Dubey Questions Gandhi’s 2018 China Ties Amid Security Debate

On November 9, BJP parliamentarian Nishikant Dubey publicly queried Rahul Gandhi about two Chinese ministers he supposedly met during a 2018 pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar. Dubey linked the query to Gandhi’s recent tweet challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a public debate, calling him a "brain Naxal". He asked for the identities and addresses of the 200 Indian participants sent to China under an exchange programme that followed the 2008 India‑China Communist Party agreement. Dubey also cited 2011 statements by former Home Minister P. Chidambaram, who described left‑wing insurgency as the deadliest movement in the country, exceeding both terrorism and separatist violence. The issue resurfaces after Modi’s remarks in Chhattisgarh about combating "intellectual Naxals" who have allegedly infiltrated various political organisations.