"I'm sure he won't come": Rahul Gandhi challenges PM Narendra Modi to debate

Amid ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi again over public debate and claimed that he is ready but the PM will disagree adding that PM Modi is incapable of answering questions about his links with a few favoured businessmen and how he misused electoral bonds reported news agency ANIHe PM Narendra Modi gave 3035 interviews to the same 510 journalists 23 intellectuals and journalists wrote to me and made public announcements They also wrote to Narendra Modi and said that there should be a debate in democracy it is essential that he should have debate with Rahul GandhiI am ready Narendra Modi can have a debate with me wherever he wants What do you think will he come to have a debate with me No he cantNarendra Modi cant have a debate Rahul Gandhi said addressing a Lok Sabha elections 2024 rally in Delhi reported ANIMentioning the question the Congress leader will ask the Prime Minister and said that What is your relationship with Adani Why are you running a fundraising business in the name of electoral bonds Why did you bring black laws against the farmers When people were dying due to Corona why did you ask them to ring the plates You made Xi Jinping swing on a swing then how did his army capture the land of India Why did you bring the Agniveer schemeReferring to PM Modis recent claim that Congress gets money AdaniAmbani in tempos Rahul said PM Modi talks about Congress getting tempoloads of money from AdaniAmbani but he doesnt dare to get it probedHe further said that PM Modi did nothing for small businessmen but gave Rs 16 lakh crore to industrialists like AdaniAmbaniTell me whatever you want Narendra Modi to say I will make him say that in his speeches I told him Narendra Modi you dont mention the names of AdaniAmbani You should mention their names 23 days later Narendra Modi said AdaniAmbani AdaniAmbani he said reported ANIReacting to several opposition leaders joining BJP fearing CBIED action Rahul said We dont want darpok leaders to stay with us only want Babbar SherKejriwal ji and Hemant Soren ji were put in jail There is a list of Congress leaders tooOne more person has been arrested from DelhiOur fight is to save the Constitution Our goal is to protect this Constitution Thats why we dont need people who get scared we need Babar Sher like you If this Constitution goes away which the BJP and PM Modi wantSo the first work is to safeguard this Constitution because this is your future your dream and the voice of your heart he added reported ANIRahul Gandhi further said that one woman from each of these families will be selected and Rs 1 lakh per annum will be deposited in the account of that woman by the INDIA Alliance reported ANIA list of the poor people of India will be preparedOne woman from each of these families will be selected and Rs 1 Lakh per annum will be deposited in the account of that woman by the INDIA Alliance Rs 8000 per month thaka thak thaka thak thaka thak I used thaka thak in my speech Narendra Modi has now started using thaka thak phata phat in all his speeches Tell me whatever you want him to say I will make him say it he saidMentioning PM Modis interview claim that food was not cooked in our house on the day of Eid and food used to come to my place from all the Muslim families Rahul Gandhi said that this is a new PM because he knows he is on his way out reported ANIEarlier he would spread hatred and pit one community against another a few days ago some journalists interviewed him and Narendra Modi said that when he was a kid Muslim neighbours would send food to his home on Eid Ok But Narendra Modiji you are a vegetarian This means you are not a vegetarian You tell the whole country that you are vegetarian but when you were a kid Muslims would get food for you on Eid This is a new Narendra Modi because he knows he is on his way out he said reported ANIReferring to the postGodhra riots in Gujarat when he was the Chief Minister of the state PM Modi in an interview with News18 said that his opponents tarnished his image among the Muslims after 2002 the Godhra riotsThis issue is not about Muslims Irrespective of how supportive individual Muslims are of Modi there is a wave of thought that dictates to them do this do that In my house there are all Muslim families around me Eid was also celebrated in our house and there were other festivals in our house Food was not cooked in our house on the day of Eid Food used to come to my place from all the Muslim families When Muharram started we needed to come out from under the Tajiya we were taught I grew up in that world Even today many of my friends are Muslims After 2002 Godhra my image was tarnished PM Modi saidVoting in Delhi for all seven Lok Sabha seats will be held in a single phase on May 25 BJPs Manoj Tiwari is in the electoral fray against Congress candidate Kanhaiya Kumar in the North East Delhi Lok Sabha seatWith inputs from ANI