New Delhi, Nov. 13 -- Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday renewed his challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a public debate, taking a fresh swipe at him over his alleged dependence on a teleprompter and questioning why he needed a prepared script even at a Diwali gathering hosted by media organisations perceived to be close to the ruling establishment.
In a pointed post on social media platform X, Gandhi asked Modi: "Modi ji, even at the Diwali gathering of your own lapdog media, did you need a teleprompter?"Suggesting that the Prime Minister should have been at ease speaking without a prepared script in an audience and atmosphere considered favourable to him, Gandhi remarked: "The p...