Rahul Gandhi takes stock of Congress’s performance
1 month, 1 week ago

Rahul Gandhi takes stock of Congress’s performance

The Hindu  

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met his party’s Lok Sabha colleagues and reviewed their performance in the first part of the Budget session. Follow Parliament Budget Session Day 9 Updates Later, Mr. Gandhi, Lok Sabha member from Wayanad Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other Kerala MPs staged a demonstration within the Parliament complex over the issues of animal attacks in the State and protection of coastal areas from sand mining. The MPs carried placards that read ‘stop offshore sand mining’, ‘save lives’, ‘prevent wildlife attacks’ and ‘protect coastal and forest bordering communities’. On Tuesday, the Congress and the Revolutionary Socialist Party raised in the Lok Sabha the issue of sand mining and urged the Centre to withdraw its decision to conduct offshore sand mining in Kerala, Gujarat and Andaman and Nicobar islands.

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Congress MPs stage protest in Parliament premises, flag issues of sand mining, animal attacks in Kerala
1 month, 1 week ago

Congress MPs stage protest in Parliament premises, flag issues of sand mining, animal attacks in Kerala

The Hindu  

Congress MPs, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, staged a demonstration in Parliament House premises on Thursday over the issues of animal attacks in Kerala and protection of coastal areas from sand mining. "The Central government and the state government have to send funds to mitigate this problem because when I spoke with local level people they are trying …

Congress steps up campaign over Amit Shah’s remarks on Dr. Ambedkar
3 months ago

Congress steps up campaign over Amit Shah’s remarks on Dr. Ambedkar

The Hindu  

Stepping up its campaign against Home Minister Amit Shah for his comment that it has become a “fashion” to take Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar’s name, the Congress on Saturday announced a plan to hold countrywide press conferences and Ambedkar samman marches in the next few days. “On 24 December, all across the country, we will hold Babasaheb Ambedkar Samman Marches and …

Rahul: Assess Congress’s LS performance in K’taka
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Rahul: Assess Congress’s LS performance in K’taka

Hindustan Times  

Following the Lok Sabha election results in Karnataka, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi convened a meeting in Bengaluru on Friday with newly elected Members of Parliament and losing candidates to assess the party’s performance. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and State Dy CM DK Shivakumar Addressing the media following the meeting, deputy chief minister and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president DK Shivakumar said …

Rahul Gandhi unveils Congress' plan of scrapping Agniveer scheme
11 months ago

Rahul Gandhi unveils Congress' plan of scrapping Agniveer scheme

India TV News  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday that the arch-rival BJP won't even win 150 seats as against their 400-plus seat claim in the Lok Sabha election 2024. Gandhi promised that Congress is going to provide a guaranteed minimum support price to the farmers of India, and the INDI Alliance government would implement a minimum tax and waive off farmers' …

Rahul Gandhi joins farmers in paddy fields during unscheduled stop at Haryana’s Sonipat
1 year, 8 months ago

Rahul Gandhi joins farmers in paddy fields during unscheduled stop at Haryana’s Sonipat

The Hindu  

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi started his weekend by interacting with farmers working in their field, driving a tractor, and taking part in paddy cultivation at Madina village of Haryana’s Sonipat district. Local Congress leaders said that Mr. Gandhi reached Madina village amid a light drizzle at 6:40 a.m. and spent nearly two-and-a-half hours there, eating food brought by women …

Karnataka elections: Congress has made promises that can be implemented, says Rahul Gandhi
1 year, 10 months ago

Karnataka elections: Congress has made promises that can be implemented, says Rahul Gandhi

The Hindu  

The four “guarantees” and assurances the Congress made to fishermen are ones that the party will implement after it comes to power in the State, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at Uchchila in Udupi district on Thursday. In addition, each fishermen, Mr. Gandhi said, has been assured of ₹10 lakh insurance cover, ₹1 lakh interest-free loan for fisherwoman, and 500 …

Rahul Gandhi saga: Congress gets on the front foot
1 year, 11 months ago

Rahul Gandhi saga: Congress gets on the front foot

The Hindu  

Published : Apr 06, 2023 11:00 IST - 8 MINS READ “Where is the outrage? She was referring to the thin presence of Congress and Seva Dal workers who were raising intermittent slogans of “Rahul, tum sangharsh karo, hum tumhare saath hain.” The aide assured her that the party would soon be upping the ante, legally and politically. That was …

Rahul seeks quick government intervention to mitigate man-animal conflict in Wayanad
2 years, 4 months ago

Rahul seeks quick government intervention to mitigate man-animal conflict in Wayanad

The Hindu  

Rahul Gandhi, MP, has urged the government to adopt effective steps to mitigate the rising man-animal conflict in Wayanad. In a letter to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday, Mr. Gandhi said there were frequent reports of domestic animals being attacked or killed by tigers in Nenmeni, Meenangadi, Mullankolly and Pulpally panchayats, besides Sulthan Bathery municipality in the district. He …

Congress to fight against hate-mongering, says Rahul Gandhi
2 years, 5 months ago

Congress to fight against hate-mongering, says Rahul Gandhi

Deccan Chronicle  

Tumakuru : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi held an interaction with the masses as the Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed from Mayasandra, Tumakuru in Karnataka on Saturday and said that the party believes in fighting against those who spread hatred. "My view is that it doesn't matter who the person spreading hatred is, it doesn't matter which community they come from, spreading …

Udaipur done, London Calling: As slow-mo Congress implosion continues, Rahul looks West to share his vision
2 years, 10 months ago

Udaipur done, London Calling: As slow-mo Congress implosion continues, Rahul looks West to share his vision

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Party in tatters, will travel. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s latest absence from India comes at the end of a scorched earth trail, featuring the great escape of Gujarat firebrand Hardik Patel, the great switcheroo of former Punjab state chief Sunil Jakhar, and the Go-To-Jail ignominy of the man who would be CM Navjot Singh Sidhu. Rahul Gandhi is …

Road ahead for Congress more challenging than ever before: Sonia Gandhi chairs parliamentary party meet
2 years, 11 months ago

Road ahead for Congress more challenging than ever before: Sonia Gandhi chairs parliamentary party meet

Firstpost  

Addressing a meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party, she also hit out at the BJP, saying the ruling party’s “divisive agenda” has become a regular feature of political discourse in all states New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday called for unity at all levels of the organisation while noting that the road ahead for the party is more …

Watch | Rahul Gandhi partakes Langar at Golden Temple in his first visit after election announcement
3 years, 1 month ago

Watch | Rahul Gandhi partakes Langar at Golden Temple in his first visit after election announcement

India TV News  

Highlights Rahul Gandhi, Cong candidates offer prayers at Golden Temple Congress is seeking to retain power in Punjab Gandhi is visiting the poll-bound state for the first time after the election dates were announced Congress leader Rahul Gandhi along with party candidates for the Punjab assembly polls offered prayers at the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Gandhi …

Protect Goa's environment, fishermen's interest: Rahul Gandhi's top promises ahead of 2022 Assembly polls
3 years, 4 months ago

Protect Goa's environment, fishermen's interest: Rahul Gandhi's top promises ahead of 2022 Assembly polls

India Today  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived in Goa on Saturday ahead of next year’s assembly elections in the state. If it doesn't benefit Goa, we don't want it to be a coal hub,” Rahul Gandhi said. Rahul Gandhi promised to work towards protecting the environment of Goa and said, “My mother comes here when she is unwell. “Be it hotel or …

Rahul Gandhi, Congress MPs protest inside Parliament complex, demand repeal of new farm laws
3 years, 8 months ago

Rahul Gandhi, Congress MPs protest inside Parliament complex, demand repeal of new farm laws

India TV News  

Congress MPs staged a protest inside the Parliament complex in support of protesting farmers and demanded that the three agriculture laws be withdrawn. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other leaders of the party participated in the protest. Congress MPs from both houses gathered outside Mahatma Gandhi's statue in Parliament complex and raised slogans against the government and the Prime Minister. …

Rahul Gandhi ignored farmers protest in Delhi, going to sea with Kerala fishermen: Kerala CM Vijayan
4 years ago

Rahul Gandhi ignored farmers protest in Delhi, going to sea with Kerala fishermen: Kerala CM Vijayan

India TV News  

A couple of days after Rahul Gandhi unleashed a rare attack on the LDF government, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan cornered the Congress leader over his visit to the state to extend support to the fishermen while completely ignoring the farmers protesting in Delhi. "Rahul Gandhi after coming to Kerala is driving a tractor and going to sea with fishermen. Taking …

Watch: The moment Rahul Gandhi jumped into Kerala sea with fishermen
4 years ago

Watch: The moment Rahul Gandhi jumped into Kerala sea with fishermen

India Today  

Caught under fire for his comments on the North vs South divide in India as well as a gaffe demanding a fisheries ministry in India, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi decided to take a moment to cool down as he jumped into the sea with fishermen in Kerala's Kollam on Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/grr7xdj1EH— Hibi Eden February 25, 2021 According to Congress workers, …

Parliament session should be called to withdraw farm laws: Rahul Gandhi
4 years, 2 months ago

Parliament session should be called to withdraw farm laws: Rahul Gandhi

Live Mint  

Senior leaders of the Congress led by former party chief Rahul Gandhi met President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday and urged him that a joint sitting of Parliament must be called soon to withdraw the three farm bills. The day saw high drama after senior party leaders including general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were stopped by police and taken to …

Will coastal belt make do without a Rahul Gandhi blitz?
5 years, 11 months ago

Will coastal belt make do without a Rahul Gandhi blitz?

Deccan Chronicle  

Mangaluru: With barely a week to go for the April 18 Lok Sabha election in Karnataka, no rally of Congress president, Rahul Gandhi has been scheduled for the coast, making it perhaps the first poll in recent years in which a Nehru family member has not campaigned here. Although there were rumours of Congress leader, Priyanka Gandhi visiting Mangaluru, this …

Highlight Modi govt's 'dictatorial style' of governance, burning issues in Lok Sabha poll campaign: Rahul Gandhi to Congress office-bearers
6 years, 1 month ago

Highlight Modi govt's 'dictatorial style' of governance, burning issues in Lok Sabha poll campaign: Rahul Gandhi to Congress office-bearers

India TV News  

Highlight Modi govt's 'dictatorial style' of governance, burning issues in Lok Sabha poll campaign: Rahul Gandhi to Congress office-bearers In the meeting, the Congress chief said the candidate selection process should be more inclusive and participation of maximum party stakeholders and workers should be ensured. Raise Modi government's "dictatorial style" of governance and "burning issues" such as farm distress and …

MP Assembly polls: Rahul Gandhi to kick off Congress campaign today in Bhopal
6 years, 6 months ago

MP Assembly polls: Rahul Gandhi to kick off Congress campaign today in Bhopal

India TV News  

In the poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, Congress president Rahul Gandhi will launch his party's campaign on Monday. Catch all the latest news about Lok Sabha elections 2019 HERE "A T-shape ramp has been constructed near the stage from where Gandhi is going to take questions from party workers and interact with them," Chaturvedi said, reported news agency PTI. Ahead of Gandhi's …

'Talk poverty, avoid community', Muslim intellectuals advise Rahul Gandhi for 2019 polls
6 years, 8 months ago

'Talk poverty, avoid community', Muslim intellectuals advise Rahul Gandhi for 2019 polls

India TV News  

'Talk poverty, avoid community', Muslim intellectuals advise Rahul Gandhi for 2019 polls "In the meeting, we advised Rahul Gandhi to not talk about the Muslim community in particular as it will give others an opportunity to polarise him as a leader. Congress President Rahul Gandhi has been advised by Muslim intellectuals to stay away from the topic of community and …

Rahul Gandhi lends ear to cyclone Ockhi woes
7 years, 3 months ago

Rahul Gandhi lends ear to cyclone Ockhi woes

Deccan Chronicle  

KANYAKUMARI: Congress President-elect, Rahul Gandhi, after giving a patient hearing to the woes of fishermen and farmers hit by the Ockhi cyclone in Kanyakumari district, promised on Thursday to exert 'tremendous pressure' on the government in his capacity as opposition leader for their quick relief and rehabilitation. In a brief address after patiently listening to the complaints of the fisher-folks, …

Before CWC meet, Rahul Gandhi to meet leaders of non-Congress ruled states
9 years, 6 months ago

Before CWC meet, Rahul Gandhi to meet leaders of non-Congress ruled states

Firstpost  

The meeting comes days after the land ordinance was allowed to lapse as the government, facing stiff all-round resistance, decided not to re-promulgate it for the fourth time. New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi has convened a meeting here on Monday of Congress Legislative Party leaders of states where the party is in opposition. The meeting will take place a day ahead …

Rahul Gandhi's concern for farmers a political stunt: Badal |IndiaTV News
9 years, 9 months ago

Rahul Gandhi's concern for farmers a political stunt: Badal |IndiaTV News

India TV News  

Muktsar: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said the “sudden” concern of Rahul Gandhi for farmers was merely a “political stunt” as he blamed the Congress party and Gandhi family for farmers' plight across the country. “The long spell of Congress party's misrule under Gandhi family had broken the backbone of the farmers,” he said, adding, farmers have been …

Resurgent Rahul reaches out to Punjab farmers, undertakes whirlwind tour of three grain markets
9 years, 10 months ago

Resurgent Rahul reaches out to Punjab farmers, undertakes whirlwind tour of three grain markets

Hindustan Times  

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday paid a picture-perfect visit to three grain markets of Punjab, reaping a political harvest contrasting with a bitter one for the state’s farmers. We have blocked the GT Road and stopped trains,” said 65-year-old Harjit Singh of Kalal Majra village as the Khanna mandi was abuzz with Rahul’s visit. As he arrived amid heavy …

Congress to keep raising farmers’ issues: Sonia
9 years, 11 months ago

Congress to keep raising farmers’ issues: Sonia

The Hindu  

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday said that the party will keep raising farmers issues after holding deliberations with all Lok Sabha MPs of the party including Rahul Gandhi, who today accused government of “ignoring” the farming community. “We will keep raising farmers issues,” Ms. Gandhi said after meeting party MPs during which the party finalized the issues it wanted …

‘Congress will put up a united front’
9 years, 11 months ago

‘Congress will put up a united front’

The Hindu  

In his first public appearance since returning from nearly two months of leave, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi met farmers from different north Indian States in his house here on Saturday. A source close to Mr. Gandhi said the Congress was keen on focussing the people’s attention on the agitation against the NDA’s land ordinance rather than on infighting within the …

Rahul Gandhi meets farmers
9 years, 11 months ago

Rahul Gandhi meets farmers

The Hindu  

Making his first public appearance after his nearly two-month long absence, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday declared that he will oppose tooth and nail the Land Acquisition Bill and make the government heed to the demands for its withdrawal. Holding two interactive sessions with farmers and their representatives from various states at his residence a day before the party’s …

Rahul Gandhi's return will benefit nation: Jairam Ramesh | IndiaTV News
9 years, 11 months ago

Rahul Gandhi's return will benefit nation: Jairam Ramesh | IndiaTV News

India TV News  

Ahmedabad: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said here today that party Vice President Rahul Gandhi would return to address a farmers' rally on April 19, adding that his return would not only benefit the Congress but also the entire country. However, Ramesh dodged the question about Rahul Gandhi's present location and said that the All India Congress Committee would decide about …

Rahul to join stir against land ordinance
9 years, 11 months ago

Rahul to join stir against land ordinance

The Hindu  

Putting at rest endless speculation about Rahul Gandhi’s return from his much-talked about “leave of absence,” Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh said on Monday that the party vice-president would be back in action later this month to join the agitation against the land acquisition ordinance. Meanwhile, the ambiguity over whether Mr. Gandhi will be anointed party president continued with senior …

The Hindu Exclusive: I honoured Rahul's requests, says Jayanthi Natarajan
10 years, 1 month ago

The Hindu Exclusive: I honoured Rahul's requests, says Jayanthi Natarajan

The Hindu  

In a major disclosure, former Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said she received “specific requests” from Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on environmental clearances and she consequently rejected big-ticket projects despite pressure from Cabinet colleagues seeking approval. In a strong letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi in November, exclusively available with The Hindu, Ms. Natarajan said she had become a victim …

Leadership for dummies: Some unsolicited tips for Rahul Gandhi to avoid killing Congress in 2015
10 years, 3 months ago

Leadership for dummies: Some unsolicited tips for Rahul Gandhi to avoid killing Congress in 2015

Firstpost  

Rahul Gandhi will be the most watched person in 2015. Remember the names of grassroots workers: It is widely accepted that Rahul Gandhi isn’t fond of remembering names, especially those who form the real strength of the party, the grassroot worker. Among the recent lot is this one to party men: ‘Do you think Congress is perceived to be anti-Hindu?’ …

Meeting the people, Rahul-style
11 years ago

Meeting the people, Rahul-style

The Hindu  

Whether Rahul Gandhi’s poll promises materialise or not, this Versova fishing village, where the Congress vice-president came for a public meeting, has got a cleanup at least. Mr Gandhi kick-started his poll campaign in Mumbai by meeting about 500 fisherfolk at a quadrangle by the sea at Versova Village in the western suburb of Andheri. Incidentally, his great grandfather Pandit …

Rahul slips into Sonia’s shoes
12 years ago

Rahul slips into Sonia’s shoes

The Hindu  

Streamline the party organisation and put in place a system that will bridge the communication and coordination deficit, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi told central office-bearers here on Wednesday evening. In the next fortnight, he added, he intended bringing together PCC chiefs, CLP leaders, and central general secretaries and secretaries in charge of States for a discussion, even as some senior …

Rahul meets Odisha Congress leaders
12 years, 1 month ago

Rahul meets Odisha Congress leaders

The Hindu  

A day after interacting with grassroot workers from western and southern Odisha, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday held talks with leaders from other regions to discuss strategies to pull the party out of morass in Odisha ahead of the next general elections. Soon after his arrival at the millennium city of Cuttack, Mr. Gandhi held deliberations with party functionaries …

Rahul in Odisha to revive Congress' fortune
12 years, 1 month ago

Rahul in Odisha to revive Congress' fortune

Hindustan Times  

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who began a two-day tour of Odisha on Monday from Sambalpur, was flooded with suggestions from grassroots workers on how to revive the fortunes of the party that has lost three consecutive assembly elections since 2000 and on return to power in the state. HT Image Gandhi, who reached an airstrip in Sambalpur – about …

Rahul Gandhi to assess impact of the mining ban in Goa
12 years, 3 months ago

Rahul Gandhi to assess impact of the mining ban in Goa

Firstpost  

Subhash Shirodkar said Rahul Gandhi would also interact with party members and will address a convention of the Congress-aligned National Students Union of India. Panaji: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit Goa on 20 December to assess the impact of the mining ban in the state, a state Congress leader said Monday. Speaking to reporters in Panaji, state Congress …

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