Rahul Gandhi rebukes Modi's "Dimagi Naxals" claim to CRPF jawans

On Monday, <b>Rahul Gandhi</b> addressed CRPF personnel and rejected Prime Minister <b>Narendra Modi</b>'s "Dimagi Naxals" remark, saying the jawans did not buy the PM's lies. He restated his challenge for Modi to debate him on who is anti‑national or influenced by foreign forces, guaranteeing that after such a debate the PM would lack the courage to face a single jawan. The comments followed Modi's Diwali event in Bastar, <b>Chhattisgarh</b>, where he said armed Maoists are gone but ideological "Dimagi Naxals" have infiltrated parties. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urged Gandhi to use Parliament for any debate, calling for seriousness, while BJP leaders dismissed Gandhi's challenge as avoidance.