Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks at the Bharat Summit 2026 in Hyderabd. He accused him of defaming India, its democracy and Prime Minister Narendra Modi before an international audience.
Addressing a gathering in Talegaon Dabhade in Pune district, Maharashtra, Shah advised Gandhi to stop making foreign trips and visit villages across the country if he wanted to return to power.
“I want to advise Rahul Gandhi ji: you will not get power by defaming India on international platforms like this. If you want power, stop your foreign trips and start visiting the villages of India. Then perhaps your turn might come someday,” Shah said.
Taking a dig at Congress workers who continue to follow Gandhi’s political approach, Shah said the party would remain away from power for another 30 years if they continued on the same path.
Shah’s remarks came a day after Rahul Gandhi addressed the second edition of the Bharat Summit 2026 in Hyderabad. The Congress leader criticised the BJP-led government and alleged that India was no longer a democracy, claiming that the country’s democratic framework had been weakened since 2014.
Responding to Rahul’s remarks of ‘fascists’ , Shah accused the Congress leader of using an international platform to malign India’s image and its development record.
“The Congress party organised the Bharat Summit 2026 in Hyderabad and invited propagators of leftist ideology from across the country and the world. The prince of Congress also went there. They named it Bharat Summit, yet Rahul Gandhi worked to defame India across the entire world by expressing anti-India views at an international conference,” Shah said.
Highlighting India’s development under the governance of PM Modi Shah pointed to progress in agriculture, industrial growth, the space sector, railways, airports, metro networks and the startup ecosystem.
He also urged people to question Congress workers over Gandhi’s remarks and called on voters to give the party a fitting response in the upcoming elections.