Reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Murkho ke sardar' remark against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the party MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary said on Tuesday that the Prime Minister was already aware of the results of the assembly elections which is why he has used such "foul language".<
Addressing a rally in Betul district of poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, the PM took a swipe at the Congress and said that the leaders of the party have this mental disease of not recognising the achievements of their own countrymen.
"Congress party will definitely come to power here. Under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and the combination of TPCC (Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee) Chief Revanth Reddy, CLP (Congress Legislative Party) leader Bhatti Vikramarka and Campaigning Committee Chairman Madhu Yashki Goud, Con
"Chairperson of Congress Parliamentary Party Smt. Sonia Gandhi is in Jaipur for the next few days to avoid the air pollution in New Delhi. It is a purely personal visit. Shri. Rahul Gandhi will be based in Jaipur and campaign in Chhattisgarh on November 15 and in Rajasthan on November 16, 19
The decision of Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen to contest merely nine seats in the home State of Telangana has set off a war of words between the AIMIM and the Congress.
The commission has asked the Congress leader to explain the statement by November 16 by 8:00 pm, as to why appropriate action for violation of the model code of conduct (MCC) as well as provisions of election and penal laws should not be taken against her.
Speaking to the media persons here on Tuesday, Omar Abdullah also urged Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi to work on revoking the ban on hijab imposed by the party-led Karnataka government.
"(Asaduddin) Owaisi is known for cutting votes. The entire country knows this. He takes bribes from the BJP. BJP pays them so that they cut the votes of the Congress and make it (electoral contest) easy for themselves," Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said.
"I have visited Madhya Pradesh several times now. I can tell cent per cent that there will be a 'toofan' of the Congress party here. You can write it down, people of Madhya Pradesh are going to give 145-150 seats to the Congress party," the Congress leader said.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivkumar on Tuesday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 134th birth anniversary in Karnataka's Bengaluru.