UPA II planted fake stories about coup to malign Army in 2012, claims BJP, asks Rahul Gandhi to clarify

He added: “This is not just a political conspiracy but also an attempt to defame the Indian army. In January 2012, there were media reports that claimed that the Indian Army was staging a coup against the then-Manmohan Singh government. The stories were planted by senior leaders of the Congress party, including certain Cabinet ministers. This was a manufactured coup. Based on the information that was given to him, the then-prime minister asked the IB to present facts on the rumour. Even after the IB had cleared the rumours, the UPA still planted the story in media that attempted to malign the Indian Army.”

He added: “What was the motive behind plotting a fake story about the army coup? Who were the ministers involved in spreading lies and defaming the army? Was Rahul Gandhi the brains behind this dangerous conspiracy? Was this attempt done at the behest of the ISI or Pakistani Army which has a record of staging coups? Such a false alarm manufactured by an elected government is an attempt to compromise Indian Army and subvert Indian democracy.”

Rao also asked if Pakistan’s ISI was involved or whether this was an attempt to malign the Army or to equate it with the coup-happy Pakistan Army?

In 2012, there were media reports that an entire unite of infantry based in Hisar had started moving towards Delhi while as section from Agra also moved towards Palam.

Ex-Defence Min AK Antony on BJP's allegations that UPA regime had asked IB for a coup attempt to topple Manmohan Singh govt: As Defence Min at that time, there were lot of ques in RS&LS, I'd given detailed ans. Please go through Parliament website, you'll get the answer I'd given ​