NEW DELHI: Congress on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on Union home minister Amit Shah over the formation of a new political outfit, the Arunachal Janata Party.In a post on X, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh shared a “public notice” and alleged that the new party had been formed in a manner similar to the revival of the Nationalist Citizens Party of India by Shah as a “parking place” for TMC defectors.“Undoubtedly, a move by the self-styled Chanakya who revived an unknown Nationalist Citizens Party of India as a parking place for TMC defectors,” Jairam Ramesh said.“There are 734 such registered unrecognised political parties in India that had a reported income of over Rs 1,100 crore in 2024-25. Half of that amount went to 29 such parties in Gujarat alone,” he added.

The Congress leader also shared the “public notice” which stated that the Arunachal Janta Party, formed on 16th October 2026 with its head office at 015, Dokum Colony, Akash Deep, Itanagar District Papum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh, has proposed to apply for registration with the Election Commission of India under Section 29A of the Representation of People Act, 1951.The remarks came months after the Nationalist Citizens Party of India, a registered unrecognised political party founded in October 2022 and based in West Bengal, joined the BJP-led NDA.Twenty of the TMC’s 27 Lok Sabha MPs quit the party following its defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections and joined the NCPI, extending support to the BJP-led NDA.