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  • ‘Whether Rahul Gandhi marries or not is his personal decision’: Kamal Nath

    ‘Whether Rahul Gandhi marries or not is his personal decision’: Kamal Nath

    Bhopal (IANS) | Congress leader Kamal Nath made a big statement on Saturday, a day after RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav advised Rahul Gandhi to get married. State Congress President Kamal Nath said that ‘Whether Rahul Gandhi marries or not is his personal decision’. In Dindori, Congress state president and veteran leader Kamal Nath said that ‘many people advise Rahul Gandhi to get married. But, getting married is a personal decision. It is for Rahul Gandhi to decide what he has to do.

    In fact, a day before on Friday, there was a meeting of opposition parties in Patna. In which the strategy to defeat BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was discussed and many important decisions were also taken. After this meeting, in the press conference, RJD supremo Lalu Yadav had advised Rahul Gandhi to get married.

    In response to which, on Saturday, Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath kept his words. Kamal Nath said that ‘Whether Rahul Gandhi wants to get married or not is his personal decision’.

    –IANS

  • Rahul Gandhi called ‘Devdas’ in the poster outside the Bihar state BJP office

    Rahul Gandhi called ‘Devdas’ in the poster outside the Bihar state BJP office

    Patna (IANS) | Before the meeting of opposition parties in Bihar’s capital Patna on Friday, the politics of the state has heated up. While there is fierce rhetoric going on between the leaders of the government and the opposition, the poster war is also going on. Meanwhile, a poster put up outside BJP’s state office on Friday is doing the rounds. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been described as Devdas in this poster and dialogues of the film Devdas have also been written. Although who has put up this poster, it is not mentioned in the poster.

    At the top of the poster is a picture of film actor Shah Rukh Khan, while at the bottom is a picture of former Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

    While ‘Reel Life’ Devdas has been written for Shah Rukh Khan, Real Life Devdas has been written for Rahul Gandhi.

    In the poster, where the dialogue of the film Devdas has been written in front of Shah Rukh Khan, while in front of Rahul Gandhi’s picture, Congress has been targeted in the same style.

    It is written in front of Rahul Gandhi’s picture that Mamta didi said leave Bengal, Kejriwal said leave Delhi and Punjab, Lalu, Nitish said leave Bihar, Akhilesh said leave Uttar Pradesh, Stalin said leave Tamil Nadu . That day is not far when everyone will say together that Congressman (Rahul) should leave politics.

    –IANS

  • Before the opposition meeting in Patna, Rahul Gandhi will address at Sadakat Ashram

    Before the opposition meeting in Patna, Rahul Gandhi will address at Sadakat Ashram

    Patna (IANS) | Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address a gathering of over 10,000 people, including party supporters, at Sadaqat Ashram, the party’s state headquarters, before attending a meeting of the opposition at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s residence on Friday. After landing at Patna airport, Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge will proceed to Sadakat Ashram where they will address the gathering. Confirming this to IANS, former state president and MLC Madan Mohan Jha told IANS, Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge will come to Sadaqat Ashram and then go to the chief minister’s office at 1, Anne Road.

    Madan Mohan Jha said that we have made arrangements to welcome our leaders. We also put up huge posters of these two leaders in and around the office premises.

    Jha further said that our core committee members, party in-charge, state president, MLA, MLC and other leaders will be present on the occasion. The presence of Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge will boost our morale. Rahul Gandhi will address the gathering during the program. We expect more than 10,000 people and party supporters to gather at the ashram.

    Significantly, Sadaqat Ashram was built by Maulana Mazhar-ul-Haq in 1921. It is situated on the banks of the Ganges on the Ashoka Rajpath. This place is 7 km away from Patna airport.

    –IANS

  • Rahul Gandhi arrives in San Francisco for US visit

    Rahul Gandhi arrives in San Francisco for US visit

    SAN FRANCISCO: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived here on Tuesday for a three-city US tour during which he will interact with the Indian diaspora and meet American lawmakers.

    He was received at the airport by Indian Overseas Congress chairperson Sam Pitroda and other members of the IOC. Gandhi had to wait for two hours at the airport for the immigration clearance, party sources said.

  • Rahul Gandhi gets new passport, set to travel to US on Monday

    Rahul Gandhi gets new passport, set to travel to US on Monday

    NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi received a new ordinary passport on Sunday, two days after a local court granted its no objection to the issuance of the same, sources said.

    They said the passport office had assured Gandhi in the morning that the passport would be issued to him on Sunday and he got it in the afternoon.

    The former Congress president is set to travel to San Francisco in the United States on Monday evening where he will start his three-city tour. He had applied for an ordinary passport after surrendering the old diplomatic passport issued to him when he was a member of parliament.

    Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as an MP following his conviction and two-year sentence by a Gujarat court in a defamation case over his Modi surname remark.

    Starting with San Francisco where he is scheduled to interact with students at the prestigious Stanford University, Gandhi will also address a press conference and have meetings with the lawmakers and think tanks in Washington DC.

    The Congress leader is likely to address Indian Americans, meet lawmakers and interact with members of think tanks, Wall Street executives and university students during his week-long tour of the USA. He is slated to conclude his trip with a large public gathering in New York on June 4. The interaction would take place at the Javits Center in New York.

    A Delhi court had on Friday granted a no-objection certificate to Rahul Gandhi for the issuance of an ‘ordinary passport’ for three years instead of 10, the period for which it is normally issued, following an objection raised by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy.

    The court noted that the National Herald case was pending at the stage of cross-examination of the complainant in pre-charge evidence and Gandhi has been regularly appearing either in person or through his counsel and has not hampered or delayed the proceedings.

    Rahul Gandhi is an accused in the case in which Swamy is the complainant. An ordinary passport that is generally issued to adults is valid for 10 years.

    On March 24, the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala was declared vacant after Rahul Gandhi, who represented it in the Lok Sabha, was disqualified following his conviction in a defamation case in which he was sentenced to a two-year jail term.

    The Congress leader, whose sentence has been suspended in the defamation case filed over his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surname, had moved the court seeking a no-objection certificate on Tuesday.

  • Court Sets Friday Hearing For Rahul Gandhi’s Fresh Passport Plea

    Court Sets Friday Hearing For Rahul Gandhi’s Fresh Passport Plea

    New Delhi, A court here on Wednesday posted the hearing on a plea for a fresh passport by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, an accused in the National Herald case, on May 26.

    Gandhi had moved the court Tuesday seeking a ‘no objection certificate’ to secure a fresh “ordinary passport” after having surrendered his diplomatic travel document upon his disqualification as an MP.

    Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vaibhav Mehta posted the matter on Friday for the filling of written submissions and the arguments of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy.

    “The applicant ceased to be a Member of Parliament in March 2023 and as such he surrendered his diplomatic passport and is applying for a fresh ordinary passport. By way of the present application, the applicant is seeking permission and no objection from this Court for issuance of fresh ordinary passport to him,” the application said. The court had on December 19, 2015, granted bail to Gandhi and others in the case.

  • Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Sriperumbudur in TN cancelled

    Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Sriperumbudur in TN cancelled


    CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu unit Congress president, K.S. Alagiri, on Saturday said the scheduled visit of former INC chief Rahul Gandhi to Sriperumbudur to attend the death anniversary of his father Rajiv Gandhi on May 21 has been cancelled

    He said that the visit of the Gandhi scion was cancelled due to certain unavoidable circumstances. The Congress state president, however, said that all the other programmes that would be conducted at Sriperumbudur would continue as planned.

    “The death anniversary function of the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi will be conducted as planned earlier. Rahul Gandhi cannot attend the programme on May 21 due to certain unavoidable circumstances. However, all leaders of Tamil Nadu Congress including myself and party legislative party leader, Selvaperuthungai will attend various functions,” Alagiri told IANS.

    Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on May 21, 1991, while he was on an election tour to Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu.

    -IANS

  • Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi reached Karnataka

    Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi reached Karnataka

    Bangalore. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi have reached Karnataka. Actually Congress is going to form the government in Karnataka today. Siddaramaiah will take oath as Chief Minister and DK Shivakumar as Deputy CM. Apart from this, many MLAs will also be administered the oath of cabinet minister. The swearing-in ceremony will take place at 12:30 pm at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru. The results of the Karnataka Assembly elections were revealed on 13 May. Congress has won 135 seats, BJP 66 seats and JDS 19 seats. The deadlock between Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar over the claim for the post of CM in the Congress continued for several days. However, after several days of meeting and persuasion by the high command, a consensus could be reached between the two leaders.

    Shri @RahulGandhi & Congress General Secretary @priyankagandhi ji received a warm and enthusiastic welcome from KPCC President Shri @DKShivakumar.

    📍Bengaluru Airport pic.twitter.com/HvnhfIUaaA

    — Congress (@INCIndia) May 20, 2023
    Sonia Gandhi will not attend the swearing-in ceremony. According to the source, this information has come to the fore. The same CPM Politburo leader Prakash Karat attacked the Congress for not inviting several chief ministers to the swearing-in ceremony. He said that the Congress party is not taking such a stand, so that the parties of different states can be united. They have not invited the Chief Ministers of Kerala and Telangana because the Congress is going to contest elections considering them as their enemies. Elections are going to be held in Telangana in December.

    BRS said that BJP is their main enemy but Congress is ready to fight against BRS and defeat them. He is not talking about BJP. She should realize that she is not the only force fighting the BJP.

  • Rahul Gandhi called me and asked to work together: Shivkumar

    Rahul Gandhi called me and asked to work together: Shivkumar

    New Delhi (IANS) | Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar, who has been named Karnataka’s next deputy chief minister, on Thursday said that former party chief Rahul Gandhi called him and asked him to work together. He made the remarks after the party leadership announced his name as the sole Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka. The Congress declared Siddaramaiah as the new chief minister of the southern state. The swearing-in ceremony will take place in Bengaluru on May 20. Shivakumar, who is camping in the national capital since Tuesday, had met party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and several other leaders.

    The party’s decision was announced after several rounds of meetings between senior leaders.

    On Thursday too, Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah had met party general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal over breakfast, where Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala was also present.

    After this, the four leaders together went to Kharge’s residence in a car. After this Venugopal announced this at the party headquarters.

    Shivakumar then went to the Youth Congress office and met Srinivas Biwi and congratulated her for working in the Karnataka Assembly elections.

    Talking to the media at the IYC headquarters, Shivakumar said, “Everything is fine and it will be fine.”

    Asked if he was happy with the decision, the Kanakapura MLA said, “We have prepared a one-line proposal and submitted it to the party leadership.” Eventually Rahul Gandhi called me and said, we all have to work together.

    He said, “Mallikarjun Kharge called us and whatever formula has been prepared, we have accepted it.”

    Significantly, the Congress faced an uphill task to decide the next chief minister of Karnataka as both senior leaders Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar were staking claim for the top post.

    The Congress won 135 out of 224 seats in the state assembly elections, where the ruling BJP was reduced to 66, while the JD-S could win only 19 seats.

    –IANS

  • Rahul Gandhi to visit US ahead of PM’s Biden meet

    Rahul Gandhi to visit US ahead of PM’s Biden meet

    NEW DELHI:  Ahead of Prime Minister Modi’s US visit, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit that country in the first week of June. The former Congress president is due to address a rally of around 5,000 Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) at Madison Square Garden in New York, sources said. Interestingly, PM Modi too addressed a gathering of Indians at Madison Square Garden in 2014 soon after he became the PM.

    The rally will take place on June 4. Gandhi is also likely to visit Washington DC and Los Angeles during his 10-day stay in the US, said sources. During his visit, he is also expected to address the students of Stanford University. The Congress leader will also meet many politicians and business leaders in the US during his visit.

    Rahul’s visit comes ahead of PM Modi’s scheduled visit to the US on June 22. Modi’s visit comes on an invitation from US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, the government said in a statement. The US President and the First Lady will also host PM Modi for a state dinner. The White House in a statement said that the visit will strengthen the shared commitment between the two countries to a free, open, and secure Indo-Pacific.

    Gandhi’s visit to the UK in March this year sparked a political controversy. During his speech at Cambridge University and interaction with journalists, Gandhi remarked that the structures of Indian democracy are under attack and there is a “full-scale assault” on the country’s institutions.

    The BJP demanded an apology from Gandhi for defaming the country on foreign soil and the issue led to a war of words between the Opposition and BJP in Parliament too. “Everybody knows, and it’s been in the news a lot, that Indian democracy is under pressure and attack. I am an Opposition leader in India; we are navigating that (Opposition) space,” Rahul said at Cambridge University in the UK.