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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

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023

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 · Mar 25, 2023

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 · Mar 24, 2023

‘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 · Jan 23, 2023

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 · Jan 5, 2023

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 · Dec 26, 2022

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 · Dec 1, 2022

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.

Al Jazeera · Nov 29, 2022

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?

Newslaundry · Nov 15, 2022

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.

Al Jazeera · Nov 12, 2022