A fresh political poster war broke out in the national capital on Monday, hours before a crucial meeting of the Opposition INDIA bloc, with posters carrying past remarks by alliance leaders targeting Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi appearing at several prominent locations across the city.
The posters, spotted near Ashoka Road and at roundabouts in Lutyens’ Delhi, featured photographs and old statements attributed to leaders who are now part of the INDIA bloc, including Sharad Pawar, Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal, Pinarayi Vijayan and others.
One poster attributed to Pawar said Rahul Gandhi “lacks consistency”. Another carried a remark attributed to Kejriwal saying, “People say we are weakening the Congress. How can I weaken the Congress? Rahul Gandhi himself is doing that job very well.”
The posters also carried the message: “If INDIA alliance partners are fighting among themselves, how will they fight together?”
Another poster quoted Banerjee as saying, “The Congress is losing its credibility. We cannot depend on the Congress.” A separate poster attributed to Vijayan read: “Rahul Gandhi is a national-level leader, yet he does not possess even the level of understanding that an ordinary local Congress worker has.”
Visuals from across the Capital also showed posters carrying images of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Tamil Nadu leaders and Left leaders, underscoring the political messaging aimed at highlighting contradictions within the Opposition alliance.
The banners surfaced as Opposition leaders prepared to meet in Delhi to discuss the alliance’s future strategy and coordination ahead of upcoming political challenges.
Soon after the posters appeared, the Indian Youth Congress claimed responsibility for removing them. The organisation said its office-bearers had torn down what it described as “propaganda banners” put up in Lutyens’ Delhi by the BJP and its allies.
