any length to create disorder on the streets of India.'

He further charged that Gandhi was attempting to 'throw the country into the fire of chaos', framing the Supreme Court visit as part of a broader pattern of undermining constitutional institutions.

The Kerala Congress Social Media Post

Trivedi also levelled a separate allegation against the Kerala unit of the Indian National Congress (Congress), which, he claimed, published a social media post on X (formerly Twitter) on the same day using the phrase 'Dear Suryakant' to address Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna — and called on him to resign if he could not uphold law and order, purportedly threatening to 'appoint someone new'. The BJP leader described the post as a 'lowly comment' reflecting institutional disrespect.

He drew a pattern from this, alleging that the Congress had previously demanded the resignations of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 'Now they want Chief Justice Suryakant to resign,' he charged.

BJP's Broader Political Attack

Trivedi connected the Kerala Congress unit's conduct to its coalition arrangement with the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), noting that both Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi have represented constituencies in Kerala. He alleged that the Congress had 'become the Maoist Congress of the Muslim League', using the phrase 'dimagi Naxal' to describe what he called a 'shameless and brazen' attempt to 'destroy every constitutional institution.'

The BJP spokesperson called on 'crores of fellow citizens' to recognise that 'Congress and LoP Rahul Gandhi have become the biggest threat to India's constitutional bodies and the Constitution of India.' These are the BJP's claims; the Congress party has not issued a response as of the time of this report.

Context and Background

The Supreme Court visit by Rahul Gandhi and the BJP's reaction come against a backdrop of heightened political tension between the ruling dispensation and the Opposition over judicial matters and electoral processes. This is not the first time the BJP and Congress have clashed over conduct at or near court premises — such confrontations have become a recurring flashpoint in India's polarised political landscape. The specific matter that brought Gandhi to the Supreme Court on this occasion was not detailed in official BJP statements.