Thiruvananthapuram: Top Congress leaders in Kerala, including AICC general secretary Oommen Chandy and Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala, on Saturday urged AICC president Rahul Gandhi to contest from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala. Speaking to the media in Kottayam, Chennithala said that he has already spoken to Gandhi when he visited Kerala earlier […]
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Telangana Elections: Rahul, Chandrababu share dais at Telangana rally
Khammam (Telangana) : Once bitter rivals, Congress President Rahul Gandhi and TDP leader and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday shared the dais at their first public meeting here to campaign for ‘People’s Front’ candidates in Telangana’s Assembly elections. This is the first time two top leaders of the Congress and Telugu […]
Rahul claiming himself as Shiv bhakt, his party leaders challenging sanity of SC: VHP
New Delhi : The VHP on Wednesday hit out at former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over his remarks on the ‘Hindutva’ judgment of the Supreme Court, saying that Congress President Rahul Gandhi was describing himself as a ‘Shiv Bhakt’ whereas its leaders are challenging the sanity of the Supreme Court. Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) International […]
HC rejects Sonia, Rahul’s plea against Income Tax notice
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi’s plea challenging the Income Tax notice seeking tax reassessment for the financial year 2011-2012. The order of a bench came while hearing the plea of Rahul, Sonia Gandhi and her party colleague Oscar Fernandes against March […]
Modi’s no-holds-barred attack on Rahul, throws ‘phone banking’ jibe
New Delhi : In a no-holds-barred attack on Congress and its chief Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused “one privileged family” of being responsible for the huge scam in bank loans through “phone banking” during the UPA regime and vowed to bring back every rupee that has been caught in NPAs. He […]
Jaitley hits back at Rahul, dubs his claims on demonetisation as fiction
New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday hit back at Congress President Rahul Gandhi for his allegation that demonetisation helped “15-20 biggest crony capitalists”, dubbing it as fictitious. “Little knowledge is dangerous. Rahul Gandhi’s fiction on demonetisation helping NPA holders, forgets that the Modi government legislated and enforced the IBC (the Insolvency and […]
How about JPC on Rafale, Rahul asks Jaitley
New Delhi : Thanking Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for “bringing attention back to Rafale robbery”, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday asked him as to what he thought of a JPC probe in the deal. “Mr. Jaitley, thanks for bringing the nation’s attention back to the Great Rafale Robbery! How about a Joint Parliamentary Committee […]
Perpetrators of anti-Sikh riots should be punished: Rahul
London : Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that he stands with the victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots and those guilty of violence should be punished as per law. “If violence is being perpetrated against somebody, there is a legal process. That legal process must go on and the people who have carried out […]
Rahul can’t be held responsible for anti-Sikh riots: Chidambaram
Kolkata : Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday backed Rahul Gandhi for his comments in UK on the anti-Sikh riots in 1984, saying the party president had not absolved anyone for the gruesome incidents. Interacting with the media here, Chidambaram said former prime minister Manmohan Singh and ex-party president Sonia Gandhi have already apologised […]
Congress not involved in 1984 anti-Sikh riots: Rahul
London : Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said “Congress was not involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots”, in which nearly 3,000 Sikhs were killed, mostly in the national capital when the party’s government was in power at the Centre. To a question being asked by the CNN-News18 at an event in the UK Parliament […]