Rahul Gandhi Does Not Believe in the Power of the Indian Constitution at All’: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis Slams Congress Leader

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched a fierce attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi following the latter’s remarks on democracy during his interaction with students at Columbia University. Fadnavis alleged that Gandhi lacks faith in the Indian Constitution and accused him of spreading misinformation abroad.

“Rahul Gandhi does not believe in the power of the Indian Constitution at all. One reason for this is that he is unfamiliar with India’s history. He has a tendency against our Constitution in his mind. That is why I say again and again that he is a serial liar,” Fadnavis said during a press interaction in Mumbai on Thursday.

The CM also reminded people of Gandhi’s grandmother, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and her imposition of the Emergency in 1975, which was met with strong resistance from the Indian populace.

At Columbia University, Rahul Gandhi had addressed engineering students, warning that India’s democracy was “under attack.” He said, “India has many religions, traditions, and languages. A democratic system provides a place for everyone. But right now, the democratic system is under attack from all sides.”

Gandhi described India as a “conversation between its people” and asserted that democracy is the best system to accommodate diverse traditions, languages, and ideas. “Currently, there is a wholesale attack on the democratic system in India,” he added.

On India’s position in global affairs, Gandhi contrasted India’s decentralized system with China’s centralized model and stated that India could not adopt an authoritarian design given its diversity. He also linked global power shifts to energy transitions, citing historical examples from the British Empire to the US and China, and remarked, “The Chinese are winning so far.”