Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Gujarat BJP Leader Compares Rahul Gandhi to Jinnah
Tarun Chugh, a leader from India’s BJP, spoke to reporters in Gujarat.
He criticised Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party.
Chugh compared Gandhi to Muhammad Ali Jinnah and called Congress a new version of the Muslim League.
He said the party cared too much about winning votes and pleasing particular groups.
He also said Congress leaders did not praise pilot Smit Machchhar publicly.
Chugh said Machchhar helped save 180 people after an attack on an aircraft.
He brought up other past Congress decisions to support his criticism.
These were Chugh’s political claims and opinions.
BJP leader Tarun Chugh made the remarks while speaking to reporters in Palanpur, Gujarat.
He called Rahul Gandhi a “modern-day Jinnah” and described Congress as a “new avatar of the Muslim League.”
Chugh accused Congress and INDIA bloc leaders of vote-bank politics and appeasement.
He criticised them for not publicly praising Captain Smit Machchhar, whom he said helped save 180 people aboard an aircraft after a mid-air attack.
Chugh also cited Congress’s past positions on terrorism-related cases and its 2024 decision to field Kanhaiya Kumar in Delhi.
- Who
- BJP leader Tarun Chugh, speaking about Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party.
- What
- Chugh accused Congress of vote-bank politics and compared Gandhi to Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
- When
- October 6; the report says Chugh spoke on Tuesday.
- Where
- Palanpur, in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district.
- Why
- Chugh said Congress and INDIA bloc leaders had not publicly praised Captain Smit Machchhar and accused them of appeasement.
- Speaker
- Tarun Chugh, identified in the report as Gujarat BJP in-charge and a Rajya Sabha MP
- Location
- Palanpur, Banaskantha district, Gujarat
- Date stated
- October 6; the article also says Tuesday
- Pilot discussed
- Captain Smit Machchhar
- People reportedly aboard
- 180
- Chugh’s characterization of Rahul Gandhi
- “India’s modern-day Jinnah”
- Chugh’s characterization of Congress
- A “new avatar of the Muslim League”