Rahul Gandhi Targets PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Gyanesh Kumar, and Ajit Doval Amid Anti-CEC Protests (Video)
Rahul Gandhi on Saturday lashed out at Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Mohan Bhagwat, Gyanesh Kumar, and Ajit Doval, calling them the 'villains of this story' amid a massive Delhi Police crackdown. His challenge to PM Modi followed the detention of over 2,000 people, including Arvind Kejriwal and Mamata Banerjee, protesting the Special Intensive Revision drive.
Leader of Opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday, October 10, launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid a major crackdown on protests against the Election Commission in Delhi. The reaction came as Delhi Police deployed heavy security cordons and detained thousands of demonstrators attempting to assemble at Jantar Mantar.
In a post on X, Gandhi said he had been fighting Modi and the RSS for more than a decade and claimed that the space around the government was “closing”. He named Modi, Shah, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, Kumar and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval as the “villains of this story”. “The core characteristic of these people is cowardice,” Gandhi said. Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Booked Over Akashvani Bhawan Entry During Protest Demanding Gyanesh Kumar’s Resignation.
Rahul Gandhi Targets PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Gyanesh Kumar Over Anti-CEC Protest
I’ve been fighting Narendra Modi and the RSS for over a decade now. I understand them like you would understand your opponent - inside out, like the back of my hand.
The core characteristic of these people is cowardice.
Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Mohan Bhagwat, Gyanesh Kumar and Ajit Doval, the villains of this story, are slowly finding the space closing around them. We are closing that space.
Mr. Modi, do whatever you want. Call out all the police: 10,000, 20,000, 50,000, whatever you want.
Arrest all the leaders. Arrest all the young people. Arrest us all.
We are surrounding you, and we are not going to back down. Mark my words: we already have the information we need.
We are going to defend our Constitution. We are going to protect the voice of the Indian people. And we are going to ensure that what was done to India over the last 10-15 years will never, ever be done again.
Youth of India, I am proud of you. Keep protesting. We are standing with you.
We are going to ensure that this regime and the people who have attacked our Constitution are defeated.
मैं नरेंद्र मोदी, RSS और इनसे जुड़े लोगों के ख़िलाफ़ एक दशक से भी ज़्यादा समय से लड़ रहा हूँ। मैं अपने विरोधियों को उतनी अच्छी तरह समझता हूँ, जितना कोई भी अपने प्रतिद्वंद्वी को समझता है। मैं इन्हें अंदर तक जानता हूँ, इनकी हर चाल से वाक़िफ़ हूँ।
इन लोगों की सबसे बड़ी पहचान है - कायरता।
नरेंद्र मोदी, अमित शाह, मोहन भागवत, ज्ञानेश कुमार, अजीत डोभाल - इस कहानी के खलनायक - अब धीरे-धीरे घिरते जा रहे हैं। इनके चारों तरफ़ से दायरा सिमट रहा है।
जो करना है, कर लीजिए। जितनी पुलिस बुलानी है, बुला लीजिए - 10 हज़ार, 20 हज़ार, 50 हज़ार, जितनी चाहें बुला लीजिए।
सारे नेताओं को गिरफ़्तार कर लीजिए। सारे युवाओं को गिरफ़्तार कर लीजिए। हम सबको गिरफ़्तार कर लीजिए।
घबराइये मत - हम आपको चारों तरफ़ से घेर रहे हैं, और हम पीछे हटने वाले नहीं हैं।
मेरी बात याद रखिए - हमें जो जानकारी चाहिए, वह हमारे पास पहले से है।
हम अपने संविधान की रक्षा करेंगे। हम हिंदुस्तान की जनता की आवाज़ की हिफ़ाज़त करेंगे। और हम यह सुनिश्चित करेंगे कि पिछले 10-15 सालों में हिंदुस्तान के साथ जो हुआ है, वह दोबारा कभी, किसी भी सूरत में न हो।
हिंदुस्तान के युवाओं, मुझे आप पर गर्व है। अपना विरोध जारी रखिए। हम आपके साथ खड़े हैं।
हम यह सुनिश्चित करेंगे कि इस सरकार और हमारे संविधान पर हमला करने वालों को शिकस्त मिले।
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 10, 2026
He also challenged the government to deploy more police and arrest Opposition leaders and young protesters, saying such action would not stop the movement. “Mr. Modi, do whatever you want. Call out all the police: 10,000, 20,000, 50,000, whatever you want. Arrest all the leaders. Arrest all the young people. Arrest us all,” Gandhi said, adding that the protesters were “not going to back down.”
Gandhi said the Opposition would defend the Constitution and “protect the voice of the Indian people”. He also urged young Indians to continue protesting: "Youth of India, I am proud of you. Keep protesting. We are standing with you. We are going to ensure that this regime and the people who have attacked our Constitution are defeated," he concluded.
Priyanka Gandhi Attacks Delhi Restrictions
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also criticised the security measures imposed in Delhi during the protests. In a post on X, she claimed that 254 MPs had been “roughed up” and detained illegally and accused authorities of taking similar action against protesters from Opposition parties.
She said the national capital had effectively been placed under siege, with barricades, restrictions on trains and metro services, internet curbs and checkpoints across the city. Priyanka Gandhi also accused security forces of detaining young men and women who were exercising their constitutional right to protest.
She questioned whether the crackdown and restrictions indicated that the government was concerned about allegations of election manipulation and demands for accountability from the Election Commission. “India is not a democracy anymore. It is a dictatorship being run by Mr. Narendra Modi and Mr. Amit Shah,” she said.
She further accused those supporting the government in actions that, in her view, undermine democratic institutions of “committing treason against the nation”.
Mamata, Kejriwal Among Opposition Leaders Detained
The Congress leaders' remarks came as Delhi Police mounted a major security operation to prevent a protest organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) against CEC Gyanesh Kumar. Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were among several Opposition leaders detained on Saturday.
Several other leaders, including TMC MPs Derek O’Brien and Dola Sen, former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, CPI(M) MPs John Brittas and KN Balagopal, and AAP leaders Sanjay Singh, Saurabh Bharadwaj and Durgesh Pathak, were also detained. More than 2,000 people were detained during the crackdown, including YouTuber Dhruv Rathee, as authorities sought to prevent the CJP protest from gathering at Jantar Mantar.
Mamata Banerjee later said she and other leaders had started a dharna at Dwarka North police station. She claimed that they were taken away in a prison van and driven around for nearly two hours. She also said she would remain in Delhi and join an INDIA bloc march planned for Monday.
The detentions and restrictions have intensified the Opposition's campaign against Kumar and the Election Commission, with Opposition parties demanding his removal and questioning the conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Oct 10, 2026 06:37 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).
