New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will meet UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and leaders from several other parties on Wednesday to invite them for a mega anti-BJP rally to be held in Kolkata on January 19 next year. On Tuesday, she had meetings with[Read More…]
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Journalists covering Rafale deal being threatened: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed Prime Minister, saying the journalists reporting the Rafale scam are being threatened. Supreme leader’s minions are now sending threatening messages to journalists reporting on the #RafaleScam asking them to ‘back off or else…’, wrote Gandhi in Twitter. I’m really proud of[Read More…]
Modi dramatises his past of poverty while he wears refined clothes: Congress
The Congress continued to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his speeches in Lucknow last week, saying he should stop dramatising poverty. Congress leader Anand Sharma told reporters here that speaking was part of Modi’s DNA and if he does not give speeches, it probably can affect his health. Noting[Read More…]
Rafale Deal: Congress takes a dig on BJP, says ‘tax payers will pay Rs 1 lakh crore’
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday claimed that the due to the Rafale fighter jet deal, Indian taxpayers will have to pay the Prime Minister’s friend’s joint venture Rs 1 lakh crore over five decades to maintain the aircraft. Taking a dig, he said that Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will[Read More…]
‘I fear hugging Rahul Gandhi, my wife may divorce me’: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey
An ironic yet piercing remark came by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey, slamming Congress chief Rahul Gandhi over his iconic hug to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the no-confidence motion in Parliament last week. Dubey said that he fears hugging Rahul Gandhi as his wife may give divorce thinking[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…]
Expect leaders, workers to toe party line in public interactions: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: In a clear warning to some of its loose cannons, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday stressed that it expected its leaders and workers to toe the party line on larger political issues and maintain discipline in their public interactions. Sources said former Congress President Sonia Gandhi also[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…]
Post truth politics is the biggest achievement of Modi government
In 2016, Oxford Dictionaries declared ‘post-truth’ the word of the year in response to a rise in its usage in relation to political developments in the US for the presidential election and in the UK on Brexit. It is defined as ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts[Read More…]
I am happy, Rahul Gandhi copied my wink: Actor Priya Varrier
Amid the many memes and jokes over Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s wink and hug to Prime Minister Modi during the no-confidence motion debate on Friday, July 20, came the reaction of actor Priya Prakash Varrier who claims Rahul Gandhi had “copied” the wink, which is her signature move. Varrier was[Read More…]
Sonia Gandhi terms Modi speech as old rhetoric, Rahul says it was weak
New Delhi: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech during no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha as an old rhetoric and Congress President Rahul Gandhi said it was weak. The Congress party termed his speech as dramebaazi (theatrics). The Modi government on Friday passed the no-confidence motion moved[Read More…]
Rahul’s speech high on entertainment, low on substance: BJP
The BJP termed Rahul Gandhi’s hug to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an “immature” act and said his speech during the no-confidence motion was “low on substance” and “high on entertainment”. Commenting on the Congress president’s speech, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said, “It was low on substance and high[Read More…]
No-confidence motion: Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi, then hugs him
Political battle lines drew deeper in the Lok Sabha monsoon session as Congress chief Rahul Gandhi slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi government over a list of issues amid the no-confidence motion debate on Friday, July 20. While the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government was expected to have a[Read More…]
The jumlas of Narendra Modi govt, as listed by Rahul Gandhi in LS
Congress president hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his ‘jumla’ weapon. It’s the same weapon Rahul used during the Jan Aakrosh Rally in April in New Delhi. Jumla 1: Rs 15 lakh will be deposited in every person’s account. Jumla 2: Two crore employment every year. Jumla 3: Modiji[Read More…]
Tejashwi Yadav to bring no-confidence motion against Nitish govt
The keenly-watched debate over the no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government is underway in the Lok Sabha. Amid the many debates running since morning over no-confidence motion, came the jaw-dropping remark from Bihar. RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav, indicating his move of contemplation over no-confidence motion against the NDA government in Bihar. “We are[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi constitutes 23-member CWC, drops some senior leaders
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday constituted the Congress Working Committee (CWC) by appointing 23 members and dropping some senior leaders in his bid to strike a balance between age and experience, and prepare for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Prominent among those dropped from the previous CWC[Read More…]
Mayawati expels BSP Vice President for calling Rahul Gandhi ‘foreigner’
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday expelled party vice-chairperson and national coordinator Jai Prakash Singh after he said that Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s foreign blood would not allow him to become the prime ministerial candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. According to reports, Mayawati has stated that[Read More…]
Following Rahul Gandhi’s tweet, Congress withdraws complaint against Netflix
Inspired by Rahul Gandhi’s tweet in support of freedom of expression over the mention of Rajiv Gandhi in the web series Sacred Games, West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee member, Rajeev Sinha withdrew his complaint against Netflix series. Sinha had filed a complaint against Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Netflix and the producers of[Read More…]
Narendra Modi has become Dhritrashtra, BJP Duryodhan: Congress
New Delhi: Accusing the BJP-led Central government of trying to create a divide among Hindus and Muslims ahead of 2019 elections to polarise the society, the Congress on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become blind like Mahabharata character Dhritrashtra in his pursuit of power. The party also compared[Read More…]
Modi reiterates his 2014 manifesto, promises to double farmer’ income by 2022
Mirzapur: Reiterating his 2014 manifesto, Narendra Modi promised to double the income of farmers and rich-poor divide by 2022 on his second day tour of Uttar Pradesh. “Our government visualises a new India that takes full care of the sick, the poor, the children, the youth and the farmers,” he said[Read More…]
Congress a party of ‘Muslims’: Loopholes in PM Narendra Modi’s claim
An unseemly row has erupted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stepped up attack on Congress and more so against its president Rahul Gandhi. While speaking the other day at a public rally in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Modi claimed that in a recent parley with Muslim intellectuals Rahul assured those present[Read More…]
My father lived and died for India, ‘Sacred Games’ can’t change that: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Reacting to the complaints of Netflix series Sacred Games ‘insulting’ former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that he believed in freedom of expression. The Congress president tweeted that his father and former PM, Rajiv Gandhi, “lived and died” for the country and[Read More…]
PM Modi loses 3 lakh Twitter followers in 24 hours, Rahul 1,700
As Twitter began sanitising its platform by removing inactive and locked accounts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lost nearly 300,000 followers while Congress Party President Rahul Gandhi lost over 17,000 followers. According to socialblade, a website that accounts for the number of Twitter followers on a daily basis, the[Read More…]
Congress outreach programme: Rahul Gandhi meets Muslim intellectuals, discusses public policy
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday met Muslim intellectuals as part of party’s outreach to various sections ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha election. Those who met Gandhi to give their feedback on various issues and discuss public policy included M.S Farooqui, Amir Mohammad, Irfan Habib, Syeda Hameed, Ilyas[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh polls turn virtual with BJPs ‘Cyber Yodhas’ and Congress’ ‘Rajiv ke Sipahi’
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh’s poll battle has turned virtual with bot h BJP and Congress ready to take on each other with Cyber Yodhas and Rajiv ke Sipahi respectively. At the district level, both the parties have full-fledged plans. While the BJP has planned workshops to equip and educate its cyber[Read More…]