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"Not happy....": Shivakumar on Congress majority in Karnataka, sets Lok Sabha polls as "next target"

A day after being sworn in as the Karnataka Deputy Chief Minsiter, DK Shivakumar on Sunday said that he is "not happy" even after the party's thumping victory in the state adding that the next target is the upcoming Lok Sabha elections slated next year. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge pay homage to former PM Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary

Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party president Mallikarjun Kharge on May 21 paid homage to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 32nd death anniversary at Vir Bhumi in the national capital.

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Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Sriperumbudur cancelled due to unavoidable circumstances: K.S. Alagiri

Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Sriperumbudur cancelled

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Congress will sweep 2024 general elections, says Chinta Mohan

Former Union Minister Chinta Mohan has said that the Karnataka Assembly election result was a harbinger of the Congress Party sweeping the 2024 elections at the Centre. Dr. Mohan, along with Congress cadres, on Saturday, celebrated the victory of the Congress by garlanding the statue of Rajiv Gandhi at the…

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How 85% vs 40% commission war between BJP, Congress plays up in Karnataka assembly election

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first time on Sunday retaliated against the Congress’s allegation that the BJP’s Karnataka government was a “40 per cent commission” dispensation. He said 85 per cent commission is in the very nature and behaviour of the Congress.

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‘Poisonous snake’ jibe at PM shows Congress traumatised by popularity of Modi, says Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

The Defence Minister echoed the views of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath that the Congress is dividing the country on the basis of religion by favouring reservation on religious lines.

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Prompted by crowd, Priyanka invokes Indira Gandhi

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Jairam Ramesh counters PM, says it was a Congress govt. that gave constitutional status to panchayats

Mr. Ramesh also pointed out that it was the Congress-led UPA government in 2010 that marked April 24 as Panchayati Raj Diwas. “But our Prime Minister is trying to take credit for this today,” he said.

The Hindu

BJP likely to keep up attack on Rahul Gandhi over Azad's 'undesirable businessmen' jibe

Amid efforts by opposition parties to forge unity ahead of the 2024 electoral battle and Congress' insistence on a JPC probe into the Adani issue, BJP is likely to keep up its attack on Rahul Gandhi over former union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's allegations against him. Read further on Dynamite…

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India's opposition leader Gandhi to appeal defamation charge

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi is expected to appear in court Monday to appeal a criminal conviction for mocking the Prime Minister’s surname that saw Gandhi expelled from Parliament, dealing a huge blow to his Congress Party ahead of general elections next year

The Independent UK

Who Owns Your Media: The Indian Express empire and where it stands today

Twenty-three years ago, Robin Jeffrey, a professor of politics at Melbourne’s La Trobe University, had described Ramnath Goenka’s “Indian Express empire” as the “grandest version of newspapers with some link to the ‘freedom struggle’” in his book. When Goenka died in 1991, Jeffrey wrote in India’s Newspaper Revolution: Capitalism, Politics…

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Who is Rahul Gandhi, the convicted 'prince' of Indian politics?

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has never been a minister in a federal or state government, has not led his Congress party to a general election victory, and quit as party chief after it was demolished in the last parliamentary polls in 2019.

Reuters

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi found guilty of defamation, sentenced to two years in prison

The defamation case was filed by a leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party after a 2019 speech in which Mr Gandhi referred to thieves as having the surname of Modi, the same as India's prime minister.

ABC News

‘People desperate for alternative’: Why Congress got warm welcome despite heavy snow in Kashmir

On Monday morning, Abrar* convinced his friends to come out of their homes – despite continuous snowfall since the night before – to watch a movie in Srinagar’s recently opened cinema hall. That was the lure, his friends said, to bring them to the Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium where Rahul Gandhi was…

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Rahul Gandhi walks 2,000 miles to challenge Modi in 2024 election

After more than 100 days walking nearly the entire length of India, Rahul Gandhi, scion of the nation’s most famous political dynasty, stood before a shivering crowd in rural Himachal Pradesh as a cheer went up.

The Guardian - UK

Rahul Gandhi’s yatra: how a 2,200-mile march revitalised India’s ailing opposition

Congress has faced bruising electoral defeats, but Gandhi’s pilgrimage across the country has breathed life into historic party

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‘Jammu is the route, Kashmir the destination’: Bharat Jodo Yatra may have missed a trick in Jammu

From the Pathankot highway on the outskirts of Jammu, the sight of shipping containers and floodlights suggests you’re looking at an industrial complex. Peer a little closer, though, and you realise you’re looking at a camp of enthusiastic Congress workers who have walked 128 days to get here.

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Rahul Gandhi is marching the entire length of India. I joined him to find out why

The scion of that most famous political dynasty wants to bring India ‘together’ after years of dangerous division, says professor and author Mukulika Banerjee

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Tit for tat: Why Rahul Gandhi visited Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s samadhi

NEW DELHI: After accusations that the BJP was attempting to appropriate Congress leaders such as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, BR Ambedkar, Subhash Chandra Bose and Narasimha Rao, the grand old party has sought to do the same with former prime minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

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Mobile library set up as part of Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra

A mobile 'Bharat Jodo Library' comprising books on subjects like politics, history and the lives of noted leaders has been set up in a truck as part of the ongoing yatra of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.

Al Jazeera

A ‘march to unite India’, led by Congress, reaches half-way mark

The nationwide march on foot, led by India’s main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, has reached its 80th day.

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Can Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra revive the Congress alliance’s fortunes in Maharashtra?

In the days before the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra arrived in Maharashtra, the media and political circles in the state were abuzz with a guessing game: will Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackrey and Nationalist Congress Party’s Sharad Pawar walk with Rahul Gandhi and when?

Al Jazeera

Killers of ex-Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi released after court order

Convicts are released citing ‘satisfactory conduct’ in prison and the 30 years they served behind bars.

Bangkok Post

Last of Rajiv Gandhi's killers freed

VELLORE, India: The last co-conspirators jailed for the 1991 assassination of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi walked out of prison on Saturday, a day after the Supreme Court ordered their release.

Reuters

India's Supreme Court frees six people convicted over killing of former PM Gandhi

India's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release of six people, including one woman, who were convicted in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, drawing sharp criticism from the main opposition Congress party.

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