As the Congress government in Puducherry fell after losing majority, senior BJP ministers and leaders took a dig at Rahul Gandhi saying it was due to his "Midas touch" that the party lost power in the Union Territory soon after his visit. The Congress government in Puducherry fell on Monday after Chief Minister V Narayanasamy resigned ahead of the confidence vote in the Assembly with the coalition ministry reduced to a minority due to a spate of resignations of party MLAs and a DMK legislator recently. Seizing on the development, several BJP leaders, state functionaries and ministers took a dig at the grand old party and Rahul Gandhi's leadership. In a sarcastic tweet, Union minister Piyush Goyal said Rahul Gandhi's Puducherry visit to strengthen his party has "gone well". "Congress loses power in Puducherry, reducing its presence to just 3 states, along with trivial existence in Maharashtra & Jharkhand. Few years from now, Congress will only exist in the books of history," he ...
Rahul Gandhi is on two-day visit to his constituency in poll-bound Kerala. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news
Gandhi urged people to 'force' the government to take back the three farm laws
Rahul Gandhi said Modi was 'forced to accept' the fact that the rural job scheme brought in by the UPA played the role of "saviour" of people of the country during the pandemic
Justice Suresh Kait, while issuing notice to the Gandhis, AICC general secretary Oscar Fernandes, Suman Dubey, Sam Pitroda and Young India (YI), sought their stand on Swamy''s plea by April 12
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday reached Calicut International Airport to attend a Padayatra in poll-bound Kerala.The Wayanad MP is scheduled to attend the programme to mark the culmination of padayatra being undertaken by state Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala and other programmes on February 22 and 23.Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flagged off Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Vijaya Yatra from Kasaragod, Kerala in presence of state party president K Surendran.A host of BJP national leaders will visit Kerala to partake in the Vijaya Yatra rally in various districts which includes - Union Minister Gen VK Singh, former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister Smriti Irani among others.Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be present at the concluding session of the rally on March 7 in Thiruvananthapuram.
A meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on defence was held at Parliament in connection with the examination of Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Defence for the year 2021-22
During a visit to a fishermen settlement here, he said the exercise was aimed at understanding their problems and issues as one could get to know only to an extent by posing questions
The comments came after South African and Brazilian variants of the pathogen were detected in India
As Puducherry Assembly polls are slated to be held later this year, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit the Union Territory on Wednesday.During the visit, the former Congress chief will interact with the people of Puducherry."Rahul Gandhi will visit and interact with the citizens of Puducherry on February 17," Congress tweeted from its official Twitter handle.Congress government headed by Chief Minister V Narayanasamy is seeking to return to power after the Assembly polls which are due later this year in the Union Territory.Meanwhile, Kiran Bedi has been removed as the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement on Tuesday.Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has been directed to discharge functions of the Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry, in addition to her own duties, until a new appointment is made.Bedi was at the loggerheads with Narayanasamy over several issues.
He also said that his Ministry will provide Gandhi a scheme of Rs 2.5 lakh for his inter-caste marriage
Gandhi will visit poll-bound Union Territory of Puducherry on February 17
The price of LPG domestic cylinder in Delhi has been increased by Rs 50 per unit on Sunday
The former Congress president is likely to address public meetings while kick-starting the party's campaign for the Union Territory
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said his party will protect every principle of the Assam Accord and will not let the Citizenship (Amendment) Act be implemented if voted to power
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the Central government, saying Assam's tea garden workers have been getting Rs 167 per day wage while traders in Gujarat own tea gardens
This will be the maiden visit of Rahul Gandhi to the poll-bound Assam this year
Sitharaman hit out at Rahul Gandhi saying he is becoming a 'doomsday man' for India by constantly insulting constitutional functionaries and creating fake narratives on various issues
Responding to criticism over dynastic politics, Rahul Gandhi said it has been over 30 years that a member of his family was prime minister
The MoD's five-point statement was issued just hours after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had "ceded" Indian territory in Ladakh to the Chinese