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100 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “Congress”, published between January 2017 and December 2019. They are filed mainly under Congress, BJP, news. They are listed below, newest first, followed by related coverage and topics.
Rahul Gandhi files Wayanad nomination with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra by his side
Congress president Rahul Gandhi arrived in Wayanad, Kerala, with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to file his nomination for the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. He was expected to submit his papers at about 11.30 am on Thursday at the district collectorate in Kalpetta. The visit Rahul flew to Kalpetta by helicopter, and a roadshow was planned before the filing as a show of strength. Large crowds greeted the siblings, and security was tightened across the district for the visit. He was also due to meet Congress office-bearers and leaders ofRead More
PM Modi calls Congress manifesto a ‘dhakosala patra’ at Pasighat rally
A day after the Congress released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the document at a rally in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, on 3 April, saying it should be called a “dhakosala patra”, or a document of deceit, rather than a manifesto. What Modi said Speaking in Hindi, Modi said the manifesto was as corrupt and dishonest as the party itself. He described the election as a choice between trust and corruption, and between good intentions and conspiracy. At his second rally in the stateRead More
BJP Dalit MP Ashok Dohare joins Congress, gets ticket from Etawah
Ashok Dohare, the sitting BJP member of Parliament from Etawah in Uttar Pradesh, joined the Congress in New Delhi on Friday, and within hours the party announced that he would be its candidate from the same constituency. Why he left Dohare was reportedly unhappy after the BJP refused him a ticket this time. The party instead chose Ram Shankar Katheria for Etawah, shifting him from Agra. He became the second Dalit MP of the BJP to move to the Congress, following Savitri Bai Phule. A string of defections Dohare isRead More
Lok Sabha Election 2019: the Congress NYAY promise of Rs 72,000 a year, and the problem of measuring household income
On 25 March 2019, a fortnight before the Lok Sabha election, Congress president Rahul Gandhi announced the party’s main campaign promise: NYAY (Nyuntam Aay Yojana), a minimum income guarantee for the poorest households in the country. What was promised Under the plan, the poorest 20 per cent of households, which the party put at about five crore families or 25 crore people, would receive Rs 6,000 a month, or Rs 72,000 a year, paid directly into their accounts. The party described it as a way of ensuring that no family’sRead More
Rahul Gandhi says PM Modi is afraid of Xi after China blocks Masood Azhar listing
The Congress turned on the Modi government after China blocked a proposal at the United Nations Security Council to designate Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar a global terrorist. Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Twitter that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was afraid of Chinese President Xi Jinping and stayed silent whenever China acted against India. The Congress attack In a follow-up tweet, Mr Gandhi summed up what he called Mr Modi’s China policy in three points, mocking the Prime Minister’s meetings with Mr Xi in Gujarat, Delhi and China. The partyRead More
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