Rahul Gandhi: Modi Won’t Remain PM After One-on-One Debate
The Leader of Opposition says Parliament does not let him speak, so he wants a face-to-face debate with the Prime Minister; the BJP says the House already offers one.
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Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said on Friday, 13 November, that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “will not remain the PM” after a one-on-one debate with him. He made the remark during an “Ask Me” question session on Instagram, repeating a challenge he has been issuing for weeks, PTI reported from New Delhi.
Asked why he insists on a public debate when the BJP says the exchange can take place in Parliament, Gandhi said he is not allowed to speak in the House and that his microphone is switched off. “I want a one-on-one debate,” he said.
Who Would Judge the Debate
Gandhi said he had no objection to industrialist Gautam Adani or RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat serving as judge. He said it would take five minutes to establish that Modi was a “traitor”, a charge he had made earlier. IPB News reported the earlier round of the challenge in Rahul Gandhi Renews Modi Debate Challenge, Names Bhagwat as Judge.
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Parliament Versus a Public Stage
The dispute is now about the venue. The BJP’s position, as reported, is that Gandhi is avoiding the parliamentary debates that already exist. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said a debate already exists in Parliament and urged “some seriousness and responsibility” from him as Leader of the Opposition. BJP leaders also mocked the challenge.
Gandhi’s reply is that the House does not give him the floor. More of his statements and campaign events are collected under the Rahul Gandhi tag page.
No Date or Format Announced
None of the reports on the exchange mention a date, venue or format for a debate.
Source: Based on reporting by Business Standard (PTI).
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