Ladakh lawmaker Jamyang Tsering Namgyal has waded into the political back-and-forth between the opposition and the ruling BJP-led government over the India-China border row with a sharp comeback to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Namgyal, responding to Rahul Gandhi’s tweet asking the government to spell out if the Chinese had occupied […]
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‘There was no lockdown even during the World War’: Rahul Gandhi on Covid-19
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the world didn’t go through a lockdown even during the World War, as it has faced today due to the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s quote surreal. I don’t think anyone imagined that the world would be locked down in this way. I don’t think that […]
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Rahul Gandhi has ‘limited’ understanding about Covid-19: BJP chief JP Nadda
Slamming Rahul Gandhi for his criticism of the Modi government’s handling of the COVID-19 situation, BJP president J P Nadda said on Saturday that the Congress leader’s understanding of these issues is limited and that his statements are not aimed at addressing the crisis but are all about politics. Addressing […]
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‘If 9/11 was a new chapter, Covid-19 is a new book’: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday that the Covid-19 crisis will change the existing structure and order in the world. Globally, the virus is operating at two levels: First, at the healthcare level and secondly, by attacking the global structures. If you look at the places which are most […]
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In dialogue with Rahul Gandhi, Harvard professor discusses lockdown exit
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday held a dialogue with global public healthcare expert Dr Ashish Jha and epidemiologist, Professor Johan Geisecke of the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, on the Covid-19 crisis. “The reason for a lockdown is that you are trying to stop the spread of the virus. Humanity has […]
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Government should come clear on Ladakh standoff with China: Rahul Gandhi
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged the government to come clean on the border standoff with China, saying there should be transparency on the issue. “What we would like to see is some more transparency on what is going on. It becomes difficult for us to have a […]
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‘Request PM Modi to play on front foot’: Rahul Gandhi on lockdown exit plan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initial plan to defeat coronavirus in 21 days has failed and that has pushed him on the backfoot, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, urging the PM to play on the front foot. Stressing his point further, the Congress leader said there has been one lockdown after another, but […]
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Congress releases video on Rahul Gandhi’s interaction with migrant workers
The Congress on Saturday released a video of an interaction between former party chief Rahul Gandhi and a group of migrant workers walking back to a village in Uttar Pradesh from Haryana amid the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown. The interaction took place on May 16 near Sukhdev Vihar flyover in New […]
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Rethink Rs 20 lakh crore package, give money to people: Rahul Gandhi
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the government must reconsider the Rs 20 lakh crore economic stimulus package and think about direct cash transfers to people suffering amid the lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Rahul Gandhi said migrants workers, who are walking home […]
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‘Reconsider economic package’: Rahul Gandhi’s ‘main message’ in his address
Former party chief and senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday held a press conference and reacted to the Centre’s Rs 20 lakh crore economic package which was announced on Tuesday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Gandhi said he is not making a political statement but is speaking on behalf […]
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Jharkhand Poll: Rahul Gandhi slams govt’s bid to amend law for tribal land
Promising to protect “Jal, Jungle, Jameen”, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the Congress and the Opposition alliance, if voted to power in Jharkhand, would protect the land of tribals and would not allow amendments in the Chotanagpur Tenancy (CNT) and Santhal Pargana Tenancy (SPT) Acts as proposed by […]
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‘Terrorist Pragya calls terrorist Godse patriot, sad day for India’s Parliament’: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its MP Pragya Thakur’s controversial comments on Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse. “Terrorist Pragya calls terrorist Godse, a patriot. A sad day, in the history of India’s Parliament,” Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet. Pragya Thakur created a […]
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‘Democracy murdered in Maharashtra’: Rahul Gandhi in Parliament
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the government over the political situation in Maharashtra and said “democracy has been murdered” “I wanted to ask a question in the House but it doesn’t make any sense to ask a question right now as democracy has been murdered in Maharashtra,” Rahul Gandhi was […]
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Rahul Gandhi let off in contempt case with a warning from Supreme Court
Rahul Gandhi, who had run into trouble over remarks that attributed his political slogan over the Rafale deal to the judges, was let off by the Supreme Court on Thursday that decided to close a contempt case filed against the Congress leader. BJP Lok Sabha member Meenakshi Lekhi had filed […]
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‘When Election Commissioners were impartial’: Rahul Gandhi on TN Seshan
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday condoled the demise of former chief election commissioner T N Seshan and said, unlike today, there was a time when election commissioners were impartial, brave, and feared. Seshan, who ruthlessly enforced the model code of conduct and led the game-changing electoral reforms in the 1990s, […]