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  • Rahul Gandhi to visit USA on May 31 for 10 days

    Rahul Gandhi to visit USA on May 31 for 10 days

    NEW DELHI: Congress leader and former Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi will visit the USA on May 31 for a 10-days, said sources on Tuesday. On June 4, Rahul Gandhi will hold a rally of about 5,000 NRIs in New York’s Madison Square Garden, added the sources.

    Apart from this, he will go to Washington and California for a panel discussion and speech at Stanford University. He will also meet politicians and entrepreneurs.

    Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on an official state visit to the United States on June 22. During his visit, PM Modi will be hosted by US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at a state dinner at the White House, the Ministry of External Affairs informed through a press statement last week.

    Rahul Gandhi dominated the headlines as he returned from London after giving speeches at Cambridge University, critical of the government and throwing light on Indian democracy.

    In March 2023, Rahul Gandhi delivered a speech at Cambridge University, at a convention organized by the Association of Journalists in London and finally during an in-conversation session at the Chatham House think tank in London.

    “Everybody knows and it’s been in the news a lot that Indian democracy is under pressure and under attack. I am an Opposition leader in India, we are navigating that (Opposition) space,” Rahul Gandhi said at Cambridge University in the UK. “The institutional framework which is required for a democratic Parliament, free press, the judiciary, just the idea of mobilisation, moving around all are getting constrained. So, we are facing an attack on the basic structure of Indian democracy,” he had added.

    The remarks by the Congress MP gave fresh ammunition to the ruling BJP, who demanded an apology from Gandhi.

    Several of his statements in the UK stoked controversy in India. BJP intensified its attack on Rahul Gandhi with party chief JP Nadda alleging he is a “permanent part of the anti-India toolkit”.

    The BJP leader demanded an apology from the former Wayanad MP. The second leg of the Budget session of Parliament witnessed deadlock. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wanted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to apologise for remarks that he made in London about democracy in India; the Congress insisted on the constitution of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe allegations of dubious financial transactions and dishonest business practices against the Adani Group of companies. On April 11, Gandhi was disqualified from his position as a Member of Parliament after his conviction in a defamation case. He was disqualified in accordance with Article 102(1)(e) of the Indian Constitution read with Section 8 of the Representation of People Act, 1951.

  • Rahul Effect: 15 out of 20 seats on the route of Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress in the bag

    Rahul Effect: 15 out of 20 seats on the route of Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress in the bag

    New Delhi (IANS) | Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra last year passed through 20 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, out of which 15 seats were won by the party’s candidates on Saturday.

    The country’s oldest party is all set for a historic victory with 136 seats in the 224-member Karnataka Assembly.

    Bharat Jodo Yatra, which started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7 last year, entered Karnataka via Kerala on September 30.

    The yatra was held in two phases from September 30 to October 19 in Karnataka and covered a distance of 511 kilometers in seven districts of the state.

    Rahul Gandhi traveled over 500 km in Karnataka after entering Gundlupet along with several party leaders and was finally seen off from the state by the people of Raichur district.

    Former party chief in Karnataka Sonia Gandhi also participated in the yatra on 6 October.

    Speaking about the yatra’s impact in the state, a senior party leader said, “The yatra led by Rahul Gandhi passed through 20 assembly seats in the state and Congress is leading in 15 of them.”

    Meanwhile, Congress general secretary and party’s communication in-charge Jairam Ramesh said it was a direct impact of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Karnataka. The intangible effect was unifying the party, revitalizing the cadre and shaping the script for the Karnataka elections.

    The guarantees and promises in our manifesto were discussed and finalized based on Rahul Gandhi’s interactions with the people of Karnataka during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Ramesh said.

    Visit Ballari (ST), Bellary City, Gundlupet, Challakere (ST), Hiriyur, Molakapuru (ST), Melukote, Nagamangala, Srirangapatna, Chamundeshwari, Krishnaraja, Nanjangud (SC), Narasimharaja, Varuna, Raichur, Raichur Rural (ST), Passed through Chikkanayakkanahalli, Gubbi, Sira and Turuvekere assembly seats.

    According to party leaders, the party had won five of these seats in the 2018 assembly elections, while this year the party is leading in 15 seats. The JD-S had won six of these 20 assembly seats in Karnataka in 2018, while the BJP had won nine.

    In this year’s assembly polls, the JD-S was leading in three seats, while the BJP was leading in only two.

    Rahul Gandhi got an opportunity to connect with the local people and listen to their concerns during the 3,570-km padyatra.

    The yatra covered the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and concluded in Srinagar on January 31 this year.

    The Congress has won 118 seats in Karnataka and is leading in 18, while the ruling BJP has won 53 and is leading in 11. JD-S, on the other hand, has won 18 seats and is leading in two seats in the southern state.

    Voting for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly took place on 10 May. The Congress ran an aggressive campaign in the state and highlighted issues of corruption. The party also promised five guarantees for the people of the state.

    –IANS

  • Modi surname case: Gujarat High Court refuses interim protection to Rahul Gandhi

    Modi surname case: Gujarat High Court refuses interim protection to Rahul Gandhi

    Congress leader Rahul Gandhi faced another setback as the Gujarat High Court declined his plea for an interim stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark.

    The Surat court had sentenced him to two years in jail. The High Court’s verdict on his petition will be delivered after the summer vacation, on June 4. Gandhi had appealed for an interim stay on his conviction until the High Court’s final verdict.

    As a result of the Surat court’s decision, Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from his position as a Member of Parliament.

    During an earlier hearing on April 29, Gandhi’s lawyer argued that a maximum punishment of two years for a bailable, non-cognisable offence could result in the permanent and irreversible loss of his Lok Sabha seat. This was a serious additional consequence that would affect both Gandhi and the people he represents. The alleged offence was not serious in nature and did not involve moral turpitude, yet his disqualification due to the failure to stay his conviction would have severe implications.

  • Jharkhand HC extends stay on notice against Rahul Gandhi by Ranchi court

    Jharkhand HC extends stay on notice against Rahul Gandhi by Ranchi court

    Ranchi: The High Court of Jharkhand on Friday extended the stay on a notice by a local judicial magistrate to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for personal appearance in a case filed against him for allegedly maligning BJP leader Amit Shah.

    Gandhi has moved the high court praying for setting aside the criminal proceedings initiated against him by the magisterial court in Ranchi.

    Justice Ambuj Nath, while hearing the petition, directed that no coercive steps be taken against Gandhi till further orders of the court in this regard.

  • Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to 10 soldiers martyred in Dantewada

    Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to 10 soldiers martyred in Dantewada

    Raipur. Rahul Gandhi paid tribute to the 10 soldiers martyred in Dantewada. He tweeted and wrote – The news of the martyrdom of 10 DRG jawans and a driver in the cowardly Naxalite attack in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh is sad. I express my deepest condolences to their bereaved families in this difficult time. My salute and tribute to all the brave martyrs.

    Please tell that there has been a big Naxalite attack in Dantewada. 11 soldiers have been martyred in this. There was an IED attack on a vehicle carrying the District Reserve Guard (DRG) force at Aranpur in Dantewada. Martyred soldiers include 10 DRG soldiers and a driver. According to sources, DRG jawans had gone on operation yesterday. While returning from there, Naxalites attacked.

    Regarding the attack, CM Bhupesh Baghel said that the Naxalites will not be spared. This incident is very sad. Our fight against Naxalites is in the final stage. Naxalism will be rooted out in a planned manner. According to the information, after this attack, the police have surrounded the Naxalites. The encounter between the two is still going on. It is being told that more force has been called.

    This is the location of Maoist terror attack in Dantewada of Chhattisgarh where 10 DRG Force jawans and 1 civilian driver were killed in a cowardly attack. Names of the jawans who sacrificed their lives for the country. Salute their valor and commitment to the nation. Jai Hind!… pic.twitter.com/Nj7IAanjab

  • The star campaigner of the Congress is the looter: Dharamlal Kaushik

    The star campaigner of the Congress is the looter: Dharamlal Kaushik

    Raipur. Former Speaker of Chhattisgarh Vidhansabha Dharamlal Kaushik has hit back at the statement of state Congress President Mohan Markam, saying that instead of worrying about his sinking ship and the crisis on the existence of Congress across the country, Markam is making pointless comments about the BJP. I am wasting time. There is a famine of leaders in the Congress. That’s why it is his compulsion to project beaten pawns across the country as a star campaigner. Rahul Gandhi keeps on defeating the Congress all over the country. Even then there are star campaigners. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is a star campaigner even if she gets the bail of Congress candidates confiscated. Wherever Bhupesh Baghel goes, Congress looters come there. While BJP has the maximum number of Chief Ministers in the country. There are many central ministers. National Officer. There are other influential leaders of the organization. BJP has no dearth of leaders. We are a worker based party. Congress is on crutches. In BJP, everyone gets responsibility from time to time. Whereas in Congress all are spent cartridges which are of no use now. In such a situation, instead of giving a statement on Markam BJP, peep into your neck.

    Former Assembly Speaker Dharamlal Kaushik reacted to Markam accusing the BJP of instigating the riots, saying that he was saying so under the pressure of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. The people of the entire state know what happened in Biranpur. The statement of the father of Bhuneshwar Sahu, who was appeased in Biranpur, that the attackers were threatening to cut off his entire family and community. Such bullies are still outside the jail. If not caught then who is spoiling communal harmony? Who is appeasing? It has become clear who is giving protection to those who disturb communal harmony. If Congress wants to create communal harmony then why those who spread hysteria were not caught.

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  • Rahul Gandhi exudes confidence about Congress victory in Karnataka polls

    Rahul Gandhi exudes confidence about Congress victory in Karnataka polls

    Bengaluru: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday exuded confidence about the party’s win in Karnataka and said that there’s a strong undercurrent in favour of the grand old party in the poll-bound State.

    Addressing a gathering in Bengaluru, he said, “We will be facing elections in Karnataka and I am quite happy to know that there’s a strong undercurrent in favour of the Congress party. I am confident that the Congress party is going to win the elections.”

    Launching a scathing attack on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, he said, “Most of us are aware of what the BJP is doing in the nation in terms of hatred, violence, and the attack on institutions. These are things that are visible to everybody. The essence and nature of our country are being attacked, and it is our duty as Congress people, as people who have helped build the modern idea of India to defend the idea of India from the RSS and the BJP.”

    Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi slammed the BJP-led Centre for not providing due representation to the OBCs in government jobs.

    Gandhi was addressing a gathering at the poll-bound State’s Kolar, where he made a remark on the Modi surname for which he has been convicted of criminal defamation, followed by his disqualification as MP.

    Pointing to the indifference being meted out to the OBCs which are present in larger number but their representation in government jobs were less, he said, “Reservation for SC/STs should be proportional to their population. (The Union government) should lift 50 per cent cap in reservation,” he added.

    In a reply to BJP’s allegations that he insulted the OBC community with Modi surname remark, the Congress leader said that the representation of OBC, and Dalits in the central government is not in line with their population.

    “There are only 7 per cent of people in the government’s secretaries coming from OBC, Dalit and Adivasi communities,” Gandhi said.

  • Rahul defamation case: Surat court will pronounce verdict on April 20

    Rahul defamation case: Surat court will pronounce verdict on April 20

    Surat (IANS) | A sessions court in Surat, which is hearing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s appeal to stay his conviction in a criminal defamation case, has reserved its verdict. The verdict will now be pronounced on April 20. Rahul Gandhi’s lawyer has argued in the court that the loss of his Parliament membership after being convicted in a criminal defamation case over the Modi surname is a major loss.

    Senior advocate RS Cheema, representing Rahul Gandhi, claimed that the conviction on the basis of a ‘fictitious’ defamation was unfair, as only an aggrieved person can file a complaint.

    Cheema also pointed to the geographical jurisdiction of complainant Surat West BJP MLA Purnesh Modi, saying the speech was delivered in Kolar (Karnataka) and the complainant received a message on his WhatsApp in Surat.

    The senior advocate claimed that the trial court was misled, due to which Rahul Gandhi was convicted and sentenced to two years, which has been suspended till his appeal is decided by the courts.

    Meanwhile, Purnesh Modi has responded to Rahul Gandhi’s plea to stay his conviction, calling it a ‘dirty display of childish arrogance’. After hearing the arguments, Judge Robin Mogera reserved judgment in the matter. The order will now be pronounced on April 20.

    On March 25, Rahul Gandhi was suspended from the Lok Sabha after being convicted in a criminal defamation case. His constituency in Wayanad, Kerala was also declared vacant by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.

    On March 24, a Surat court found Rahul Gandhi guilty and sentenced him to two years in jail in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surname. However, the Congress leader was granted bail and his sentence was suspended for 30 days to allow him to appeal against the Surat court verdict.

    –IANS

  • Rahul Gandhi Created Powerful Narrative Via Bharat Jodo Yatra, BJP Trying To ‘divert’ Attention: Congress

    Rahul Gandhi Created Powerful Narrative Via Bharat Jodo Yatra, BJP Trying To ‘divert’ Attention: Congress

    The Congress on Friday said Rahul Gandhi created a powerful new national narrative through the Bharat Jodo Yatra and alleged that a “rattled BJP” has been trying to “derail, distort, defame and divert”.

    In a tweet in Hindi, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said one of the three important issues raised during the Bharat Jodo Yatra was growing economic inequality and the main reason for this is skyrocketing inflation.

    He also shared a chart comparing the prices of essential commodities in 2013 with that of 2023. Sharing the chart, Ramesh urged people to look at the way household budget has been affected in the last 10 years.

    In another tweet, Ramesh said, “Rahul Gandhi created a powerful new national narrative through Bharat Jodo Yatra. It was truly transformational.” “A rattled BJP has been trying to derail, distort, defame and divert from that narrative. Sadly some high, supposedly neutral authorities are also engaging in this 4D assault,” the Congress leader said.

    His remarks come a day after opposition parties, including Congress, TMC, BRS and Samajwadi Party, came together in a show of unity and accused the Modi government of getting the second half of the budget session “washed out”, while asserting that if this attitude continues, the country will move towards “dictatorship”.

    Addressing a joint press conference of opposition leaders at the Constitution Club on Thursday, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge accused the Modi government of not walking the talk on democratic principles and causing disruptions in Parliament to divert attention from the Opposition’s demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the Adani issue.

  • Modi remark row: Former IPL boss Lalit Modi threatens to take Rahul Gandhi to court in UK

    Modi remark row: Former IPL boss Lalit Modi threatens to take Rahul Gandhi to court in UK

    LONDON: Former IPL chief Lalit Modi, accused of financial irregularities in India, launched a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi on Thursday and threatened to take the senior Congress leader to court in the UK over his ‘Modi surname’ remark.

    Lalit Modi, 59, also hit out at the Congress party for referring to him as a “fugitive of justice” even though he had never been convicted of any charges.

    In a series of tweets, which lacks punctuation and grammar, Lalit Modi also hailed himself as the man behind the “greatest sporting event in this world,” claiming that it has generated close to USD 100 billion.

    He also posted images of his grandparents to say that his family has done more for India than the Gandhi family. “I see just about every Tom, Dick and Gandhi associates again and again saying I am a fugitive of justice. why? How? and when was I to date ever convicted of same,” reads the tweet.

    “Unlike #Papu aka @RahulGandhi now an ordinary citizen saying it and it seems one and all opposition leaders have nothing else to do so they too are either ill- informed or just vendetta prone. I have decided to take the @RahulGandhi at least him to court in UK right away. I am sure he will have to come up with some solid evidence. I look forward to seeing him make a complete #fool of himself,” it adds.

    Lalit Modi’s attack on Rahul Gandhi came nearly a week after the former Congress chief was convicted in criminal defamation case and was sentenced to a two-year jail term by a Surat court for his ‘Modi surname’ comment.

    The conviction has since led to Gandhi’s disqualification as a Member of Parliament.

    In his Twitter thread, Lalit Modi accused several Congress leaders, alleging them to be as “bag men” of the Gandhi family and of having “overseas assets.”

    He also claimed that he can provide the details.

    “Not even a penny to date has been proven I took in last 15 years. But what is clearly proven I created the greatest sporting event in this world that has generated close to 100 billion dollars,” he tweeted.

    “Let not 1 Congress leader forget that from early 1950’s the Modi family has done more for them and our country then they can ever imagine.

    “I too have done more than they can ever dream of doing. So keep barking scam- tainted looters of India like the very own Gandhi family,” he added.

    The businessman, who has been based in the UK since 2010, said he will return to India as soon as stringent libel laws are passed in the country.