Rahul Gandhi addresses rally in Kolkata, slams PM Modi, CM Mamata Banerjee

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of trying to deflect attention away from the NDA government’s “unfulfilled promises”, and also targeted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. He also slammed NDA govt over land bill as he referred to agrarian and tribal agitations in Nandigram, Bhatta Parsaul and Niyamgri. “When our (UPA) government was there, our PM wanted to go to Bangladesh. We spoke to her and requested Mamata Banerjee to go with us. She said no, ‘ekla chalo re’ (I will go alone). Now, Modiji is there, so no ‘ekla chalo re’. We will go together. Why is this happening? What is the friendship about? You must be knowing the reason,” said Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi speaks at Congress election rally at Kalanwali, Haryana

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the ceasefire violations on Sunday while addressing a big election rally at Kalanwali, (Sirsa) in Haryana as part of his ongoing campaign for the upcoming assembly polls in the state and said that the onslaught from Pakistan restarted a day after the Prime Minister assured the country that things were back to normalcy. He also attacked Modi over incursions on the India-China border, alleging that the Prime Minister did not raise the issue with the Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Rahul Gandhi in Maharashtra: People laughing at Modi’s ‘acche din’ promise

While addressing election rallies at Maharashtra as part of his campaign for the upcoming assembly electio0ns in the state, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi took pot shots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that after promising “achhe din” (good times), he was now fobbing off the people with the assurance that “jaldi thik ho jayega” (things will be all right soon) along the border with Pakistan.Addressing a rally at Saswad in Pune Rahul Gandhi said that during the Lok Sabha election campaign Mr Modi used to say that he would scare off Pakistan and China. “The last few days have seen ceasefire violations by Pakistan, which had not happened in the last ten years. There are casualties but still Modi says ‘jaldi thik ho jayega’,” he said. “Our jawans are being killed, our children are being slaughtered,” he said. “Earlier achhe din (good times) were promised. Now people laugh at this slogan,” said the Congress leader.

Rahul Gandhi in Nashik, Maharashtra takes on BJP

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addresses Congress rally at Nashik , in Maharashtra as part of his campaign for the upcoming assembly elections in the state.While addressing election rallies at Maharashtra as part of his campaign for the upcoming assembly electio0ns in the state, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi took pot shots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that after promising “achhe din” (good times), he was now fobbing off the people with the assurance that “jaldi thik ho jayega” (things will be all right soon) along the border with Pakistan.

Rahul Gandhi speaks at Congress rally in Rewari, Haryana

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addresses Congress rally at Rewari , in Haryana as part of his campaign for the upcoming assembly elections in the state. Haryana will go to the polls on oct 15. The Congress leader said the Hooda government had given 3.8 lakh poor families 100 square yard plot, besides free medicines to poor. He touched upon the development works initiated by the Congress government in Sirsa region during the past ten years including setting up of a nuclear power plant at Fatehabad, Sirsa-Agroha-Fatehabad rail line, a hosiery cluster, two colleges and a skill development centre, among others.

Rahul Gandhi in Amethi slams Modi govt at the Centre

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi accused the Narendra Modi led BJP government at the Centre of forgetting its promises to voters, saying "Prime Minister Narendra Modi is playing the drums in Japan but ignoring crises of water, power and prices" at home. "This government has forgotten its promises on corruption, on power, on water, on prices. 100 days are over, where is the result? Vegetables are more expensive and there are serious power and water crises," said Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi in Amethi: PM playing drums in Japan but ignores people’s issues at home

Amethi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi accused the Narendra Modi led BJP government at the Centre of forgetting its promises to voters, saying "Prime Minister Narendra Modi is playing the drums in Japan but ignoring crises of water, power and prices" at home. The Congress vice president was speaking to reporters in his constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh during his two-day visit to his constituency.

Uttar Pradesh: Rahul Gandhi meets family of Badaun gangrape victims

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi visited Badaun in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday and met the family members of the two gangrape victims. The incident has evoked an outrage and two constables were today sacked and another accused arrested as the UP government promised to set up a fast track court to punish the culprits. The action came three days after the girls were gangraped and their bodies were found hanging from a tree.The two girls, who were cousins and aged 14 and 15, went missing from their house on the night of May 27 and their bodies were found hanging from a tree in the village in Ushait area the next morning. The incident had triggered protests in the area with villagers alleging police apathy, following which an FIR was registered against seven persons.

Rahul Gandhi speaking at a seminar "Renewing India's Commitment to Jawaharlal Nehru's Vision"

New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is speaking at a seminar on "Renewing India's Commitment to Jawaharlal Nehru's Vision", to mark the 50th death anniversary of the first Prime Minister. Nation remembered Pt Nehru on Tuesday with President, Prime minister, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi paid floral tribute to the legendary leader.

Rahul Gandhi in Chandauli (UP): BJP wants only Adani to dream big

After a spectacular road show in Varanasi, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi launched yet another attack on BJP and its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi while speaking at an impressive election rally at Chandauli in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. "We want people to have big dreams but BJP wants only Adani to dream big. We want to empower you but BJP suppresses your strength. BJP takes your money and hands it over to 2-3 industrialists" said the Congress leader. "The most important contribution of this land is that you gave us an ideology -- that of Lord Buddha. He had taught us to treat everyone equally and take all along. He had understood this ideology 3000 years back; he had travelled across India spreading the message of unity and peace. He taught us that every individual must have a space in our country. This has been the ideology of Congress too" he said further striking a chord with the huge crowd.

Rahul Gandhi visits Kolkata slams BJP for practicing the politics of hatred and anger

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi visited Kolkata, West Bengal to address a public rally. While addressing to huge crowd he attacked BJP, "Congress wants to build a partnership between industrialists and poor. We don't want to practice the politics of hatred and anger, unlike BJP," said Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi in Bathinda, Punjab: UPA will be formed after the elections; slams Modi

Bhatinda: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi launched yet another scathing attack on BJP and its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi while speaking at an election rally at Bhatinda in Punjab, on Monday. "We are going to form a government at the Centre this time too" he said. Slamming Modi's double-stance on corruption, Rahul Gandhi lamented, "Modi roams around and talks big of corruption but he does not see the large scale graft in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Punjab and Gujarat. He has joined hands with former Karnataka Chief Minister Yeddyurappa, who had gone to jail for corruption charges".

Rahul Gandhi at Dahod, Gujarat: Modi talks as if he is the God

Dahod: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi launched yet another scathing attack on BJP's prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. "Just listen to Congress leader's speeches. We never say 'I ' but 'we'. But Modi ji keeps on saying 'mein, mein, mein...'. "I will do it, I will do that, I developed Gujarat, I will develop India.." Tomorrow he also may say that he will transform the entire globe and entire universe. He talks as if he has entire knowledge; as if he is just like God" said Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi at Amreli, Gujarat slams BJP as it works for handful of people

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi visited Amreli, Gujarat to address public rally. While speaking to the mammoth rally he slammed BJP and its PM candidate Narendra Modi. "They have sidelined senior leaders of BJP, first it was Advani ji, now Adaniji has taken its place. 45,000 acre of land is given to Mr. Adani ji mere 1 rupee per meter," said Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi at Warangal, Andhra Pradesh attacks TDP, BJP and TRS

Warangal: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on TDP, BJP and TRS while addressing a huge election rally at Warangal in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh on Friday. "Without Congress, this dream would never have been a reality. We listened to your voices, adhered to democratic principles and now a new state -- Telangana will be formed. The state of Andhra Pradesh will be divided into two and our endeavour will be ensure that the dreams of the people of both states are met with. Whatever we promise, we deliver" said the Congress leader and added, "There are several political parties here. TDP and BJP had blocked the formation of Telangana. When we were pushing for this bill, TRS was nowhere in the scene. They neither helped us to pass Telangana Bill or to draft it. TRS was formed in 2001 and the about 40 Congress MLAs had passed a resolution to make a separate Telangana state in 2000".

Rahul Gandhi in Hargaon, Uttar Pradesh, slams Modi over Adani, women empowerment

Hargaon (Uttar Pradesh): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addressed a big election rally at Hargaon, in Uttar Pradesh. "Gujarat is run by the 'India shining' party -- the BJP. Modi is the Chief Minister there. What is happening under Gujarat model? About 45000 acres of land were given for at mere Rs 300 crore to a single industrialist -- Adani- by Modi govt. Adani, later, sold these lands at Rs. 800 per meter and earned huge profit. We can get just a toffee for Rs. 1, but Modi government sold lands at Rs. 1 to just one person. When Modi took over as CM, the turnover of Adani was just Rs 3000 cr but today it is Rs. 40000 crore" said Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi at Korba, Chhattisgarh: BJP not respecting people, one man takes all decision in it

Korba: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi launched a blistering attack on BJP and said while Congress wants one India where everyone is respected; BJP wants to create two Indias. "They (BJP) never come to you or ask you about your issues. That is why BJP just copied Congress manifesto and replaced 'hand' symbol with its. In BJP, one person has all authority, he takes entire decisions. They do not respect other leaders or people" he said.

Rahul Gandhi at kishanganj in Bihar asks Modi not make people fools

Kishanganj: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi continues his blistering attack on BJP and Modi's 'Gujarat model' and hoped that the people have effective radars to find out the truth behind the 'toffee model'. "You must have heard about radars which are mainly used to track aeroplanes. Similarly the people, especially from Bihar, also possess fine tuned radars. It is highly technically effective so that truth can be easily found out" said Rahul Gandhi while addressing a huge Congress rally at Bihar's Kishanganj as part of his ongoing Lok Sabha polls.

Rahul Gandhi at Hingoli, Maharashtra attacks Gujarat Model, divisive BJP ideology

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi continued his sharp attack on Modi's Gujarat model and divisive BJP ideology while speaking at at a public rally in Tapadia State Ground, Hingoli, Maharashtra. "Sorry for being late. There was some technical issue with the chopper and so I became and late and kept you waiting. Normally BJP used to have technical problems during lections. Similarly today my chopper also had some technical snag" he said

Rahul Gandhi in Pune, Maharashtra: 2014 polls a battle between Gandhi's and Godse's thoughts

Pune: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, while addressing a mammoth election rally at Pune in Maharashtra, said that 2014 election is a battle between politics of love and politics of anger."This election is a battle of two ideologies; one is that of Congress which believes in uniting and empowering people and the other is that of BJP. This election is a battle between the ideologies of Gandhi Ji and Godse -- the battle between politics of love and politics of anger. One ideology (Congress') unites and the other (BJP's) is divisive. Remember, whenever these two ideologies fought, always the ideology of Gandhi ji and the Congress party won. Godse had killed Gandhi Ji because he could not challenge Gandhi ji's ideology, thought and love. He had no reply to Gandhi Ji and so he took out his gun and murdered Gandhi ji", argued the Congress leader and added, "No one can defeat Congress' ideology. It is due to this vision, our country developed,