# India

PM Modi wishes Rahul, Rahul says thanks

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated his political bete noire Rahul Gandhi on his election as the new Congress…

IANS | New Delhi | December 12, 2017 8:33 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated his political bete noire Rahul Gandhi on his election as the new Congress President and wished him a fruitful tenure. Gandhi later thanked him.

“I congratulate Rahul Ji on his election as Congress President. My best wishes for a fruitful tenure,” Modi tweeted.

In response, Gandhi tweeted: “Thank you for your good wishes Modi ji”.

Modi has been regularly mocking Gandhi, calling his elevation to head the Congress party as dynastic politics and a redux of “Aurangzeb raj”

# India

LS polls: PM Modi to campaign in Maharashtra, T’gana today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday will address public meetings in Maharashtra and Telangana, respectively.

# Opinion

Western perceptions and Indian realities

Writing for The Chatham House, a British thinktank, Dr Cheitigj Bajpaee, mentions: “Over the decade that the BJP has been in power, assessments of the country’s democracy have pointed to a downward trajectory, with its democratic principles, including freedom of expression, under strain.

# India

West Bengal: BJP leader Dilip Ghosh alleges “deliberate” denial of permission for PM Modi’s Bardhaman rally

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh on Monday claimed that the West Bengal government is not granting permission for the proposed public meeting to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 3 in Bardhaman.