By Anand Singh and Prashant Sood New Delhi, Inducted as Delhi Congress President ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha elections, Sheila Dikshit says her target is to win all the seven Lok Sabha seats in the national capital. The 80-year-old leader, who assumed office as the Delhi Congress chief on[Read More…]
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Modi has admitted to his theft in Rafale deal: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: In remarks coming a day after the government had filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “admitted to his theft” in the Rafale deal and that changes were made in the jet contract without consultation.[Read More…]
Congress seeks voters’ views for manifesto in Rajasthan
Jaipur: The Congress in Rajasthan has sought suggestions of voters for drafting its manifesto, according to Sachin Pilot, state Congress president. At a press conference on Friday, Pilot said it will a “people’s manifesto” drafted with the help of opinions and suggestions extended by the voters. He also released a[Read More…]
Manmohan, Sonia, Rahul pay tribute to Indira Gandhi
New Delhi: former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday paid tributes to late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary. They paid floral tributes at the slain leader’s memorial at Shakti Sthal here. “Remembering Dadi (grandma) today with a deep[Read More…]
Kovind, Modi, Rahul hail air warriors on 86th Air Force Day
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday extended their greetings on the occasion of the 86th Air Force Day. “We proudly honour our air warriors, veterans, and families of the Indian Air Force. They safeguard our skies with courage and[Read More…]
Modi government at war with Indians, imposing suffocating ideology: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: In a blistering attack on the Narendra Modi government, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said it has gone into a war with its own people imposing a single suffocating ideology on 1.3 billion Indians. Delivering the keynote address at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2018, here, Gandhi[Read More…]
LIVE: Rahul Gandhi addresses rally in MP, Intensifies attack on Shivraj and Modi govt
Chitrakoot: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday visited the Kamtanath Temple in Chitrakoot district ahead of his roadshows and rallies for two days in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. He was accompanied by Congress state chief Kamal Nath and party’s state Election Campaign Committee chief Jyotiraditya Scindia, among others. Gandhi will address a[Read More…]
Is Digvijay Singh still relevant to Congress in Madhya Pradesh?
Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh is always in news for various reasons. Following the visit of Congress President Rahul Gandhi in Madhya Pradesh to attend Congress Sankalp Yatra, Digvijaya Singh was totally sidelined by the party. Another senior Congress leader Kamal Nath was in the thick of the business and[Read More…]
Parachuting leaders won’t get ticket: Rahul Gandhi
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday said politicians joining the Congress from other parties will not be fielded in elections while those who have remained with the Congress will. Addressing party workers here after a road show, Gandhi said: “When the Congress takes power, its priority will be farmers and[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi demands Jaitley’s resignation over Mallya’s claim
Hours after fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya said he met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley before leaving the country, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday demanded Jaitley’s resignation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi should order an “independent probe” into the matter, he said. “Given Vijay Mallya’s extremely serious allegations in London, the PM[Read More…]
Congress president to undertake Kailash Mansarovar Yatra from August 31
Congress President Rahul Gandhi will undertake Kailash Mansarovar Yatra from August 31 for four-five days, party sources said here on Wednesday. Gandhi, a devotee of Lord Shiva, had said he would embark on the pilgrimage after the Karnataka Assembly polls. Mount Kailash, located in Tibet Autonomous Region of China, is regarded as the[Read More…]
In 2019, Rahul Gandhi is the only leader who can defeat Modi
Last week, the Congress President, Rahul Gandhi undertook a four-day visit to Germany and the United Kingdom as a part of his party’s NRI outreach program. In this visit, besides his meetings with politicians of the host countries and speaking to Indian Overseas Congress members, he also spoke and interacted[Read More…]
Opinion: Rahul Gandhi has to choose his words with care
By Amulya Ganguli Rahul Gandhi has had another of his escape-velocity-of-Jupiter moments. His reference to the massive gravitational force of the solar system’s largest planet was in the context of “explaining” how much velocity was required by a spacecraft to lift itself from the surface of Jupiter compared to what was[Read More…]
Congress President Rahul Gandhi to visit Jaipur on August 11
Jaipur: Congress President Rahul Gandhi will visit Jaipur in Rajasthan for a day on August 11, the party said on Monday. During his visit, he will address the PCC delegates, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (RPCC) President Sachin Pilot said. On Monday, a meeting called by Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi[Read More…]
BJP dubs CWC as ‘corruption wali committee’
New Delhi: Dubbing CWC as corruption wali committee (committee of corruption) instead of Congress Working Committee (CWC), the BJP on Saturday said that every act of corruption in the country is linked with the Congress and 10, Janpath is its permanent address. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Sambit Patra accused[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: Kamal Nath challenges to reveal corruption stories if brought to power
Madhya Pradesh Congress president and former Minister of Urban Development Kamal Nath has said that all the files of corruptions will be straightened out in public. He also proposed his intentions to set up an enquiry over the sand mining scandal if the Congress party is brought back to power while speaking[Read More…]
Goa BJP calls Rahul Gandhi ‘loafer’ for winking in Parliament
Panaji: A Goa BJP spokesperson on Monday called Congress President Rahul Gandhi a loafer for winking in Parliament, a day after the state Congress chief called Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar a kathputli (puppet) for bowing to unreasonable demands of ruling coalition allies in the coastal state. Rahul Gandhi, who does[Read More…]
Day after trust vote, Shiv Sena calls Rahul Gandhi ‘face of Opposition’
Mumbai: Hours after it kept away from the no-confidence motion against the National Democratic Alliance government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ruling ally Shiv Sena came out in full praise of Congress President Rahul Gandhi here on Saturday. Rahul is now ‘the face of the Opposition’ that has become[Read More…]
Father taught me to love and respect all: Rahul Gandhi
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday remembered his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 27th death anniversary saying it was he who taught him to love and respect all beings. Rahul Gandhi in a tweet on Monday said: “My father taught me that hate is a prison for those who carry it. Today, on his death anniversary, I thank[Read More…]
Five key-points that emerged from Congress President’s Press Conference
After a high-intensity battle for Karnataka, that saw the INC-JD(S) win, Congress President Rahul Gandhi spoke to the media and also took questions. He appeared confident and sharp and raised some key issues that set the stage for the electoral landscape ahead. Here are some key points – Nationalism: One[Read More…]
Congress president assures nation wide abolition of contractual employment
Bengaluru: AICC president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday guaranteed nullification of contractual employment of safai karamcharis all over India if his party came to power in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Rahul spent about 15 minutes associating with a gathering of safai karamcharis – pourakarmikas as they are known in Karnataka –[Read More…]
CBSE leak: Rahul taunts Modi over ‘Exam Warriors’
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday taunted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him if he was now penning a book for students on how to de-stress after their lives were “destroyed” following the leak of CBSE question papers. Gandhi said Modi “wrote ‘Exam Warriors’, a book to teach[Read More…]
Modi’s ‘Acche Din’ claim will take a beating: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of job creation, saying he is in denial about the threat of “massive unemployment” and added that his “Acche Din” claim will take a beating. In a tweet, Gandhi referred to economist Paul Krugman’s[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi to visit coastal Karnataka from Tuesday
Bengaluru: Congress President Rahul Gandhi will begin a two-day tour across the coastal districts of poll-bound Karnataka from Tuesday, a party official said on Sunday. In his third visit to the state after taking over as party chief, Gandhi will be visiting Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Chikmagalur and Hassan districts where he[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi to visit Himachal to review poll debacle today
Congress President Rahul Gandhi will visit Himachal Pradesh on Friday to review the poll debacle which saw the BJP wresting the state from the party with a comfortable majority in the recently-concluded assembly elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comfortably beat the Congress, winning 44 of the 68 seats. The[Read More…]