Keralam BJP chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar tells Rahul Gandhi to ‘go to Bangladesh’, accuses him of ‘creating anarchy’

Rajeev Chandrasekhar | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat Keralam BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday (November 5, 2026) asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to “go to Bangladesh”, accusing him of “attempting to create anarchy” in India.“If Rahul Gandhi is interested in creating anarchy, he should go to Bangladesh. He can take along the Jamaat-e-Islami, which supports him, and pursue politics there,” Mr. Chandrasekhar said in a Facebook post in Malayalam.He said Mr. Gandhi’s “dream” would never materialise in India, asserting that the country’s democracy was “protected” by the BJP and 140 crore Indians.The Nemom MLA and former Union Minister of State said the Congress had lost the elections in 2014 and 2019 and was defeated again in 2024 despite allegedly resorting to false propaganda.His remarks came in the wake of protests by Congress-led Opposition parties against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the BJP-led government at the Centre over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and the alleged deletion of voters from electoral rolls.Mr. Chandrasekhar said the message given by the people had been clearly understood by the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.‘Rahul diverting public attention’He alleged that the Congress could no longer win the confidence of the people and that voters would not support the party based on its governance in Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana and Keralam.He further alleged that Mr. Gandhi was attempting to divert public attention by spreading falsehoods and creating anarchy in the country to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Published - November 05, 2026 11:07 am IST