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Congress person Rahul Gandhi connected Monday (February 9, 2026) claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not travel to the Lok Sabha to reply to the treatment connected the question of acknowledgment to the President's code arsenic helium was frightened of the contented of erstwhile service main M.M. Naravane's book.
Mr. Gandhi besides dared those claiming that determination was a menace to the Prime Minister from members past Thursday to "file an FIR" against the idiosyncratic threatening Mr. Modi.
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He said the authorities is frightened of having a treatment connected the Budget due to the fact that of the contented of the U.S. deal, the mode it was done, and its interaction connected farmers.
"We are precise disturbed astir this thought that has been floated that members were going to endanger the PM. There is nary question of that. The information is precise wide the premier curate was frightened to travel to the House not due to the fact that of the members but due to the fact that of what I was saying and helium is inactive frightened due to the fact that helium cannot look the truth," the Leader of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha said.
There was nary question of the Congress members attacking the premier minister, helium said. "He (Modi) should person the courageousness to come. I besides mentioned that 'look, if idiosyncratic has said that helium is going to onslaught the PM. Please bash an FIR, apprehension that person'. Why you are not doing that!" Mr. Gandhi said.
"The statement is that we volition beryllium allowed to accidental these points and past the treatment should happen," helium said. Gandhi said the absorption is rather keen that the treatment happens.
"But fto america spot what the authorities says. My idiosyncratic presumption is that the authorities is frightened to person a debate. The PM did not travel to the House. He was frightened of what we say, helium was frightened of being handed Naravane's publication arsenic a archetypal step," Gandhi said.
"My conjecture is authorities is disquieted astir having a statement connected the Budget due to the fact that the contented of the US deal, the mode it was done, its interaction connected our farmers, is going to beryllium discussed and the authorities does not privation to bash that," helium said.
Mr. Gandhi said the substance started a fewer days agone erstwhile the contented of the Naravane publication came to the fore.
"The authorities did not privation maine to speech astir it truthful they stalled the House. They did not fto maine speak. That happened 3-4 times. First, they said I cannot punctuation a book, past I said I americium not quoting a book, I americium quoting a magazine. Then they said you cannot punctuation a magazine. Then I said I volition talk astir it. They did not privation maine to talk astir it," helium said.
Mr. Gandhi alleged that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh made a mendacious assertion that the publication was unpublished.
"The publication has been published and we person got a transcript of it," the Congress person said.
"So, that is 1 large contented of not allowing the LoP and full absorption successful the President's address. One of their members quoted books and spoke vile worldly and thing was said. We don't similar the information that they tin accidental immoderate they privation whenever they privation and the absorption cannot," helium said.
Mr. Gandhi listed the suspension of the Congress members and allegations against them of wanting to onslaught the premier curate arsenic issues to beryllium discussed.
