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Rahul Gandhi defamation case: Hearing deferred again due to lawyers' strike

The hearing in the defamation case against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was adjourned again due to the continuing strike of lawyers. Plaintiff Vijay Mishra's counsel Santosh Kumar Pandey said the special MP-MLA judge Shubham Verma set January 30 as the next date of hearing to complete the cross-examination in the case. Mishra, a local BJP politician, filed a defamation complaint against Gandhi in 2018 in the court alleging that during the Karnataka elections, the Congress leader made an offensive remark about BJP leader Amit Shah which hurt his sentiments. The case was pending for five years, and when Gandhi failed to appear, the court issued a warrant in December, 2023, summoning him. While Gandhi surrendered in court in February, 2024, his statement was recorded on July 26, 2024. The special magistrate granted him bail on two sureties of Rs 25,000 each. During his appearance in court, Gandhi claimed innocence and said a political conspiracy was being plotted against him. The court

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Rahul Gandhi slams govt, says real development is when everyone progresses

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit out at the Modi government over its economic policies and asserted that real development is when everyone progresses, there is a fair environment for business, a fair tax system and the income of workers increases. In a post in Hindi on X, Gandhi said, "The truth of Modi Ji's developed India: Your hard work, whose profit? The wheel of the country's economy is turning with your sweat and blood, but are you getting your fair share in it? Just think." The share of the manufacturing sector in the economy has gone down to the lowest level in 60 years and due to this, people are struggling for employment, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said. Wrong policies in the agriculture sector have worsened the condition of farmers and farm labourers, Gandhi said, adding they are barely able to make ends meet. The real income of workers has either remained stagnant or decreased in the last five years, Gandhi said. "The harmful GST and income ta

Rahul Gandhi unwell, unlikely to take part in Gandhi Bharat event: Congress

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is unlikely to take part in the Gandhi Bharat event on Tuesday at Belagavi as he is unwell, sources in the ruling party said. While Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara told PTI Videos in Belagavi that the entire leadership of the Congress party will take part in the function, which is set to commence soon, sources here said that Rahul Gandhi was unwell and hence, he is likely to skip the function. Mallikarjun Kharge, Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other senior Congress functionaries are expected to take part in the event at the district headquarter town of Belagavi bordering Maharashtra. According to the Congress sources, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi is set to be unveiled at the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha and a public meeting has also been scheduled to be held at the CPED grounds. The Gandhi Bharat event, to commemorate the centenary of the lone Congress session presided by Mahatma Gandhi at Belagavi in 1924, was originally scheduled to be held on ...

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FIR against Rahul Gandhi over remarks on BJP, RSS; Cong says pol stunt

A police case has been registered in Assam against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his purported recent remarks "threatening the sovereignty of the country", with the opposition party dismissing the complaint as a political stunt' on Monday. A complaint was filed at Panbazar police station here by advocate Monjit Chetia on Saturday evening against remarks made by Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, during the inauguration of the Congress' new national headquarters in New Delhi last week, police said. Cheita alleged that Gandhi, in his speech, had said that "BJP and RSS have captured every single institution, and we are now fighting the BJP, the RSS, and the Indian state itself." The advocate alleged that the Congress leader made these remarks "with deliberate design and calculated intent to undermine the sovereignty and integrity of the Indian state and to provoke rebellion against the democratically elected" government. Unable to gain public trust through democrat

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SC halts defamation case against Rahul Gandhi over Amit Shah-remarks

Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, representing Gandhi, argued that only the aggrieved person could file a criminal defamation case, not a proxy party, halting proceedings

Rahul Gandhi visits BPSC protest site in Patna, assures full support

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday threw his weight behind the protests against alleged irregularities in BPSC exams, by visiting the site of the nearly a month-old agitation here and spending several minutes with aggrieved students. After Gandhi winded up his pre-decided engagements, during which he also made a veiled reference to the protests with the remark "Bihar has been converted into a centre of paper leaks", a delegation of students called on him at a hotel. The delegation urged him to visit Gardani Bagh where several aspirants have been on a round-the-clock protest seeking cancellation of Combined Competitive Exam held last month. Suman Saurabh, a student from Sitamarhi, who was part of the delegation, told PTI video, "We urged Rahul Gandhi to visit Gardani Bagh which is our 'dharmabhoomi' and 'karmabhoomi'. He said he will take some time off. As the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, he is known to the entire nation and his support means a lot to us." Gandhi

Cong's new HQ at 9A Kotla Road narrates tale of party's 139-year history

Several leaders who left the Congress and even mounted stinging attacks on it find a place in the pictorial representation of the party's history spread across the five storeys of its new 9A Kotla Road office. Ahead of a media tour of the office, Congress treasurer Ajay Maken Saturday told reporters at the first press conference at the Indira Gandhi Bhawan that the building was built at an estimated cost of Rs 200-225 crore with some dues still left to be paid to Larsen and Toubro (L&T) construction company. The Congress headquarters was inaugurated on Wednesday, as the grand old party turned a page in its history after operating from its iconic 24, Akbar Road premises for the last 47 years. Congress parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi inaugurated the plush building in the presence of party president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Rahul Gandhi, and general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Jairam Ramesh and K C Venugopal, among other senior leaders. "Today we will ...

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PM wanted to throw Constitution, ended up bowing before it: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had harboured a wish to "throw away" the Constitution, but ended up bowing before it after the BJP's below-expectation performance in the Lok Sabha polls. The Leader of the Opposition made the charge at a 'Samvidhan Suraksha Sammelan' here while mimicking the PM, evoking peals of laughter from the crowds. Holding a copy of the Constitution close to his head, Gandhi said, "When Modiji entered Parliament after winning a third term, he did like this. He wanted to throw the Constitution away. But our concerted fight made him give up his boast of a 400-plus seat win for the BJP." Notably, remarks by a few BJP leaders that the Constitution might be "changed" if the party won more than 400 seats in the 543-strong Lok Sabha were latched on by the opposition INDIA bloc, led by Congress, in last year's general elections. According to many surveys, the refrain "Constitution in danger" had resonated with a secti

Aiims Delhi addresses video posted by Rahul Gandhi on patient plight

Clarifying the video posted by Rahul Gandhi on the social media platform 'X' Aiims said that the video doesn't qualify whether all patients shown therein belong to Aiims Delhi

Karnataka HC stays defamation case proceedings against Rahul Gandhi

The Karnataka High Court on Friday issued an interim order pausing the trial court proceedings against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case filed by the state BJP. Senior advocate Shashi Kiran Shetty, appearing on behalf of Gandhi, informed Justice M Nagaprasanna that this was the first time the case was being heard. After reviewing the plea, the court ordered, "Emergent notice to the respondent returnable by February 20. By way of interim order, there shall be a stay of further proceedings." The next hearing is scheduled for February 20. The defamation case is linked to the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee's "Corruption Rate Card" advertisements, which alleged that BJP leaders demanded commissions for government appointments and transfers. The advertisement ahead of the assembly polls had accused the then BJP government in the state of indulging in large-scale corruption during its 2019-2023 rule. The BJP has dismissed these claims as misleading and ...

Rahul Gandhi slams Centre for insensitivity towards patients outside Aiims

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met several patients and their families camped on the roads, footpaths and subways around AIIMS and accused the Centre and the Delhi government of showing "insensitivity" towards them. The leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha met the patients and families putting up on roads, footpaths and subways around AIIMS and enquired about their problems and grievances. "Burden of disease, biting cold, and government insensitivity - today I met patients and their families outside AIIMS who have come from far and wide in search of treatment," Gandhi said in a post in Hindi on Instagram. "On their path to get treatment, they are forced to sleep on roads, footpaths and subways - just keeping a flame of hope burning amidst the cold ground, hunger, and inconveniences," Gandhi said. "Both the Central and Delhi governments have completely failed in fulfilling their responsibility towards the public," he said.

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Delhi Assembly polls: Congress releases fourth list of 5 candidates

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Sonia Gandhi inaugurates Congress' new 5-storey headquarters in Delhi

The Congress' new headquarters located at 9A, Kotla Road here was inaugurated on Wednesday, as the grand old party turned a page in its history after operating from its iconic 24, Akbar Road premises for the last 47 years. Congress parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi inaugurated the plush five-storey building in the presence of party president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Rahul Gandhi, and general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Jairam Ramesh and K C Venugopal, among other senior leaders. Indira Gandhi Bhawan, constructed by L&T and designed by Hafeez Contractor, narrates the tale of the party's 139-year-old history with its walls adorning pictures from the freedom struggle to the party's governance achievements. The five principles of the Congress -- democracy, nationalism, secularism, inclusive growth and justice -- are inscribed on one of the walls of the building. As one enters the building, the wall in front adorns the pictures of the party's first president W

Opposing Indian state has become Rahul Gandhi's new agenda: Goa CM

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said opposing the Indian state itself has become the "new agenda" of Rahul Gandhi and the Congress. Gandhi's remark earlier in the day that his party was fighting the "BJP, RSS and the Indian state itself" triggered a row with the BJP alleging that everything the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha does or says is in the direction of breaking India and dividing society. "So, opposing the Indian State itself has become the new agenda of Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party!" Sawant wrote on X. "The Congress party, led by Rahul Gandhi, has forfeited any moral ground to hold or preach the Constitution to others. Earlier, the statement by the South Goa MP, claiming that the Constitution of India was "thrust upon them" is a glaring testament to the deep-seated disrespect and contempt for India and its foundational principles that cultivates within the entitled dynastic leadership of the Congress," the chief minister added. Sawant was referring