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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said those who call themselves 'deshbakt' are scared of the 'X-ray' of caste census and asserted that no force can stop it. Addressing the 'Samajik Nyay Sammelan' here, Gandhi said it is his life's mission to ensure justice for the 90 percent of the population against whom injustice has been done.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, with the words "Amethi ki janta kare pukaar, Robert Vadra ab ki baar" were seen outside the grand old party's office in Gauriganj, Amethi on Wednesday. The Congress party is yet to announce its candidate for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi constituency. These posters sparked speculations about his potential candidacy, as the nomination filing deadline rapidly approaches.

₹16 lakh crore of his “billionaire friends" while also listing how money could have been used to prevent farmer suicides, help unemployed youth and women. In an extensive post in Hindi, Rahul Gandhi suggests that ₹16 lakh crore could cover the cost of waiving farm loans and subsidising LPG cylinders at ₹400 for the entire country for at least 20 years.

polling held on April 19 saw a voter turnout of about 64 per cent. The ongoing Lok Sabha Election is being held in seven phases. The last phase is scheduled on June 1 and the counting of votes will be held on June 4.

Amethi is back in news and buzzing with excitement. Even as the BJP leaders taunt Rahul Gandhi for leaving Amethi constituency for Wayanad in Kerala, videos of massive cleaning and renovation work at his house in the town were shared on social media. This has led to hope among the Uttar Pradesh Congress cadre who were demoralised after signs that Rahul may not fight from Amethi this time. In 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Rahul contested from Amethi and Wayanad. He lost to BJP's Smriti Irani in Amethi, but won from Wayanad. Rahul Gandhi represented Amethi from 2004 till 2019. The seat is also associated with Rahul’s father Rajiv Gandhi, who represented the seat between 1981 till his death in 1991. Sonia Gandhi contested elections from here in 1999 and passed it on to Rahul in 2004. The workers engaged at Rahul's bungalow at Amethi were not just cleaning but also seen clearing the garden area, TOI has reported. Tent poles and material for a canopy were also seen lying near the house. The workers said that they were hired by the party. “I am told that Rahul Bhaiya will come soon. Therefore, all the cleaning and renovation work is being done,” said one of them. Asked to comment on renovation work underway at Rahul’s home in Amethi’s Gauriganj area, ex-MLC Deepak Singh said, “This is routine. Whether or not he contests elections from here, he is sure to visit Amethi during the campaign time.”

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's promise of wealth redistribution has kicked up a huge controversy. While the idea itself has been controversial — right from the bloody revolutions of the past century that promised the poor the wealth amassed by the rich to contemporary debates in economics on how to address inequality and poverty — a comment on Rahul's plan by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has brought the issue to the headlines. PM Modi alleged on Sunday that «Congress wanted to confiscate people's wealth and redistribute it to Muslims». Yesterday, adding that opposition parties had done nothing for Muslims, he reiterated his allegations, saying that the Congress was «looking to survey earnings and wealth of people, including their vehicles, property, and houses to redistribute it in line with a communist ideology that INDIA wanted to implement in the country». What did Rahul Gandhi say

Mallikarjun Kharge said on Monday that President Droupadi Murmu was not invited to the Pran Pratishtha programme at Ayodhya and the inaugural function of Parliament due to her caste. Former President Ram Nath Kovind, Kharge said, was also not invited to the two events by the due to the same reason. “PM Modiji says though we invited leaders from the Congress party to Ayodhya they never turned up.

Prime Minister, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that Modi abuses Muslims to get votes. “Modi today called Muslims infiltrators and people with many children. Since 2002 till this day, the only Modi guarantee has been to abuse Muslims and get votes.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is running a «school of corruption» in the country where he himself is teaching under the subject 'Entire Corruption Science". In a post on X, Rahul said that the BJP has made this course mandatory for its leaders. «Narendra Modi is running a 'school of corruption' in the country! Where under the subject 'Entire Corruption Science', he himself is teaching each chapter including 'donation business' in detail,» he said.

regional bias and favouritism in jobs while corruption was rampant in all spheres when the party was in power in the state. At a poll rally in Bahadurgarh under the Rohtak parliamentary constituency, he claimed the Narendra Modi government initiated many schemes in the last 10 years for the benefit of the poor and farmers, bringing smiles to their faces. On the other hand, the Congress in the six decades it was in power did nothing for poverty alleviation in the country other than raising the «garibi hathao» slogan, he alleged. In a veiled jibe at Rahul Gandhi, the senior BJP leader said, «Now, the Congress' 'yuvraj' says he will eradicate poverty in one stroke. Which 'Aladdin Ka Chirag' (magic lamp) has he got now?»

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed on Saturday that the BJP would not win more than 150 seats. «These BJP people have kept saying that they will secure this many or that many seats, let me make it clear, they (BJP) won't get more than 150 seats. Not even a single seat more than 150,» he said while addressing a public rally in Bhagalpur. Rahul Gandhi promised to end the Agniveer scheme, stating that India does not need two types of martyrs.

Lok Sabha polls just five days away in the state, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday intensified his attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accusing them of attempting to cover up the progresses achieved by the state with «lies». Modi and Gandhi have a similar voice while speaking against the southern state, he told a press conference in Kanhangadu here. «A strange phenomenon is happening now in which the Prime Minister and the all India leader of the main opposition party are trying in unison to cover up the state (Kerala) and the progress it achieved with lies,» the Chief Minister alleged. Targeting Modi for his recent remarks against the state government, Vijayan said the Prime Minister had mentioned the other day that corruption thrives in Kerala like in Bihar. Through the statement, the PM is insulting two states at one go, he said.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday said that Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is «compromised» as he «attacks» only the grand old party and Rahul Gandhi but not the BJP. The Congress leader said that Vijayan's name has come up in many scams, including 'Life Mission' and gold smuggling through diplomatic bags, but the BJP-led Central government has neither taken up any case against him nor carried out raids or any kind of action against him. «Like in a football match, you cannot win with a compromised player, the same way you have a compromised CM. He only attacks my brother (Rahul Gandhi) and the Congress party. He does not attack the BJP. „Have you thought about it? His name came up in so many scams — Life Mission, gold smuggling, many other scams — but how come the BJP government never put cases on him, never carried out raids on him and no action was taken against him?“ Gandhi said. She was speaking at a poll rally in the Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency seeking votes for Congress candidate Anto Antony. The statement came hours after Vijayan raked up the DLF-Robert Vadra connection and targeted Priyanka Gandhi, who is Vadra's wife.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for not fighting Lok Sabha polls from the Amethi constituency, Karnataka BJP President BY Vijayendra questioned the intentions of Wayanad MP, saying that he could have opted for any other seat rather than contesting from a minority-dominated constituency. «What made Rahul Gandhi contest from Wayanad? Why did he escape from Amethi? I do agree that he has lost the confidence of the people of Amethi. But he is contesting from Wayanad where more than 70 per cent of people are from the minority community. Did he not get any other safe seat other than from a minority-dominated Wayanad? What message is he trying to give the country?» Vijayendra told ANI. On Rahul Gandhi's claim that BJP would not win more than 150 seats, Vijayendra said, «Instead of focusing on how many seats BJP is going to win, he should focus on his party.»

Lok Sabha election 2024: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday claimed that currently, 22 Indians have the same money as the population of the remains 70 crore combined. He claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave these 22 “all the money of banks" and introduced the GST and demonetisation to help them.

Lok Sabha elections on Friday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi requested voters to open ‘Mohabbat ki Dukaan’ in every corner of the country to strengthen democracy and defeating hatred. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Rahul Gandhi wrote, “Today is the first phase of voting! Remember, each of your votes is going to decide the future of Indian democracy and the coming generations." “So come out and strengthen democracy by applying the balm of your vote to the wounds inflicted on the soul of the nation in the last 10 years. Defeat hatred and open the 'Mohabbat ki Dukaan' in every corner," he added.

Uttar Pradesh Congress state co-coordinator Vikas Agrahari on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union Minister and BJP candidate from Amethi Lok Sabha Constituency, Smriti Irani. BJP's Amethi district president Ram Prasad Mishra was also present on the occasion. The joining comes even as the Congress is yet to name a candidate for the seat. While the BJP has announced that Irwill seek re-election from Amethi. Smriti Irani defeated Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Amethi, a Nehru-Gandhi family stronghold, in one of the biggest upsets of the polls. Congress has however announced that Gandhi will again contest from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, a seat he won in the 2019 General elections.

Top Events on April 18: India is all set to witness various political, legal, sports and technological events on April 18. These events include Amit Shah and JP Nadda's Lok Sabha poll campaigns, Rahul Gandhi's public meeting, electoral bond scheme hearing in Supreme Court, IPL 2024, and more. Take a look at detailed events below, - Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold roadshows in several parts of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar today, before filing his nomination papers at the Gandhinagar electorate for the Lok Sabha elections beginning on April 19.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is putting up a «brave fight» against the BJP, Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that his actions suggest otherwise and alleged Gandhi is «hesitant» to contest from the BJP-ruled states. He further alleged that Gandhi seeks refuge in states with considerably high minority population. Azad took a dig at Gandhi and National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah, referring to them as «spoon-fed kids» rather than politicians, and said that both have done nothing on their own. «Why is Rahul Gandhi hesitant to contest in the BJP-ruled states? While Gandhi claims to be fighting the BJP, his actions suggest otherwise. Why fly from the BJP-ruled states and seek refuge in minority-dominated ones?» Azad said while addressing public meetings in Sangaldan, Ukhral areas of the Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Narendra Modi will campaign for six Lok Sabha seats in the Old Mysuru region, including Bengaluru, on April 20, Saturday. He will hold public rallies in Chikkaballapur and, at the Palace Grounds in Bengaluru. BJP state general secretary Sunil Kumar Karkala said they expect one lakh people to participate in each of these events. Karnataka will go to polls on April 26 and May 7. This is the third visit by the PM to Karnataka this election season including the one to Kalaburagi on the day the polls schedules were announced.

Rahul Gandhi kept the suspense on over his candidature from the high-profile Amethi constituency in Uttar Pradesh, saying the party's Central Election Committee (CEC) takes such decisions for the Lok Sabha elections. During a joint press conference with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Rahul Gandhi was asked whether he will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Amethi or Rae Bareli. “This is BJP's question, very good.