Addressing a press conference at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, Goyal said that the Gandhi family is a completely compromised political family.
“Rahul Gandhi and his Congress party are a compromised family, a compromised political party. Rahul Gandhi means compromise,” Goyal said.
“Look at the Congress party’s history or its present, whether it’s the various tales of corruption, how they compromise public interest and national interest under the influence of foreign powers, there are countless examples before the country and the public of how they completely compromise the country and its bright future, the bright future of its citizens,” he added,
Goyal also termed Rahul Gandhi as the “poster boy of negative politics”.
Congress’s “PM Modi compromised” shirtless protests
Goyal’s remarks come in the aftermath of the Indian Youth Congress’s protests at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 on February 20. The Congress workers protested shirtless and shouted slogans against PM Modi.
“PM is compromised, India US trade deal, Epstein files,” shouted the Congress workers.
The incident sparked a political row in the country with the BJP alleging that the action of the Congress party workers maligned the image of the country in front of the world as many delegates and tech leaders participated in the summit.
CYW President Chib reasoned that the workers simply wanted to raise the issue in a peaceful manner.
The police arrested five people in the case, who are under custody for questioning. Chib was also arrested later.
Goyal attacks Indira and Rajiv GandhiÂ
Goyal further alleged that it wasn’t just Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi who compromised the country. Rajiv Gandhi also never shied away from compromising the country, he said.
“We all know how, at Rahul Gandhi’s behest, the Foreign Minister tried to stop the investigation in the Bofors scandal by asking Swedish authorities to do so. We all know how, in order to protect his friend Ottavio Cataracci, an honest investigation was prevented…” he said.
Goyal alleged that Indira Gandhi was “no less compromising” the country’s interests.
“We saw how Ambassador Moynihan confirmed that the CIA repeatedly provided funds to the Congress party for elections, and that the Congress party ran its politics through the CIA,” he further said, adding that the whole Gandhi family tarnished image of the country before the world and compromised it.
