In a shocking revelation, BJP spokesperson Suresh Nakhua has claimed that a WhatsApp group administered by the Congress party has several members from Pakistan. Nakhua made the allegations by posting screenshots from the group in Twitter today.
The WhatsApp group in the question is named India Political Network. From the screenshot posted by the BJP leader, it can be seen that the administrator of the group is Hasiba Amin, who is the national convenor of the Social Media Department of Congress party. A face of the Congress advertisements during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Amin was appointed to the Social Media cell in August 2017 by the vice president Rahul Gandhi. Before joining Congress, Amin was a NSUI member.
https://twitter.com/SureshNakhua/status/1099640903629750274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
As shown in the screenshots, several Congress leaders are also part of the WhatApp group. And along with them, we can see several phone numbers with the country code 92 who are members of the group. India’s country code for telephone networks is 91, while code 92 belongs to Pakistan.
https://twitter.com/SureshNakhua/status/1099641215203659776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
This means, several users of Pakistan are part of this WhatsApp group of Congress party, which broadcasts instructions to members what to post on various social media sites.
At a time when anti-Pakistan sentiments in the country are at highest after the Pulwama terror attack, Congress party using Pakistani nationals to spread its propaganda on Social Media has come as a big shock.
OpIndia contacted Suresh Nakhua regarding the screenshots of the WhatsApp group. He confirmed that the screenshots are real and he has got them from credible sources. When asked what if Congress claims the screenshots to be fake, he said that if that happens he will produce proof that these are real. He asserted that even if the Congress party sues him claiming the images to be fake, he said that he would not back off and fight it with all the evidence he has. One of the images shows the name of the group as Indian Political Network, while others show it as India Political Netwrok. To this, he said that it is the same group name of which may have been changed.
Suresh Nakhua has asked Congress to explain what the Pakistani nationals are doing in a WhasApp group where Congress office bearers are administrator and members.