Rahul Gandhi
RSS supported Tantya Mama and Birsa Munda's killers: Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi made these remarks while addressing a large gathering of tribal people in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district on the second day of the Bharat Jodo Yatra (BJY) in the state. Without taking the name of any right wing leader in his speech, the former Congress President alleged that the RSS supported the Britishers, who hanged two tribal freedom fighters -- Tantya Mama and Birsa Munda.
Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra faces heat in Madhya Pradesh over Rahul Gandhi's remark on Savarkar
BJP leader Archana Chitnis, who is an MLA from Burhanpur, launched a veiled attack on Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on Savarkar. She said: "Savarkar was a man of daring personality and he will always be remembered as a true patriot. We (BJP) do need any certificate from Rahul Gandhi or his loyalists." She further said the Congress leader should first read about the history before making any comment on Savarkar.
Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Madhya Pradesh
The yatra, which entered the state on 77th day after it started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7, was accorded a warm welcome on its arrival. At Burhanpur district, senior party leaders received their leader Rahul Gandhi On reaching a village in Burhanpur district, Congress president of Maharashtra unit president Nana Patole handed over Bharat Jodo Yatra flag to Kamal Nath.
Rahul Gandhi looks like Saddam Hussain now: Assam CM
Questioning Rahul Gandhi's few visits to Gujarat ahead of the elections, Sarma said, "He is invisible in Gujarat. He comes to the state like a visiting faculty... He also did not campaign in Himachal Pradesh. He is visiting only those places where there are no elections... May be because he is scared of defeat." The Assam Chief Minister also alleged that the Congress must have paid Bollywood stars to join Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo yatra, in an indirect reference to actors Pooja Bhatt and Amol Palekar who had joined the Yatra.
BJY's 'Jai Maharashtra': Rahul Gandhi exits the land of Chhatrapati, to enter MP
The Maharashtra leg saw a trail of bouquets, brickbats, a 10,000 square feet 'rangoli, grannies hugging Gandhi, children crowding around and performing during the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's birthday - not to mention some unsavory political controversies.
Rahul Gandhi attacks BJP over Morbi bridge collapse
While addressing public meetings in Rajkot and Mahuva (Surat), Rahul Gandhi tried to connect the Bharat Jodo Yatra with Gujarat. He said the "party has derived the inspiration for the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Mahatma Gandhi's pre-independence movement, during which he united India and led the freedom movement."
Indore shop gets letter threatening assassination of Rahul Gandhi, Kamal Nath
The matter came to the fore after a shopkeeper in Indore on Friday reached a local police station and showed the threatening letter to the cops, which he had received through government postal service on Thursday night. According to Indore police, a three-page letter containing the threats was sent to a prominent sweet shop in Indore's Sapna Sangita-Tower Chauraha area through the government postal service on Thursday evening.
Rahul Gandhi dares govt to stop Bharat Jodo Yatra
Referring to certain Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (BSS) leaders questioning the need for the BJY, he said that it is intended to "connect" the country, "hear" the voices of the masses, and spread the message of love through the march. "If the government still feels they want to stop it, then let them do it... No problems. I have decided to continue it from Kanyakumari to Kashmir and hoist the tricolour in Srinagar," declared Gandhi, in a media interaction here this afternoon.
Protests erupt in Maha over Rahul Gandhi's comments on Veer Savarkar
Maha Vikas Aghadi constituent, Shiv Sena-UBT President Uddhav Thackeray washed his hands off Gandhi's comments saying he was not in agreement with the Congress leader, but also called upon the BJP not to politicise the issue. The Mumbai police said that they are probing the matter further before registering a first information report in the matter.
Buzz in Madhya Pradesh politics as Rahul's BJY set to enter state
Speculations suggest that both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress were preparing their respective game plans to take on each other. According to sources, the BJP is planning a 'Mini Operation Lotus' against the Congress before or during Rahul Gandhi's BJY in the state, and it has prepared two plans. Sources told IANS that according to the first plan, the BJP may try to poach at least 8-10 Congress MLAs.
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