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Rahul Gandhi takes train to Udaipur to attend Cong's 3-day Chintan Shivir

Rahul Gandhi on Thursday boarded a train from Delhi's Sarai Rohilla railway station along with some other senior leaders of the party as he headed to the party's three-day 'Chintan Shivir'.

Cong leaders to pitch for Rahul Gandhi as party president at Chintan Shivir

In the meeting, senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury told Wayanad MP that he should accept the post of President, according to sources

Defamation case: Rahul Gandhi seeks permanent exemption from appearance

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has moved an application in a court at Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district, seeking permanent exemption from appearance in a defamation case filed against him

Cong will form next Gujarat govt, says Rahul Gandhi as he swipes at Centre

In the BJP model, which has created two Indias, one for the rich and one for the poor, resources of the country belonging to poor people are being given to a few rich people, he said

'Two cylinders then at price of one now': Rahul Gandhi compares LPG prices

A day after the price of Liquefied petroleum gas cylinder was hiked by Rs 50, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday compared LPG prices between the UPA tenure and the present BJP government at the Centre.The hike in the LPG prices has attracted criticism across the Opposition parties with the Trinamool Congress condemning the price rise and the youth wing of the Congress, Indian Youth Congress staged a protest outside the residence of Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri.Taking to Twitter, Rahul Gandhi claimed that the price of the LPG during the UPA tenure was Rs 410 and the subsidy provided was Rs 827, while the LPG costs Rs 999 during the NDA tenure with zero subsidy.The Congress leader further took a jibe at the Centre and said that two cylinders were available then for the price of one now."2 cylinders then for the price of 1 now! Only Congress governs for the welfare of poor & middle-class Indian families. It's the core of our economic policy," .

Only Congress governs for welfare of poor, middle class: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday stepped up his attack on the government over the hike in price of domestic LPG cylinder, and said only his party governs for the welfare of poor and middle class families. Cooking gas LPG prices were on Saturday hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder, the second increase in rates in just over six weeks following the firming of international energy rates. Non-subsidised LPG now costs Rs 999.50 per 14.2-kg cylinder in the national capital, up from Rs 949.50 previously, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers. In a tweet, Gandhi compared the price of domestic LPG cylinder of about Rs 410 with a subsidy of Rs 827 in 2014 under a Congress-led government to that of over Rs 999 with "zero subsidy" in 2022 under the BJP-led Centre. "2 cylinders then for the price of 1 now!" the former Congress chief said. "Only Congress governs for the welfare of poor & middle class Indian families. It's the core of our economic policy," he said. After

KTR mocks Rahul Gandhi, says who wants to have an alliance with Congress

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao on Saturday ridiculed Rahul Gandhi's comment that Congress will have no alliance with TRS in the upcoming Assembly election

Rahul Gandhi slams LPG hike, says millions waging battle against inflation

Congress slammed the government over the hike in price of domestic LPG cylinder with Rahul Gandhi saying millions of Indian households are waging a difficult battle against "extreme inflation"

Rahul calls on arrested NSUI leaders at Hyderabad prison; slams TRS govt

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday visited Chanchalguda Central Jail in Hyderabad and called on NSUI leaders arrested last week for staging a protest at Osmania University.

Rahul Gandhi rules out alliance with TRS, says KCR acts like a king

In an apparent swipe at Rao, popularly known as KCR, he said that while the dream of Telangana's progress remained unfulfilled, only one family had "benefitted immensely" since 2014

Rahul Gandhi attacks govt on WHO Covid deaths numbers; demands compensation

The Modi-led government has refuted the WHO claims, raising objection to the process and methodology

Congress, BJP trade barbs over Rahul Gandhi's viral nightclub video

The Congress and BJP on Tuesday exchanged barbs after the video of Rahul Gandhi in a Kathmandu nightclub party went viral.

President Kovind, PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi, others extend Eid-ul-Fitr wishes

Taking to Twitter, Rashtrapati Bhavan, on behalf of President Ram Nath Kovind, wished all "Eid Mubarak" and requested Indians to pledge to serve humanity

More protests at Osmania University over Rahul Gandhi's proposed visit

Alleging that the university authorities denied permission for Rahul's visit at the behest of the TRS government, they demanded that the Congress leader be allowed to visit the campus

Railways not to cancel any more passenger trains, restore gradually

The national transporter is of the view that coal supply is now reaching normative levels and does not need any more special measures

Defamation: Complainant pays Rs 1,500 to Rahul Gandhi as directed by court

The complainant in the defamation case filed against Rahul Gandhi has paid Rs 1,500 cost to the Congress leader as per the directions of a court at Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district. Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) J V Paliwal had ordered the complainant, local RSS activist Rajesh Kunte, to pay the amount to Gandhi as he (Kunte) had sought adjournment in the case. Kunte had moved applications seeking adjournment in the case twice - in March and April - which the court had rejected and asked him to pay Rs 500 (for March) and Rs 1,000 (for April) to Gandhi. In 2014, Kunte had filed the case against Gandhi after watching his speech in Thane's Bhiwandi township, where the Congress leader alleged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was behind the killing of Mahatma Gandhi. Kunte had claimed that this statement slandered the reputation of the RSS. Talking to reporters on Saturday, Rahul Gandhi's counsel Narayan Iyer said, "A sum of Rs 1,500 sent by Kunte through mone

Who would you blame now states or people: Rahul Gandhi amid power crisis

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the current power crisis and asked whom would he blame for his failure on this front. He asked whether PM Modi would blame former premier Jawaharlal Nehru, state governments or the people of the country for this power crisis. "The prime minister's promises and intentions have always been disconnected. Modi ji, who will you blame for your failure in this power crisis? Nehru ji or states or people?" Gandhi asked in a tweet in Hindi. He also tagged a video showing past speeches of Prime Minister Modi promising in 2015 to make electricity available 24 hours across the country and claiming in 2017 that one no longer heard headlines of power crisis or coal crisis. The video clip of nearly one minute highlights news headlines of the current power crisis with a businessman saying he can't even sleep after a day's labour. With large parts of the country facing long power cuts, the opposition ...

Pralhad Joshi calls Rahul 'fake astrologer' over his coal-crisis comment

Joshi's remarks came after the Wayanad MP yesterday said that the Modi government should stop running the "bulldozer of hatred" and run power plants instead

Stop 'bulldozers of hatred', start power plants instead: Rahul to PM Modi

Amid the ongoing power crisis in India, Rahul Gandhi said the Modi government should stop running the "bulldozer of hatred" and start running power plants instead.

Modi's 'federalism not cooperative but coercive': Rahul on fuel price

Gandhi alleged that the prime minister is abdicating his responsibility by blaming states for the high fuel prices even when the Centre has taken 68 percent of all fuel taxes