Chicago – October 31, 2025
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday took a sharp swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that he lacked the courage to confront former US President Donald Trump over Washington’s claim that it intervened to stop an India-Pakistan conflict. Speaking at an election rally in Bihar’s Nalanda district, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha accused the Prime Minister and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government of undermining the Constitution and favouring industrialists.
Referring to past remarks made by Donald Trump, Rahul Gandhi said, “The US President has claimed several times that it was because of him, the conflict between India and Pakistan stopped…. But our Prime Minister does not have the courage to confront him.”
He recalled the 1971 India-Pakistan war to draw a contrast between former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Narendra Modi.
“In the 1971 war, America sent its aircraft carrier, their Seventh Fleet. They sent their navy to threaten and intimidate India. Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister, and she said, we are not afraid of your navy. Do whatever you want. We will do whatever we want. Indira Gandhi was a woman, but she had more strength than this mard. Narendra Modi is a coward. He has neither any vision nor can he stand in front of the President of America. This is the truth. I challenge Narendra Modi, if he has the courage, then he should say in any meeting in Bihar that ‘the President of America is lying. I did not stop Operation Sindoor.’ I challenge Narendra Modi ji to tell this to the youth of Bihar; he cannot do this,” Gandhi said.
