Congress will ensure Modi, Shah’s exit without hatred or violence: Rahul

NEW DELHI, August 13, 2026: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah had started having sleepless nights the government had realised that the country would not stop raising its voice. “We will not let Narendra Modi and Amit Shah sleep until they resign,” he asserted, adding that both would eventually give up on their own and tell the nation, “Please leave us”.

Addressing the national convention of Rachnatmak Congress here today, Rahul Gandhi said, as India has started expressing itself, a new hope has dawned across the country. He said, the Congress will ensure that both of them are made to go without any hatred and without any violence. “We will keep them awake the entire nights… till they don’t give up and say - please leave us. We will do it without violence or hatred… till they don’t collapse”, he said, adding, “we are fighting for the culture and tradition of India. Our country is not of hatred; it is of love, harmony, brotherhood and non-violence. We will prove it to everyone, everywhere”.

Gandhi also took a dig at the gross failure of India’s foreign policy under Prime Minister Modi. Enacting a visual scene, he hugged Sandeep Dixit on the stage to explain to the audience how Modi believes that just a hug is the entire foreign policy and in the process, he got trapped.

The senior Congress leader asserted that an Indian Prime Minister is not supposed to cultivate personal friendship over the national interest and he is supposed to watch the national interest only. “Don’t know how he started believing that hugging someone a few times will turn the person as his friend”, he noted, while pointing out without naming US President Donald Trump how he cornered him despite Modi believing him to be his friend.

Referring to the Iran War, Gandhi said, India at this time needed a Prime Minister like Smt. Indira Gandhi who could have brought Iran, the United States and Russia, all our friends, together to the negotiating table. He said, India lost a great opportunity to Pakistan which became a mediator, while Modi simply looked on.

Senior Congress leader also stated that China has prevented patrolling in our own areas in Arunachal Pradesh and the Prime Minister Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah were busy hushing up the news. He also referred to the Prime Minister's controversial statement after Galwan clashes that China had not occupied any of our land. He said, when our negotiators raised the matter with their Chinese counterparts, they (the Chinese) quoted Modi saying, “your Prime Minister is saying that we (China) have not occupied any of your land”.

He said, Modi had destroyed the country internally and externally also, and his entire focus was on strengthening his political structure and securing funds from Adani.

Taking a dig at the RSS, Gandhi said that the RSS as the original force is dead and it has been captured and is being used by the large capital like Ambani and Adani. He noted, the RSS ceased to exist long ago. He said, the RSS was an expression of the small Indian businessman like a goldsmith, a jeweller, shopkeeper or sweetshop owner. He said, they all have been destroyed by demonetisation and wrong GST. “Today the RSS is an instrument of large capital. They are servants of Mr. Adani, just like Mr. Modi is a servant of Mr. Adani”, he remarked. He said, to understand India, it is important to understand its today’s expression and it cannot be understood by its past alone like what happened 3000 years ago.  

Gandhi said, the job of the RSS is to impose their philosophy and order that benefits them on others, while our (Congress’) job is to make India express itself and break that order (of the RSS).

Taking a dig at Amit Shah, amidst ‘Tadipar’ shouts from the audience, he asked, “He used to be hailed as 'Chanakya' and Sardar Patel, but where has he disappeared? He has run away. For twenty days, he couldn’t come to Parliament. For the first time, they were feeling India’s expression and now they have realised that India will not stop expressing itself”.