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Rahul Gandhi visits memorials of former Prime Ministers, Mahatma Gandhi

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi visited the memorials of Mahatma Gandhi and several former prime ministers here on Monday morning. He visited Veer Bhumi, Shakti Sthal and Shanti Van, the memorials of former prime ministers Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. Rahul Gandhi also visited Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, and Vijay Ghat, the memorial of former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. He paid tributes to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his memorial Sadaiv Atal. The Congress leader had initially planned to pay homage to the former prime ministers on Saturday after his Bharat Jodo Yatra march but later rescheduled it to Monday morning.

Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra speeches are creating tremors: Stalin

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday hailed senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his ongoing 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' and said his speeches were creating tremors. Heaping praises on the country's first Prime Minister, the late Jawaharlal Nehru, Stalin said the country needs leaders like him and Mahatma Gandhi to uphold values like secularism and equality. The DMK President was speaking after releasing a book on Nehru, 'Mamanithar Nehru,' written by senior state Congress leader A Gopanna, here. Stalin said Nehru "was a true democrat, a symbol of parliamentary democracy. That is why all democratic forces hail him." In an apparent jibe at the ruling BJP at the Centre, he said while even important issues are not being allowed to be discussed in Parliament today, Nehru had encouraged opposing views. "We are reminded of Nehru now, even as public sector undertakings are being closed down." "Today's political situation shows us the true value of Nehru. Just like Tamil Nadu needs ..

IB interrogating people who interacted with Rahul Gandhi: Jairam Ramesh

Denying any secrecy pertaining to the Yatra, the Congress leader also took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah alleging that the two leaders are "nervous"

Walk for an India where no one lives in fear, says Rahul Gandhi on BJY

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre and said that Bharat Jodo Yatra is a "walk for an India where no one lives in fear"

Rahul harbouring bitterness over loss of power: BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad

Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad charged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with harbouring talkhi' (bitterness) over loss of political power and speaking of mohabbat' (love) during the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' to hide the same. The former Union minister also made a veiled reference to leaders like Kanhaiya Kumar, saying people who have nafrat' (hatred) for India and shouted anti-national slogans in JNU had joined the mohabbat ka paigham' rhetoric. I have come to Patna in connection with the municipal polls scheduled next week. I am under instructions to reply to Gandhi's diatribe in Delhi, said Prasad. He accused the Congress leader of disrespect towards Hindu faith and sanatan chetna, tracing it back to Jawaharlal Nehru's "disapproval" of active involvement of Sardar Patel in the renovation of Somnath temple and inauguration of it by then President Rajendra Prasad. The BJP leader also bristled at Gandhi's repeated reference to the Chinese occupation of Indian territory and asked he wou

BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad slams Rahul Gandhi over remarks against Army

Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi over his recent statements on the Indian Army, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said that it is Congress' "strategy" to make "hateful remarks" about Army

BJP uses communal hatred to divert attention from real issues: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP on Saturday of using communal hatred as a weapon and spreading it across the country to divert the attention of people from real issues. Addressing a big rally outside the Red Fort as the Congress's "Bharat Jodo Yatra" entered the national capital, Gandhi said he has not seen violence or hatred anywhere in the country while walking hundreds of kilometres from Kanyakumari to Delhi, but he sees it being spread on television all the time at the behest of the powers controlling the media. The former Congress chief also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spent thousands of crores of rupees to destroy his image, but he has shown the truth to the country in just a month. Gandhi also thanked people for the love and support showered on him so far during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which entered its 108th day on Saturday, and said after his request made in Rajasthan, people have opened lakhs of shops to

Gandhi family walks together as Bharat Jodo Yatra entered Delhi today

The Gandhi family walked together in the Bharat Jodo Yatra on Saturday as former party president Sonia Gandhi, her daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren joined Rahul Gandhi in the march in the national capital. Sonia Gandhi and her family members walked with Rahul Gandhi for a short distance till the yatra halted for the morning break at the Ashram Chowk in Delhi. This is the second time Sonia Gandhi, also Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson, joined the yatra that began in September from Kanyakumari. She had earlier taken part in the march in October when it was in Mandya in Karnataka. This is the first time the entire family has walked in the Bharat Jodo Yatra together. Wearing a mask, Sonia Gandhi walked with Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Robert Vadra and her grandchildren and waved to the public waiting along the roads to see the family. "The love that I have received from her, I am sharing the same with the country," Rahul Gandhi tweeted in Hindi with a picture of

LIVE: RT-PCR to be mandatory for passengers from China, Japan, S Korea, HK

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Congress to start 'Haat se Haat Jodo' campaign, says Digvijaya Singh

"The door-to-door campaign will start after 30 January. We will spread the message of Rahul Gandhi and his yatra among everyone"

Sonia, Priyanka join Rahul Gandhi for Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra in Delhi

As the foot-march entered the national capital in the morning, Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the BJP and RSS, saying they believe in "spreading hatred" but the common people want "harmony

RSS/BJP policies aimed at spreading fear, converting it to hatred: Rahul

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the RSS/BJP of spreading fear in the country and said they convert this fear into hatred but the Congress will not allow that to happen. Addressing a gathering at the Delhi border as the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Gandhi entered Delhi, he said, "They spread hatred, we spread love and embrace all Indians". "There is Hindustan and 'Mohabbat' (love) in this Bharat Jodo yatra, which does not see any caste, creed, religion, rich or poor and all embrace each other," he told a large gathering here. "RSS/BJP's all policies are to spread fear. They want that everyone should have fear in them and they convert this 'dar' into 'nafrat' (fear into hatred). If there is no 'dar', it will not be converted into 'nafrat'. We say 'daro mat'. We spread Mohabbat. We embrace all Indians," he said. Gandhi alleged that the BJP/RSS has done nothing but spread hatred and the yatra aims to show a different way to India of uniting people through love. "As I had

Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Delhi, gets warm welcome at Badarpur border

The Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra, led by party leader Rahul Gandhi, entered Delhi early Saturday morning and was accorded a warm welcome at the Badarpur border. A large number of workers from Delhi Congress-led by Delhi unit chief Anil Chaudhary welcomed Gandhi and the Yatris at the Delhi border in Badarpur. The yatra entered Delhi from the Faridabad side in Haryana. Senior party leaders, including former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Kumari Selja, Randeep Surjewala, Shaktisinh Gohil and others accompanied Rahul Gandhi as part of the yatra. "Remove inflation, unemployment and hatred. Carrying this voice of India, we have come to the throne of the 'king', we have come to Delhi. Come join us in the capital to rise it even higher," the Congress said in a tweet in Hindi. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh earlier tweeted in Hindi that the Bharat Jodo Yatra on its 108th day is entering Delhi. "For the last few days, there has been a heightened sense of unease there. But, one

What does Rahul want?

What politicians seek is power, which Rahul Gandhi once described contemptuously as poison. If he has changed his mind, his party doesn't know. If he hasn't, they'll ask why this boondoggle then?

Delhi Congress gears up to welcome Bharat Jodo Yatra on December 24

The Delhi unit of Congress is all set to receive the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra as it enters the national capital through the Badarpur Border on Saturday

Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes from Kherli Lala on last day of Haryana leg

The Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra, led by party leader leader Rahul Gandhi, resumed on Friday from Kherli Lala in Sohna on the third and last day of its Haryana leg in the first phase. Senior Congress leaders from the state have been part of the foot march that entered Nuh in Haryana from Rajasthan on Wednesday. Braving the morning chill, among those who walked along with Gandhi were former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and senior leaders Randeep Singh Surjewala and Kumari Selja. The yatra will pass through Faridabad district, including Pakhal village, Pali Chowk and Gopal Garden, during the day. After entering Nuh on Wednesday, Gandhi had targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), suggesting that while the Congress gives voice to farmers and labourers, another ideology benefits only a select few. The former Congress chief had also slammed the ruling party over inflation and unemployment. On Thursday, Gandhi said the government is coming up with "excuses" to stop th

Electricity cut off in houses of those who joined Yatra: Jairam Ramesh

Despite multiple attempts by the BJP to derail 'Bharat Jodo Yatra', Rahul Gandhi-led campaign was receving support from the public, claimed Congress leader Jairam Ramesh

Govt coming up with excuses to stop Bharat Jodo Yatra, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the government is coming up with "excuses" to stop the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra', days after Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya wrote to him to consider suspending the march if Covid protocols could not be followed. The yatra, which started in Kanyakumari on September 7, has covered Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. "This yatra will go to Kashmir. Now, they have come out with a new idea. They wrote me a letter that Covid was spreading, stop the yatra," Gandhi said while addressing a gathering in Ghasera village in Haryana's Nuh district. The Bharat Jodo Yatra led by him entered the state through Nuh on Wednesday after its Rajasthan leg. "Now, they are coming up with excuses to stop the yatra. Wear masks, stop the yatra, Covid is spreading, these are all excuses," he said. Targeting the BJP, which is in power at the Centre and in Haryana, Gandhi said it is scared of the .

Delhi CM Kejriwal should stop BJY over Covid scare: Swami Chakrapani

Swami Chakrapani Maharaj, National President of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, has asked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to stop the Bharat Jodo Yatra in the wake of Covid scare

'Chronology Samajhiye': Congress' jibe at govt over PM's Covid meeting

"Understand the chronology," the Congress said on Thursday as it pointed out that the health minister wrote to Rahul Gandhi over Covid concerns and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was reviewing the virus-related situation just days before the Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Delhi. The Congress' jibe came just hours before Prime Minister Modi was set to review the situation related to COVID-19 in the country at a high-level meeting Thursday afternoon. "4 cases of Omicron sub-variant driving Chinese surge were reported in Gujarat and Odisha in July, September & November," Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said on Twitter. "Health Minister writes a letter to Rahul Gandhi yesterday. PM is reviewing situation today. Bharat Jodo Yatra will enter Delhi day after. Ab Aap Chronology Samjhiye(now, understand the chronology)," he said. Accusing the government of selectively picking on the Bharat Jodo Yatra over Covid concerns, the Congress on Wednesday had pointed to ...