Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday slammed the government for not having created jobs for the youth. "Startup India, Stand up India, Right turn India: but no jobs for the youth of India," said Gandhi on his official Twitter account.
June 14, 2017The Congress on Wednesday suspended the district president of the party's Meerut unit for sharing an objectionable post against party vice president Rahul Gandhi. Vinay Pradhan was sacked by the chairman of state congress disciplinary committee Ramkrishna Dwivedi on referring to Rahul Gandhi as 'Pappu' in a WhatsApp message. Pradhan, however has held his party rivals responsible …
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June 14, 2017A senior Congress leader from Uttar Pradesh was on Wednesday removed from all party positions for calling Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi 'Pappu' in a social media message. Vinay Pradhan, party’s Meerut district president, allegedly made the references in a message sent to a WhatsApp group titled ‘Indian National Congress’. He was actually trying to …
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June 14, 2017Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will be taking a break from politics to visit his grandmother abroad, he announced on Twitter. "Will be travelling to meet my grandmother & family for a few days. Looking forward to spending some time with them," said Gandhi. He does not mention how many days he will be out …
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June 13, 2017Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that there was an atmosphere of "fear" across the country and the minorities were feeling "threatened" under the Narendra Modi government. Speaking at an event of his party here, Gandhi accused the NDA government of "pitting one community against the other" and gave it a score of "zero" as …
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June 12, 2017Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed the Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre and said the power of truth is being completely replaced by the truth of power. "Today in India the power of truth is being completely replaced by the truth of power," Rahul said. "Thousands and thousands of journalists are …
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June 12, 2017Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will visit Bengaluru on Monday to release a commemorative publication of the National Herald, said a senior Congress leader. "Gandhi will release 'India at Crossroads: 70 Years of Independence'," Karnataka Congress President G. Parameshwara told reporters here on Sunday. Vice President Hamid Ansari and Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala are …
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June 11, 2017Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday paid obeisance at the Golden Temple here in an unscheduled visit to the city. Along with his security cover, Gandhi reached the Golden Temple after 4 PM. He avoided taking VIP entry and stood in queue along with other devotees to reach sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple. He …
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June 10, 2017Addressing farmers at Bawana village in Delhi to protest against the "illegal" arrest of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, Delhi Congress president Ajay Maken said on Friday that the MP police used bullets to silence farmers, and when Rahul Gandhi went to meet the family members of the dead farmers to …
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June 10, 2017Rahul has been able to project himself as a hero to both those distressed sections.
June 9, 2017The Congress on Thursday condemned the detention of party vice president Rahul Gandhi while he was on his way to violence-hit Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh and said it reveals the cowardice of the Modi government. "The arrest of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi by Madhya Pradesh police on his way to visit the victims of …
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June 8, 2017Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who was detained by police on Thursday, has been allowed by the administration to meet the families of farmers killed in Mandsaur. "After a long struggle, the administration has finally ageed to allow Rahul Gandhi to meet the families of those who were killed in police firing," former Congress MP …
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June 8, 2017Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday accused the Congress of conspiring to instigate violence in Mandsaur, where five farmers were allegedly killed in police firing, and dubbed its Vice President Rahul Gandhi's decision to visit the state as part of his "irresponsible behaviour". "Those forces are conspiring which don't want to see Madhya Pradesh moving ahead. …
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June 8, 2017The farmer movement in Madhya Pradesh moved into high political gear on Thursday as Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and other senior party leaders were detained by police when they tried to make their way to Mandsaur, ground zero of the protests. Police moved in to stop Gandhi as he defied elaborate security arrangements and …
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June 8, 2017Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was on Thursday detained by police in Madhya Pradesh and was taken into preventive custody at Neemuch border as he tried to enter the violence-hit Mandsaur to meet protesting farmers. "I just want to meet the farmers. If your ideology is not that of the RSS, you are not allowed …
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June 8, 2017Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday sent his security personnel into a tizzy after he took a bike ride to reach Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh where police shot dead five protesting farmers. Gandhi entered Madhya Pradesh by car from Rajasthan in a cavalcade of Congress leaders and activists. As he entered Neemuch district, he …
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June 8, 2017Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday accused the Congress of instigating and politicising farmers' stir in Madhya Pradesh and termed Rahul Gandhi's planned visit to the violence-hit Mandsaur as "another photo opportunity". Speaking to reporters here, Naidu also dismissed the Congress' demand that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan step down from his post in …
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