Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday (November 9, 2026 ) hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his “Dimagi Naxals” remarks while addressing CRPF personnel, saying the jawans didn’t buy his “lies”, and challenged the PM again to debate him on who is anti-national and controlled by foreign forces.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that while Mr. Gandhi is asking the PM to choose the venue for a debate, there already exists one in Parliament and called on him to show “some seriousness and responsibility” as the LoP in the Lok Sabha.
My guarantee: after the debate, the PM won’t have the guts to stand in front of a single jawan again,” Mr. In his post on X, addressed to the CRPF personnel, Mr. “He called us Naxals. My challenge stands. Let him debate me on who is anti-national and who is controlled by foreign forces. Any time, any place. Mr. Gandhi has been repeatedly daring Prime Minister Modi to debate with him openly.
The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha said that the PM “called us Naxals” and asserted that after the debate, PM Modi “won’t have the guts to stand in front of a single jawan again”. Gandhi said, “Dear @crpfindia, your faces said it all: you didn’t buy the PM’s lies. Gandhi said. The former Congress chief’s remarks came a day after PM Modi targeted political opponents, saying armed Maoists have been eliminated but “Dimagi Naxals” have infiltrated several political parties and organisations and are instigating people against the Constitution and democracy. The Congress alleged that Prime Minister Modi is clearly distraught, disturbed and desperate, and his “jhola-picking-up time” is fast approaching. The former Congress president has “guaranteed” that it would be proven in five minutes that the PM was a “traitor”.
