Karnal, Nov. 5 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday, November 5, accepted Rahul Gandhi's debate challenge but urged the Leader of the Opposition to take up substantive issues for discussion in Parliament.

Addressing a rally during the BJP's 'Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy' foot march in Karnal, Shah challenged Gandhi to take up the debate in Parliament, saying that if his concerns had truth, substance and logic, he should be ready to discuss them there. He added that Gandhi would not be able to handle the answers and would 'run away' as he had allegedly done in the past.

Calling the Opposition's public rallies as "political gimmicks", Shah declared that the Centre is ready to convene a special session of Parliament to discuss co...