Rahul Gandhi took details of the tragedy
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic policies, accusing him of causing "tremendous damage" to India's economy with "reckless and dangerous" decisions like demonetisation and "hastily-applied" GST. Gandhi, 47, who arrived in the US yesterday on a two- week-long tour, addressed students at the University of California, Berkeley, to reflect on contemporary India and the path forward for the world's largest democracy. He said the November 8 demonetisation decision was taken without asking the Chief Economic Advisor and Parliament, which caused tremendous damage to the economy. Demonetisation, he alleged, imposed a devastating cost on India. "Ignoring India's tremendous institutional knowledge and taking such decisions is reckless and dangerous," he charged. He said 30,000 new youngsters were joining the job market every single day and the government was only creating 500 jobs a day. "This does not include the massive pool
Rahul Gandhi today launched a renewed attack on the Union government
The Congress vice-president said dynastic succession was the norm in India
Rahul Gandhi did a much better job than before, but, he was being less than candid in some areas. But then, maybe, this is what makes him a better politician today than what he was before.
Senior BJP leader and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, a JNU alumnus, described the violence as 'horrifying'
Gandhi wants India to lead in the niche area which comes after software development, sources said
He will offer reflections on contemporary India & the path forward for the world's largest democracy
Gandhi hit out at Modi govt's demonetisation drive and said India could not afford to grow at its current pace
Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday conceded that his party had become a bit arrogant in 2012, but he also attacked several of the present govt's initiative
The Gandhi scion will first have to find complete acceptability within his party before he takes over from his mother
Rahul is my friend and the friendship will continue, Akhilesh adds
Veerappa Moily said that Rahul's taking over would be a game-changer for the party
The declaration of strong intent means that it will not be long before Rahul becomes the Congress president.
He will take over. The decision is, of course, unanimous: Moily
The rumour that the party vice-president Rahul Gandhi is replacing his mother Sonia Gandhi as party chief has been put on hold yet again
Sonia Gandhi also hinted that Rahul Gandhi's elevation as party chief 'will be done soon'
Backed by the entire rank and file of the party, he had filed his nomination for the Congress president's post three days ago
Rahul Gandhi should concentrate on what he can do to promote education, enlightenment and economic prosperity across the board - and not only for the favoured few
The 47-year-old scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family was the lone candidate in the fray