"PM Modi stood on the stage and accused my father of changing some laws to take inheritance from her mother...My father did not inherit wealth but the spirit of martyrdom. You can understand this feeling because you have sent your sons to the border. PM Modi cannot understand this sentiment.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi scrapped the inheritance law during his tenure to save the assets and family property that was to be taken by the government after the death of his mother Indira Gandhi.
Refuting Bharatiya Janata Party's claim that Congress aims to impose inheritance tax in the country, party leader Jairam Ramesh said that it was former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi who abolished the Estate Duty in 1985.
Ravichandran, a former convict in the assassination case of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, has embarked on a new chapter in his life after spending 32 years in prison and being released prematurely. He has opened a publication and bookshop in Rajakambeeram, near Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
BRS leader K Kavitha on Thursday urged the Revanth Reddy-led Congress government in Telangana to reverse its decision to erect a statue of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in front of the State Secretariat as the land was initially earmarked for installing a statue of Telangana 'Talli' (mo
Sharmistha Mukherjee, the daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee, said that her father was dropped from the cabinet because former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had some 'trust deficit' over him rising as a challenge to his authority.
Addressing a public rally in election-bound Madhya Pradesh, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday invoked her father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and how he never lost his cool when voters pointed to unfulfilled promises.
Targetting Congress over its stand on the reports of the Mandal Commission, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday claimed that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was against the implementation of the recommendations laid by the backward panel.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday said that a provision of 33 per cent reservation for women in Panchayati Raj institutions (PRI) was made under the guidance of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and other party leaders on Sunday attended the 25th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award event in Delhi.
In Ladakh to pay tribute to his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's 79th birth anniversary, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hit out at the Centre, saying that its claim that not an inch of Indian land was taken by China's People Liberation Army (PLA) troops "is not true
Rahul Gandhi embarked on a bike ride to Pangong Tso in Ladakh on Saturday. A prayer meeting is scheduled to be held at the banks of Pangong Lake to mark the birth anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi today.