As the campaigning for the high voltage four cornered April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections reached the business end, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for AICC President and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha will campaign in the State on Saturday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold road shows at Sivagiri in Coimbatore and at Mylapore in Chennai… Continue reading "PM Modi and Rahul to campaign in Tamil Nadu today"
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday launched a sharp counterattack against Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha, accusing him of “not reading the Budget properly” and alleging that the Congress had “sold out farmers” through its 2013 agreement at the World Trade Organization (WTO). “The Opposition says that India is selling the farmers, Modi ji has surrendered.… Continue reading "‘Congress sold the nation, betrayed farmers’: Nirmala Sitharaman slams Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha"
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday attacked the INDIA bloc, alleging that RJD supremo Lalu Prasad wants to make his son Tejashwi the chief minister of Bihar and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi her son Rahul the PM, while asserting that “both posts were not vacant”. Addressing back-to-back public rallies in Darbhanga, Samastipur and Begusarai, Shah also questioned whether the… Continue reading "‘Want their sons to be CM, PM’: Shah mocks Lalu, Sonia; says seats not vacant"
“If you are a true Indian, you wouldn’t say such a thing,” the Supreme Court told Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday, criticising his alleged derogatory remarks about the Indian Army during the Bharat Jodo Yatra. However, the court stayed the proceedings initiated against him in a Lucknow court. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih issued… Continue reading "‘True Indian won’t make such statement’: Supreme Court slams Rahul Gandhi"
Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi jointly wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, urging the government to bring a legislation in the upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament to grant full statehood to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. They also requested that the government… Continue reading "Kharge Rahul write to PM Modi urge govt to bring legislation restore J-K statehood"
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi — the first ever charge sheet against both leaders — in its money laundering investigation into the affairs of the party-run National Herald newspaper. The charge sheet, filed before a Delhi court on April… Continue reading "National Herald case: Sonia, Rahul named in ED charge sheet"
On Monday, in an almost 100-minute critique of the government in the Lok Sabha (LS), Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi flagged the lacunae of the goods and services tax regime that he alleged had broken the back of small and medium businesses to favour select crony capitalists, pointed out the livelihood challenges facing the poor, and termed the Agnipath… Continue reading "Heated debate witnessed in Parliament, PM Modi responds to Rahul’s allegations"
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has been named the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, party general secretary KC Venugopal announced after a meeting of floor leaders of opposition parties. “CPP chairperson Sonia Gandhi wrote a letter to pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab, informing the decision of appointment of Rahul Gandhi as the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha,” Venugopal said… Continue reading "Rahul Gandhi named Leader of the opposition in LS"
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will retain the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat and vacate Wayanad seat for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to contest, party president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Monday. Rahul Gandhi had contested and won from both Rae Bareli and Wayanad Lok Sabha seats and has to vacate one of the seats within 14 days of the election result. “Party… Continue reading "Rahul picks Rae Bareli, Priyanka to make poll debut from Wayanad"
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday alleged that the ‘irregularities’ in the NEET medical entrance examination have devastated close to 24 lakh students, and promised to be the “voice of the students in Parliament”. “We had pledged in our manifesto to give students ‘freedom from paper leaks’ by making a law. Today, I assure all the students of the country… Continue reading "Rahul Gandhi slams BJP over NEET row"