Declared party's president-elect; to officially take charge on Saturday
Whatever Rahul has said so far on the economy, he seems to prefer small and medium industries rather than large ones
This will be the Congress' first plenary session under the presidentship of Rahul Gandhi, after he took over the reigns of the party from his mother Sonia Gandhi in December last year
The Congress party is cautious and hence did not bet on any single leader
Opposition has been asking PM Modi to bring prices of petrol and diesel under the Goods and Services Tax (GST)
The Congress had a concept of GST, which was to simplify lives of the people, but it is complicated as of now, Gandhi said
GST Council slashed the tax rates on 178 goods from 28% to 18% and reduced the rates on several other items
Our system was that the products used by weaker sections should be kept out of the purview of GST, Rahul said
Today's tweet comes in the wake of a toxic haze enveloping Delhi and surrounding areas, leaving people gasping for breath
Rahul was the object of ridicule, the callow and immature Pappu in contrast to the street-smart, canny and clever politician Narendra Modi
New Delhi, November 16Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday asked the media why it didn't pose questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for renegotiating an arms deal to benefit the defence arm of the Anil Ambani group, or to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah about his son's company that had recorded a huge jump in its turnover since the Modi government came to power in May 2014.Rahul Gandhi also tweeted on the subject of the joint venture between France's Dassault Aviation, the manufacturer of Rafale figher jets, and Anil Ambani owned Reliance Defence Limited and Reliance Aerostructure Limited.The BJP sought to dismiss the allegations by the Congress Vice President. Indian Air Force (IAF) chief BS Dhanoa also defended the government. In Jalandhar, Dhanoa said the government has managed to negotiate "a very good deal and that there was no overpricing".On Tuesday, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala had alleged that "a huge scam was brewing" in the ...
The party did not hold Iftar, which marks the customary breaking of the day-long fast in the holy month of Ramzan, during the past two years and its last Iftar was in 2015
Congress president had earlier written to students promising his party's complete support to meet their aspirations
'The basic idea of these exercises is to ask all poor people whether they are Indian or not', said Gandhi
The Congress leader said he had warned the people of Assam before the Assembly elections in 2016 that hard earned peace would be hampered if the BJP came to power
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The NPR does not involve any monetary transaction and its data is used to identify the poor so that government welfare schemes could reach the targeted people, he said
He said poor people would have to go to officers and show the documents, and give bribe
He was responding to a query on the Centre's claim that the NPR has no link with NRC
The delegation comprising oppn parties like Cong, CPI, DMK, RJD, TMC, NCP and JD(S) was visiting the city in Jammu and Kashmir to see the ground reality days after the Centre abrogated Article 370