Rahul Gandhi On Migrants

A Kashmiri migrant pandit delegation met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in Samba district and briefed him about their various issues including "targeted killings" by terrorists.

As migrants have started returning to their hometowns due to the restrictions imposed in the wake of surge in COVID-19 cases, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday reminded the central government of its responsibility.

BJP on Tuesday attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, calling him a "migrant leader" who has taken "shelter" in Kerala after being rejected by people of Amethi, once a stronghold of his family.

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar took a swipe at Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today over the rape and murder of a six-year-old Dalit girl - whose father is a migrant labourer from Bihar - in Punjab

There is no data on migrant deaths so the "question does not arise" of compensation, the Union labour ministry said in parliament on Monday to a question on whether families of those who had lost their lives while trying to reach home in the coronavirus lockdown had been compensated. The government's written response in Lok Sabha on the first day o...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is abroad for his mother Sonia Gandhi's health check-up, this morning tweeted a sharp retort to the government's response in parliament on Monday about the data of migrants' deaths during coronavirus lockdown.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi released a new video today targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the central government for "destroying the unorganized sector" - which he had earlier called the backbone of the Indian economy - with the "sudden" nationwide lockdown to check the spread of the coronavirus.

The Congress will on Thursday hold an agitation through social media demanding monetary aid from the Centre for people from the unorganised sector in line with the "Nyay" scheme proposed by the party leader Rahul Gandhi, Maharashtra minister Balasaheb Thorat has said.

Hours after Rahul Gandhi sought to distance his party from the developments in Maharashtra which has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the country, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal hit out at him, saying that the partners of the ruling coalition in the state should sort out their internal differences and send migrant workers by trains.

Nearly a week after hitting the streets to have a chat with migrants stranded due to the coronavirus lockdown, Congress Rahul Gandhi this morning said he had a "wonderful conversation" with an Uber driver as he discussed the problems being faced by him and many others amid the pandemic

The BJP on Saturday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of doing "politics of misery" over the issue of migrants, claiming that his party did nothing to help them in states where it is in power.

The intense conversation about migrant workers that is playing out on India's social media, is ultimately not about them at all. It is an unavoidable side-effect of democracies - that the battle between elites takes place in the arena of the people.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today derided Rahul Gandhi's move to meet migrant workers camping at a flyover in Delhi as "dramabaazi" and said the Congress should "be more responsible" while targeting the centre on migrants in distress because of the coronavirus lockdown.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took to the streets of Delhi on Saturday afternoon to meet migrant labourers camped out near the Sukhdev Vihar flyover in the southeast of the city

The cries of migrants will reach the government, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi promised in a tweet on Thursday, adding he and his party will ensure those in distress get the help they deserve.

A Kashmiri migrant pandit delegation met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in Samba district and briefed him about their various issues including "targeted killings" by terrorists.

As migrants have started returning to their hometowns due to the restrictions imposed in the wake of surge in COVID-19 cases, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday reminded the central government of its responsibility.

BJP on Tuesday attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, calling him a "migrant leader" who has taken "shelter" in Kerala after being rejected by people of Amethi, once a stronghold of his family.

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar took a swipe at Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today over the rape and murder of a six-year-old Dalit girl - whose father is a migrant labourer from Bihar - in Punjab

There is no data on migrant deaths so the "question does not arise" of compensation, the Union labour ministry said in parliament on Monday to a question on whether families of those who had lost their lives while trying to reach home in the coronavirus lockdown had been compensated. The government's written response in Lok Sabha on the first day o...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is abroad for his mother Sonia Gandhi's health check-up, this morning tweeted a sharp retort to the government's response in parliament on Monday about the data of migrants' deaths during coronavirus lockdown.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi released a new video today targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the central government for "destroying the unorganized sector" - which he had earlier called the backbone of the Indian economy - with the "sudden" nationwide lockdown to check the spread of the coronavirus.

The Congress will on Thursday hold an agitation through social media demanding monetary aid from the Centre for people from the unorganised sector in line with the "Nyay" scheme proposed by the party leader Rahul Gandhi, Maharashtra minister Balasaheb Thorat has said.

Hours after Rahul Gandhi sought to distance his party from the developments in Maharashtra which has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the country, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal hit out at him, saying that the partners of the ruling coalition in the state should sort out their internal differences and send migrant workers by trains.

Nearly a week after hitting the streets to have a chat with migrants stranded due to the coronavirus lockdown, Congress Rahul Gandhi this morning said he had a "wonderful conversation" with an Uber driver as he discussed the problems being faced by him and many others amid the pandemic

The BJP on Saturday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of doing "politics of misery" over the issue of migrants, claiming that his party did nothing to help them in states where it is in power.

The intense conversation about migrant workers that is playing out on India's social media, is ultimately not about them at all. It is an unavoidable side-effect of democracies - that the battle between elites takes place in the arena of the people.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today derided Rahul Gandhi's move to meet migrant workers camping at a flyover in Delhi as "dramabaazi" and said the Congress should "be more responsible" while targeting the centre on migrants in distress because of the coronavirus lockdown.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took to the streets of Delhi on Saturday afternoon to meet migrant labourers camped out near the Sukhdev Vihar flyover in the southeast of the city

The cries of migrants will reach the government, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi promised in a tweet on Thursday, adding he and his party will ensure those in distress get the help they deserve.