Tag: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday gave another extension till Friday evening to Congress President Rahul Gandhi to respond to its show cause notice issued over his remark that the Narendra Modi government had enacted a new law which permitted tribals to be shot. “With reference to the request received for extension, the commission […]

Rohtak (Haryana): Upping the ante against Congress leader Sam Pitroda over his reported “Hua toh hua” (it just happened) remarks on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday slammed the Congress for its “arrogance”. “Yesterday, one of the top Congress leaders said the 1984 riots just happened (‘Hua toh Hua’). These three […]

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi has told the Election Commission (EC) that he did not violate the Model Code of Conduct and asked it to maintain a fair, non-discriminatory and non-arbitrary attitude in dealing with complaints. The EC on May 1 had sent a show-cause notice to Gandhi for his speech in Madhya Pradesh’s […]

Lucknow: Congress President Rahul Gandhi has posted a picture of himself on Instagram which shows him trying to fix a helicopter. According to reports, Rahul was campaigning in Himachal Pradesh on Friday when his helicopter developed a snag. However, instead of waiting for others to fix his chopper, Gandhi decided to lend a helping hand […]

New Delhi: Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of injecting hatred and asserting that the Congress spread love in the Lok Sabha election battle, Congress President Rahul Gandhi said on Sunday that “love is going to win”. Gandhi told the media after voting in the New Delhi parliamentary constituency that the three or four main issues in […]

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday went walking to the polling booth near his residence here on Sunday and voted in the Lok Sabha election. Accompanied by SPG personnel and mediapersons, Gandhi exercised his franchise at a booth on Aurangzeb Lane in the New Delhi constituency. Congress candidate Ajay Maken accompanied Gandhi. The BJP […]

New Delhi:  President Ram Nath Kovind, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi were among the millions who voted on Sunday in the sixth and penultimate round of the Lok Sabha elections in which a BJP worker was killed in West Bengal. Kovind flashed his inked finger after exercising his franchise along with […]

New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday voted in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha polls and claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would be ousted from power this time. The Congress leader and her husband Robert Vadra exercised their franchise at a polling booth in the Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in […]

Khanna (Punjab): Congress leader Sam Pitroda must apologize to the nation for his remarks in connection with the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 and those guilty of the riots should be punished, party President Rahul Gandhi said on Monday. He reiterated that Pitroda’s “Hua toh hua” (it just happened) remark on the tragic events was “shameful”. […]

Bathinda/Pathankot: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday attempted to establish an emotional link with local voters by describing herself as a Punjabi ‘bahu’ (daughter-in-law), saying she felt at home in Punjab and among its people. While hailing the valour of Punjabis and their ability to remain happy in all circumstances, she launched a vitriolic […]

Deoghar (Jharkhand): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday targeted Congress President Rahul Gandhi and said the party was already searching for scapegoats to blame them for the party’s eventual Lok Sabha election defeat. In a veiled attack at Mani Shankar Aiyar and Sam Pitroda of the Congress, Modi told an election rally here that they […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election bid was likely to have hinged on subjects he has tried to showcase during his tenure — ease of doing business, cutting red tape and the big heave-ho that was delivered to the Indian economy. The term used to describe him early into his prime ministership was “Disruptor”. Nationalism […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed confidence that the BJP will again get a full majority on its own in the Lok Sabha elections, and it will be the “first instance of a party getting an absolute majority after a full term”. “My overall thinking is that a full majority government will […]

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accompanying BJP President Amit Shah to a press conference, saying the move was “unprecedented”. “Very impressive. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first press conference just three-four days before the election results,” Gandhi told the media at a press conference […]

New Delhi: As the seven-phased Lok Sabha elections got over, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the Election Commission (EC), saying its “capitulation before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his gang is obvious” and that the poll panel was not being respected anymore. “From Electoral Bonds and EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) to manipulating the election […]