‘A weak PM… vote chor’: Rahul Gandhi fires salvos on Modi over US visa fee hike and alleged vote fraud

The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi has termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “weak PM” over US President Donald Trump’s move to impose a USD 100,000 fee on H-1B visas.

The Raebareli MP shared a post on X referencing a 2017 tweet in which he had questioned the Prime Minister for not raising the H-1B issue with President Trump who was then in his first term.

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Further posting, Gandhi reiterated India has a weak PM. Echoing his sentiments was senior party MP Manish Tewari, who alleged that the US was deliberately being hostile with India.

#WATCH | Wayanad, Kerala: Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi says, “…You might meet other leaders from all levels who get a little bit of power and they become arrogant. There are very senior leaders in India at the national level who have no humility whatsoever. But what made Oommen… pic.x.com/OmgBXRZCDE

— ANI (@ANI) September 20, 2025

He said that the US is intensifying pressure on India and that the H-1B visa is no coincidence at all. He said, “If you look at it in context, the premature ceasefire announcement by the US at the instigation of Pakistan, subsequently, the felicitation and the feting of the Pakistani Army Chief at the White House, followed by the 50% tariffs which have been imposed by the US and even the Saudi-Pakistani defence partnership won’t have happened without the tacit support and blessing of the US. So, in a very systematic manner, for reasons which are inexplicable and understandable, the US is deliberately being belligerent towards India and it does not augur well for India-US relations.”

Congress leader Pawan Khera also joined the chorus stating that the entire country is questioning PM Modi today. He said that Rahul Gandhi alerted MM Modi regarding the issue, but due to the weak PM, it was inevitable.

“This is not a new development. On 5th July 2017, Rahul Gandhi had tweeted and alerted PM Modi that this was going to happen and do something. But he was a weak PM back then and even today. You have the result today… Crores of youth of this country are going to face a loss. Trump is insulting us every day. But the PM is silent. Rahul Gandhi gave him an opportunity to say on the Floor of the House that Trump is a liar. Had he said that, the country would have stood with him. Today, the entire country is questioning the PM,” he said.

Rahul Gandhi double down on ‘vote chori’ claims

Meanwhile, the LoP yet again reiterated his stance on ‘vote chori’. He said that his “hydrogen bomb” of proof will unveil the reality and exposed PM Modi’s theft of votes for acquiring power.

#WATCH | Wayanad, Kerala: On his fresh allegations of ‘vote chori’, Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi says, “…We are going to show it in such a way that there will be nobody in India who will have any doubt that Narendra Modi ji has done ‘vote chori’ and won the election…We are… pic.x.com/femekF2Dw2

— ANI (@ANI) September 20, 2025

“We aregoing to reveal a Hydrogen bomb that is going to completely devastate the reality of the situation. We have open and shut proof on what we are saying. I am not saying anything without proof, we have 100 percent of a number ofthings that have happened that are going to come out,” Rahul Gandhi said in Wayanad.

Referring to his last two press conferences, where he alleged systematic fraudulent addition and deletion of voters, the Congress leader added that he has shown in Mahadevpura and Aland.

Reiterating his allegation that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar is “protecting vote chors”, the Congress leader claimed that the ongoing probe over allegations of trying to delete 6,000 voters names from Aland assembly constituency is a “clear indictment” of the poll panel’s head.

“What we presented yesterday at a press conference in black and white proof. There is a CID investigation going on in Karnataka. CID has specifically asked for information on phone numbers that have been used to do vote chori. Gyanesh Kumar is the CEC that the Karnataka CID is asking for. There can be no bigger indictment of the CEC than this. This is not my statement; this is the fact,” the LoP Lok Sabha said.

When asked whether his ‘hydrogen bomb’ will pertain to Prime Minister’s Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency, he said that it is the media’s job to speculate, while his job is to deliver. “That is for you to guess, that is for you to speculate, I will do my job, I will deliver on my job,” he said.