The Opposition leader in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi attacked prime minister Narendra Modi again on Monday, reiterating his demand that they hold a public debate about who is “anti-national”, who is “under foreign influence”.
Gandhi’s remarks followed PM Modi’s remarks a day ago on the “Dimagi Naxals” who have a Naxal mindset and visited the Bastar area in Chhattisgarh.
In a post on social media platform X, Gandhi has shared a video of the Prime Minister’s remarks, tagging the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). He stated that those who were present this time during Modi’s speech did not believe in the allegations, and challenged the Prime Minister to debate him.
“Let him debate me on who is anti-national and who is controlled by foreign forces. Gandhi said that “any time, any place,” implying that Modi would not be able to meet security personnel after such a debate.
On his visit to the operations base of CRPF’s CoBRA commando unit in Karanpur, PM Modi expressed that although armed Naxalites were allegedly have been eliminated in forests, ideological threat still abide.
He claimed that members of the Naxal movement had infiltrated into several political parties and organisations and were working towards provoking people against the Constitution and democracy.
PM Modi has made similar comments earlier in the event near the Statue of Unity, Gujarat on October 31. He had also while delivering his Independence Day speech in August, talked of ideological allies of Naxals trying to stir up violence through the branches of “Dimagi Naxals”.
The new swap has further given fuel to the political battles between Congress and BJP on national security and ideological issues.