Claim
From the TMC to the Uddhav faction, every leader who turned rebel has directly targeted his own party's top leadership (implying they left of their own accord, not because BJP broke them).
“टीएमसी से लेकर उद्धव गुट तक बागी बने हर नेता का निशाना सीधे-सीधे अपनी पार्टी की टॉप लीडरशिप पर रहा है।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
The claim is a rhetorical characterization, and its factual core — that rebels 'targeted their own leadership' and therefore left of their own accord and not because the BJP 'broke' their parties — is a non-sequitur contradicted by the documented record. In the cited cases the rebels' break with their own leadership coincided with, and directly benefited, the BJP: Shinde's faction rebelled and immediately allied with the BJP (Shinde became CM, Fadnavis Deputy CM), and prominent TMC defectors joined or aligned with the BJP/NDA. Rebels criticizing their own top leadership and the BJP facilitating or gaining from those splits are not mutually exclusive, so presenting rhetorical attacks on party leadership as proof of BJP non-involvement is misleading.
Evidence
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eknath_Shinde Documents that in June 2022 Eknath Shinde led a Shiv Sena rebellion, withdrew support from the MVA, allied with the BJP, and was sworn in as CM with BJP's Devendra Fadnavis as Deputy CM — showing the BJP was the direct beneficiary and partner of the 'rebel' faction, not a bystander. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinamool_Congress Records that high-profile TMC leaders such as Suvendu Adhikari and Mukul Roy defected directly to the BJP, i.e. the rebels moved into the BJP rather than merely acting on their own accord. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://theprint.in/india/tmc-leaders-accuse-rebel-mps-of-aligning-with-bjp-amid-split-in-party/2954854/ Reports rebel TMC MPs meeting BJP leaders and declaring support for the NDA, indicating BJP involvement in the split rather than a purely internal revolt. ✗ unreachable · HTTP 403