NEW DELHI: BJP president J P Nadda on Wednesday accused Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge of spreading “falsehood” against the Narendra Modi government and said it was surprising that the main opposition party continued to peddle “lies” despite repeated electoral defeats.Nadda’s remarks came in response to a post by Kharge on X earlier in the day, in which the Congress president alleged that the BJP’s “loot, corruption and misgovernance” dominated the country in 2025.Hitting back, Nadda asked whether the Congress had anything left to do other than “spreading lies”.“The Congress lost in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and it was also completely wiped out in Delhi and Bihar. Mr. Kharge, in 2025, the people of the country rejected all of your lies. Despite this, you are still not giving up on spreading falsehoods,” Nadda said in a post on X.“There is no ground left beneath your feet, yet the amazing thing is that you still don’t believe it,” he added, taking a swipe at the Congress through a Hindi couplet.The BJP chief urged Kharge to introspect instead of being “self-obsessed” and accused him of continuing to spread “lies”.In a point-by-point rebuttal of Kharge’s 14 allegations, Nadda rejected claims related to welfare schemes and election processes. On the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, he said, “You lied about MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act), claiming it had been abolished and that the poor had been deprived of their right to work, while the truth is that it has been expanded and strengthened, with the number of workdays increased to 125 and payment guaranteed within 15 days.”“And it has been linked to village empowerment. Incidentally, your leader was meeting anti-India people at George Soros-funded Global Progressive Alliance when the discussion was happening on it [Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill (VB-G RAM G)],” Nadda said, asking Kharge, “Isn’t that right?”On allegations of “vote chori”, Nadda questioned how many petitions the Congress had filed before the Election Commission.“You once again lied about the SIR (Special Intensive Revision) and the BLO (booth level officer), claiming that people’s right to vote was snatched away and that the BJP’s vote-chori was caught. Mr. Kharge, it was the people of this country who caught your lies and your falsehoods were also rejected in court,” he said.Referring to Bihar, Nadda added, “What happened in Bihar, Mr. Kharge? How many of your booth level agents (BLAs) actually went to the ground? There was no theft of people’s votes. They exercised their right to vote and shut down your shop of ‘booth-theft and lies’.”Responding to Kharge’s criticism of the economy, Nadda said India was now the world’s fourth-largest economy and the fastest growing amid global uncertainty, contrasting it with the UPA years when the country was counted among the “fragile five”.“India’s foreign exchange reserves are at a record high today, but you won’t see it because you intend to defame the country,” he charged.On Kharge’s remarks on Aravalli mining, Nicobar, Hasdeo and Mumbai mangroves, Nadda accused the Congress of “hypocrisy” and spreading “falsehood”.“During the Congress rule, the hills were openly plundered. The Congress systematically destroyed the Aravalli range through extensive mining. Your government didn’t save the Aravallis; instead, it sold them off. We, on the other hand, imposed a ban and limited mining in accordance with the court’s decision,” he said.Nadda also targeted the Congress over its stance on the judiciary, alleging that no party had damaged its reputation as much.“When a judgment didn’t go your way, you brought an impeachment motion against the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Now you’ve brought an impeachment motion against a judge of the Madras High Court. You insulted two Chief Justices while they were still in office,” he said.