Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and senior Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi will address a “Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan” public meeting in Delhi on January 13 to start the campaign for his party for the forthcoming Assembly elections, a party leader said on Saturday.
Lok Sabha's Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi was granted bail by a special MP MLA court in Pune on Friday in the Savarkar defamation case after he appeared before the court through video conferencing.
BJP MP Sarangi, who sustained injuries during a scuffle in Parliament on December 19 and was hospitalised, shared his health update with reporters on Monday.
A war of words erupted between the BJP and Congress on Monday after the saffron party castigated Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for "flying abroad" when India is mourning former prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's demise.
The just-concluded Winter Session of Parliament was unproductive and the least effective in over a year. It ran from November 25 to December 20 and saw frequent disruptions, including protests and arguments.
Congress is expected to have a clear edge with four exit polls giving it a full majority and some predicting a hung assembly with an advantage to the party.
"No one has contacted me till now. Let us see the final results first. According to the exit polls, there is no need for options. Let us see," the JD(S) leader added.
The counting of votes will start at 8 am across 36 designated centres in the southern state, the Election Commission informed.
This statement was prompted by utterances of rival party leaders that variously termed the Prime Minister as a poisonous snake and worthless, and the leader of the main Opposition party as a snake maiden.
Rahul Gandhi flew down to Udaipur from Delhi and was received by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and other senior Congress leaders.
