After eight US lawmakers penned a letter in support of the 2020 Delhi riots accused Umar Khalid, BJP's Pradeep Bhandari shared a photograph of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi with one of the lawmakers. Bhandari stated that US lawmaker Janice Schakowsky met Rahul in 2024 "along with Anti-India Ilhan Omar", adding that's "how the Rahul Gandhi-Anti-India lobby works".