Rahul Gandhi is living in a world of arrogance, says Maurya
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya dismissed Rahul Gandhi's challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an open debate.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Wednesday asserted that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is in no position to challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to ANI, Maurya stated that Gandhi is living in a world of arrogance and that his challenge holds no merit.
The political confrontation intensified after Gandhi launched a poll on X, asking young Indians if they wanted to see a face-to-face open debate between him and the Prime Minister. Gandhi tagged several senior BJP leaders, including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, urging them to convince the Prime Minister to accept.
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Ashutosh Verma alleged that a BJP rally in Lucknow on Tuesday paralysed traffic and caused traders to suffer losses amounting to crores during Diwali. Verma accused the BJP of compromising democratic institutions and manipulating them to suit their own ends.
BJP leader Dilip Kumar Jaiswal defended the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, stating the exercise aims to clean up voter lists by removing names of deceased voters. Jaiswal noted the Election Commission began the SIR in Bihar ahead of the 2025 Assembly elections.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak announced that BJP National President Nitin Nabin will lead a padayatra in Gorakhpur. Pathak said the march aims to expose what the party describes as the anti-democracy policies of the Congress and the INDIA bloc.