Rahul Gandhi - File Photo

Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah raising alarm over a death threat made against Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi by a former ABVP leader during a television debate.

The letter, sent on September 28, warned that failure to act against the BJP spokesperson would amount to complicity in violence against Gandhi.

During a live debate on Ladakh violence on a Kerala news channel, former ABVP leader Printu Mahadev, representing the BJP, reportedly said Rahul Gandhi should be 'shot in the chest'.

In his letter, Venugopal called the threat a product of a deliberately 'poisonous atmosphere of hatred' and questioned the ideology supported by the ruling party and government.

The Congress demanded immediate action, s

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