NEW DELHI: Congress MP Raul Gandhi’s decision to retain Rae Bareli seat in Uttar Pradesh prompting his sister, Priyanka Gandhi, to contest the bypolls for the Wayanad seat in Kerala sparked criticism from BJP leader Shehzad Poonawala, who accused the Congress party of operating as a ‘family business.’Poonawalla on Monday said, “Congress is not a…
NEW DELHI: Ending weeks of suspense, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday finally decided on the Lok Sabha seat he will be representing. In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Rahul had won from both the Rae Bareli seat in Uttar Pradesh and Wayanad seat in Kerala. Speculation had been rife over which seat he would…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a dig at Prime Minister and said that had Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra contested from Varanasi, PM Modi would have lost the constituency by 2-3 lakh votes. Rahul said this while addressing the ‘Aabhaar Sabha’ in Rae Bareli, organised to thank the voters for…
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday named Rahul Gandhi as his choice for the prime minister’s post if the INDIA bloc is voted to office on June 4.Asked about West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s proposal at a Nov meeting of the INDIA group that Kharge should be projected as the opposition’s PM candidate, he said…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Smriti Irani has thrown down the gauntlet to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi, inviting them to a debate on any television channel, with an anchor of their choice, at a time and place of their choosing, and on any issue they desire. Irani declared, “Dono bhai-behen ek taraf aur BJP…
AMETHI: Sonia Gandhi’s man Friday Kishori Lal Sharma, who is well-versed with Amethi and Rae Bareli, where he has been working for the party for over four decades, will take on BJP’s Smriti Irani in Amethi Lok Sabha seat. Sharma filed his nomination paper after the party announced his name on Friday morning.Thanking the party…
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NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s “Mangalsutra will not be safe under the Congress rule” remark, stating that her mother (Sonia Gandhi) “sacrificed Mangalsutra” for the nation.“My mother’s ‘Mangalsutra’ was sacrificed for this country,” the Congress leader said referring to her father Rajiv Gandhi‘s assassination in…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks “no one must be scared” and questioned why leaders of his party were talking about changing the Constitution when BJP returned to power with over 400 seats.“Did anyone ask him why are leaders of BJP saying that they will change…
NEW DELHI: Robert Vadra, husband of Congress general secretary, on Monday hit out at the BJP-led Centre for targeting opposition leaders and destabilising their governments in the states.“Wherever we have our governments, they try to destablise them. People are watching this and they know why this is happening. People do not appreciate that elected governments…
