India, Nov. 30 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday alleged a nexus between Congress and Maoists, and accused its leader Rahul Gandhi of fuelling "Naxalite sympathies", calling it a threat to national sovereignty.

Launching a sharp attack at the Congress in a series of posts from its official handle on X, the ruling BJP alleged that Naxal insurgency in India persisted for an extended period and reached alarming proportions "largely due to policy paralysis" during the second term of the erstwhile UPA Government.

A significant factor behind such a situation was the influence of "urban Naxals" inducted as members in Sonia Gandhi-led erstwhile National Advisory Council (NAC), it charged.

Asserting that there is a "significant decline"...