Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party government at the centre and said that Rahul Gandhi was disqualified for asking questions that the BJP could not answer.
BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad asked whether Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is working with anti-India businessmen to weaken the country, while responding to Ghulam Nabi Azad's allegations against the former Wayanad MP, on Monday.
Rahul Gandhi lost membership in the Lower House of Parliament after a Surat court convicted and sentenced him in a 2019 criminal defamation case. The case pertained to a remark he made using the surname 'Modi' while addressing a campaign event ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Amid protests against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's disqualification, Congress MLA Amitesh Shukla termed the former Wayanad MP Gandhi as Mahatma Gandhi of modern India.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi would address an election rally in poll-bound Karnataka on April 10 and also visit his former Parliamentary constituency Wayanad a day later.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary Vinod Tawde on Sunday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on Veer Savarkar, saying the former Wayanad MP has no knowledge of the history of India's freedom struggle.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday will accompany former Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi to Surat for his appearance in a court to appeal against his conviction in a defamation case tomorrow, said sources on Sunday.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address a rally in Kolar in Karnataka on April 9 in indication of the Congress seeking to make an political issue of his disqualification from Lok Sabha with the Congress leader also slated to visit Wayanad on April 11
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday said that the court has given 30-days time to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for judicial remedy after he was convicted in a criminal defamation case, and said that the commission will wait before announcing bypolls in the Wayanad parliam
Rahul Gandhi, who is MP from Wayanad, was disqualified from Lok Sabha last week following his conviction by a Surat court in a criminal defamation case