Indore, MP
RAHUL GANDHI ON AJIT DOVAL—
“This is Ajit Doval. He has captured the country’s WhatsApp messages and phone calls. Informally, he admits that to control India, only 500 people need to be controlled. This man is running a PHONE-TAPING network in this country.” pic.twitter.com/F3NUR0NSdF
— ARIKA🇮🇳🚩 (@nidhisj2001) September 20, 2026
Indore: Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi launched a sharp attack on National Security Adviser Ajit Doval during his ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ programme in Indore on Saturday, alleging that the NSA has access to people’s phones and digital communications.
Holding up his mobile phone before the audience, Gandhi said, “Doval ji is sitting inside this phone… Doval ji is sitting inside your phone.” He alleged that Doval controls or accesses telephone, WhatsApp and Facebook communications and claimed that information obtained through phone tapping is passed on to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Gandhi further claimed that Doval had said in an informal conversation that controlling around 500 people would be enough to control India. He presented Doval as part of what he described as a six-member “system” involving Modi, Shah, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and industrialists Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani.
‘System vs Students’
Gandhi made the remarks while addressing students under the theme ‘System vs Students’, arguing that institutions across the country had been captured by a wider political, bureaucratic, ideological and corporate network.
He said students were challenging this “system” by asking questions about education, recruitment, examination irregularities, institutions and employment. Gandhi also offered to join the ongoing protest by teacher job aspirants in Madhya Pradesh.
BJP hits back
The remarks drew criticism from BJP leaders. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami described Gandhi’s comments about Doval as “utterly reprehensible” and accused him of showing disrespect towards the NSA. Former Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan separately criticised the Indore programme, accusing Gandhi of turning student concerns into a political narrative.
Gandhi’s allegations about phone tapping and access to private communications were made as part of his political critique at the event; the cited reports do not independently establish those allegations as facts.
