In a campaign terrain already defined by razor-thin margins, Rahul Gandhi’s comment — that “data was made cheap so that the youth stay busy on social media otherwise they would be protesting outside the houses of the PM & CM” — rapidly became a strategic plus point for the BJP/NDA alliance. The immediate media impact was striking. Regional Hindi daily Deshbandhu carried a report headlined “इंस्टाग्राम और फेसबुक से बिहार की प्रगति नहीं होगी” quo*ting him at a rally in DarbhangaRahul Gandhi’s recent statement — that data was made cheap so the youth stay “busy on social media” instead of protesting outside the Prime Minister’s or Chief Minister’s residences — has exploded like a political grenade in the already heated Bihar assembly campaign. With voting scheduled for November 6 and 11, 2025, the remark has given the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a ready-made weapon to paint the Congress and the Mahagathbandhan as elitist and disconnected from the realities of the common voter. The timing could not have been worse for the opposition, as campaigns enter their decisive........

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