Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:41pm on 05 Feb 2026,Thursday Politics
Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused Congress of having an "anti-Sikh mindset" after Rahul Gandhi called BJP MP Ravneet Singh Bittu a "traitor" outside Parliament. Modi stated in Rajya Sabha, "They called him a traitor because he was a Sikh...this was an insult to all Sikhs." The incident occurred when Gandhi confronted Bittu, a former Congress MP who joined BJP in March 2024, offering a handshake Bittu refused while calling Gandhi "enemy of India." Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri condemned the remarks as crossing "all boundaries of civility." Modi also accused Congress of insulting President Droupadi Murmu, Dalits, and Northeastern communities, stating "disrespecting people seems ingrained in Congress party's behavior."
