{
  "id": 18632395,
  "title": "Don’t confuse PM Modi, convince him for open debate with me: Rahul Gandhi to Amit Shah",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/dont-confuse-pm-modi-convince-him-for-open-debate-with-me-rahul",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-07T03:59:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/dont-confuse-pm-modi-convince-him-for-open-debate-with-me-rahul-gandhi-to-amit-shah/article71677239.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Congress leader Rahul Gandhi urged Home Minister Amit Shah to differentiate between Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stance and his own in a post on Friday (November 6, 2026). Mr. Gandhi pointed out that Shah previously claimed a debate on the SIR (Special Intensive Revision) of electoral rolls cannot take place in the two Houses, contrasting this with his own recent comments on Thursday (November 5, 2026) that the government is open to discussing the SIR. In a Hindi language post, Gandhi said, \"Amit Shah ji, don’t confuse Modi ji. Just convince him to have an open debate with me. Any platform, any time.\" Gandhi's opposition counterpart, Jairam Ramesh, added a comment tagging Gandhi’s post, saying “The PM can also use a teleprompter.” The Congress leader has been persistently challenging Modi to an open debate, guaranteeing that it would be proven within five minutes that the PM is a traitor. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has also called for Modi to face questions on vote theft. However, BJP leaders have dismissed Gandhi’s challenge, reminding him that the venue already exists in Parliament and that he should show serious responsibility as the LoP in the Lok Sabha.",
  "summary": "Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has also said the Prime Minister should come forward and face the questions on vote theft that the nation was posing",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Rahul Gandhi tells Amit Shah to convince PM Modi for open debate on SIR: ‘Don't be afraid’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/rahul-gandhi-tells-amit-shah-to-convince-pm-modi-for-open-debate-on",
        "published": "2026-11-06T15:41:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "‘Deeply sinister’: Rahul Gandhi slams Rajiv Ranjan Singh for his voter ID-linked welfare payments statement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/deeply-sinister-rahul-gandhi-slams-rajiv-ranjan-singh-for-his-voter",
        "published": "2026-11-07T00:04:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}