India, Feb. 23 -- Amid the USAID funding row, Congress accused the BJP of "anti-national work" by spreading "fake news from America" and asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi and external affairs minister S Jaishankar remain silent on alleged insults to India by Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

However, the BJP dismissed Congress' allegations and called Rahul Gandhi a "traitor," accusing him of working with foreign forces to weaken India.

Congress general secretary in-charge Jairam Ramesh said, "BJP is a procession of liars and illiterates. The news about USD 21 million, on which the BJP and their bootlickers were jumping on, turned out to be fake. The USD 21 million in 2022 was not for 'voter turnout' in India, but for Bangladesh."

The Co...