Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will lead the party's campaign for February 5 Delhi assembly polls.
A fresh war of words erupted between the Congress and the BJP on Wednesday after Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said the grand old party is ''fighting the Indian state itself” and that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had committed “treason” with his controversial remarks on India's independence.
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address a public meeting in Delhi on January 13 (Monday) to start his campaign for his party in the upcoming assembly elections in the national capital.
Following a senior BJP MLA’s derogatory comments against Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, the Madhya Pradesh State Assembly witnessed acrimonious arguments between the opposition Congress and ruling BJP MLAs on Friday.
For the second day in continuation, she said on social media on Wednesday that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's clarification that he is not against reservation is clearly a misleading misrepresentation.
Congress leaders, led by party's state president Brijlal Khabri, took out a march from the party office to Raj Bhawan to register their protest against the move.
Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Wednesday moved a privilege notice against Defence Minister Rajnath Singh over his statement on Rahul Gandhi under Rule 222 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Lok Sabha for violating Rule 352 (vii) and Rule 353 during his address to the Lok Sabha on March 13.
Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha met for a few minutes in the morning and after adjournments at 2 pm.
While the Congress leader wondered if he would be allowed to speak in Parliament, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said his party would continue its nationwide campaign against him until he apologised.
The senior BJP leader said, "Rahul Gandhi defamed the nation on foreign soil. He disrespected institutions.”
