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Restore unity, Rahul tells Chhattisgarh Congress | May 18, 2012, Delhi: Raipur, May 18 ( IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday threatened to enforce discipline if the party's top leaders of the party in Chhattisgarh did not come together immediately. Addressing Youth Congress activists and later members of the National Students Union of India, Gandhi dropped a clear hint that youths would be given prominence in the next elections in the state. The Congress, he said, would not allow Chhattisgarh to go the way of Uttar Pradesh where the Congress was routed this year mainly due to factionalism and a weak party structure. Former chief minister Ajit Jogi, one of the contenders for power in the state, ruled out any power struggle in the Chhattisgarh Congress. "There is no fight for leadership in the party. In the Congress, Soniaji is supreme. Whoever gets her blessings will become the chief minister if the party returns to power in Chhattisgarh," he said At the meetings, leader after leader called for unity.. Times of India | May 15, 2012, click more |
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Chidambaram turns emotional in House, says 'stab me, but don't question my integrity' | May 14, 2012, Delhi: Chidambaram turns emotional in House, says 'stab me, but don't question myother telecom company, an emotional home minister P Chidambaram on Monday said: "Plunge a dagger in my heart rather than question my integrity." He was giving a clarification in the Rajya Sabha on allegations that his son's company was transferred money, before the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) cleared a proposal from Aircel pertaining to its telecom service venture in 2006. Chidambaram, who was finance minister at that time, said there were no illegitimate transfers were made to any company involving any of his family members. "Neither I, nor any member of my family has any equity in any telecom company.. IANS | May 14, 2012, click more |
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Rahul Gandhi to meet senior partymen on May 29 | May 11, 2012, LUCKNOW: Our first year has been marked by lots Our first year has been marked by lots of love from our readers out there. Love,
of course, is a many splendoured thing and some of our fond followers showered us
with what we’d like to fondly call “tough love”. We have been called FirstFart and Paidpost. If we got Rs 100 for every time we were called “paid journalists” we could have all retired to the Bahamas by now. Anyway everyone knows our content is ghost written by all kinds of luminaries from Digvijay Singh to Saif Ali Khan to even some staffer of Dharma Productions. Shah Rukh Khan might be at loggerheads with Aamir Khan, Rahul Gandhi might be head butting Narendra Modi but Firstpost, going by our commenters, manages to be on all their pay rolls at some point or the other. Someone should give just us an award for fostering Nat. TNN | May 11, 2012, , 2012, click more |
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| Pranab elevation: Are Sonia, Rahul looking beyond 2014? | May 8, 2012, LUCKNOW: Is the BJP using reverse psychology to scuttle Pranab Mukherjee’schances as president? And if he does become president anyway, what does this signal about Sonia and Rahul’s intentions for 2014? In Monday’s discussion on the Union budget, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha surprised many members on his own side by launching into high praise of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee even while tearing into the UPA government. Among other things, Sinha appears to have backed Mukherjee for elevation to the presidency, when party leader Sushma Swaraj explicitly ruled him out the other day. First Post | May 8, 2012, click more |
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At night, Youth Congress office turns into a ‘baraat ghar’ | May 07, 2012, LUCKNOW: Politics an't . So a group of enterprising Congressmenhit upon a novel plan and clandestinely converted the deserted Youth Congress officeinto a 'barat ghar' by night. On Thursday night, when some inebriated 'baraatis' reached the posh 7 Mall Avenue (YC's official address), dancing to Bollywoodnumbers and bursting crackers, trouble followed. Forced out of bed by the din, irate residents of the colony called up the police and threatened to lodge complaints with Rahul and Sonia Gandhi if the incident was ever repeated. And as red-faced Congressmen are fumbling for explanations , UPCC top guns are trying to figure out who was making the buck--reportedly Rs 51,000 for a night. TNN | May 7, 2012, 07.54AM IST , click more |
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Rahul Gandhi warns action against anti-party activities | May 04, 2012, AMETHI: Facing a barrage of complaints against local leaders, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has warned of expulsion of those who had harmed the party in UP assembly election. Continuing the review of party's debacle in the assembly election including its stronghold, Rahul said the organisation would be revamped and priority would be given to active, honest and dedicated workers. During the review of Jagdishpur segment on the last day of his three-day visit on Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi said workers were the backbone of the party and their voice would be heard. |
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Rahul Gandhi visits ferry mishap site in Dhubri | May 02, 2012, Dhubri: AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday visited the site of the boat tragedy at Medartary ghat in Assam's Dhubri district and assured the people that the government was taking all steps to fast track the search and rescue operations. Gandhi spent around 20 minutes at the spot and interacted with the family members of some of the persons who died or were missing in Monday's ferry capsize even as the victim's families said, "the visit had resulted in hampering the search operation". Gandhi assured the affected families that the government would take all measures to recover the bodies through search teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), BSF and Army. Zee News May 02, 2012., click more |
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UP: Rahul Gandhi undertakes first visit after poll drubbing | May 01, 2012, Lucknow: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday arrived on a three-day visit of his Parliamentary constituency Amethi, the first after his party's dismal show in the Uttar Pradesh assembly election. The Congress General Secretary will meet party workers and review the party's performance during his visit. "During the visit to the constituency, Rahul will be meeting party workers and review the party's performance. Why the party lost and the reasons behind it will be reviewed", Congress state president Rita Bahuguna Joshi told reporter She said victory and defeat are part of the election process but the focus of the party was to strengthen the organisation and as of now it was focusing on local bodies polls, IBN 7 April 30, 2012., click more |
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Worried over Congress' diminishing base, Rahul visits Maha | April 27, 2012, Mumbai: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi today expressed worries over his party losing base in Maharashtra to its ally NCP and said he would tour the state more often to boost the grassroot cadre and assist party preparations for the 2014 assembly elections. Interacting with NSUI delegates from Maharashtra, Rahul, who is on a day’s visit to the country’s financial capital, said this was his first political visit. “I plan to undertake constituency-wise tours to take a first hand view of the party’s strengths and weaknesses. First Post India April 27, 2012., click more |
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Rahul Gandhi to visit Amethi from April 30 after dismal show in Assembly elections | April 26, 2012, New Delhi: The LUCKNOW: Congress General Secretary Rahul would be in hisAmethi parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh from April 30-May 2. This would be his first visit to the state after the party's drubbing in the assembly polls, party sources said Wednesday. He was expected to restrict himself to his constituency during the visit and find out the reasons for the party's poor show in the assembly constituencies in Amethi, they said. Gandhi campaigned aggressively during the February-March assembly polls,prompting party leaders to claim a tide in favour of the Congress which has been out of power in the state for 22 years. Economics Times April 26, 2012., click more |
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Rahul Why has Rahul given up on Youth Congress? | April 23, 2012, Rahul Gandhi has done the disappearing act, yet again. What’s new, one might ask. Well, nothing except one expected him to stop making cameo appearances during polls and be more hands on in the party’s organisational matters after the Uttar Pradesh assembly poll debacle. He was also expected to be more visible and change the impression that he is uncomfortable in communicating with the masses and the media. There were some hard lessons from the UP polls for Rahul himself and the Congress. It reasserted the reality that the Gandhi family name was no longer the vote magnet it used to be a decade ago and that the Congress’s organisation needed drastic overhaul First Post Poltocs , April 19, 2012., click more |
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Cong is paying the price for arrogance in Delhi | April 17, 2012, Another election, another defeat for the Congress! This time in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). The only silver lining for the party – it couldn’t get worse. The grand old party, that’s been in power in Delhi since 1998, would be hoping that Delhi-ites have merely given vent to their anger at the MCD level. They must be thinking, good, we now have a better chance at the assembly level, when the level of anger would have reduced.
But these could well end up being arguments offered by the party’s spin doctors. Frankly, the time has come
First Post Poltics , April 17; 2012 , click more
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Narendra Modi no match to Rahul Gandhi: Congress | April 13, 2012, New delhi: Apparently unfazed by the Uttar Pradeh poll debacle, Congress on Thursday dismissed suggestions that Narendra Modi could be more than a match to Rahul Gandhi in the next Lok Sabha elections saying neither the Gujarat Chief Minister nor any other BJP CM could equal him. The AICC also asked Modi to first keep control over his state. "Neither Modi nor any other BJP Chief Minister or the host of 15 to 20 Prime Ministerial aspirants in that party were any match to Rahul Gandhi," party spokesman Rashid Alvi said. Gandhi has always been projected as the future leader and potential Prime Minister by the Congress. The Times of india, April 11; 2012 , click more |
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Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Rahul Gandhi meet for 40 minutes | April 09, 2012, NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, scions of India and Pakistan's most important political families, added a new chapter to a relationship dating back to their grandparents, when they met for 40 minutes on Sunday. Gandhi reportedly accepted Zardari's invitation to visit Pakistan, even as he invited the 23-year-old chairman of Pakistan People's Party to visit India again "AOA India Peace be with you I have just landed in Delhi. 1st ever visit," tweeted Zardari. The Economic Times, April 09; 2012 , click more |
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Rahul Gandhi to analyse UP poll outcome at party meet | April 03, 2012, With the debacle in Uttar Pradesh Assembly pollscoming as a shock to the Congress, Rahul Gandhi will be analysing the outcome at a meeting of party leaders on April six in a move to set the house in order ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Newly elected party MLAs as also MPs from the state have been called for the much-talked about meeting which was earlier scheduled to take place last week. This will be the first formal review meeting of the U P polls by Gandhi, who has owned up the responsibility for the defeat PTI April 03, 2012 , click more |
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Why Rahul-flation may get more virulent, helped by CA | April 02, 2012, Last Friday, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) put out a scary number: a4.3 percent current account deficit (CAD) in the third quarter (October-December) of 2011-12. For the April-December period, the CAD was a huge 4 percent of GDP. The whole year’s figure may, of course, be lesser (one hopes), as exports should pick up in January-March 2012. But don’t count on the figure being too much better. first post POlitics 02, April 2012 , click more |
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Bye-bye Manmohan; Hello Rahul | April 01, 2012, Dramatic changes are sweeping across the Indian political landscape, with the top leadership of the Congress working overtime to convert the crises confronting the government , which is besieged on all fronts, into an opportunity to infuse generational change at the top and alter the political narrative to its advantage. Under one of the many scenarios being worked out, Manmohan Singh will likely step down as Prime Minister right after the Budget session of Parliament and be elevated to the post of President, making way for a younger leader – most likely Rahul Gandhi – to take over. first post POlitics 01, April 2012 , click more |
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Sonia, Rahul and the wall of silence | March 30, 2012, With power comes accountability. Responsible leaders lead from the front. They accept responsibility. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi are India’s two most powerful politicians. Yet when there is a crisis, they retreat behind a wall of silence. Silence at such times is not the hallmark of a leader. Think: Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru, Patel, Churchill, Kennedy. Consider now two recent crises involving the Chief of Army Staff, General V.K. Singh, and revelations by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on the coal mining scam. Both reflect poorly on the UPA’s political governance. Times of India 30, 2012 , click more |
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| Rahul Gandhi – the road ahead? i | March 28, 2012, Y To say that the results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections must have been a disappointment for Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is an understatement. It must have hit him hard with the shock of the defeat still resonating in his ears. With the Congress not even doubling its tally in the polls but only adding six seats to its previous tally of 22 is hardly the kind of results Rahul Gandhi must have hoped for given the hype around his campaigning. Nonetheless, all that is over and done with. The question now is: Zee News 28, 2012 , click more |
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Vijay Bahuguna meets Rahul Gandhi | March 24, 2012, Dehra Dun: Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna on Friday continued his talks for the third day with senior Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, in New Delhi to resolve various issues confronting his government "The meeting between Rahul Gandhi and Vijay Bahuguna was very positive and the two leaders discussed issues related to Uttarakhand," said a senior Congress leader, who refused to divulge details. Bahuguna is expected to return tomorrow morning, Congress sources said. Significantly, Bahuguna also met Union Minister Harish Rawat yesterday with top Congress leaders here claiming that most of the issues have been resolved. Zee News 24, 2012 , click more |
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'Congress, TDP are sinking boats', says YSR Congress after by-poll results | March 22, 2012, Hyderabad, ( ANI): Reiterating that Congress and Telegu Desam Party ( TDP) are sinking boats, YSR Congress on Thursday said the two parties were rejected by the people going by the results of the just concluded by-elections. "The bravado of TDP saying that could at least field a candidate and campaign in Telangana and Congress stating that they fared better that the main opposition shows that that the two parties have been fast losing their sheen," party official spokesperson Ambati Rambabutold reporters here Yahoo News 22, 2012 , click more |
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UPA-2: With allies like these, who needs an Opposition? | March 15, 2012, As the UPA-2 government lurches from crisis to crisis, what are chairperson
Sonia Gandhi’s realistic options? The farcical shadow boxing with Mamata
Banerjee over the Railway Budget, the Uttarkhand Congress’ mini-revolt and
the DMK’s faux rage over the proposed United Nations resolution on Sri Lanka’s
human rights violations will eventually be settled with a fudge But for how much
longer can UPA-2 skewer its credibility in this manner?The supine reaction of the Congress “core committee” to Mamata’s endless blackmail – from FDI in multibrand retail and the Teesta accord with Bangladesh to the adolescent tantrum over Dinesh Trivedi’s Railway Budget – points to a deeper malaise. Time of India 15, March 2012 , click more |
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What worked for Akhilesh, didn't work for Rahul | March 13, 2012, Even though Congress as a party was not seen in Uttar Pradesh as any match to the Samajwadi Party, it soon became like a battle between the youth icons of the two parties. Yet' the difference remained. While Rahul was the privileged inheritor of a huge dynasty that had ruled India for decades' Akhilesh remained the ' dharti putra' of ' dharti putra' Mulayam Singh Yadav' who had not only roughed it out through the mill to rule Uttar Pradesh three times. nterestingly' Rahul's visit to homes of Dalits where he shared a meal or spent a night got tremendous publicity by not only the local media but also national and international media. Rediff News 13, March 2012 , click more |
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Ashutosh on Anna: for Rahul, the UP writing was on the wall | March 12, 2012, Anna had made a solid dent in Rahul's image. New York Times wrote on 28 August 2011, 'For Mr Gandhi, the crisis interrupted what was widely assumed to be his own coming out as the new leader of the Congress . . . Instead, Mr Hazare upended the political landscape and Mr Gandhi disappeared for days before his speech in Parliament.' There can't be a bigger setback for Rahul Gandhi than losing UP. He has staked a lot on his success there. I think this may well decide his chances of succeeding Manmohan Singh as PM. This also explains why every change or shift in the political landscape is carefully analysed. IBN 7 Politics 12, March 2012 , click mor |
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