Tag: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul begins month-long ‘Kisan Yatra’, attacks Modi

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of bias towards the rich as he began a 2,500-km ‘Kisan Yatra’ in election-bound Uttar Pradesh. Addressing a crowd at Rudrapur in Deoria district, Gandhi said the Prime Minister wanted to waive off loans of the rich but wasn’t ready to do that …

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September 6, 2016

Rahul begins month-long Kisan Yatra from UP

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday launched his month-long Kisan Yatra from Rudrapur in the state’s Deoria district. "Door-to-door campaign begins from village Pachladi. Met farmers and collected Kisan Maang Patras outlining their demands," Gandhi’s official twitter handle said. The Yatra will cover 2,500 km by road covering 39 districts and 55 Lok Sabha …

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September 6, 2016

Rahul Gandhi to embark on Kisan Yatra on Tuesday

In a bid to reinvigorate Congress and end its 27-year exile from power in the politically important Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming Assembly polls, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will embark on the 2500 km-long Kisan Yatra from Deoria tomorrow. "My yatra from Deoria to Delhi starting September 6 is a campaign to secure the …

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September 5, 2016

Sonia, Rahul hail Mother Teresa

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday paid tributes to Mother Teresa on the day of her canonisation ceremony at the Vatican. In her message, Sonia said the conferring of sainthood on the Albanian nun was a recognition of her service to the poorest of poor, the dying and destitute. Describing …

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September 4, 2016

Rahul to start mahayatra from Deoria on Sep 6

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on said his mahayatra from Deoria in eastern Uttar Pradesh to Delhi from September 6 is a campaign to help secure rights of the poor, farmers and labourers in government resources. "My Yatra from Deoria to Delhi starting September 6 – is a campaign to secure the rights of the poor, …

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September 3, 2016

Modi fooling people with false hopes, says Rahul

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday targeted the NDA government at the Centre and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of fooling people with hollow promises and showing pipe dreams. Addressing a public rally in Amethi, his parliamentary constituency, the Gandhi scion said in Make in India campaign, the roar of the lion is not being …

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September 1, 2016

Rahul dares RSS, says ready to face defamation trial

A defiant Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday reiterated his controversial comment blaming Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) men for killing Mahatma Gandhi and said that he was ready to face trial in a defamation case over the remark. The RSS has demanded an apology from Rahul Gandhi in return for withdrawing the defamation case filed …

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September 1, 2016

Rahul Gandhi meets Patidar leaders in Gujarat

In the backdrop of growing resentment against BJP among the Patidars in Gujarat, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday held interaction with leaders from the community to formulate strategy for the Assembly elections next year. The meeting by the Congress Vice President was significant as the BJP is battling a growing trust deficit with the Patels, as …

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August 31, 2016

Rahul Gandhi to visit Amethi on Wednesday

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will on Wednesday embark upon a three-day visit to his parliamentary constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. “Will be in Amethi from 31st Aug-2nd Sept. Looking forward to meeting everyone!," Rahul Gandhi tweeted. According to UP Congress leaders, Rahul would reach Amethi late in the evening on Wednesday and will meet …

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August 30, 2016

Rahul taking out mahayatra to help SP: BJP

Taking a swipe at Rahul Gandhi over his proposed ‘mahayatra’ in Uttar Pradesh, BJP on Monday claimed the exercise is aimed at helping Samajwadi Party as he wanted to return the favour after its leaders worked to ensure his win from Amethi in the Lok Sabha polls. The saffron party said Congress has no relevance …

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August 29, 2016

Rahul Gandhi to launch month-long ‘Mahayatra’ in UP

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will launch a month-long Mahayatra in Uttar Pradesh covering 39 districts from September 6, the Congress announced on Monday. Giving details of the Mahayatra, Congress General Secretary and state in-charge Ghulam Nabi Azad said it would start from Rudrapur in the state’s Deoria district and would culminate in Delhi. "Rahul …

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August 29, 2016

RSS questions Rahul’s remark, demands apology

RSS on Friday questioned Rahul Gandhi over his remark of standing by every word he said about the outfit, asking whether the Congress leader was talking about his affidavit or the "lie" in his public speeches, and demanded an apology from him. "Stand by every word I said about RSS: R Gandhi. Which words, in …

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August 26, 2016

‘Stand by every single word I said about RSS’

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday that he stands by his comments on the RSS and would never stop fighting its "hateful and divisive agenda". "I will never stop fighting the hateful and divisive agenda of the RSS. I stand by every single word I said," Rahul said in a tweet. Rahul told …

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August 25, 2016

‘Rahul speaks from courage of his conviction’

The Congress on Wednesday said party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi speaks from the courage of his conviction and reiterated his submission before the Supreme Court that assassination of Mahatma Gandhi was a result of "destructive philosophy" of the persons associated with the RSS. Answering queries on the defamation case filed by Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) worker …

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August 24, 2016

Rahul takes a jibe at PM

Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his reported remarks that BJP needs to bring dalits into its fold as nationalists were already with the party, wondering whether he did not consider dalits and backwards as nationalists. "So now ‘Dalits’ and ‘Backwards’ are not Nationalists Modiji?," the Congress Vice …

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August 24, 2016

Didn’t blame RSS for Mahatma’s killing: Rahul

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi had not blamed the RSS as an institution for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, but the people associated with it, the Supreme Court was told on Wednesday. Senior counsel Kapil Sibal made the observation before a bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice R.F. Nariman while referring to an affidavit filed …

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August 24, 2016

Opposition lawmakers from J-K meet Rahul Gandhi

A delegation of opposition lawmakers from Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday met Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi here and discussed ways and means to contain the prevailing unrest in the Kashmir Valley. The delegation was led by former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. Speaking to media after meeting Rahul Gandhi, one of the …

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August 21, 2016