Claim
The Congress has turned the attack directly on the BJP, drawing comparisons with the historical looting of temples and even invoking Mahmud Ghazni.
“द कांग्रेस हाउ एवर हैज़ टर्नड द अटैक डायरेक्टली ऑन द बीजेपी ड्रॉन कंपैरिजन विथ द हिस्टोरिकल लूटिंग ऑफ टेंपल्स इवन इनवोकिंग महमूद गजन”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
Around the June 2026 Ram Mandir donation-embezzlement controversy, Congress leaders — notably Bhupesh Baghel — did attack the BJP/Sangh Parivar by drawing an explicit parallel to the historical looting of temples and invoking Mahmud of Ghazni's plunder of the Somnath Temple. Multiple contemporaneous news reports confirm both the Ghazni invocation and the temple-looting comparison directed at the BJP, matching the anchor's claim.
Evidence
- https://aninews.in/news/national/politics/govt-looting-in-name-of-ram-like-ghazni-looted-somnath-bhupesh-baghel-blasts-centre-over-ram-mandir-donation-row20260624102802/ Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel explicitly invoked Mahmud of Ghazni, saying Ghazni looted the Somnath Temple while the RSS/VHP/Bajrang Dal are now 'looting in the name of Ram' at the Ram Temple — a direct attack on the BJP-aligned Sangh Parivar over the Ram Mandir donation row. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2026/06/22/shiv-sena-ubt-bjp-ram-temple-donations.html Corroborates that opposition (Shiv Sena UBT alongside Congress) framed the Ram Temple donation controversy as 'Mahmud Ghazni-style loot,' comparing the historical plunder of Somnath to alleged BJP looting of the Ram Temple. ✓ reachable · archived