Congress President-elect Rahul Gandhi has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi helped him “the most” and he does not hate him. “Modiji has helped me the most… How can I hate him,” Rahul Gandhi said in an interview to Gujarati news channel GSTV. Leaders pay homage to Parliament attack victims;[Read More…]
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Congress confident of forming government in Gujarat: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday declared that his party was confident of taking power in Gujarat and said the BJP was on a losing wicket. “The BJP has lost its position,” Gandhi told the media, a day after he was named the President of the country’s oldest political party.[Read More…]
Modi congratulated Rahul for elevation; Gandhi thanked him
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated his political bete noire Rahul Gandhi on his election as the new Congress President and wished him a fruitful tenure. Gandhi later thanked him. “I congratulate Rahul Ji on his election as Congress President. My best wishes for a fruitful tenure,” Modi tweeted.[Read More…]
Rahul hits out at Modi, says talk about Gujarat, not Pakistan
Hitting out at Narendra Modi for dragging Pakistan into the Gujarat elections, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that rather than talking about foreign countries in his election campaign speeches in Gujarat the Prime Minister should say something about the state. “The Prime Minister talks sometimes about Pakistan[Read More…]
Gujarat polls: Rahul Gandhi receives warm welcome in Anand; eats ‘pav bhaaji’ at local shop
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday received a never-before welcome in Gujarat’s Anand during the high-octane campaigning in the poll-bound state. A massive crowd can be seen cheering for the Congress president with flashing the lights from their phones and chanting ‘Congress aave che’. Earlier in the evening, Rahul stopped[Read More…]
Where did Rs 55,000 cr meant for Vanbandhu scheme go: Rahul asks Modi
Stressing that Adivasis in Gujarat were in bad condition, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi “where did Rs 55,000 crore meant for Vanbandhu scheme go?”. This was Gandhi’s 10th question as part of a Congress strategy wherein he would put one question daily to[Read More…]
Everybody is unhappy in BJP rule; we will win Gujarat: Congress’ Priyanka Chaturvedi
Gujarat is all set to face one of the toughest fights in the decades in this assembly election scheduled on December 9 and 14. While opinion polls conducted by different channels have anticipated BJP’s victory, it didn’t neglect the Congress’ huge influence that has been increasing by every passing day.[Read More…]
UP Congress leader claims he wasn’t allowed to contest against Rahul
A Congress leader from western Uttar Pradesh on Thursday alleged that he wanted to contest the presidential election in the party against Vice President Rahul Gandhi but was prevented from doing so. Talking to reporters, Ayub Ali said that he had gone to meet the Congress‘ Central Election Authority chairman[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi is certainly a ‘Babar Bhakt’ and a ‘Kin of Khilji’: BJP
The BJP on Wednesday accused Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi of siding with “Owaisis and Jilanis” to oppose Ram temple in Ayodhya, and called the Congress leader a “devotee” of first Mughal emperor Babar and a “kin” of Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khilji. “Rahul Gandhi has teamed up with Owaisis,[Read More…]
Unlike Modi I am human, thanks for pointing out mistake, Rahul tells BJP
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday thanked BJP for pointing out mistakes in his tweet question on Tuesday over inflation, saying that “unlike” Prime Minister Narendra Modi he was “human” and did make the odd mistake. He asked the BJP to “please do keep it coming”. “For all my[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi a step closer to become Congress President
Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday moved a step closer to be the Congress chief as he was the only candidate left in the fray in the election for the post after all 89 nominations filed in his favour were found to be valid on scrutiny. “A total of 89 nomination papers,[Read More…]
Sonia Gandhi signs first nomination paper for Rahul’s elevation
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday signed the first proposer on the first nomination paper submitted for the election of her son and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi to the post of party chief. Congress leader Ashok Gehlot said Sonia Gandhi’s signatures were at the top of the first nomination[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi to file nomination for top Congress post today
A host of party heavyweights will be present when Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi files his nomination for the party chief’s post at its headquarters on Monday, with over 90 sets of nomination papers likely to be filed to support his candidature. Six Chief Ministers — Punjab’s Amarinder Singh, Karnataka’s[Read More…]
Political Circus: BJP needs to rein in the Hindutva hotheads
The rise in the growth rate to the moderately satisfactory 6.3 per cent from the depressingly low 5.7 per cent is good news for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a time when the Prime Minister reminded the audience at a function organised by a media house about former President[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi meets former US President Barack Obama
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi met former US President Barack Obama here on Friday and discussed the US-India relationship. “Had a fruitful chat with President Barack Obama, great to meet him again,” Gandhi tweeted. Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Obama and discussed ways to further strengthen the US-India relationship.[Read More…]
Demonetisation was a money laundering scheme: Rahul Gandhi
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday termed demonetisation a money laundering scheme, and raked up the issue of BJP President Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah’s company recording massive turnover after the NDA government came to power. “Demonetisation was implemented suddenly, maybe he did not like the Rs 500 and[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi to ask Modi a question every day in Gujarat poll run-up
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi a question every day in the run-up to the Gujarat assembly elections, the party said. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala on Wednesday said Gandhi would ask a question to the Prime Minister every day. “Rahul Gandhi is asking[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi may file nomination for Congress president on Dec 4
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is likely to file his nomination for the election to the Congress president’s post on December 4, said party sources. The last date for filing nominations has been set as December 4, and scrutiny will be done on December 5. The last date for withdrawing[Read More…]
Amit Shah dares Rahul Gandhi to make quota formula for Patidars public
Andolan Anamat Samiti (PAAS) to give reservations to the Patidar community. “If possible they (Congress) should public it. He (Rahul) is coming here tomorrow. Let him make the formula public,” Shah said at the India TV conclave. “They should come with a draft and let there be a debate among[Read More…]
PM Modi hits back at Gandhi, asks who ‘hugged’ Chinese envoy during Doklam
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit back at Rahul Gandhi over his ‘hugplomacy’ jibe saying, it was the Congress leader who hugged the Chinese Ambassador when the Indian Army was in a stand off with Chinese troops in Doklam earlier this year. “When the Indian Army was standing eye-to-eye[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi to accept giant Indian flag ‘insulted’ by Gujarat CM
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is set to accept a giant national flag made by the Dalit community that was presented to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani but which officials reportedly refused to accept citing lack of space. Gandhi will accept the flag, about 125 feet wide and 83.3 feet high, when[Read More…]
Sonia hits out at Modi over delay in Winter Session, making ‘false promises’
Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for delaying the Winter Session of Parliament on “flimsy grounds”, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday warned the NDA regime that it can not escape constitutional accountability by “locking the temple of democracy”. Addressing the Congress Working Committee, which met here to finalise[Read More…]
CWC starts meet for Rahul’s elevation as party president
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Monday began a meeting here to chart out a schedule for the election of the Congress President which will see the elevation of Vice President Rahul Gandhi to the party’s top post. The meeting was attended by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, former[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi launches Unorganised Workers’ Congress
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday launched a new unit for the unorganised sector workers called the All India Unorganised Workers’ Congress and said “it will strive to provide voice to those working in different parts of the country”. Interacting with the members of the Unorganised Workers’ Congress, Rahul[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi elevation as party President likely after Gujarat elections
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s elevation as party President is likely to take place after the Gujarat assembly polls in December, as many in the party feel that election to the post amid poll campaigning could dilute its focus. Earlier, there were speculations that Gandhi’s elevation would take place after[Read More…]