NEW DELHI: The BJP on Friday alleged a rift within the Congress between siblings and Lok Sabha MPs Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, pointing out that Rahul has yet to post a single tweet in support of his nephew, Raihan Vadra, Priyanka’s son.BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari also accused Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of trying to “soft-launch” Raihan Vadra by “manufacturing” a controversy over the removal of certain photographs from her son's exhibition by Delhi’s Bikaner House.Also Read | 'Disgrace at so many levels': Shashi Tharoor reacts to removal of Raihan Vadra's photos from exhibition"Priyanka Vadra's entire attempt was to soft launch her son by manufacturing a controversy. She has lost political faith in Rahul Gandhi!" Bhandari wrote on X.
Claiming that Rahul Gandhi was on vacation in Vietnam, Bhandari added, "Rahul Gandhi who from Vietnam is tweeting on every issue under the sun, has till now not openly done a single tweet in favour of Raihan Vadra. It's Priyanka vs Rahul in Congress!"The BJP spokesperson also shared purported screenshots of conversations between Raihan Vadra and Bikaner House, alleging that the 26-year-old had included political photographs in his exhibition despite being aware of the venue’s booking guidelines.Also Read | ‘Rahul Gandhi, Raihan Vadra’: BJP takes 'launch' jibe as photo exhibition row escalatesBhandari claimed the photographs were included under the Gandhi family’s ‘pressure’, prompting Bikaner House to ask Raihan to remove the political content."Rehan Vadra's email to Bikaner House dated 10 June & the proposal he sent to Bikaner House in the same mail had him declare the exhibition containing themes of nature, wildlife, artwork, sculpture! No Political content! To this Bikaner House accepted the proposal on 30 th June by reverting on the email!" Bhandari said.
"Rehan was aware of the booking guidelines, this is is why his initial exhibition idea which he was working since 3 years had no political content! Under pressure of his family for a political launch, the political photographs were inserted later on to which Bikaner House reverted asking for removal on 21st October 2026!," he added.
A controversy erupted on Thursday after Raihan Vadra, son of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and businessman Robert Vadra, claimed that Bikaner House had asked him to remove photographs depicting the recent youth protests in Delhi just hours before the scheduled opening of his exhibition, No Idea Is Final, at 7 pm on Wednesday.Also Read | 'Lot of pressure on him, happened in just 2 hours': Robert Vadra on son Raihan’s Bikaner exhibition rowResponding to the allegation, Bikaner House cited its management policy, stating, "Certain photographs from the exhibition 'No Idea Is Final' were found to be inconsistent with the policy of the Bikaner House Management Society and accordingly, their removal was requested."
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