Rahul Gandhi Takes On Mayawati

Sonia Gandhi, who remains chairperson of the UPA after handing charge of the Congress to son Rahul Gandhi in 2017, has taken the lead in opposition consolidation efforts to prep for the possibility of a less than decisive verdict on May 23, the day the votes cast in the staggered national election are counted.

Mayawati, who has been on the warpath against the Congress, today accused the party of being in league with the BJP to take down the alliance in Uttar Pradesh. As evidence, she cited Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's hug to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in parliament.

Uttar Pradesh powerhouses Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati, bitter rival turned partners-in-polls, on Saturday announced their long-anticipated alliance to take on the ruling BJP in the national election due by May, declaring that it would give Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah "sleepless nights". The Congress will not be a part of the alliance...

Kamal Nath said Mamata Banerjee and Mayawati had "genuine reasons" for not making it to his oath ceremony for Madhya Pradesh chief minister

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will have to take a call on the knotty question of who will get the top job in Madhya Pradesh -- his close aide Jyotiraditya Scindia or party veteran Kamal Nath. Both the leaders have left Bhopal for Delhi where they will meet Rahul Gandhi on Thursday. There are indications that the decision might be in favour of Mr Nath...

After a marathon 24-hour counting, the Congress has successfully managed to end the BJP's winning streak in Madhya Pradesh as it emerged as the single-largest party with 114 seats, two short of the majority, the final result released by the Election Commission shows. The BJP, which gave a close fight despite strong anti-incumbency, settled down wi...

A day before the results of the assembly polls in five states are declared, the opposition is holding a meeting to discuss a grand alliance for next year's national polls.

Sharad Pawar, one of the key interlocuters of the opposition, has suggested a formula to tackle the thorny issue of Prime Ministership. The party getting the maximum number of seats in the 2019 polls would claim the post, Mr Pawar said, underscoring that he was "happy" that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has made it clear that he was willing to take a...

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday took oath against the backdrop of Karnataka's imposing Vidhan Soudha in the presence of more than a dozen non-BJP leaders from across the country. Mr Kumaraswamy, who had patched up with the Congress at the last minute last week to block the BJP, had been keen to turn the event into a springboard for oppos...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur today. Campaigning for elections in UP has entered the fourth phase. The state, which is India's largest in terms of population and fourth in terms of area, is voting in 7 stages. Attempting to have a greater connect with the people, PM Modi, in one of his previous public ra...

It's not exactly high-flutin' riposte, but "S.C.A.M" has become a part of the political syntax in the Uttar Pradesh election.

After a blistering attack in Meerut on the Samajwadi Party government, the bonhomie between Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, and also Dalit leader Mayawati in passing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes his Uttar Pradesh campaign to Aligarh today where he will address his second rally.

Imagine if Vikram Chandra was hosting an episode of The Big Fight and the seven politicians taking part were: Sonia Gandhi, Narendra Modi, Mulayam Singh, Mayawati, Mamata Banerjee, Jayalalitha and Uddhav Thackeray? Now imagine, this is beamed LIVE to a national audience as they debated policy, personality and ultimately the possibility of each of t...

Taking on BJP over the induction of tainted former BSP minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, Rahul Gandhi today claimed he wanted to join Congress after being sacked by Chief Minister Mayawati but the party closed the doors on him.

On Day 2 of his Uttar Pradesh yatra, Rahul Gandhi once again took on Chief Minister Mayawati. Addressing a rally in Bahraich district, he alleged that the Centre's funds were being siphoned-off in the state. "Centre's funds meant for the poor in the state are not reaching them," he said. He then added that Mayawati "does not bother about" what was ...

Sonia Gandhi, who remains chairperson of the UPA after handing charge of the Congress to son Rahul Gandhi in 2017, has taken the lead in opposition consolidation efforts to prep for the possibility of a less than decisive verdict on May 23, the day the votes cast in the staggered national election are counted.

Mayawati, who has been on the warpath against the Congress, today accused the party of being in league with the BJP to take down the alliance in Uttar Pradesh. As evidence, she cited Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's hug to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in parliament.

Uttar Pradesh powerhouses Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati, bitter rival turned partners-in-polls, on Saturday announced their long-anticipated alliance to take on the ruling BJP in the national election due by May, declaring that it would give Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah "sleepless nights". The Congress will not be a part of the alliance...

Kamal Nath said Mamata Banerjee and Mayawati had "genuine reasons" for not making it to his oath ceremony for Madhya Pradesh chief minister

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will have to take a call on the knotty question of who will get the top job in Madhya Pradesh -- his close aide Jyotiraditya Scindia or party veteran Kamal Nath. Both the leaders have left Bhopal for Delhi where they will meet Rahul Gandhi on Thursday. There are indications that the decision might be in favour of Mr Nath...

After a marathon 24-hour counting, the Congress has successfully managed to end the BJP's winning streak in Madhya Pradesh as it emerged as the single-largest party with 114 seats, two short of the majority, the final result released by the Election Commission shows. The BJP, which gave a close fight despite strong anti-incumbency, settled down wi...

A day before the results of the assembly polls in five states are declared, the opposition is holding a meeting to discuss a grand alliance for next year's national polls.

Sharad Pawar, one of the key interlocuters of the opposition, has suggested a formula to tackle the thorny issue of Prime Ministership. The party getting the maximum number of seats in the 2019 polls would claim the post, Mr Pawar said, underscoring that he was "happy" that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has made it clear that he was willing to take a...

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday took oath against the backdrop of Karnataka's imposing Vidhan Soudha in the presence of more than a dozen non-BJP leaders from across the country. Mr Kumaraswamy, who had patched up with the Congress at the last minute last week to block the BJP, had been keen to turn the event into a springboard for oppos...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur today. Campaigning for elections in UP has entered the fourth phase. The state, which is India's largest in terms of population and fourth in terms of area, is voting in 7 stages. Attempting to have a greater connect with the people, PM Modi, in one of his previous public ra...

It's not exactly high-flutin' riposte, but "S.C.A.M" has become a part of the political syntax in the Uttar Pradesh election.

After a blistering attack in Meerut on the Samajwadi Party government, the bonhomie between Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, and also Dalit leader Mayawati in passing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes his Uttar Pradesh campaign to Aligarh today where he will address his second rally.

Imagine if Vikram Chandra was hosting an episode of The Big Fight and the seven politicians taking part were: Sonia Gandhi, Narendra Modi, Mulayam Singh, Mayawati, Mamata Banerjee, Jayalalitha and Uddhav Thackeray? Now imagine, this is beamed LIVE to a national audience as they debated policy, personality and ultimately the possibility of each of t...

Taking on BJP over the induction of tainted former BSP minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, Rahul Gandhi today claimed he wanted to join Congress after being sacked by Chief Minister Mayawati but the party closed the doors on him.

On Day 2 of his Uttar Pradesh yatra, Rahul Gandhi once again took on Chief Minister Mayawati. Addressing a rally in Bahraich district, he alleged that the Centre's funds were being siphoned-off in the state. "Centre's funds meant for the poor in the state are not reaching them," he said. He then added that Mayawati "does not bother about" what was ...