Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday mounted a fresh attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, renewing his challenge to debate him on who was an anti-national and controlled by foreign forces “any time, any place”.
My guarantee: after the debate, the PM won’t have the guts to stand in front of a single jawan again. 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. “While armed Naxalites have been wiped out from the forests, ‘Dimagi Naxals’ have taken control of several organisations. These ‘Dimagi Naxals’ have also infiltrated several political parties and different organisations. Congress leader Pawan Khera followed up on Gandhi’s post on X. Congress leader MP Jairam Ramesh accused the Prime Minister of using Diwali to target political rivals and alleged a pattern of branding those who disagree with his government. The back-and-forth between the Congress and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party comes amid an ongoing Opposition campaign against chief election commissioner 9CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over the alleged vote theft and the special intensive revision of the electoral roll.
On October 5, union home minister Amit Shah accused Rahul Gandhi of avoiding parliamentary debate, saying the government is ready to debate the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls.
In a post on X, Gandhi quote-tweeted an ANI video on PM Modi’s remarks, tagged the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and said, “Your faces said it all: you didn’t buy the PM’s lies. “The question of whether or not to muster the courage after the debate will only come up when there’s a debate,” he said, tagging Gandhi. Earlier reporting noted: Rahul Gandhi repeats debate dare after PM Modi’s ‘Dimagi Naxal’ jibe 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. Gandhi said, “Dear @crpfindia, your faces said it all: you didn’t buy the PM’s lies. Gandhi said.
Earlier reporting noted: In his post on X, addressed to the CRPF personnel, Mr. Earlier reporting noted: “He called us Naxals. Even today, they are inciting people against the country’s Constitution and democracy. We must identify them, defeat them and ensure the security of the nation,” PM Modi said on Sunday.
Gandhi’s statement came a day after PM Modi, during his visit to Chhattisgarh’s Bastar on Sunday, said that ideological supporters of the Naxal movement, whom he described as “dimagi Naxals” (people with a Naxal mindset), had infiltrated political parties and various organisations to instigate people against the Constitution and democracy.
