Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the US State Department and other American government entities of attempting to destabilize India. A group of investigative journalists and opposition leader Rahul Gandhi backed the statement,

By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the State Department and "deep state" elements in the U.S. of trying to destabilise India in conjunction with a group of investigative journalists and opposition leader Rahul Gandhi.

The United States on Saturday (Dec 7) firmly reacted to Bharatiya Janata Party's allegations, saying that the US State Department is trying to "destabilise India", its "deep state" elements are targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.