Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has once again stirred a major political controversy in the country. Rahul Gandhi has made a very serious and sensational claim regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He has shared a video status on his official Instagram handle, through which he has directly accused the Prime Minister of the country of getting his phone snooped on. This statement from Rahul Gandhi comes at a time when a continuous wave of allegations and counter-allegations is already dominating the political landscape.
The entire episode unfolded when a user asked a question to Rahul Gandhi in the video shared by him. The user questioned Rahul Gandhi by stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is saying that Rahul is receiving foreign assistance, while Rahul is claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being controlled from abroad. Reacting to this question and addressing the demand for evidence, Rahul Gandhi openly alleged in the video that his phone is continuously being tapped.
Pointing towards his phone in front of the camera, Rahul Gandhi stated that the evidence is right here, inside this very phone. He further added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is well aware of this fact because he gets his phone tapped. Issuing an open challenge to the Prime Minister, Rahul Gandhi said that the moment the Prime Minister comes forward for a face-to-face debate, it will become crystal clear to everyone as to who is working at the behest of foreign powers and who is the actual traitor. He also claimed that he has complete information regarding who has been involved in anti-national activities and since when, and similar other details are securely stored inside his phone.
Reiterating his point in his Instagram story, Rahul Gandhi stated that the proof is right here, inside this phone. Challenging the Prime Minister, he said that when the Prime Minister comes for a one-on-one debate with him, the public will know the absolute truth, while everyone will find out who is under the control of foreign forces and who stands against the nation. Rahul emphasized that he possesses information and data regarding who has been engaging in anti-national activities and from what timeline.
This isn't the very first time that Rahul Gandhi has leveled serious allegations concerning phone tapping and the control of foreign powers. He has made similar sensational claims on various platforms in the past as well. Looking back at the timeline, during the Pegasus spyware controversy in July 2021, Rahul Gandhi had adopted an aggressive stance, alleging that all his phones were being tapped. While interacting with journalists in the Parliament complex on July 23, 2021, he had explicitly stated that his phone was clearly being tapped and that he wasn't just talking about a single phone, but all his phones.
During that period, Rahul Gandhi had also made a massive claim that Intelligence Bureau officers themselves call him up to inform him that his phone is being tapped. He had even mentioned that his security personnel were instructed to pass on information regarding his conversations to their senior officials. Rahul Gandhi had demanded a thorough judicial inquiry into this matter to bring out the truth.
Subsequently, in March 2023, during an event at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, Rahul Gandhi once again raised the phone tapping issue prominently. He stated before the global audience that Pegasus was present in his phone and that this snooping tool was deployed in the phones of several other opposition leaders as well. Rahul claimed that intelligence officials had advised him at that time to remain cautious while conversing over the phone because his conversations were being recorded.
Continuing the sequence, in June 2023 during an event in California, United States, Rahul Gandhi reiterated his stance on phone tapping. He stated that he believes his iPhone is being tapped. During the same event, looking humorously towards his iPhone screen, he had remarked, Hello Mr Modi. Rahul had argued that if a nation-state wants to tap someone's phone, it isn't easy to prevent it in the current era. He claimed that the government remains updated about his day-to-day activities.
Along with this, on November 2, 2026, Rahul Gandhi had thrown an open challenge for a debate to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue of foreign assistance. Amid persistent accusations from the Prime Minister that the opposition was receiving foreign support to destabilize the country, Rahul had hit back by stating that the Prime Minister himself came to power with foreign help and continues to hold his position relying on external backing. Rahul had thrown an open challenge to debate at any platform, anytime. Now, this latest Instagram video and phone tapping allegations have once again created political turbulence across the country with sharp reactions emerging from all political quarters.