Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses during a public meeting, in Shajapur district, Madhya Pradesh, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Rahul in MP: BJP for godse, Congress is for Gandhi

Gandhi described the contest between the two parties as the battle of the ideologies of Gandhi and Godse

01 Oct 2023 2:32 AM

Rahul Gandhi highlighted that Opposition parties were adapting and collaborating, suggesting that the BJP should be prepared for a potential surprise in the 2024 general elections. (Image: PTI)

Congress Controlling Narrative in Telangana: Rahul

Gandhi emphasised that the BJP often succeeds by diverting attention and preventing their opponents from shaping their own narrative

25 Sep 2023 1:02 AM

As the Congress meeting continued, it was all about how the party, which had kept its promises even in neighbouring Karnataka, would now give the people everything they expected – succinctly summarised into six key guarantees – houses, plots of land, free power and bus travel, pension, agricultural investment inputs, among others – which, they alleged repeatedly, the ruling BRS had failed to deliver in their nearly decade-long, two-term rule. (DC Image)

Congress Vijayabheri creates ripples of hope of victory

Will it prove to a be a season of faith’s perfection, of restoring primal glory

18 Sep 2023 12:16 AM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during an interaction with students and faculty at Sciences PO University, in Paris, France. (PTI Photo)

'Nothing Hindu' about what the BJP does: Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi stressed that the fight to keep the democratic structure of India is "ongoing and very vibrant"

10 Sep 2023 11:05 PM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and other opposition leaders during the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) meeting, in Mumbai, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil

AA Edit | Opposition unity is a work in progress, in better shape

The search for Opposition unity is a given in the face of the BJP’s strength in the art of preparing for and winning elections.

02 Sep 2023 12:05 AM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

China map row: Congress, BJP face off

In a stinging retort, the BJP dared Mr Gandhi to disclose the details of the 2008 MoU signed between the Congress and the CPC

31 Aug 2023 12:44 AM

It looks like some of them have stopped being silent and want to be heard. If the questions the Supreme Court asked of the polity while staying the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case last week were any indication. (Representational Image: ANI)

AA Edit | High court gets tough on demolitions in Nuh

Yes, democracy is slow; democracy is expensive

09 Aug 2023 12:00 AM

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrives at Parliament House complex during Monsoon Session, in New Delhi, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. The Lok Sabha membership of Rahul Gandhi was restored on Monday, days after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in a defamation case. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

Shikha Mukerjee | Testing time lies ahead for the ‘mother of democracy’

Disqualifying Rahul Gandhi within 26 hours of the Surat court’s verdict was an act as much in indecent haste as it was not in good faith.

08 Aug 2023 12:10 AM

AA Edit | Rahul’s return as MP will give boost to Opposition in Parliament

The political significance of Mr Gandhi being back as an MP will be reflected in the hectic days ahead of the general election.

08 Aug 2023 12:10 AM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. (PTI file photo)

Anita Katyal | Mamata wins at musical chairs; is IB being shorn of Muslim cops?

The Trinamul chief was also given a prominent seat at the joint press conference after the meeting.

23 Jul 2023 12:18 AM

The opposition alliance will be called Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) and an 11-member committee will be set up for coordination, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge announced on Tuesday. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak)

DC Edit | 2024 turns two-horse race as INDIA is born

It is perhaps for the first time in Opposition politics in India that such a mega-alliance has been formed.

20 Jul 2023 12:25 AM

AA Edit | Define free speech as a right

Calumny has been a rather badly abused form of speech not only in Indian politics.

10 Jul 2023 12:53 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures at the laying foundation stone of development projects, in Bikaner on Saturday. (Image: PTI)

PM Modi Slams Congress as 'Loot ki Dukaan' and 'Jhooth ka Bazaar' in Rajasthan Rally

The Prime Minister dedicated and laid the foundation stones of development projects

09 Jul 2023 12:00 AM

AA Edit | Experiments with unity as Opposition gets ready for 2024

To the question, who is your challenger to face Modi, again and again, the Opposition still really does not have an answer.

26 Jun 2023 12:28 AM

Mr Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the topic, Mr Gandhi has demanded that the government make the 2011 data on castes public and lift the 50 per cent cap on reservation for the backwards classes. (File Photo: PTI)

AA EDIT | Caste census 1st milestone in battle for social justice

The Opposition demand has merit in that India’s data on castes is almost 90 years old

19 Apr 2023 12:42 AM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi waves at supporters as he leaves from Surat District Court after filing an appeal challenging his conviction. (PTI Photo)

Rahul gets relief; Bail extended, 'sentence' paused till appeal on

The sessions court will hear the matter on April 13

04 Apr 2023 7:07 AM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrives at Surat District Court for hearing of a criminal defamation case filed against him over his alleged 'Modi surname' remark, in Surat, Thursday, March 23, 2023. The court convicted Gandhi in the case. (PTI Photo)

Modi surname remarks: Surat court sentences Rahul to two years in jail; grants bail

Rahul Gandhi made the alleged remarks while addressing a rally at Kolar in Karnataka ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections

23 Mar 2023 11:48 AM

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju addresses a press conference at his residence in New Delhi, Thursday, March 16, 2023. (PTI Photo)

India is not Cong's fiefdom anymore: Kiren Rijiju slams Rahul over UK remarks

Rijiju added that Rahul can say whatever he wants but nobody can insult the country

16 Mar 2023 11:18 AM

The Congress has claimed that Rahul Gandhi's plane was denied permission to land at the airport in Varanasi late Monday night (AP file image)

Congress claims Rahul Gandhi's plane denied permission to land at Varanasi airport

Varanasi airport director Aryama Sanyal denied allegation that they had refused permission for Gandhi's plane to land

14 Feb 2023 12:55 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi replies to the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address as Congress MP Rahul Gandhi listens to him in the Lok Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | India’s democracy needed Modi-Rahul epic face-off

It was a telling tale on the rise of Mr Gandhi’s stature as an Opposition leader

10 Feb 2023 1:32 AM

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