'Maa' Joke Targets PM At Rahul's Event, BJP Hits Out | Top News Of The Day: 20th September, 2026
A mimicry act at Rahul Gandhi's 'Chhatron Ki Goonj' event in Indore has triggered a political row, with the BJP accusing the Congress of insulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and referring to his late mother. Opposition leaders including Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and TMC MP Saugata Roy have defended Rahul Gandhi and said there should be room for humour in politics. Other top stories include the fatal BMW crash on Mumbai's Coastal Road that killed three people and left one critically injured, an FIR against an IIT Bombay professor in connection with student Sahil Baroi's death, and ABVP retaining three of the four key Delhi University Students' Union positions. The programme also covers the Tata Sons governance and control battle, with senior lawyers Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Harish Salve speaking exclusively to NDTV on the legal questions surrounding the Tata dispute.
