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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Congress screening committee will finalise the distribution of seats after discussing with party chief Rahul Gandhi, when he visits the state on Thursday. A committee meeting was held on Monday in Delhi under the leadership of General Secretary KC Venugopal. The meeting was attended by former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary ... Read More »

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi also must be investigated in the Rafale fighter jet deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said today, stepping up the attack on the government. His comments come a day after he said there is “enough evidence” to prosecute PM Modi in the matter. Mr Gandhi, who has been alleging corruption and crony capitalism in the ... Read More »

The current session of Parliament is paralysed, thanks to the growing solidarity among the opposition parties to embarrass the Narendra Modi government over its decision to demonetise old notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500. And all of this in the name of the “common men” who have been forced to stand in long queues in front of banks and ... Read More »

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar on Tuesday is understood to have differed with the claims of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on the surgical strikes carried out by the Indian Army’s special forces across the LoC on September 29 to demolish terror camps. Briefing the parliamentary panel on external affairs, the foreign secretary was quoted by MPs as saying that, “the army ... Read More »

A day after Anandiben Patel decided to step down as Chief Minister, Rahul Gandhi today said making her a “scapegoat” would not save the BJP in Gujarat as the 13-year Narendra Modi rule in the state was responsible for its “burning”. “13 years of Modi rule, not 2 years of Anandiben are responsible for Gujarat burning. Sacrificing the scapegoat wont ... Read More »

AMETHI: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday pushed for his party’s government that cares for people in “shirts, chappals and kurta-pyjamas” unlike Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “suit-boot ki sarkar that encourages crony capitalism”, and said people of India were starting to see through the latter’s empty promises. On a two-day visit of his parliamentary constituency Amethi, Rahul said: “The PM ... Read More »

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said farmers will reduce his (Modi) “56-inch chest” to “5.6 inches” in six months and not an inch of land will be ceded. Sharpening his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the land bill, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said farmers will reduce his “56-inch chest” to “5.6 inches” in six months ... Read More »

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is likely to replace his mother, Sonia Gandhi, as party president at the 84th session of the All India Congress Committee to be held in September. Informed sources told The Hindu that the session was likely to be held in Bengaluru, capital of one of the few large States where the Congress is in power. The last full ... Read More »