Overview
- The Congress published a list saying Rahul Gandhi has held 129 press conferences since 2013–2014, with higher activity during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held none in 12 years.
- The criticism centers on a Norway visit exchange where a local journalist tried to ask Modi a question that he did not take.
- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said Modi has broken the democratic tradition of asking and answering questions.
- The BJP said the event was a joint media briefing rather than a press conference and noted the Norwegian prime minister also took no questions.
- Rahul Gandhi pointed to reports that Norway’s sovereign wealth fund dropped Adani Green Energy and asked whether Modi sought its removal from a blacklist.