Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh and Madhya Pradesh Industries Minister Kailash Vijaywargiya are locked in a war of words over Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's political success. Days before Rahul's two-day visit to the state on April 24, Vijaywargiya had said that the Congress Vice-President was a "flop film", which had already flopped in the assembly polls in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat.
An anonymous letter threatening to kill Rahul Gandhi at an election meeting in Puducherry has been received by a senior Congress leader V Narayanasamy.
While the Congress vice-president fighting an anti-incumbency wave is doing all he can to wrest power in the Gandhi stronghold, Amethi, political pundits believe that his estranged cousin, Varun, riding on a strong Modi wave will sail through in Sultanpur. Anita Katyal reports on their political battles.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf wonders why no one objects to jokes about Rahul Gandhi, but are upset when Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar are mocked.
The case against Rahul was filed by a local RSS functionary over the former's speech in which he claimed that 'the RSS people had killed Gandhi'.
Kumar Vishwas, an Aam Aadmi Party leader whose name is doing the rounds as the candidate Arvind Kejriwal might field against Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha elections, has dared the Bharatiya Janata Party to make it a three-cornered fight by fielding Narendra Modi.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who was scheduled to undertake a two-day tour of his parliamentary constituency Amethi on Tuesday, postponed his visit due to bad weather conditions. Gandhi will now undertake a two-day visit to Amethi from Thursday. It will be his first visit to his constituency after taking over as the Congress vice-president.
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Fatorda, Belagavi, Jaunpur, Mehsana, Dehradun are on RG's itinerary.
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A senior Congressman from South India told Rediff.com, "This is a big setback for Rahul Gandhi's strategy of stalling Parliament. Sushma has not resigned and Khargeji is speaking and debating. What does it say about our stand in this session?"
Amid an uproar over the Supreme Court verdict on gay rights issue, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said she was disappointed that the apex court had reversed a previous Delhi high court judgement decriminalising homosexuality and hoped Parliament would address the matter.
A court at Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district on Monday asked Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi to appear before it latest by May 8 in a defamation case filed against him by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh functionary for allegedly saying that Mahatma Gandhi's assassin was an RSS member.
Congress workers were in a joyous mood as they celebrated the birthday of party vice president Rahul Gandhi, who turned 44 on Thursday. Although Rahul is not in Delhi and travelling abroad, his absence did not deter party supporters from marking their leader's birthday with fanfare.
Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Saturday stirred a controversy by saying that time has come for Rahul Gandhi to take charge of the party from his mother Sonia Gandhi, a statement that was described as his "personal views" by the party.
Rahul was scheduled to visit on Saturday Shabbirpur village, where Dalit houses were torched on May 5.
He is expected to spell out his vision for economic growth of the country at the CII's Annual General Meeting.
Rahul Gandhi took a dig at PM Modi, saying his 'Digital India' scheme cannot become a "euphemism" for an Internet controlled by large remote corporations.
Sunday's build-up for Rahul Gandhi as the Congress leader empowered to take decisions is a clear signal to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that the next election belongs to the younger man.
The local administration has cancelled the application of Congress Vice President and local Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi for issuance of a domicile certificate.
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The party has tried to downplay its vice-president's sudden move, saying he is the leader and will come back soon to play a pro-active role in party affairs
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Recently, he had surprised many by talking of net neutrality
Union Minister Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday warned of a criminal defamation case against Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi if the latter continues to insult External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused urgent hearing on a plea seeking a direction to the Central Bureau of Investigation to register a case against Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for allegedly declaring himself as a British national before company law authorities there.
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday joined the mass hunger strike at the Hyderabad University campus to express solidarity with the students protesting against the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula who would have turned 27 on Saturday.
Congress circles have started speculating about who could possibly be Rahul Gandhi's prime ministerial choice in the remote possibility that the UPA gets the numbers to form a government for the third time in 2014. The three names which are being mentioned in this connection are Manmohan Singh, P Chidambaram and A K Antony. Sunita Moga reports.
The recent assembly results and the subsequent developments have proved the Congress wrong on every count, including its strategy to avoid a direct face-off between Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi. Anita Katyal reports
The recent assembly results and the subsequent developments have proved the Congress wrong on every count, including its strategy to avoid a direct face-off between Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi. Anita Katyal reports
Sharad Pawar claimed that two individuals had met him in New Delhi before the 2024 Maharashtra assembly polls and 'guaranteed' the Opposition's victory in 160 of 288 constituencies.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will hit the campaign trail in poll bound Karnataka at Bellary, Raichur and Bijapur on April 23.
Gandhi is scheduled to visit Amethi from October 4-6.
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Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday shared stage with the leaders of the Left Front
Launching a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday said the Congress vice president's dream of victory in the Lok Sabha elections is like filling gas in a balloon which is full of holes.
According to reports, Gandhi will address two public meetings at Mokokchung and Dimapur districts.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who is a known supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has said that he sees a lot of 'Indianness' in Congress president Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
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