Rahul Gandhi also said the Congress government would guarantee minimum income to every poor Indian
Rahul Gandhi arrived in the Assembly premises around noon, soon after the House was adjourned following Goa Governor Mridula Sinha's address, which was boycotted by Congress members.
The move comes ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, in which EC is bringing in new strategies to conduct fair polls
Gandhi's announcement was an attempt to steal the thunder of Modi government's interim budget, party sources said
General election as well state poll in Odisha are expected to coincide this year
The Jan 16 direction made it clear that officials against whom the EC has recommended disciplinary action in the past in any election should not be assigned poll-related duties
The announcement of Congress President is politically significant in the run up for the general election
He said the party also wanted the income tax threshold to be raised from the existing Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 8 lakh
Investors have turned skittish about the health of India's finances amid signs that the government is ready to sacrifice fiscal discipline as it weighs an aid package to appease farmers
The Congress party has got a new leader who has the potential to set the party on the path of political recovery under her brother Rahul Gandhi's leadership
'If the government makes law on Ram Temple, it will surely win the Lok Sabha elections 2019,' said V S Kokje, the chief of Vishwa Hindu Parishad
'The government won't last even a year if a leader of a party with only 25-30 seats becomes Prime Minister,' said Sushil Modi
Prakash Raj, who won National Award for Best Actor in 2008, has been critical of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government
The JD (U) had walked out of the NDA in 2013
Ahead this year's Lok Sabha elections, achieving full energy access has been one of Modi's key reforms for outreach to rural communities, where BJP is challenged by dissatisfaction and joblessness
The RLD leader said his party's intention was to defeat the ruling BJP, for which like-minded parties had to join hands
Gandhi should answer as to how many more alibies he was going to invent for party's loss in the Lok Sabha polls, Prasad asked
The BJP Minority Cell will also hold a two-day national convention in New delhi on January 31-February 1
Party waiting for poll schedule after which mahagatbandhan will take shape
Facebook says it doesn't want a repeat of the kind of meddling that took place in the 2016 US election