Rahul Gandhi claims his phone is being tapped, challenges Modi to open debate

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has made serious allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Gandhi claims his phone has been tapped for the past few days and that all the evidence is on his phone.

Gandhi posted a video on social media. In it he said, "My phone is being tapped on the orders of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Whom I speak to on the phone and all the information about my other activities was being passed on to Prime Minister Modi. All the evidence for this is on my phone." He also said, "I have a lot of information, which I know and which is on my phone."

In the same video, Gandhi once again called on the Prime Minister to an open debate. According to him, the debate would reveal who is working at the behest of foreign powers and who is a traitor. He also claimed it would become clear who is involved in anti-national activities.

Gandhi said he has direct questions to put to Modi. According to him, the Prime Minister can bring a teleprompter to the debate and seat a judge of his choice. He said, "Modi ji, you used a teleprompter even at the Diwali programme of your own 'Godi media'. The public is yours, the stage is yours, the atmosphere is yours, yet you needed a script. Bring a teleprompter to the debate with me too, and appoint a judge of your choice. Just come. The country wants to know who the real traitor is."

In his post on X on November 13, 2026, Gandhi wrote the same thing in Hindi. In it he said, "It seems he has panicked under pressure."

Raising the issue of Parliament, Gandhi said he has not been given a chance to speak in Parliament for several years. According to him, his microphone is switched off and he is not allowed to speak on important subjects. He said he has tried to speak in Parliament on issues including the farm laws, vote theft, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), China, a book by former Army chief M.M. Naravane and the Epstein case, but the microphone was often switched off. Gandhi said these are the reasons he now wants to debate Prime Minister Modi face to face on a public platform.