NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday shared a letter by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to the then US President Ronald Reagan to attack the Congress party, alleging Gandhi's role in atrocities against Sri Lankan Tamils.

Sharing the letter dated February 8, 1988, on X, Dubey wrote, "Is Rajiv Gandhi ji responsible for the Tamil genocide in Sri Lanka? The Nehru-Gandhi family, that is, slaves of America/Russia."

The BJP MP alleged that the letter describes how India and Sri Lanka committed atrocities against Tamils and questioned why India, being a sovereign nation, shared details with the US.

"Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi ji wrote this letter to the then US President Ronald Reagan in February 1988. The letter details how India-Sri Lanka is committing atrocities against Tamils under American pressure, why would a sovereign nation tell America?" the X post read.

Dubey further alleged that India played the role of an American agent and advised Russia in the matter of Afghanistan. He wrote, "As an American agent, what advice is India-Russia giving in Afghanistan, it is mentioned in this letter."

Further, on India's relationship with the US, the BJP leader said, "Most importantly, during Rajiv Gandhi ji's time, let alone buying ships for the Indian Navy, it couldn't even rent them, why is there mention of renting them? Doesn't the language of this letter make us slaves?".