Going all guns blazing at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remark that he spotted youths passed out drunk on the streets of Varanasi and elsewhere in Uttar Pradesh during his ongoing 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the former has
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said that the party's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will be paused between February 26 to March 1 in view of election-related meetings in Delhi.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday claimed that wherever Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' is passing through, the grand old party is facing setbacks.
In a veiled swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who represents Varanasi in the Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday claimed that during his visit to the temple town as a part of the ongoing Bharat Jodo Nyay yatra, he saw people lying drunk on roads.
"I am happy that Jairam Ramesh has accepted my challenge and Rahul Gandhi is ready to contest elections from Amethi without Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati's support," Irani said, speaking to reporters on Tuesday.
Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of "dirty election manipulation and "institutional sabotage", Congress leaders on Tuesday said that the Supreme Court has saved democracy with its verdict in the Chandigarh Mayor election case
"He (Nitish Kumar) came on his own last time and left on his own this time too. An investigation has been going on against us for the last 25 years. ED, CBI, nothing new is there... The people of Bihar and the country are with us," said RJD leader Rabri Devi.
The Congress spokesperson also alleged that the written permission to take cameras inside Varanasi's Kashi Vishwanath Temple was also abruptly revoked at the last moment during Rahul's visit to the temple on Saturday.
In response to the summons issued by the District Civil Court in Sultanpur for Rahul Gandhi to appear before it on a defamation case, Jairam Ramesh, the Congress General Secretary in charge of Communications on Tuesday stated, "The 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' will not be derailed. Rahul Gand