Monday, February 25th, 2019
PM Modi pauses Mann Ki Baat until after 2019 polls, says he will return in May
Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered the final Mann Ki Baat radio address of his 2014-2019 government on February 24, telling listeners it would be his last broadcast until the general election was over. In the second edition of the programme in 2019, he said that because he would be contesting the Lok Sabha polls, there would be no Mann Ki Baat in March and April. Why the break The Model Code of Conduct was expected to come into force the following month, barring those in office from using government resourcesRead More
Priyanka Gandhi to address first public rally in Gujarat on February 28
Priyanka Gandhi, appointed Congress general secretary in charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh just over a month ago, will address her first public rally on February 28 in Gujarat, a BJP stronghold. She will share the stage with her brother, Congress president Rahul Gandhi, and her mother Sonia Gandhi. The Sankalp rally The rally, named the Sankalp Rally, will be held at Adalaj ahead of the Lok Sabha election. Congress leaders see it as a significant morale booster for the party in a state where it has been out of powerRead More