Rahul Gandhi
49 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “Rahul Gandhi”, published between April 2018 and December 2019. They are filed mainly under Congress, BJP, Election commission 2019. They are listed below, newest first, followed by related coverage and topics.
Modi, Rahul Gandhi and the ‘charisma’ question in the 2019 Lok Sabha election
A recurring theme of commentary during the 2019 Lok Sabha campaign was charisma: whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal appeal would carry the BJP to a second term, and whether Congress president Rahul Gandhi, or his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who formally entered politics that year, could match it. The argument One widely read column at the time, by a former editor and Congress member of the Rajya Sabha, argued that charisma is real but neither sufficient nor permanent, and that elections are decided by everyday issues: prices, jobs, casteRead More
Jaitley says Rahul Gandhi got an M.Phil without a master’s degree
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday, April 13, hit back at the Congress for questioning Smriti Irani’s educational qualifications, alleging that Congress president Rahul Gandhi had obtained an M.Phil without a master’s degree. What Jaitley wrote In a Facebook post, Jaitley said the Congress focused on the BJP candidate’s education while ignoring that a public scrutiny of Rahul Gandhi’s academic record might raise many unanswered questions. He wrote that Gandhi “got an M.Phil without a Masters degree”. Swamy’s claims Jaitley’s comments came shortly after BJP MP Subramanian Swamy, in aRead More
Tamil Nadu won’t be ruled from Nagpur, Stalin will be CM, says Rahul Gandhi
Congress president Rahul Gandhi, addressing a public rally in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, on Friday, accused the Narendra Modi-led BJP government of practising the politics of hate against the people of the state and promised a “surgical strike” on poverty if his party came to power. Promises and attacks Gandhi said the people of Tamil Nadu could not be won over without love. Recalling Modi’s promise of Rs 15 lakh in every bank account, he said he had known that was not possible and had wanted real figures on how muchRead More
Modi asks voters to choose between ‘honest chowkidar’ and ‘corrupt naamdar’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday targeted Congress president Rahul Gandhi, asking voters to choose between an ‘Imandar Chowkidar’ (honest watchman) and a ‘bhrashtachari naamdar’ (corrupt dynast). He was addressing an election rally in support of the BJP’s candidates for the Ahmednagar and Shirdi Lok Sabha seats. Attack on the Congress Modi claimed that the world had recognised India as a major power over the past five years. He asked the crowd whether they remembered the decade of what he called a remote-controlled government, saying scams and delays in decision-makingRead More
Laser on Rahul Gandhi was a mobile phone light, not a sniper, says government
The government has rejected the Congress allegation of a security breach involving party president Rahul Gandhi in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, saying the green light seen on his head came from a mobile phone, not from a marksman. The Congress had raised the matter over the day Gandhi visited the constituency to file his nomination. What the Congress alleged In a letter to Home Minister Rajnath Singh, signed by Ahmed Patel, Jairam Ramesh and Randeep Singh Surjewala, the party said a green laser had been aimed at Rahul Gandhi’s head severalRead More
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