Rae Bareli: Priyanka Gandhi on Monday committed a faux pas naming Madhya Pradesh, ruled by arch rival BJP, as one of the fast developing states, a 'slip of the tongue' she corrected immediately. Blaming the BSP government in Uttar Pradesh for lack of development, she said while the state has not progressed for last 22 years. "You have seen Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. All these states are progressing...
06:37 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: In what could be a potential embarrassment for the Congress, Priyanka Gandhi said on Monday that Salman Khurshid was "free" to express his opinions and so was the Election Commission. Referring to the ongoing row between the Union Law Minister and the Election Commission over a Muslim sub-quota remark that he made during a rally in the state, Priyanka said that people were free to express their feelings...
01:50 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: Ahead of the third phase of Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi have hit the campaign trail together. Both Rahul and Priyanka are in Sultanpur to woo the voters. The two are expected to address a joint rally on Sunday for the first time in these elections, in the family pocket-borough of Sultanpur. The third phase of UP polls...
02:41 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Lucknow: The second phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections began on a slow note on Saturday, covering nearly two crore voters who will decide the fate of 1099 candidates, including 31 sitting MLAs and 24 former ministers. Once a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bastion, it is the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) that has the highest number of MLAs in this region. However, Chief Minister Mayawati does face a stiff...
07:37 AM, Feb 11, 2012
In 1999, we experienced a 'television moment'. We were covering Sonia Gandhi's Amethi campaign when we happened to meet her daughter Priyanka. For the next ...
12:08 AM, Feb 10, 2012
CSM Nagar (UP): Congress' star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday launched a frontal attack on the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government in Uttar Pradesh alleging that it was wasting money on statues and parks even as she said there was a wind of change in favour of the Congress in the state. Addressing a series of poll meetings, Priyanka said there was a chance to effect a change in the...
01:43 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Lucknow: The Gandhi Siblings will be back on the campaign trail in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, the last day of campaigning for the second phase of assembly elections. While Congress general secretary will be wooing voters in Mirzapur, his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the star campaigner of the party, will be in Amethi again. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is also set to campaign with the big names in...
08:53 AM, Feb 09, 2012
Amethi: Congress star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi on Monday said there was lack of accountability in politics in Uttar Pradesh and assured that her party would turn UP into a "model state" if it was voted to power. "I feel there is lack of accountability in politics (in UP). The political leaders here does not feel like serving the people and work for development," she told an election meeting. Making an...
05:26 AM, Feb 07, 2012
Varanasi: In the battle for Uttar Pradesh, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi replied to criticism that UP was only an election stop for him, saying that he was committed to transforming the state and wasn't obsessed with becoming the Prime Minister. "All big netas of India are obsessed with becoming the Prime Minister. I don't have this obsession," Rahul said. As campaigning for the first phase ended in Uttar Pradesh,...
09:35 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Varanasi: "If Priyanka is a frog, so am I, because I am her brother". This was how a smiling Rahul Gandhi disarmed a reporter at his press conference on Monday generating mirth and laughter when he was asked to respond to his sister Priyanka's observation that she was like a 'barsati maindak', a frog which appears only during the rainy season. Seeking to impress upon the electorate the intentions of...
08:22 PM, Feb 06, 2012
New Delhi: Priyanka Gandhi's husband Robert Vadra's cavalcade was on Monday stooped by the election observer for violating model code of conduct in Salon area in Amethi. Vadra was travelling on a bike when he was stopped by the Returning Officer (RO) for violating the poll code of conduct. Vadra was the latest to join the campaign trail from the Gandhi family on Monday taking out a motorcycle rally to...
02:48 PM, Feb 06, 2012
New Delhi: With the big fight for the Uttar Pradesh throne on, the campaigning for the first phase of elections ends on Monday. Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will be addressing meetings and rallies across different districts including Varanasi and Ghazipur. Meanwhile, his sister Priyanka Gandhi will complete her tour of Raebareli and Amethi. Earlier, addressing huge crowds on Sunday Priyanka defended the government and also her brother saying that...
07:22 AM, Feb 06, 2012
Rae Bareli: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday hit out at the opposition for levelling allegations against Home Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G spectrum allocation and said she felt sad he had to "waste" his time responding to them when he had onerous responsibilities towards the country. Backing Chidambaram, who was finance minister when 2G allocations were made in 2008, Priyanka said she felt sad for the United Progressive Alliance...
01:58 AM, Feb 06, 2012
Rae Bareli: Combining wit with sarcasm, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday dared her party's political rivals in Uttar Pradesh to state if she should join politics and said she took no offence to allusions of her election-eve visits to a Hindi proverb about the frog that appears only during the monsoon. "I am the barsati maindak (frog who appears in rainy season), not Rahul Gandhi. Everyone knows I come to...
01:21 AM, Feb 06, 2012
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