New Delhi: Famous TV anchor and journalist Chitra Tripathi and Congress leader Ragini Nayak engaged in a spat on social media. Nayak took a dig at Tripathi over her video with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Kishan at a family function. Responding to the TV anchor's post reminding Nayak of her defeat in the 2025 Delhi Assembly Elections, the Congress leader said that "From OYO to Ravi Kishan, people know everything.
"First thing—I love Congress, the party fielded me in the election, I fought with hard work, Congress lost every seat, and I also lost. They will field me again, I will fight again because I fulfill what I love, but how would you understand that." Nayak said in the X post.
"Second thing—From OYO to Ravikishan, I won't say whose aarti the public performed where because I don't have such upbringing. Third thing—Whether good or bad happens to me—I will never do brokerage for BJP," she added.
The entire controversy erupted on August 24 after Nayak shared an old video of Tripathi and accused her of setting the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) agenda.
"Where are these old treasures coming from. You don't even know how to conduct a debate, Chitra! You only debate to set the BJP's agenda! And In the entire debate, you provide cover fire for the BJP." the Congress leader wrote along with the video.
The next day, on August 25, the journalist hit out at the Congress leader. Tripathi said that Nayak had to dig out an old video to troll her. "How bad your days have become, Ragini ji, that you're having to dig up a video from years ago just to troll me. I debate every day. Come up with some new issues," Tripathi wrote.
The matter escalated further when Nayak threatened to expose the journalist. "First thing - Chitra ji, read the comments on your Tweet, you will find out whose 'bad days' have come. Second thing - Nowadays, there’s no need to troll BJP’s bootlicking journalists.. the public is trolling them every day on their own. Third thing - Whenever I come to your debates, I will expose your Sanghi agenda.. I will post new videos as well as old ones," she said in her X post.
The journalist doubled down her attack on the Congress leader and reminded her of her defeat in the 2025 Delhi Assembly Elections. Notably, Nayak contested the polls from the Wazirabad constituency, but managed to get only around 6,000 votes.
"It was only because of reading trolls' comments that you got 6 thousand votes from the Wazirpur assembly; your deposit was forfeited. The public shouldn't have had to endure such an Aarti from you. It turned out very bad for you," the journalist said.
Last week, Tripathi called out an X user for sharing a video of her with Ravi Kishan from a family function. She had said that sharing videos of women from her family without their consent shows a vile mentality, adding that legal action would be taken if the video was not removed immediately.
