A new political duel has kicked off between Congress and BJP after Rahul Gandhi demanded a debate with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the open. In a tweet, the Congress leader has challenged the Prime Minister, saying he is ready to face him on any channel, anywhere and any forum to hold a debate.Rahul Gandhi extends challenge to PM on November 3, will talk about ‘foreign connections’ Rahul Gandhi extended the challenge to discuss the economy, the India-US trade deal, the Adani matter and the ‘foreign connections’ case with PM Modi. On the same issue, he said he would also say that the Prime Minister ‘should talk about the media and the youth before him’.
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Nirmala Sitharaman Responds To Rahul Gandhi’s Challenge
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman challenged Rahul Gandhi that Parliament is the right forum for such debate. “You go ahead and tell the PM on social media why are you asking him to come for a debate?'” Ask this question to the leader of the opposition who is sitting here,” she said. Sitharaman to hold a name-based enumeration of charges instead of a list of allegations. She also said, ‘Asking questions implies that you have to be in Parliament to hear the government’s answers.’
Amit Shah Also Challenges Rahul Gandhi
Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah hit out at the political sparring. He said the government was ready to debate the issue of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of rolls and EVMs in Parliament. He dared Rahul Gandhi and Congress to join the debate.
Will Prime Minister Modi and Rahul Gandhi have a face-to-face debate?
Both the Congress and the BJP have taken note of this, each having their own take on the where and how of political questions being addressed. Rahul Gandhi has called for a direct public debate with Narendra Modi, while Nirmala Sitharaman insists on the Parliament. No date, venue or format for a direct public debate between them has been jointly announced by Modi and Gandhi yet. As on 4 November 2026. The debate and counterdebate go on for now. Stay tuned to see if the face-to-face debate scheduled or if the money remains in the backroom.
