Overview
- The BJP, which unveiled a modeled trip ledger on Thursday, alleged 54 personal foreign visits since 2004 cost about ₹60 crore and asked who financed them.
- Following Friday’s remarks from Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, the government urged Rahul Gandhi to submit travel details to the Lok Sabha secretariat and the Home and External Affairs ministries.
- The party cited a CRPF letter dated September 10, 2025 that flagged six undeclared trips between December 2024 and September 2025, and it pointed to photos of a May 3 Oman stop as a possible seventh.
- BJP leaders demanded records such as FCRA Section 6 permissions for any foreign hospitality, or bank, forex, tax, or party audit entries if the trips were self‑ or party‑funded.
- Congress called the claims a diversion from economic and foreign policy problems, and no independent agency has verified the ₹60 crore estimate or any legal violations so far.