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Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has launched a blistering political attack over the overseas travel of members of what he described as the “Swadeshi” camp, questioning their purpose abroad and warning that their X accounts could face suspension once they surfaced overseas.
In a widely circulated post on X, Yadav asked why those who champion Swadeshi were travelling abroad in the first place.
“Why have those who advocate Swadeshi gone abroad?” Yadav asked, turning the overseas trip into a series of pointed political questions.
Were they travelling to study the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, he asked, or to examine the falling value of the rupee against the dollar? Or, he suggested, had they gone to add new clauses to what he described as an “American deal” that could allegedly harm Indian farmers?
Yadav did not stop there. In a long and sharply worded post, he questioned whether the travellers were taking communal politics abroad, expanding organisational networks and looking for new ground for what he portrayed as a divisive political agenda.
He also raised the issue of reservation, asking whether they were searching for new terminology such as “review” or “reform” to alter the existing political debate over quotas.
The SP chief then widened his attack to constitutional and foreign-policy issues. He alleged that the trip could involve consultations on weakening the Constitution, damaging India’s international image, exploring what he described as “new tunnel technology,” contacting people living in hiding and creating difficulties for Indians overseas.
He further questioned whether the travellers were seeking to tilt India’s foreign policy towards one particular bloc.
Yadav also raised questions about alleged temple-fund collections abroad and referred cryptically to “hundred-year secret ledgers.” In one of the more striking allegations, he suggested that the travellers could even be exploring the possibility of political asylum.
The breadth of Yadav’s post was striking. He did not name the individuals or organisations he was referring to, instead firing off a succession of rhetorical questions and allegations.
His central line of attack, however, was clear: if the “Swadeshi” camp is travelling overseas, what exactly is the purpose of those visits, and what is being discussed behind closed doors?
The remarks have prompted a counter-attack from supporters of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, who accused Yadav of turning legitimate overseas cultural and organisational programmes into a conspiracy narrative.
The political battle therefore extends well beyond a foreign trip. It touches on ideology, foreign engagement, organisational expansion, constitutional questions, the economy and political accountability.
Yadav’s warning over X accounts adds another provocative element to the controversy. By suggesting that accounts could be suspended once the travellers appeared overseas, he transformed the episode into a broader confrontation over how political and ideological networks operate beyond India’s borders.
For the opposition, the question is one of accountability. For the RSS supporters defending the visits, it is an attempt to malign legitimate cultural outreach.
Either way, Akhilesh Yadav has ensured that the overseas trip is no longer merely an overseas trip. It has become another front in India’s increasingly combative political war.
JANPATH NEWS NETWORK (JNN)
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