Rajasthan Karni Sena Activist Threatens To Kill Rahul Gandhi, Detained

Last Updated:February 19, 2026, 16:34 IST

A Karni Sena activist was detained in Kota for a video threatening to shoot Rahul Gandhi and 25 Congress MPs over alleged abuse of Om Birla in Lok Sabha during the Budget session.

A man who allegedly put out a video threatening to shoot Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and 25 other MPs of the opposition party was detained by police in Rajasthan’s Kota on Thursday, a senior official said.

The man, who identified himself as Raj Singh, the spokesperson of the right-wing group Karni Sena, said in the purported video that all BJP and Karni Sena workers were angered by the way 25 Congress MPs verbally abused Speaker Om Birla in the Lok Sabha during the recently concluded first part of the Budget session of Parliament.

“If such an incident occurs again, we will enter the houses of those MPs and vandalise them. I believe this incident occurred on Rahul Gandhi’s orders. Rahul Gandhi, listen carefully, if such an incident occurs again, we will barge into your house and shoot you," Singh said in the video.

“If those MPs are arrested within 24 hours, it is fine. Otherwise, we will shoot them all one by one," he said.

Congress Slams BJP-RSS

The Congress took cognisance of the video and called the RSS-BJP ecosystem a “Godse factory". Several opposition leaders including Pawan Khera, Supriya Shrinate and others shared the video on X and claimed that this is a deliberate campaign to “demonise the opposition" and “legitimise violence" against political rivals.

Congress’ media and publicity department head Pawan Khera shared the video on X and wrote: “The RSS-BJP ecosystem is a ‘Godse factory’. The threat issued by the so-called Karni Sena against Rahul Gandhi and the ’25 Members of Parliament’ is not an isolated outburst. It is part of a calculated and devious plan." First, Kiren Rijiju publicly “lied and misled" the nation that Congress MPs abused Om Birla — a claim contradicted by available video footage, which shows no such abuse, Khera said, adding that the Speaker is seen smiling during the exchange.

“Then, BJP MPs across platforms began echoing a strikingly similar line: that Rahul Gandhi poses ‘the biggest threat to India’s national security.’ This is a deliberate campaign to demonise the opposition, and legitimise violence against political rivals — especially Rahul Ji," Khera said.

“This is how radicalisation works: they manufacture a lie, amplify it through repetition, sanctify it with political authority, and circulate it until their followers are incited to hatred and violence. This is how Godse was created then. This is how another Godse is being instigated today," Khera added.

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