BJP MP Nishikant Dubey claimed Congress was "born from an industrial house", citing a 1969 parliamentary debate where Indira Gandhi allegedly received ₹1.20 crore in donations for a bye-election. "Why do you mislead the country by talking about Adani-Ambani?" he asked Rahul Gandhi. Dubey said the donation came at a time when "salt cost one paisa and ghee 30 paise/kg.