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Congress has filed a complaint to the Election Commission against BJP national president JP Nadda, social media in-charge Amit Malviya, and state chief BY Vijayendra for allegedly posting a video on social media aimed at «intimidating» members of Schedule Caste/ Schedule Tribe to not vote for Congress in the Lok Sabha polls. In a complaint filed to the Chief Electoral Officer in Bengaluru, the party also alleged the violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by using animated videos of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah by portraying the Congress party as favouring a particular religion (Muslims) and suppressing members of SC/STs and OBC communities, with the intention to create feelings of enmity, hatred and ill-will against members of the SC/ST community. Ramesh Babu, Chairman, Media and Communication of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), said in the complaint, "… the tenor of video… is in nature of intimidating persons belonging to SC/ST Community that leaders of Congress party are likely to favour Muslims at cost of SC/ST Community. Since, elections to Lok Sabha is being held on 07/05/2024 in 14 constituencies, the video post of BJP on their official social media handle is nothing but intimidating SC/ST community not to cast a vote to Congress. This is a clear case of intimidating SC/ST community members and further projecting SC/ST community people in a bad light showing them as 'Eggs' and being kicked by another religion i.e., Muslims."

Congress government in Karnataka will provide financial assistance to those allegedly sexually assaulted by JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna, the national party said on Sunday. Congress general secretary and the party's Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala made this announcement at a press conference here in the presence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. He said former Congress president Rahul Gandhi had demanded that appropriate action be taken against the accused. «Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced financial assistance to the rape victims who are in hundreds, since it is a unique case which has never happened in the last 75 years,» Surjewala said.

(This story originally appeared in on May 05, 2024)

Tejashwi Yadav has decided to respond with humour to BJP Lok Sabha candidate Kangana Ranaut's gaffe on May 4. Speaking during an election rally on May 4, Ranaut, who is the BJP candidate from Mandi seat (Himachal Pradesh), seemingly launched an attack on Yadav, but mis-named him as fellow BJP leader Tejasvi Surya instead. Surya is the BJP LS candidate from Bengaluru South constituency in Karnataka.

Congress President Malikarjun Kharge extended condolences over the death of personnel of the Indian Air Force in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district. In a post on X, Kharge wrote, «Deeply pained by the cowardly terror attack on the IAF vehicle in Poonch, Jammu & Kashmir. We strongly and unequivocally condemn this dastardly terror attack and join the nation in standing together against terrorism.» «Our deepest condolences to the family of the brave air warrior who made the supreme sacrifice. We hope that the injured air warriors recover at the earliest and earnestly pray for their well-being. India is united for our soldiers,» he added.

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CBI) is expected to issue a blue-corner notice against Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna to get him to face the ongoing investigations into his alleged abuse of women and leaks of explicit videos. Blue collar notice authorises Interpol to collect information about a person's identity, location or activities related to a criminal investigation. Participating in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday to review the progress made in the investigations, the special investigation team (SIT) officials informed him about the possibility of the federal investigating agency issuing a blue-collar notice. Such a notice will help the SIT speed up investigations, they said. The SIT has already issued a look out notice for Revanna Jr. The police officers also told the CM that they would arrest Revanna Jr as soon as he arrived in any of the Indian airports.

Rahul Gandhi who was born with a «silver spoon», Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday. Addressing a campaign rally in Daman city in the Union Territory of Daman and Diu, Shah alleged the INDIA bloc robbed the quota meant for Dalits, tribals and backward classes and gave it to Muslims, whereas the BJP has always preserved and strengthened the reservation meant for SCs, STs and OBCs. He campaigned for BJP candidates for Daman and Diu as well as Dadra and Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha seats, which fall under the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. «In this election, you have two options. On the one side, you have Rahul Gandhi who was born with a silver spoon. On the other side, you have Modiji who was born to a family of a poor 'chaiwala',» said Shah.

Amit Shah on Saturday called AAP an "urban Naxal party" and said Maoist menace would raise its head in the region if the opposition candidate wins from Valsad Lok Sabha seat. The Aam Aadmi Party is fighting the Gujarat polls in alliance with the Congress, which has fielded its Vansda (ST) MLA Anant Patel from Valsad. Addressing a rally in support of BJP candidate Dhaval Patel in Vansda, Shah said, «The Congress and urban Naxal party AAP have come together to disturb the peace of this tribal region. Do you want extortion to start in Valsad? Will you allow Naxalism to raise its head in our forest areas?» «Naxalism and urban naxalism will begin here if their candidate wins,» Shah asserted. Shah claimed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's «misinformation» about the vaccination drive during the coronavirus pandemic led to the death of many tribals. «Rahul asked tribals not to take the vaccine and termed it as Modi vaccine. However, both brother and sister (Priyanka Gandhi) secretly took the vaccine in the night.

You will lose from Raebareli also, by a huge margin. Even if you run away, people will find you." While speaking in the Bodeli town in the tribal-dominated Chhotaudepur district of Gujarat, the BJP leader said the Congress is fighting elections under their leader Rahul Gandhi. "When he [Rahul Gandhi] lost elections from Amethi, he went to Wayanad.

Prajwal Revanna's antecedents, especially his history of sexual violence and the presence of videos filmed by the perpetrator. What is even more shocking is that despite these gruesome allegations being brought to the notice of the senior most BJP leadership, the Prime Minister campaigned and canvassed for a mass rapist," the letter read.

family bastion in the north, Raebareli, Congress announced on Friday, a move that will challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a region he dominates. Rahul Gandhi will also contest the Lok Sabha elections from Wayanad in Kerala.

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has decided to contest from Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli after «sensing defeat» in Wayanad. He also said that Congress' tally will not cross 50 and would be at an «all time low». «I have already said that Shehzada will get defeated in Wayanad. After completion of votes in Kerala, he is now contesting in Raebareli. Their senior leader (Sonia Gandhi) quit her Lok Sabha seat and entered Parliament through the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. They say 'daro mat' but I am saying 'arre daro mat, bhaggo mat' (Don't be scared, don't run away),» Modi said during his public rallies. «The Congress, with less than 50 seats, and the Trinamool with 15 seats in Bengal, will not be able to form a government at the Centre,» he said, adding, «The Congress will get less seats than before, they are contesting in lesser seats,» Modi said. The PM held three rallies in West Bengal — at Krishnanagar, Bardhaman and Bolpur — on Friday.

Rahul Gandhi, who filed his nomination from Raebareli earlier in the day, referred to it as an ‘emotional moment’. Further noted that, he has been entrusted with the opportunity to serve at his ‘family's workplace’. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the senior Congress leader stated, Nomination from Raebareli was an emotional moment for me! My mother has entrusted me with the responsibility of the family's workplace with great confidence and given me the opportunity to serve it.

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Rahul Gandhi migrated from Amethi. Any other leader in his place, who takes decisions after carefully weighing his credibility and acceptability, would have considered contesting directly against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi if he did not wish from Amethi," Acharya Krishnam told news agency ANI in an interview. ALSO READ: How the ‘reluctant’ Rahul Gandhi was persuaded to contest from Raebareli, Congress party's ‘safest’ seat Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate.

Rajnath Singh on Friday took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for having chosen Rae Bareli instead of Amethi to contest in the Lok Sabha polls and said that everyone knows what do «we call a person who runs away from the battle in between». He was addressing a public meeting in Rohtak, Haryana for BJP candidate Arvind Sharma. «Rahul Gandhi has left the battleground and ran away to Wayanad. When his party wanted him to contest elections again from Amethi, he chose Rae Bareli. We all know, what to call a person who left battle in between,» he said.

Rahul Gandhi on Friday filed his nomination from Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency. The senior Congress leader was accompanied by party's national president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and her husband Robert Vadra. However, source close to Moneycontrol cited that Rahul Gandhi was reluctant to to contest elections from UP and had to be persuaded by several senior party leaders.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday filed his nomination from Rae Bareli, a few hours after announcing his candidature from the key constituency. The party leader was accompanied by his sister and Congress party's general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rae Bareli's sitting MP Sonia Gandhi. The party has decided to drop Priyanka Gandhi Vadra this time around. Congress' loyalist KL Sharma will be contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Amethi, the seat Rahul Gandhi lost in the 2019 general elections to BJP leader Smriti Irani.

Congress finally revealed that Rahul Gandhi will contest from the historic Gandhi family seats of Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh. The unexpected twist in the announcement has sparked interest and speculation among political circles. In a strategic move, senior leader Rahul Gandhi has opted to contest from Rae Bareli, a decision that deviates from the traditional stronghold of Amethi, where he faced defeat in the 2019 elections against Union minister Smriti Irani. Meanwhile, his sister and AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has decided not to enter the electoral fray at this time. The nomination unveiling took place on the deadline day for filing nominations for the two constituencies, which are scheduled for polling on May 20. In Amethi, the party has put forward Kishorilal Sharma, a prominent figure representing the Nehru-Gandhi legacy in the region for over two decades. This marks the first time in 25 years that a member of the Gandhi family will not be contesting from Amethi.