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Jairam Ramesh counters PM, says it was a Congress govt. that gave constitutional status to panchayats

Mr. Ramesh also pointed out that it was the Congress-led UPA government in 2010 that marked April 24 as Panchayati Raj Diwas. “But our Prime Minister is trying to take credit for this today,” he said.

The Hindu

BJP likely to keep up attack on Rahul Gandhi over Azad's 'undesirable businessmen' jibe

Amid efforts by opposition parties to forge unity ahead of the 2024 electoral battle and Congress' insistence on a JPC probe into the Adani issue, BJP is likely to keep up its attack on Rahul Gandhi over former union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's allegations against him. Read further on Dynamite…

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India's opposition leader Gandhi to appeal defamation charge

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi is expected to appear in court Monday to appeal a criminal conviction for mocking the Prime Minister’s surname that saw Gandhi expelled from Parliament, dealing a huge blow to his Congress Party ahead of general elections next year

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Who Owns Your Media: The Indian Express empire and where it stands today

Twenty-three years ago, Robin Jeffrey, a professor of politics at Melbourne’s La Trobe University, had described Ramnath Goenka’s “Indian Express empire” as the “grandest version of newspapers with some link to the ‘freedom struggle’” in his book. When Goenka died in 1991, Jeffrey wrote in India’s Newspaper Revolution: Capitalism, Politics…

Newslaundry

Who is Rahul Gandhi, the convicted 'prince' of Indian politics?

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has never been a minister in a federal or state government, has not led his Congress party to a general election victory, and quit as party chief after it was demolished in the last parliamentary polls in 2019.

Reuters

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi found guilty of defamation, sentenced to two years in prison

The defamation case was filed by a leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party after a 2019 speech in which Mr Gandhi referred to thieves as having the surname of Modi, the same as India's prime minister.

ABC News

‘People desperate for alternative’: Why Congress got warm welcome despite heavy snow in Kashmir

On Monday morning, Abrar* convinced his friends to come out of their homes – despite continuous snowfall since the night before – to watch a movie in Srinagar’s recently opened cinema hall. That was the lure, his friends said, to bring them to the Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium where Rahul Gandhi was…

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Rahul Gandhi walks 2,000 miles to challenge Modi in 2024 election

After more than 100 days walking nearly the entire length of India, Rahul Gandhi, scion of the nation’s most famous political dynasty, stood before a shivering crowd in rural Himachal Pradesh as a cheer went up.

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Rahul Gandhi’s yatra: how a 2,200-mile march revitalised India’s ailing opposition

Congress has faced bruising electoral defeats, but Gandhi’s pilgrimage across the country has breathed life into historic party

The Guardian - UK

‘Jammu is the route, Kashmir the destination’: Bharat Jodo Yatra may have missed a trick in Jammu

From the Pathankot highway on the outskirts of Jammu, the sight of shipping containers and floodlights suggests you’re looking at an industrial complex. Peer a little closer, though, and you realise you’re looking at a camp of enthusiastic Congress workers who have walked 128 days to get here.

Newslaundry

Rahul Gandhi is marching the entire length of India. I joined him to find out why

The scion of that most famous political dynasty wants to bring India ‘together’ after years of dangerous division, says professor and author Mukulika Banerjee

The Guardian - UK

Tit for tat: Why Rahul Gandhi visited Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s samadhi

NEW DELHI: After accusations that the BJP was attempting to appropriate Congress leaders such as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, BR Ambedkar, Subhash Chandra Bose and Narasimha Rao, the grand old party has sought to do the same with former prime minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

The Times of India

Mobile library set up as part of Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra

A mobile 'Bharat Jodo Library' comprising books on subjects like politics, history and the lives of noted leaders has been set up in a truck as part of the ongoing yatra of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.

The Times of India

A ‘march to unite India’, led by Congress, reaches half-way mark

The nationwide march on foot, led by India’s main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, has reached its 80th day.

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Can Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra revive the Congress alliance’s fortunes in Maharashtra?

In the days before the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra arrived in Maharashtra, the media and political circles in the state were abuzz with a guessing game: will Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackrey and Nationalist Congress Party’s Sharad Pawar walk with Rahul Gandhi and when?

Al Jazeera

Killers of ex-Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi released after court order

Convicts are released citing ‘satisfactory conduct’ in prison and the 30 years they served behind bars.

Bangkok Post

Last of Rajiv Gandhi's killers freed

VELLORE, India: The last co-conspirators jailed for the 1991 assassination of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi walked out of prison on Saturday, a day after the Supreme Court ordered their release.

Reuters

India's Supreme Court frees six people convicted over killing of former PM Gandhi

India's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release of six people, including one woman, who were convicted in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, drawing sharp criticism from the main opposition Congress party.

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India top court frees ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi’s killers

Supreme Court orders release of six people convicted over 1991 assassination carried out by Sri Lanka-based LTTE rebels.

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Rajiv Gandhi Assassination: Supreme Court Orders Release Of All Convicts

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release of all six convicts in connection with the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Read on for details:

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Congress Bharat Jodo Yatra Enters 8th Day In Telangana

Rahul Gandhi will address a corner meeting at Muthangi before halting for the night, the party sources said. This is the eighth day of the party's campaign in the state. Read on for details:

The Times of India

I know, you did it all for love: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to Sonia Gandhi

NEW DELHI: "I know, you did it all for love," Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Wednesday in an Instagram tribute showing her mother Sonia Gandhi, who on Wednesday handed the party's reins to a new Congress president, holding a photograph of the late Rajiv Gandhi.

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Mallikarjun Kharge Takes Charge As Congress President

Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday took charge as Congress President in the presence of Gandhi family's. Read on for details:

Al Jazeera

Mallikarjun Kharge elected president of India’s Congress party

Mallikarjun Kharge, 80, defeats Shashi Tharoor to become the first Dalit Congress president.

The Independent UK

India's opposition Congress party elects new president

India’s main opposition Congress party has elected Mallikarjun Kharge as its new president in a contest in which the Nehru-Gandhi family, which has led the party for more than two decades, did not compete

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