Gets Rajya Sabha candidate ticket from Madhya Pradesh
The real question is not whether Jyotiraditya Scindia betrayed Congress or whether the Nehru-Gandhi party failed him. The crisis is much deeper
Gandhi also said the PM may have 'missed' noticing the 35 per cent crash in global oil prices and asked him to pass on the benefit to Indians by slashing petrol prices
Meanwhile, Jyotiraditya Scindia, who resigned from the Congress earlier today, is likely to join the BJP on Wednesday
There is speculation that he could join the BJP, get elected to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh, and join the Union cabinet
After remaining 'incommunicado' for hours, Jyotiraditya Scindia finally resigned from the Congress party. Read live updates on Madhya Pradesh political crisis
Scindia believes in the Congress he did not find the royal road to a position he deserves. So, "it is now time for me to move on", he wrote in his resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi
This would also help Rahul's plan for a generational shift in the Rajya Sabha as well, party insiders say
Scindia and Nath have fallen out over the post of the state Congress president, which is currently held by the chief minister
After the meeting, Nath said any decision on the party's nominees for Rajya Sabha polls would be taken unanimously
Yes Bank was placed under a moratorium on Thursday, with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) capping deposit withdrawals at the bank at Rs 50,000 per account for a month and superseding its board
BJP and Congress members pushed and shoved each other in Lok Sabha as opposition members vehemently protested over the issue of violence in Delhi
Congress MP said the party had pressure on them to visit the riot affected areas because IUML and Left parties had made the visit
Gandhi's attack came after India on Monday reported two new cases of the novel coronavirus, including one from the national capital
By late Monday, #NoSir, #ModiJi, #NarendraModi were trending on Twitter, and netizens implored him not to quit his profiles
The post garnered thousands of likes and retweets within just a few minutes
The Congress leader's dig came after Prime Minister Modi sent the social media abuzz with his tweet.
One even went to the extent of suggesting the title "Uttar Pradesh bana hatya pradesh (Uttar Pradesh becomes a land of murders)".
Party sources defended him saying the Gandhi scion was away on a tour, but as a party veteran pointed out, Gandhi was missed as he was still the party's best bet
Congress must escape Nehru-Gandhi grip