Congress Uttar Pradesh President Ajay Rai stepped up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that the PM faced a moral defeat in Varanasi, given his victory by a margin merely one-fourth of his previous Lok Sabha triumph.
Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) president Ajay Rai hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over inflation and 'crimes against women' in the state and said that BJP is going to lose the ongoing Lok Sabha elections "very badly".
UP Congress president Ajay Rai on Sunday supported Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's claim that if the BJP comes to power again, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath would be side-lined.
Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai on Friday said that Union Minister Smriti Irani is losing her mental balance with repeated attacks on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, adding that she needs to consult a good doctor.
Dismissing speculations that he could be the next prominent face in the Congress to dump the grand old party and join the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the party's UP president Ajay Rai said on Tuesday the latter only makes such claims when it is 'worried' or 'anxious'.
Ajay Rai, UP Congress President, on Saturday urged the Uttar Pradesh government to address the allegations surrounding the death of incarcerated gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari.
"The Samajwadi Party was the first to announce its seats and start the campaign. You will see that the first victory will be that of the Samajwadi Party and the INDIA bloc...We were the first to form an alliance, distribute seats, release campaign song...," Yadav said speaking to reporter
Amid rising tensions within the INDIA alliance, Uttar Pradesh Congress State President Ajay Rai reacted over Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief Akhilesh Yadav's 'chirkut' remark.