Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on the Gandhi family as he campaigned for his 'sister' Smriti Irani in Amethi. In his hour-long speech, he told people that he would bring about change and help people realise their dream.
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The Congress vice-president reached Fursatganj air strip in Amethi on Wednesday morning and then made his way to several booths in the area.
Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday held an impressive roadshow in family pocket borough Amethi as a huge crowd chanted slogans praising the Congress vice-president who has been representing the constituency for the past 10 years.
Announcing boycott from attending news channel debates in which Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam participates, Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday called for a public apology from the leader and the party.
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Gandhi is scheduled to visit Amethi from October 4-6.
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Narendra Modi stormed Rahul Gandhi bastion Amethi today and launched a scathing attack on the Gandhi parivaar. Here are 10 top quotes from his hour-long speech
"Is being part of Modi's 'political family' a 'guarantee of protection' for criminals?" Rahul Gandhi asked.
Union minister Smriti Irani reacted furiously to the Congress leader's barb at the prime minister over the Rafale purchase and the tense situation in Manipur.
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Bharatiya Janata Party chief J P Nadda and Union home minister Amit Shah held a brainstorming session on Tuesday with key party leaders tasked with boosting its prospects in 144 Lok Sabha seats, considered difficult for it, in the 2024 polls.
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'I don't think it is needed,' Vajpayee said in New Delhi when referred to Smriti Irani's demand.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Wednesday stayed the Uttar Pradesh government's order suspending the licence of Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Amethi over the death of a 22-year-old woman after a surgery.
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Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday rejected allegations that her ministry was trying to push books written by Hindutva ideologues, saying it will abide by "constitutional modalities" before taking any step.
Maliwal met the mother and husband of the two victims who had been paraded naked, molested and one of them was gangraped. The mother of the woman who was gangraped also lost her husband and son who were trying to save the victim from the sexual assault, the statement said.
When it comes to the Congress and Wayanad, the only way the scepticism in the minds of some in Kerala may be addressed is by the Gandhi family proving that they are more than a passing caravan in town, reports Shyam G Menon.
Along with Modi, senior BJP leaders including Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar, all ministers in Modi 2.0 Cabinet, took oath as cabinet ministers at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. In all, 71 ministers were sworn-in along with Modi, taking the strength of the Union council to 72.
Campaigning for her brother Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday asked the electorate in Amethi not to vote for "outsiders", an apparent reference his rivals Smriti Irani of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Aam Aadmi Party's Kumar Vishwas.
During the 90-minute programme, the HRD minister rejected the charge of saffronisation of education.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday alleged that the Congress has reduced the National Commission for Women into a political tool and insisted that a team of the panel that visited Guwahati treated the molestation case as a "photo opportunity" instead of ensuring the culprits were punished.
Congress leader Alka Lamba was on Monday removed from a fact-finding team of National Women's Commission, which looked into the case of molestation of a 17-year-old girl in Guwahati, for making public the victim's identity.
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Even Priyanka's formal entry into politics could not act as a saving grace for the Congress. She was made in-charge of the party's fortunes in eastern Uttar Pradesh, but despite her high-octane election campaign, Congress is ahead on just one seat -- her mother Sonia Gandhi from Raebareli.
Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani said that the government is committed to support and protect every vulnerable child who lost both parents to Covid.
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