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The Congress president will attend another rally in the North West Delhi constituency on May 7 in support of party candidate Rajesh Lilothia. (Photo: AP)

Priyanka's roadshows, Rahul's rallies to heat up LS poll campaigning in Delhi

The grand old party has fielded Sheila Dikshit and Vijender Singh from North East Delhi and South Delhi respectively.

02 May 2019 6:44 PM

'I have said very clearly that Congress is fighting this election on its own strength,' Priyanka Said. (Photo: ANI)

Would rather die than benefit the BJP: Priyanka

'Our candidates are fighting strongly in most constituencies,' Priyanka said.

02 May 2019 3:36 PM

When someone from the crowd warned her to be careful with these deadly creatures, Vadra said: 'Nothing will happen, it's fine'. (Photo: ANI)

Watch: Priyanka Gandhi playing with snake in her hand, says 'it's fine'

After having a chit-chat with some snake charmers at the village, Priyanka Gandhi not only held a reptile, but even played with it.

02 May 2019 3:17 PM

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress general secretary for Uttar Pradesh East. (Photo: ANI)

My focus both on 2019, 2022 elections to defeat BJP: Priyanka

The Congress leader said that the BJP's narrative building is diverting the attention of the people from real issues.

02 May 2019 2:36 PM

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said her party has fielded candidates either with prospects of victory or having potential to damage the BJP's chances. (Photo: File)

'If I was scared will sit at home, not do politics': Priyanka hits out at PM

Priyanka also hit out at BJP for what she called its 'obsession' with Gandhi family when the focus should be on solving people's problems.

02 May 2019 9:30 AM

Our weak candidates will cut into BJP vote: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Speculation is rife the Congress is lending an informal helping hand to Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.

02 May 2019 1:42 AM

The 33-year-old pugilist said the AAP had promised that school education would be made state of the art and there would be clean water but students did not have school to go after Class 8. (Photo: File)

I am impressed by Priyanka Gandhi's simplicity: Boxer Vijender Singh

The boxer-turned-politician said there is no competition with other candidates and said he will not lie to the people.

29 Apr 2019 1:59 PM

'The real thing is to resolve the problems of the people,' Priyanka Said. (Photo: ANI)

Saying 'main hoon Modi' is not nationalism: Priyanka hits out at PM

'Arranging a crowd using the power of money and addressing them or sending a message to them is very easy,' Vadra said.

28 Apr 2019 3:29 PM

The BJP government doesn’t have money to waive off the loan of farmers, but has waived off the loan of big industrialists in the country,' Priyanka Gandhi said. (Photo: ANI twitter)

No jobs, no farmer in good state, yet PM Modi's photo everywhere: Priyanka Gandhi

'The BJP govts at the Centre and in the state have forgotten the fact that who has given them power,' Priyanka said.

27 Apr 2019 8:37 PM

Pitroda heads the Indian Overseas Congress (Photo: ANI twitter)

Priyanka's own decision not to contest from Varanasi: Sam Pitroda

Speculation over Priyanka Gandhi's electoral debut from Modi's constituency ended Thursday when the Congress fielded Ajay Rai from there.

26 Apr 2019 4:52 PM

The Congress party has fielded local strongman Ajay Rai who had fought against Modi in 2014. (Photo: PTI)

No Priyanka vs Modi, Congress fields Ajay Rai

The Samajwadi Party, which is fighting the polls in Uttar Pradesh in alliance with the BSP.

26 Apr 2019 3:10 AM

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra meets her supporters during a campaign in Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Priyanka Gandhi tells voters to shun negative politics

Gandhi asked voters not to allow a person who speaks “lies and does not work for you” to succeed.

25 Apr 2019 3:49 AM

The Congress's attack on Modi and the BJP came a day ahead of his visit here. (Photo: ANI twitter)

Modi is 'Pradhan Prachar Mantri': Priyanka Gandhi in UP

The prime minister is schedule to address an election rally here on Thursday.

24 Apr 2019 6:08 PM

The Congress leader interacted with the family members of Kumar for quite some time who lost his life in Pulwama terror attack on February 24. (Photo: ANI)

'Will contest from Varanasi if party president asks me,' says Priyanka Gandhi

Priyanka also expressed her condolences for the victims of serial bomb blasts in Sri Lanka, which took place earlier in the day.

21 Apr 2019 5:07 PM

Present generation of dynast is liability for Congress: Jaitley

'aspirational India would reject caste-based and dynastic parties during the ongoing general elections,' Jaitley said.

20 Apr 2019 5:01 PM

Millennials’ choice: Chors, chowkidars, goons

The PM himself is cautiously responding to questions on serious failures of his government by dodging direct replies and resorting to wordplay.

20 Apr 2019 12:33 AM

Congress president Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra chat during a rally at Jarar’s Mandi Samiti Ground in Agra on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Politically correct fashion

While political correctness has seeped into the dressing style of leaders, do they really help in connecting with the masses?

19 Apr 2019 12:00 AM

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the AICC general secretary in charge of Uttar Pradesh (East)

Can Priyanka Vadra shed her Gandhian image and turn into a wiser neta?

More than ever, the Congress today understands that the only way to grab power is by taking Assembly elections seriously.

18 Apr 2019 1:37 AM

Congress president Rahul Gandhi reaches Amethi to file nomination for the Lok Sabha elections, accompanied by sister Priyanka, brother-in-law Robert Vadra and their kids . Miraya Vadra, 16 and Raihan Vadra, 18.

Politically, a family drama

Politicians are no longer reticent about posting pictures of their families and kids on social media, in what many view as an image building exercise.

15 Apr 2019 12:05 AM

Mishra’s joining Congress party comes at a time when its president Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary and in-charge for the party’s east UP affairs Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are on tour of Amethi. (Photo: ANI)

Smriti Irani's man in Amethi joins Congress party

It is said that Mishra had brought BJP leader Smriti Irani to Amethi.

11 Apr 2019 6:08 PM

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