Tag: Rahul Gandhi

Delhi: A day after the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Central Board accepted the Bimal Jalan panel recommendations and decided to transfer Rs 1.76 lakh crore in dividend and surplus reserves to the government, Congress on Tuesday slammed the move. Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet: “PM and FM are clueless about […]

New Delhi: Days after former Congress President Rahul Gandhi came back from Srinagar and alleged that the situation in Kashmir was not normal, drawing sharp criticism from the BJP, he said on Wednesday that he supported the government stand that Kashmir was India’s internal issue and there was no room for Pakistan to interfere. The […]

Amethi: Union Minister Smriti Irani slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saying that it is not for the first time that Pakistan is finding support from him. While talking to the mediapersons here on Wednesday Irani said, “When the Union Home Minister is talking about one flag, one constitution for the entire country, the Congress, following […]

Silvasa: BJP President and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday once again lashed out at the Congress for its opposition to the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution in Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking at an event at Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Shah said the Congress has given up on “parampara” (tradition) of rising above […]

New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi is likely to get the major responsibility of reviving the party in Uttar Pradesh where it could secure just one out of 80 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, party sources said. “Priyanka Gandhi can be made the in-charge of entire Uttar Pradesh, keeping an eye on […]

New Delhi: Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday took a dig at the economic performance of the Modi government after the completion of 100 days in office. Rahul in a sarcastic way first congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for completing 100 days and then launched a scathing attack […]

New Delhi: The Congress has criticised the Centre for not taking the auction route for renewing leases of 358 mines and failing to answer to the Supreme Court’s notice for giving some lease extensions for 50 years. Demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera here on Monday alleged the move […]

New Delhi: Interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi is holding a mega meeting of her party on Thursday to discuss plans for the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The meeting is being attended by all the top leaders of the party, including the Chief Ministers of Congress-ruled states. But, former party chief Rahul Gandhi and […]

New Delhi: The Congress has asked state units and office-bearers to mandatorily conduct one-hour padyatra at state and district headquarters on October 2. The top party leadership, including interim Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, will take part in the padyatra. The programme of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi is also being finalised. Sonia Gandhi would participate […]

New Delhi: Turf war and infighting continue to plague the Congress, posing a major challenge for Sonia Gandhi who took over as interim party president over a month back amidst despondency in the party following the Lok Sabha poll debacle. The grand old party seems to be in disarray, with collective leadership lacking in states, […]

New Delhi: With a target of enrolling 5 crore members, the Congress is set to launch a nationwide drive from next month, an exercise which will be carried out digitally to check bogus membership that has been a major concern for the party. In a circular issued by Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal, […]

Noida: Yoga guru Ramdev on Tuesday once again launched an attack on the Congress, saying the Gandhi family was behind the imprisonment of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Naming Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and former party chief Rahul Gandhi in his speech at an event here, Ramdev said the two leaders never wanted Shah […]

New Delhi: With an angry Rahul Gandhi sulking and his mother Sonia Gandhi returning to take charge of the Congress, the syndicate of her coterie is back in the party and asserting its clout. This is clear from a slew of decisions taken during the last over one month after Sonia Gandhi took charge, most […]

New Delhi: Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed at External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar for covering up Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “incompetence” saying he should teach some lessons on diplomacy. Rahul Gandhi also said that Modi’s endorsement of US President Donald Trump has caused serious problems with the Democrats for India. “Thank you […]

Surat: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to appear before a magisterial court here on Thursday to defend himself in a criminal defamation case filed against him for saying “why all thieves share the Modi surname” during the Lok Sabha poll campaign this year. Gujarat Congress president Amit Chavda on Tuesday held a meeting with […]