NEW DELHI: Continuing its tirade against the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre, the main opposition party Congress on Thursday made serious accusations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Congress accused the Prime Minister of taking help from Israeli agencies to win elections in the country and to remain in power. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in Delhi, Congress spokespersons – Pawan Khera and Supriya Shrinate – alleged that PM Modi is playing with democracy, he is influencing elections in the country with the help of Israeli agencies.


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The Congress leaders alleged that democracy is in danger in India since the Prime Minister is conspiring against the country by colluding with foreign military agencies. The allegation made by the Congress leaders is based on an investigative report released by a consortium of international journalists. 


 



 


Shrinate went on to claim that a group of international journalists has claimed that Israeli contractors have influenced several elections in the world. Their main tactic is to spread lies. Traces of these agencies working secretly have also been found in India, she said. “This cannot happen without the consent of the government,” she said adding that “their method of spreading propaganda and lies matches with that of the BJP IT cell.”


 



 


Congress also accused the Modi government of joining hands with the Israeli “Team Jorge” led by Tal Hanan, a 50-year-old former Israeli special forces operative who works privately using the pseudonym “Jorge”. The party alleged that the Israeli team was behind “fake social media campaigns” in countries such as the UK, US, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Mexico, Senegal, India, and the United Arab Emirates”.


 



 


Shrinate further alleged that the Israeli team is responsible for spreading fake news and disinformation on widely used platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin and Gmail and alleged the BJP’s IT cell has mirrored the modus operandi of “Jorge Team.”


“This government is known to play with big data to their advantage,” Shrinate added. She also accused PM Modi of having more than 60% fake followers on social media platforms and claimed over 18,000 fake accounts on Twitter still amplify fabricated information for the BJP.


 



 


Referring to Rahul Gandhi’s recently concluded Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said that when the yatra was in progress, the BJP IT cell spread a lie that the girl who raised “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans had met Rahul Gandhi. Similarly, a statement by Rahul Gandhi was also wrongly linked to the Udaipur massacre by the BJP’s IT Cell.


Congress spokespersons further alleged that the BJP's tall claims on Nagaland's development were far from the ground reality and that the northeastern state was still grappling with widespread unemployment, and a lack of good roads, electricity and water supply. Two big cities of the state, Dimapur and Kohima, are still struggling with erratic electricity, poor water supply and bad roads, due to which the situation in other cities of the state is even worse and the youth do not have employment, they alleged. 


Attacking the Modi government for not answering questions related to the Gautam Adani in the wake of the Hindenburg Report, the Congress leaders urged political parties to join hands to bust the BJP's ecosystem of fake news saying the disinformation is strategically connected to the electoral process.