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Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Blank Page’ Prop Politics Returns: From Fake Constitution Stunt To Naravane Book Farce

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s reliance on theatrical “props” to mount political attacks has once again landed him in controversy, with fresh questions emerging over the authenticity of the copy of former Army Chief General MM Naravane’s unpublished memoir ‘Four Stars of Destiny’ that he dramatically waved in Parliament.

 

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He also brought the ‘hardcopy’ of the book outside Parliament and started waving it as if it were earth-shattering proof.

 

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But what has caught the attention of the public is the flaw in his stunt – the book had several blank pages!

Check the book in his hand

Netizens started zooming in on the video he had shared and realised that the book was by and large blank. That he read out the passages from the middle of the book is a different issue because he could have just inserted some printed pages. But do watch this and notice the blanks.

Not The First Time

“Red Constitution” 

In November 2024, the Maharashtra BJP had punctured Rahul Gandhi’s high-decibel rallies where he brandished pocket-sized red booklets labelled “Constitution of India,” presenting them as symbols of the BJP’s alleged assault on constitutional values.

Videos released by BJP leaders later showed the interiors of several such booklets to be largely blank, with at best a printed preamble – more notebook than Constitution. Senior BJP leaders, including Devendra Fadnavis, called it an insult to Dr. BR Ambedkar, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi mocked the stunt, remarking that the pages were blank because Rahul “never reads it.”

Congress dismissed the expose as propaganda, but the episode cemented Rahul’s reputation for headline-grabbing optics over documentary credibility.

Parliament Disruption Over MM Naravane Memoir

Fast forward to the Budget Session in February 2026, Rahul Gandhi attempted to quote from General Naravane’s yet-to-be-released memoir, alleging it contained material critical of the Modi government’s handling of the 2020 Galwan crisis.

Speaker Om Birla and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh blocked the attempt, citing parliamentary rules prohibiting references to unpublished material, particularly content linked to national security that remains subject to Ministry of Defence clearance.

The standoff triggered repeated disruptions in the Lok Sabha.

Undeterred, Rahul escalated the spectacle by displaying what he claimed was a physical copy of Four Stars of Destiny before cameras outside Parliament, daring the Prime Minister to debate its contents publicly.

However, BJP MPs and political observers quickly raised doubts about the authenticity of the book he brandished.

No independent authentication of the book’s contents has been publicly established, but the optics alone have intensified scrutiny.

Additionally, the publisher Penguin Random House also came out with a statement saying that no copies were ever published and legal action would be taken against those who are indulging in “unauthorised dissemination of the book.”

The Naravane memoir episode mirrors Rahul Gandhi’s earlier “blank Constitution” spectacle, a pattern of symbolic props deployed for political messaging but collapsing under factual scrutiny.

With Delhi Police now probing the alleged leak and circulation of Naravane’s unpublished manuscript, the stakes have escalated beyond parliamentary theatrics into legal and national security territory. As the row deepens, the credibility of Congress scion Rahul Gandhi only seems to be crumbling at every instant.

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