'No Student Is Idiot Or Andhbhakt': BJP Hits Back At Rahul Gandhi Over Remarks In Lok Sabha

Published 29 July 2026 · local

'No Student Is Idiot Or Andhbhakt': BJP Hits Back At Rahul Gandhi Over Remarks In Lok Sabha Published By, Last Updated: July 29, 2026, 17:30

'No Student Is Idiot Or Andhbhakt': BJP Hits Back At Rahul Gandhi Over Remarks In Lok Sabha Published By, Last Updated: July 29, 2026, 17:30 IST Sambit Patra said that BJP respected students and their concerns by introducing the stricter anti-paper leak bill, while alleging that Gandhi had insulted them during his speech. Rapid Read The BJP leader also rejected Rahul Gandhi's allegation that Union Home Minister Amit Shah had authorised firing on student protesters during the Parliament March. Anti-Paper Leak Bill: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday launched a scathing attack at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his “unparliamentary" remarks against the Union Government and accused him of making “false" and “unsubstantiated" claims in the Lok Sabha during the debate on the anti-paper leak bill. While addressing a press conference, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra referred to Gandhi’s use of the word “idiot" during the debate and asserted that “none of the students are idiots or andhbhakts." He said that BJP respected students and their concerns by introducing the stricter anti-paper leak bill, while alleging that Gandhi had insulted them during his speech. Patra also claimed that successive governments had failed to tackle the menace of examination paper leaks before 2014. VIDEO | Delhi: During a press conference, BJP MP Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) says, “Time and again, Kiren Rijiju has held up the rule book and pointed out that the word ‘idiot’ is unparliamentary and cannot be used.

Yet, despite this, they continue to disregard the rules and… pic.twitter.com/RP4OS88dJh— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) July 29, 2026 “From Independence till 2014, the paper leak issue remained pending. It is the Narendra Modi government that has made the anti-paper leak law more stringent," he said. Referring to the controversy over Gandhi’s repeated use of the word “idiot" during his speech, Patra said Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju had repeatedly reminded the Congress leader that the expression was not permitted under parliamentary rules. “Time and again, Kiren Rijiju held up the rule book and pointed out that the word ‘idiot’ is unparliamentary and cannot be used. Yet, despite this, they continued to disregard the rules and kept repeating the word ‘idiot’," Patra said. Targeting the Leader of Opposition, Patra accused the Lok Sabha LoP of misleading Parliament and using language unbecoming of a member of the House. “Rahul Gandhi lied in the House. He used unparliamentary language," Patra alleged. The BJP leader also rejected Gandhi’s allegation that Union Home Minister Amit Shah had authorised firing on student protesters during the Parliament March. “Rahul Gandhi had no proof for the allegations he made against the Home Minister," Patra said. Refuting the Congress leader’s claims, Patra asserted that no bullets were fired during the police action. “Rahul Gandhi falsely claimed that bullets were fired during the protest at Jantar Mantar. This is all lies.