Rahul Gandhi accuses Modi of tapping his phone, BJP calls claim baseless

The opposition leader says proof against the prime minister is on his phone and renews his debate dare; BJP leaders say he has offered no evidence.

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Rahul Gandhi speaks in front of a screen reading Destroyers of Democracy and Vote Chori
Bharti opposition leader Rahul Gandhi 24 September 2026 ko New Delhi mein chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar ke isteefe ke mutalbe par aik news conference se khitab kar rahe hain. File photo. — Bhawika Chhabra/Reuters
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— Bharti Lok Sabha mein qaaid-e-hizb-e-ikhtilaf Rahul Gandhi ne wazir-e-azam Narendra Modi par apna phone tap karne ka ilzaam lagaya hai aur kaha hai ke is phone mein Modi ke khilaf aise saboot maujood hain jo dono ke aamne saamne mubahise ki soorat mein saamne aa jayenge. BJP ne is ilzaam ko be-bunyaad qarar dete hue kaha ke unhon ne koi saboot pesh nahin kiya.

Gandhi ne yeh daawa Jumme ko Instagram par “Ask Me Anything” session ke dauran kiya. Unhon ne kaha, “Saboot yahan hai. Is phone mein hai. Wazir-e-azam yeh jaante hain kyunke woh mera phone tap karte hain.” Un ka kehna tha ke one-on-one mubahisa yeh wazeh kar dega ke “kaun ghair mulki taqaton ke control mein hai, kaun mulk dushman hai.”

Unhon ne is maah ke awaail mein diya gaya mubahise ka challenge dohraya aur kaha ke unhein parliament mein bolne nahin diya jata aur zarai qawaneen, mubayyana vote chori, intikhabi fehriston ki nazar-e-sani, China, aur deegar maamlaat par behas ke dauran un ka mic band kar diya gaya. Unhon ne tajweez di ke aik mez ki aik taraf Modi hon aur doosri taraf woh khud, aur kaha ke agar sanatkar Gautam Adani ya RSS ke sarbarah Mohan Bhagwat ko munsif banaya jaye to bhi unhein koi aitraz nahin. Unhon ne kaha, “Main zamanat deta hoon ke mere saath one-on-one mubahise ke baad wazir-e-azam, wazir-e-azam nahin rahenge.”

Gandhi ne yeh bhi kaha ke Modi ne un par zaati hamle band kar diye hain. Unhon ne kaha, “Un ke zehan mein thora sa khauf hai kyunke ab woh mere baare mein koi tabsira nahin karte.”

BJP ne chand ghanton mein jawab diya. Sarifeen ke umoor ke wazir-e-mumlikat B. L. Verma ne kaha, “Hum kisi ilzaam ko sangeen tab kehte hain jab us ke haq mein saboot ho. Jab tak aap ke paas kisi baat ka saboot na ho, aap ko ilzaam lagane ka koi haq nahin.” BJP ke tarjuman Tuhin Sinha ne Gandhi ko “aadi jhoota” qarar diya jo “hit-and-run siyasat” karte hain, aur kaha ke yeh daawa Gandhi ke us sabiqa daawe se mel nahin khata ke senior sarkari afsran unhein maloomat faraham kar rahe hain.

Sinha ne paanch hafte qabl sadr Droupadi Murmu se Gandhi ki mulaqat ka bhi hawala diya aur kaha ke sadr ne Congress rehnuma se vote chori ke saboot ke saath dobara aane ko kaha tha. Sinha ne kaha, “Aaj woh daawa karte hain ke saare saboot un ke phone mein hain aur isi liye un ka phone tap ho raha hai.”

Kai riyaston mein Congress rehnuma Gandhi ki himayat mein saamne aaye hain, jabke Shiv Sena ke rehnuma Eknath Shinde ne is ilzaam ko “Modi phobia” qarar diya.

Yeh ilzaam naya nahin. 2021 mein Pegasus spyware tanaze ke dauran bhi Gandhi ne kaha tha ke un ke phone tap kiye ja rahe hain, aur 2023 mein California mein aik taqreeb ke dauran unhon ne apna iPhone utha kar mazaq mein kaha tha, “Hello! Mr Modi.”

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