Rahul's 'Addiction' Jibe: PM Modi Using Cheap Data, Reels To Distract Youth?

This special report focuses on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's sharp critique of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during election rallies in Bihar. Gandhi accused the Prime Minister of using cheap mobile data and social media as a tool to divert the youth's attention from pressing issues like unemployment. ‘This is a way to divert your attention, a way to take your attention here and there,’ Gandhi stated, characterising the widespread use of social media as the 'new addiction of the 21st century'. He argued that while the youth spend hours on Instagram and Facebook, the financial benefits go to large corporations, not into their own pockets. The speeches, delivered in locations including Aurangabad and Purnia, were part of the Congress party's campaign for the Bihar Assembly elections.