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PM avoids debate, can't answer questions on links with Adani, Ambani: Rahul

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday claimed that Narendra Modi is refusing to have a debate with him as the prime minister cannot answer questions about his "links" with a few favoured businessmen and how he "misused" electoral bonds. Addressing a public meeting organised by the Congress in Delhi, he urged workers of his party and of the Aam Aadmi Party to work together and ensure victory for their alliance on all seven Lok Sabha seats in the national capital. "It's interesting that I'll vote for AAP and Arvind Kejriwal will vote for Congress in these elections," he said. Gandhi said the first aim of everyone should be to save the Constitution from those "hell-bent on destroying it". Attacking the prime minister, the Congress leader said, "PM Modi is giving non-stop interviews to his favourite journalists but he will not have a debate with me because he knows he cannot answer my questions." "PM Modi talks about the Congress getting tempo-loads of money from Adani-Ambani, but

LS polls: Rae Bareli should show UP, country path to progress, says Rahul

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said Rae Bareli should once again show the path to progress and development to Uttar Pradesh and the country as it has been the ideological and political centre of the state in the past. Sharing a video with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in a post on X, he recollected memories of their childhood while passing through Rae Bareli, from where he is contesting on the Lok Sabha seat vacated by his mother Sonia Gandhi. "Rae Bareli has an important role in India's progress, in giving direction to the country. Rae Bareli has for years been Uttar Pradesh's political and ideological centre, and it was Rae Bareli that showed the path in the freedom struggle," he said in the over four-minute video. "Today, the role of Rae Bareli should be one that first shows the path to Uttar Pradesh's progress and development and then Uttar Pradesh should once again show the path of progress and development to India," he also said. In the last Lok Sabha elections,

LS polls: Security tightened ahead of rallies by PM Modi, Rahul in Delhi

Security in parts of the national capital was beefed up in view of two different rallies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with the local police having planned to deploy around 3,000-personnel strong force on the day. On Friday, the Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora, along with other senior officers, visited the northeast district and took stock of the security arrangements, where PM Modi will address a rally. Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will campaign at the Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency. A senior officer said, Modi is likely to arrive at the rally site by a chopper after addressing another election rally in Sonipat in Haryana. At least four-layer security arrangements comprising the SPG, security wing of the Delhi Police, and the local police will be in place. "Meetings were held with other agencies responsible for the prime minister's security. "We have identified buildings and trees on all possible routes where police perso

With PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi rallies in Delhi, check the routes to avoid

A robust four-layer security cordon will be in place for PM Modi's rally in northeast Delhi, while Rahul Gandhi will be campaigning in Chandni Chowk

Battleground 2024: PM Modi's first Delhi address to see two dozen diplomats

Apart from party-organised visits, several diplomats are travelling on their own to get a first-hand experience of election campaigning in the world's largest democracy

LS polls Highlights: Handing over my son Rahul to you, says Sonia Gandhi to Raebareli voters

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Highlights: Swati Maliwal part of BJP's conspiracy to malign AAP, says Delhi minister Atishi

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Giving son Rahul to Rae Bareli people, he won't disappoint you: Sonia

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi said on Friday that she is giving her son to the people of Rae Bareli and "Rahul will not disappoint you". She also thanked the people for giving her an opportunity to serve them as an MP for 20 years. "My everything is all given by you. So, brothers and sisters, I am giving you my son. You consider me yours," she said. Trying to strike an emotional chord with the voters, Sonia asked the people to consider Rahul Gandhi too as their own. Rahul will not disappoint you, said Sonia Gandhi, as Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi stood by her side on the stage at a joint election rally here. "I taught the same lessons to Rahul and Priyanka which Indira Gandhi and the people of Rae Bareli had taught me. To respect all, protect the weak, fight against injustice for the rights of people. Don't be afraid, because your roots of struggle and traditions are very deep," she said. Sonia Gandhi was first elected as an MP from Rae Bareli in 2004 and represented the seat t

PM Modi was asked why he doesn't hold press conferences. His answer

Prime Minister Narendra Modi he is "ready" to answer any questions asked to him in Parliament

LS polls: Billionaire candidate Jindal's assets, Mumbai votes in phase 5

Lok Sabha elections updates: Billionaire industrialist Naveen Jindal is contesting the Lok Sabha election on a BJP ticket from Haryana's Kurukshetra seat

Highlights of the day: Man whose firm installed billboard that collapsed in Mumbai arrested

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20,000 Congress volunteers to spread Rahul's message in LS polls: Report

The Congress has adopted a multi-pronged social media strategy with Rahul Gandhi directly reaching out to people via the 'speak to the camera' mode on various issues and deploying of 20,000 volunteers to spread his messages and views on WhatsApp, party sources said on Thursday. The core theme of the outreach is to directly connect with people and get feedback about their problems, aspirations and come up with solutions in the form of the party's much talked about Nyay Patra manifesto, they said. According to the sources, more than 88 lakh people have downloaded its manifesto from Congress website so far. Apart from his letter to party workers, rallies and press conferences, Gandhi is connecting directly with people through his interactive sessions such as Yuva Nyay Manch, lectures on Samajik Nyay and his outreach to farmers and women in Chhattisgarh and Karnataka. The former Congress president's YouTube channel has 5.6 million subscribers and had about 350 million views in last one

Lok Sabha polls highlights: Not just my party members, even Opposition working for Lotus, says PM

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Lok Sabha 2024: Rahul Gandhi, Modi declare assets; Amit Shah visits J&K

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Highlights of the day: Windfall tax on petroleum cut to Rs 5,700 per metric tonne

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LS polls highlights: TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee to support INDIA Bloc 'from outside'

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'PoK is a part of India, we have rights over it': Home Minister Amit Shah

Lok Sabha elections 2024: CAA is the country's law, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in an interview with ANI

LS polls: Narendra Modi will not be PM after June 4, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said no matter how much the BJP consoles itself through its "lies", it will not make any difference and Narendra Modi will no longer be the prime minister after June 4. Gandhi shared a video put out by the Congress on social media where they highlighted how his comments made during a poll rally in Uttar Pradesh were being "distorted" and differentiated between the truth and lies. "No matter how much the BJP consoles itself through the 'factory of lies', it is not going to make any difference. I am saying it again -- Narendra Modi will no longer be the Prime Minister after June 4," he said in a post in Hindi on X. "A storm is blowing in every corner of the country in favour of INDIA," he said referring to the opposition bloc. The Congress and Gandhi have been claiming that the INDIA bloc is forming the next government and the BJP was being thrown out of power in these Lok Sabha elections.

PM Modi vs Rahul Gandhi assets declared: Who's wealthier and by how much?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who are locked in an intense face-off in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, have declared their assets

LS polls: Raebareli still Gandhi stronghold amid threat of Amethi redux

Dressed in a grey cotton suit and white trainers, Priyanka seeks vote for her bhaiyaa, Rahul Gandhi, as she has been doing for the past several days