I was surprised to learn from TV yesterday that Congress leader, Lok Sabha MP, Rahul Gandhi was found guilty in a criminal defamation case filed in Surat, Gujarat and sentenced to two years in prison. As expected, soon all hell broke loose in the Congress camp. It was a case filed in 2019 over his…
2019 ‘Modi surname’ defamation case: Rahul Gandhi convicted
March 23, 2023New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison this morning, in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surname by a Court in Surat, Gujarat. Rahul was present in the Court when the verdict was pronounced. However, he was granted bail…
‘Bharat Jodo Yatra made an attempt to unite India’
February 11, 2023Congress leader Rahul Gandhi embarked on a 3,750-km ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ on Sept. 7, 2022, from Kanyakumari to Kashmir and over the course of 150 days, he was accompanied by 117 core walkers, who were there with him from the start to finish. One among them was Mysurean Dr. Shushrutha Hedna Vishnumurthy, Managing Director of…
Of Beard & Men
January 7, 2023Whether or not Rahul Gandhi’s attempt at political reinvention and rejuvenation via ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ will succeed is yet to be seen. But what can be seen right now is his bush. His thick ‘salt-n-pepper’ bushy face has made it to the news. Last month, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma made a petty comment….
Congress Presidential poll: Voting begins
October 17, 2022Rahul Gandhi votes at special polling booth in Sanganakal near Ballari; Counting on Oct. 19 Mysore/Mysuru: The voting in the poll for electing the next AICC (All India Congress Committee) President began at the KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) headquarters in Bengaluru this morning. The poll is witnessing a direct contest between veteran party leader…
Yatra: Optics & Opportunities
October 15, 2022Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra (Unite India March), led by Rahul Gandhi, is on the move. The Congress party’s grand intent of ‘Bharat Jodo’ feels more like ‘Congress Jodo’, considering the internal fractures within the party. If Rahul Gandhi is serious about uniting a diverse nation like ours, he should be rabidly secular. By keeping mum…
Will ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ by Sonia and Rahul Gandhi reverse the fortune of Congress in Mandya district?
October 14, 2022Mandya: Though the Congress party leaders and workers are buoyed by the success of the ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra,’ led by Rahul Gandhi and also joined by AICC President Sonia Gandhi, there is an intense discussion going on in political circles whether the success of the Yatra can revive the fortunes of the Congress party…
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Rahul Gandhi visits Adichunchanagiri Mutt
October 9, 2022Nagamangala: Former AICC President Rahul Gandhi, who has undertaken Kanyakumari to Kashmir ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, visited Adichunchanagiri Mutt at Bellur in Nagamangala taluk on Friday, when the Karnataka leg of the Yatra passed through Mandya district. After overnight stay at the Mutt, Rahul Gandhi offered prayers to Lord Kalabyraveshwara and sought the blessings of the…
Sonia Gandhi joins Bharat Jodo Yatra
October 6, 2022Pandavapura: AICC Acting President Sonia Gandhi joined the Congress Party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra led by her son Rahul Gandhi in Pandavapura taluk as the Yatra resumed in Karnataka this morning after a two-day break on account of Dasara festivities. Today is the Yatra’s fifth day of the Karnataka leg. The Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari…
Sonia, Rahul stay at Resort in Kabini, go on Safari
October 6, 2022Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who made a brief stopover at Windflower Resorts and Spa at the foot of Chamundi Hill on her arrival at Mysore Airport in a special flight from New Delhi on Monday, to join Bharat Jodo Yatra with her son Rahul Gandhi, stayed at Orange County Resort in H.D. Kote. Due to…
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