Rahul Gandhi In Mandsaur

Congress president Rahul Gandhi has hit back at activists of the right-wing student body Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad for insulting a senior professor in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur and calling him anti-national.

Making light of Congress President Rahul Gandhi's speech at a farmers' rally in Mandsaur, the BJP said it was "scripted", like the one delivered by a character in the hit Bollywood film "3 Idiots".

On a day Congress president Rahul Gandhi took on the BJP-led governments at the centre and in Madhya Pradesh over farm distress, BJP ally JD(U) criticized the ruling party for its handling of the agrarian crisis and the fallout of the firing on protesting farmers in Madhya Pradesh a year ago.

Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley, freshly back from his renal transplant surgery, today provided a point-by-point rebuttal to Rahul Gandhi's accusations against the Narendra Modi government. In his address at Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, the Congress chief had virtually launched the party's campaign for the year-end state assembly elections, making seve...

Attacking Congress President Rahul Gandhi for his speech in Madhya Pradesh today, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley wondered "how much does he know? when will he know?".

Congress President Rahul Gandhi today promised farmers' loan waiver in Madhya Pradesh within 10 days, if his party comes to power, and slammed the central and state government over the plight of the agriculturists.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today virtually flagged off the party campaign in Madhya Pradesh, where elections are by the year-end. Speaking at Mandsaur, which is mourning the six farmers who died in police firing last year, he ripped into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, practically counting off the ways in which it has failed the nation'...

The parents of a farmer who died in police firing in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur last year say they have been asked by district officials to skip the rally Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is holding today. The families of six men killed during the farmers' protests, the news of which seared the country, have been invited to the rally. Some of them are ex...

As part of his outreach to farmers, Congress president Rahul Gandhi will meet protesting farmers in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur today. The Congress has planned a 'Kisan Samriddhi Sankalp Rally' in Mandsaur's district's Khokhra (Piplia Mandi). During his visit, Mr Gandhi will also meet family members of farmers killed in police firing a year ago.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi will participate in a protest at Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh where six farmers were killed in alleged police firing last year.

Rahul Gandhi's visit to Mandsaur on the first anniversary of the death of farmers in police firing was seen as a smart political move. It would have helped the Congress reinforce its narrative around what it says is the ruling BJP's failure to address problems faced by farmers and also soft launch the party's campaign for Madhya Pradesh's assembly ...

Former Congress lawmaker from Mandsaur, Meenakshi Natarajan, has resigned from the party's manifesto committee following the induction of her 'bete noire' Rajendra Singh Gautam into a party coordination panel.

Rahul Gandhi plans to address a big rally next month in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, where elections are due later this year. But the Congress president has been asked to follow a set of 19 conditions.

Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia was stopped on his way to violence-hit Mandsaur today. The Congress leader has said he will sit on dharna at Dhodhar - nearly 675 km from Mandsaur -- till peace is restored. Earlier today, Hardik Patel, the man leading the Patidar agitation for reservation in government jobs and education, got arrested w...

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced that it will send a delegation to Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh today. AAP spokesperson Sanjay Singh Singh claimed that farmers are being forced to protest in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh because of the "apathy" of the central and state governments.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi has hit back at activists of the right-wing student body Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad for insulting a senior professor in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur and calling him anti-national.

Making light of Congress President Rahul Gandhi's speech at a farmers' rally in Mandsaur, the BJP said it was "scripted", like the one delivered by a character in the hit Bollywood film "3 Idiots".

On a day Congress president Rahul Gandhi took on the BJP-led governments at the centre and in Madhya Pradesh over farm distress, BJP ally JD(U) criticized the ruling party for its handling of the agrarian crisis and the fallout of the firing on protesting farmers in Madhya Pradesh a year ago.

Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley, freshly back from his renal transplant surgery, today provided a point-by-point rebuttal to Rahul Gandhi's accusations against the Narendra Modi government. In his address at Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, the Congress chief had virtually launched the party's campaign for the year-end state assembly elections, making seve...

Attacking Congress President Rahul Gandhi for his speech in Madhya Pradesh today, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley wondered "how much does he know? when will he know?".

Congress President Rahul Gandhi today promised farmers' loan waiver in Madhya Pradesh within 10 days, if his party comes to power, and slammed the central and state government over the plight of the agriculturists.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today virtually flagged off the party campaign in Madhya Pradesh, where elections are by the year-end. Speaking at Mandsaur, which is mourning the six farmers who died in police firing last year, he ripped into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, practically counting off the ways in which it has failed the nation'...

The parents of a farmer who died in police firing in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur last year say they have been asked by district officials to skip the rally Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is holding today. The families of six men killed during the farmers' protests, the news of which seared the country, have been invited to the rally. Some of them are ex...

As part of his outreach to farmers, Congress president Rahul Gandhi will meet protesting farmers in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur today. The Congress has planned a 'Kisan Samriddhi Sankalp Rally' in Mandsaur's district's Khokhra (Piplia Mandi). During his visit, Mr Gandhi will also meet family members of farmers killed in police firing a year ago.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi will participate in a protest at Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh where six farmers were killed in alleged police firing last year.

Rahul Gandhi's visit to Mandsaur on the first anniversary of the death of farmers in police firing was seen as a smart political move. It would have helped the Congress reinforce its narrative around what it says is the ruling BJP's failure to address problems faced by farmers and also soft launch the party's campaign for Madhya Pradesh's assembly ...

Former Congress lawmaker from Mandsaur, Meenakshi Natarajan, has resigned from the party's manifesto committee following the induction of her 'bete noire' Rajendra Singh Gautam into a party coordination panel.

Rahul Gandhi plans to address a big rally next month in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, where elections are due later this year. But the Congress president has been asked to follow a set of 19 conditions.

Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia was stopped on his way to violence-hit Mandsaur today. The Congress leader has said he will sit on dharna at Dhodhar - nearly 675 km from Mandsaur -- till peace is restored. Earlier today, Hardik Patel, the man leading the Patidar agitation for reservation in government jobs and education, got arrested w...

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced that it will send a delegation to Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh today. AAP spokesperson Sanjay Singh Singh claimed that farmers are being forced to protest in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh because of the "apathy" of the central and state governments.