BJP and Congress Clash Over Modi Mimicry at Rahul Gandhi Event

In India in September 2026, a mimicry of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event held by Rahul Gandhi of the Congress party drew strong criticism from the BJP. BJP leaders called the performance "uncouth" and "foul-mouthed," and said that a mother should not be the subject of politics, while opposition figures defended it as a democratic right and dismissed the BJP's reaction as "cheap theatre." The exchange is the latest in a series of verbal clashes between the two parties.

Separately, other political disputes continued: Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party outlined a strategy to counter the BJP in upcoming Uttar Pradesh polls, and the BJP and AAP argued over the drug crisis in Punjab. Shashi Tharoor also used a vocabulary lesson to criticize the BJP.