'Every FIR a medal on my chest': Rahul Gandhi after being booked over Akashvani Bhawan sit-in

Asserting that he would continue to fight to protect the Constitution, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that every FIR is a "medal on my chest".

Gandhi also said that there are 45 FIRs against him and his target is 100.

Asked about an FIR being registered against him for entering the Akashvani Bhawan premises and staging an eight-hour sit-in there, Gandhi told reporters after the I.N.D.I.A. bloc lunch, "I have 45 FIRs against me. My target is that there should be 100 FIRs against me. Every FIR against me is a medal for me."

Tagging a video clip of his own remarks, Gandhi said in Hindi on X, "Every FIR is a medal on my chest. There are 45 so far; my target is 100, even then, I will continue to fight to protect the Constitution."

हर FIR मेरे सीने पर एक मेडल है।

अभी 45 हैं, मेरा लक्ष्य 100 है - तब भी संविधान की रक्षा के लिए लड़ते रहेंगे। pic.twitter.com/ZxwHkKHtkm

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 7, 2026

Earlier, the Congress lashed out at the Modi government after the Delhi Police registered an FIR against Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for allegedly forcibly entering Akashvani Bhawan, saying the "diabolical duo" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah is "rattled" and "desperate".

The Congress' attack on the government came after the Delhi Police registered an FIR against the two Congress leaders and their supporters for allegedly forcibly entering Akashvani Bhawan during the opposition's march against the CEC on Tuesday.

The police officials said that the FIR was registered after police received a complaint alleging that Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, their supporters and other MPs accompanying them entered the Akashvani Bhawan premises without permission.

On Tuesday, the two Congress leaders were among 260 people detained following an over eight-hour sit-in inside Akashvani Bhawan after an INDIA bloc march towards the Election Commission office was stopped by police.

The Opposition MPs were protesting against alleged irregularities in the functioning of the Election Commission under Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, raising the issue of "vote chori".

(With PTI inputs)