New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, alleged Friday that PM Narendra Modi was tapping his phone, claiming that evidence backing his allegations against the Prime Minister was stored on the device.
He also renewed his challenge to Modi for a one-on-one debate, saying it would establish who was controlled by foreign powers and who was “anti-national”.
“The proof of all my allegations is in my phone which is tapped by the Prime Minister,” Gandhi said in a video statement. “The moment he (Modi) comes to debate with me, everyone will know who is the anti-national and since when he has been an anti-national. The proof is all in this phone,” he added.
In a post on X, Gandhi took a swipe at Modi over his alleged use of a teleprompter at a Diwali gathering and said the Prime Minister could bring one to their proposed debate.
“Modi ji, even at your own Diwali gathering, a teleprompter? The people are yours, the stage is yours, the atmosphere is yours—yet you still needed a script. Looks like the pressure got to you,” he said.
Adding, “Anyway, no worries. Bring a teleprompter to a debate with me too, and seat a judge of your choice as well. Just show up, that is all. The country wants to know—who is the real traitor?”
Gandhi had first challenged Modi to an open debate on 2 November. In a post on X that same day, he had accused the Prime Minister of relying on foreign assistance to come to power.
Mr Modi, stop lying to this nation.
You became PM because of foreign help. You remain PM because of foreign help.
Your financial system is fully controlled and supported by foreigners. Foreign social media fully backs you.
I challenge you to an open debate about this. Any… pic.twitter.com/h7bi1UJdMT
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 2, 2026
“Mr Modi, stop lying to this nation. You became PM because of foreign help. You remain PM because of foreign help. I challenge you to an open debate about this. Any stage, any time. Come if you have the guts. You won’t dare, because you are terrified of what I know about you,” he wrote.
A day later, the Congress leader reiterated the challenge, offering Modi the choice of judge and suggesting that the debate be held before the media and the country’s youth.
He also suggested RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat as a possible judge.
At a public meeting in Sangrur in poll-bound Punjab on 4 November, Gandhi again made the same comment. “I guarantee that within five minutes of the debate starting I will prove that Narendra Modi is a ‘desh-drohi’ and Donald Trump controls him,” he said.
On 6 November, Gandhi asked Union Home Minister Amit Shah to persuade Modi to accept the challenge. “Just convince him to have an open debate with me. Any platform, any time. Daro mat (don’t be scared),” he wrote on X.
He again made the same statement after 9 November, hitting back at Modi for his ‘Dimagi Naxals’ jibe at a CRPF event in Bastar, Chhattisgarh. “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,” Gandhi wrote on X.
(Edited by Amrtansh Arora)
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