Narendra Modi’s political career will be over after debate with me, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “political career will be over” after a debate with him.

In a social media post, Gandhi challenged Modi to bring a teleprompter and a judge of his choice to the debate.

“The country wants to know who is the real anti-national,” he said.

Gandhi has repeatedly challenged Modi to an open debate and previously claimed that he could establish in just five minutes that the prime minister was a “traitor”.

मोदी जी, अपने ही गोदी मीडिया के दिवाली मिलन में भी टेलीप्रॉम्प्टर?

लोग आपके, मंच आपका, माहौल आपका - फिर भी स्क्रिप्ट चाहिए थी। लगता है दबाव में घबरा गए हैं।

ख़ैर, कोई बात नहीं। मुझसे बहस में भी टेलीप्रॉम्प्टर ले आइए, जज भी अपनी पसंद का बैठा लीजिए।

बस आइए तो सही। देश जानना… pic.twitter.com/z2AzakkS90— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 13, 2026

Responding to questions about why he was demanding a public debate when the Bharatiya Janata Party had said the exchange could take place in Parliament, Gandhi said that he was not allowed to speak in the House and that his microphone had been switched off several times in the past.

He said he had been prevented from speaking about the contentious farm laws, alleged vote theft, the special intensive revision of electoral rolls, border tensions with China,...

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