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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (September 29, 2026) told his colleagues at a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a closed-door meeting with him in his capacity as Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said that the Congress would return to power once the BJP is out of power.
Mr. Gandhi, who spoke for 20 to 25 minutes at the CWC meeting, focused on the principle of resistance within the party and asked his colleagues to remain confident, sources said.
Recalling a Selection Committee meeting with the Prime Minister and Home Minister for a constitutional post, Mr. Gandhi said that when he questioned Mr. Modi about pushing through a candidate he had opposed as the Leader of the Opposition, the Prime Minister said he was acting in the manner adopted by previous Prime Ministers, including Indira Gandhi, sources told The Hindu. Mr. Gandhi then reminded him that she had lost the subsequent election, the sources said.
“You don’t believe me, but the Prime Minister and Home Minister, in the [closed-door] meeting, told me, ‘When we go, you will come’… So you should trust me,” Mr. Gandhi told CWC colleagues with a smile.
Asked about Mr. Gandhi’s remarks, Congress general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal declined to comment. “Whatever deliberation done by Rahul Gandhi ji, will be in the CWC room,” Mr. Venugopal said at a press conference.
Mr. Gandhi also asserted that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will have to resign, saying the Congress would “fight to finish”.
On the campaign against the alleged “vote chori” (vote theft), Mr. Gandhi said only 20% of people had believed the issue when the campaign was launched, but more than 80% now agreed with him. He urged the party to raise the issue more forcefully.
Congress communications chief Jairam Ramesh said Mr. Gandhi told the meeting that the latest “expose” was the result of the sustained Congress campaign on alleged vote chori.
“Rahul ji spoke about both virodh (opposition) and pratirodh (resistance). We will oppose inside Parliament and resist outside on the streets,” Mr. Ramesh said.
Suggestions in the closed-door meeting centred on mass mobilisation, with proposals for rallies and campaigns around slogans such as “Chalo Delhi, Vote Bachao” (March to Delhi, Save Your Vote). Several suggestions were made on the way forward.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (September 29, 2026) told his colleagues at a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a closed-door meeting with him in…