As opposition parties intensify criticism of the Union government and Home Minister Amit Shah over Monday’s Delhi blast near Red Fort, an old statement by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has resurfaced online – one in which he had said that “it is impossible to stop all terror attacks.”
The 2011 remark, made when Gandhi was serving as Congress general secretary, has drawn attention amid renewed political sparring over the government’s handling of internal security.
The July 2011 press conference in Bhubaneswar was held a day after serial blasts in Mumbai that killed at least 18 people and injured over a hundred. At the time, Rahul Gandhi had said that 99% of terror attacks were being prevented due to improved intelligence measures but asserted that it was “very difficult to stop all the attacks” completely.
He stated, “Over the last couple of years we have taken profound steps. We have improved in leaps and bounds. But terrorism is impossible to stop all the time. Even in the US they are being attacked in Afghanistan.”
Rahul Gandhi also defended the then Congress-led UPA government’s response, saying it acted “promptly and in an organised fashion” after the Mumbai explosions.
Once Legend said it’s impossible to prevent all terrorist attacks 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/nJVAYl4x6s
— The Beyonder (@darealkosmos) November 11, 2025
The remarks, originally reported in July 2011, are being widely circulated again as political debate intensifies following the November 10 car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort, which killed at least 12 people and injured several others.
Opposition Targets Amit Shah
In the wake of the blast, Congress leaders Ajay Rai, Priyank Kharge, and Nana Patole, along with Trinamool Congress MPs Mahua Moitra and Abhishek Banerjee, have accused the Centre of “failing to maintain internal security.” Rai demanded Home Minister Amit Shah’s resignation, alleging negligence and intelligence failure, while Kharge called Shah “the most incompetent Home Minister in independent India.”
As opposition leaders stepped up their attacks, social media users resurfaced Rahul Gandhi’s 2011 comments, arguing that his statement acknowledged the inherent challenges in completely preventing terror incidents – a position now seen as contrasting with the Congress’s current criticism of the government.
The Delhi blast occurred around 7 PM on 10 November 2025 near the Subhash Marg traffic signal close to Red Fort Metro Station, when a Hyundai i20 car exploded, damaging nearby vehicles and prompting a nationwide security alert.
The investigation is being jointly conducted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Delhi Police Special Cell, with officials indicating that a coordinated terror module may have been behind the attack.
(Source: India Today)
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