Patna, Jan. 27 -- Former Congress leader Dr Shakeel Ahmad on Tuesday accused the Congress top line of directing youth Congress leaders to attack his residence in Patna and Madhubani, taking aim at Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi amid growing controversy.

Ahmad claimed he was informed by Congress Youth leaders about the instructions, saying, "I have not expressed an apprehension, but the leaders of the youth Congress have informed me this. I thank them for this...They are doing this on the instructions of the top leadership."

Directing his accusations towards the LS LoP, he alleges that the top leadership in Congress is limited to Rahul Gandhi.

Citing his X post on Monday, he said, "I wrote that some Congress colleagues secretly informed me ...