New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday made a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of being “hollow” and speaking “lies” while being silent on pressing issues concerning the judiciary, women, Dalits, youth, farmers besides corruption. Addressing a well-attended Jan Akrosh rally at the Ramlila Maidan here,[Read More…]
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No complaint from Rahul’s pilot about snag: Airport official
Hubballi (Karnataka): No complaint has been received from the pilot of an aircraft which reportedly developed a snag when Congress President Rahul Gandhi was flying in it on Thursday, said an airport official here on Friday. “Neither the pilot nor the air traffic control (ATC) complained to me about the snag,”[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi to launch nationwide ‘Save the Constitution’ campaign
New Delhi: Accusing the BJP-RSS leadership of “systematically destroying” the Constitution, the Congress on Sunday announced that its President Rahul Gandhi will launch a nationwide “Save the Constitution” campaign on April 23 from Delhi’s Talkatora stadium. “Rahul Gandhi ji will launch the campaign on April 23 at the Talkatora Stadium. Senior[Read More…]
Cash crunch: Rahul slams Modi for destroying banking system
Amethi: With ATMs suddenly running dry in several states, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for what he described as destroying India’s banking system by ushering in “acchhe din” for fugitive jewellers Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi. Gandhi also criticised Modi for his silence on[Read More…]
BJP’s Splits Ville in Uttar Pradesh
Exactly 13 months ago, the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) recorded a landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh, clocking 312 seats in the State Assembly elections. The victory was significant in more ways than one. First and foremost, this was the highest number of seats registered by any party in the past[Read More…]
Rapes of young women spark outrage: Rahul Gandhi leads vigil, demands justice for women
The brutal gang rapes in Unnao and Kathua have outraged the nation. The shock has not just been on the sheer brutality of the crimes, but also on the complete brazenness of the perpetrators, who remain protected by those in power. One of the girls, a child of eight years,[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi leads midnight protest at India Gate over Kathua, Unnao rape cases
New Delhi: Hundreds of Congress workers assembled at the India Gate here on the call of party chief Rahul Gandhi to protest against the “silence” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over rape incidents in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua and Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao, and seek justice for the victims. Several senior[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…]
Rahul attacks Modi over Rafale deal
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over an alleged scam in the Rafale fighter aircraft deal with France. Issuing a “Modi Scam Alert!” Gandhi tweeted: “$15 billion fighter jet deal re-tendered. Prime Minister’s friends race to tie up strategic partners. “RAFALE, (Rs) 40,000[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…]
Rahul vows to ensure political participation of unorganised workers
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday vowed to raise the issues of unorganised workers by including them in the party manifesto for the coming state assembly elections, apart from ensuring their political participation. Speaking at the second review meeting of All India Unorganised Workers Congress which began March[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’s speech ‘rhetoric of loser’: Sitharaman
New Delhi: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday dubbed Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s speech at Congress’ plenary session the “rhetoric of a loser”. She also questioned Rahul Gandhi’s Pandava-Kaurava analogy, and accused the Congress of mocking Hindu rituals. “Rahul Gandhi’s speech sounds like rhetoric of loser devoid of substance. But although[Read More…]
Modi not fighting corruption, is corruption himself: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not fighting corruption but was “corruption himself” and under him, the country is controlled by “corrupt and powerful”. “The name Modi symbolises the collusion between India’s biggest businessmen and the Prime Minister,” Gandhi said while addressing[Read More…]
Congress to seek like-minded allies to defeat BJP, Rahul says country wants change
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday expressed its willingness to ally “with all like-minded parties” with a “pragmatic approach” to defeat the Narendra Modi government in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections with party chief Rahul Gandhi stating that the country was feeling tired and seeking a change. The party’s 84th plenary[Read More…]
BJP dividing country: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has adopted divide and rule policy by following the ideology of hatred. Addressing the party leaders and workers at Congress’ 84th Plenary Session here, he said the BJP was spreading hatred and dividing the society. “The[Read More…]
Congress to make plenary ‘worker-centric’, likely to spell out stance on alliances
New Delhi: The Congress is expected to state its position on alliances for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and unveil a vision document at its plenary beginning here on Friday with party chief Rahul Gandhi keen on making the three-day event “worker-centric and not leader-centric”. The plenary, being held after eight[Read More…]
Democracy demonetised in Meghalaya: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who returned after a weekend trip to Italy, on Monday attacked the BJP, saying it has “usurped power in Meghalaya through a proxy” and called it “demonetisation of democracy”. He said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was “obsessed with grabbing power using big money to[Read More…]
An Army is as good as its soldiers – PM as good his team
Prime Minister of the world’s sixth largest nation by the economy, second largest by population, and second largest by the strength of the army is no mean feat. 275 seats in the Lok Sabha, at the helm of 14 states, and in coalition in 5 States, there is little to[Read More…]
Congress gave clean administration in Karnataka: Rahul Gandhi
Athani: Invoking the teachings of 12th-century social reformer Basavanna, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday claimed that his party’s government in Karnataka gave a clean administration in the last five years. “Following the teachings of Basavanna, our party has given a clean administration over the last five years in Karnataka. We[Read More…]
Only Congress can challenge BJP, says Sharad Pawar
Pune: Only the Congress has the ability to challenge the country’s ruling BJP presently, and its ‘acche din’ will come, predicted Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar here on Wednesday. The veteran politician was replying to blunt questions thrown by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray who was “interviewing” him at[Read More…]
We have people’s support, says Rahul after massive road show in Shillong
Shillong: Thousand of people from all walks of life came out on the streets of the Meghalaya capital as Congress President Rahul Gandhi held a massive road show ahead of the February 27 assembly elections. This is the first time that a top national politician has held a road show in[Read More…]
Rahul questions PM’s silence on PNB fraud in ‘Mann ki Baat’
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday again attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his silence on the multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and Rafale fighter jet deal, saying the country wants to hear about these issues in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’. “Modiji, last month you ignored my suggestions[Read More…]
Who let Nirav Modi flee India, asks Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Rs 11,500 crore fraud in the PNB and asked him to come clean on the government’s “failure” to prevent the scam and identify those who helped the alleged kingpin, billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi, to flee the[Read More…]
AAP’s media spend is four times that of previous government, reveals RTI reply
New Delhi: The AAP government has spent an average of Rs 70.5 crore annually in the past three years on advertisements — four times more than the previous government’s expenditure on print, electronic and outdoor advertising, according to an RTI reply. In the first year after assuming office in February 2015,[Read More…]