Overview
- Videos circulated by Congress show Rahul Gandhi calling Ravneet Singh Bittu a “traitor” and offering a handshake during the encounter.
- Bittu says he refused the handshake and replied by calling Gandhi “desh ke dushman” as the exchange grew heated.
- The incident occurred on February 4 outside Parliament’s Makar Dwar while Gandhi stood with suspended Congress MPs from Punjab.
- Bittu alleges Gandhi lost his temper and had to be restrained by K. C. Venugopal and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticized Gandhi’s remark in the Rajya Sabha as an insult to Sikhs, while Bittu highlighted his 2024 switch to the BJP after three terms as a Congress MP and his current role as a Union minister and Rajya Sabha member.