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The war of words between the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress escalated on Wednesday the 4th of February 2026.

There was a very visible spat between the Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu.

Trouble began when Gandhi called Bittu a traitor.

The incident took place at the Makar Dawar entrance to the Lok Sabha where Rahul along with other Congress MPs were demonstrating against the government’s policies and Bittu was seen trying to climb stairs into the building when both the leaders made eye contact.

Later in the day while addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters here, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri alleged that Gandhi called Bittu a traitor simply because the latter had quit the Congress.

“This word, traitor, cannot be taken lightly. The word is used for someone who has betrayed his country. This is a very sensitive issue for the Sikh community,” Puri said

“Ravneet Singh Bittu is not just an MP elected from Ludhiana, he is not just a member of a Sikh family that has served the country, his grandfather, Sardar Beant Singh, who was the chief minister of Punjab, fell to an assassin’s bullet. And you call him a traitor. This is unacceptable,” said Hardeep Puri.