Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Sunday (September 13, 2026) said that he was a ‘Dimagi Naxal’, a term coined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and used by the BJP to attack those they accuse of being ideological sympathisers of Naxalism.
“I have to make a confession. On the topic of horse trading, Mr. “It has now taken a different colour. At that point in time, it was the seller who used to be the trickster. At this point in time, it is the buyer who is the trickster.
He said that back then, due to the importance of horses, their sellers played various tricks while selling them to the buyers.
I am a ‘Dimagi Naxal’,” he said while beginning his speech. Sibal said that during ancient times the equine species playing an important role in “determining the outcome of wars”. That is the difference,” he said while speaking at the event organised by LiveLaw. He further said that horse trading was not a “passing political scandal”, but a “constitutional crisis”.
“It strikes at representative government, at the integrity of the vote, and the basic structure of parliamentary democracy. Horse trading is an ugly phrase for an uglier practice.
He said that result is that while the citizen votes for one mandate, “power is delivered to another”.
