Indira Gandhi
3 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “Indira Gandhi”, published between November 2018 and October 2019. They are filed mainly under Congress, news, BJP. They are listed below, newest first, followed by related coverage and topics.
On Indira Gandhi’s Death Anniversary, Priyanka Gandhi Recalls a ‘Shloka’ She Taught Her
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra paid tribute to her grandmother, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, on Twitter on Thursday, the anniversary of her death. The tribute Writing in Hindi, Priyanka recalled the first ‘shloka’ that Indira Gandhi had taught her and her brother, Rahul Gandhi, and said the last line of the prayer had come back to her. The verse asks to be led from ignorance to truth, from darkness to light and from death to immortality, and closes with a call for peace. Rahul Gandhi also posted on TwitterRead More
Column: Rahul Gandhi’s Wayanad move can bridge India’s north-south divide, says Tharoor
A column by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor argued that Rahul Gandhi’s decision to contest the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala, alongside Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, strengthens his credentials as a national leader rather than weakening them. The column’s argument Tharoor noted that rivals had criticised the move, claiming that Rahul was running away from Amethi or undermining opposition unity by taking on the Left in Kerala. He rejected both charges. The column argued that relations between the southern states and the Centre had worsened under the BJP-led NDA government.Read More
Pushkar priest says Rahul Gandhi is a Kashmiri Brahmin of Dattatreya gotra
A priest at a temple beside Pushkar lake in Rajasthan has said that Congress president Rahul Gandhi is a Kashmiri Brahmin whose gotra is Dattatreya. The claim followed Gandhi’s temple visit on Monday while campaigning for the state’s December 7 election. The question from the BJP The issue had been raised the previous month by BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra. After the Congress described Gandhi as a “janeu-dhari Brahmin” to explain his temple visits in states going to the polls, Patra, speaking in Madhya Pradesh, asked what kind of sacred-thread wearerRead More
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