In this breaking news update, India Today correspondent Piyush Mishra reports on the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) sharp attack on the Congress leadership following a key appointment. After the Congress named Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the chairperson of the Assam Congress screening committee for the upcoming 2026 assembly elections, BJP leader Amit Malviya claimed this move was a setup. Quoting Malviya, Mishra notes the BJP’s stance that ‘Rahul Gandhi has set Priyanka Wadhra up for failure’ by handing her a ‘near impossible task’ in a state where the Congress allegedly has little electoral chance. The report highlights the BJP’s narrative that this appointment is a strategy to shift the blame for an ‘inevitable defeat’ onto Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.