Sonia Gandhi replaces son as leader of India's opposition Congress party
India's Sonia Gandhi on Saturday once again took the reins of the main opposition Congress party, replacing her son Rahul, who stepped down after a second straight election drubbing by right-wing Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The 49-year-old Rahul Gandhi, who was seeking to ...
India's Congress leader Rahul Gandhi faces backlash over poor election performance
Honest, intelligent and open to new ideas is how officials of India's main opposition Congress describe their leader, Rahul Gandhi, but the party's election performance has been so poor he now risks losing even his family's traditional seat. As vote-counting trends on Thursday showed Prime ...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling alliance is likely to win a big majority in parliament after a mammoth general election that ended on Sunday, most exit polls showed, a far better showing than expected in recent weeks. Modi faced criticism early on in the ...
There's an app for that, a TV channel and rallies galore: How brand Modi plays in Indian election
If Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wins this spring's general election, as is widely expected, it will also be another massive victory for the marketing machine created to amplify his brand into every Indian living room. Opinion polls regularly show Modi is India's most popular ...
Transgender mystic Zoya Lobo turns over three oracle cards, studies them for a minute and then looks up. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will definitely win India's general election this summer, she proclaims. Clairvoyant Larra Shah also predicts a victory for Modi owing to his "extremely ...
India's Rahul Gandhi vows to reform sales tax and seek investment as election nears
India's main opposition Congress party will simplify the goods and services tax (GST) and take "rational economic decisions" to attract foreign investment if voted back to power in a general election due by May, its leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday. Launched in 2017, the ...
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has come under fire for "misogynistic" remarks made when asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "be a man" and not field a woman, the defense minister, to defend him in debates over a controversial fighter jet deal. Gandhi, president of ...
Social media could play crucial role for Congress and BJP in 2019 Indian election
When India votes in a general election next year, the poll will be the world's largest democratic exercise and the biggest-ever test of the role of social media in an election. As the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) readies for battle with the newly energized ...
Rahul Gandhi takes over from mother as 'inevitable' heir to India's Congress dynasty
Rahul Gandhi has never held public office, once likened power to "poison," and saw his politician father and grandmother assassinated. Now he has taken over as leader of the party that has ruled India for much of its history. The 47-year-old's unopposed election as president ...
India's Gandhi scion seeks revival in Modi's backyard
Rahul Gandhi, the scion of India's most fabled political dynasty, will within weeks be crowned leader of the Congress party, handing him a freer rein to prove if he can mount a credible challenge to the dominance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The great-grandson of ...
Sonia, Rahul Gandhi, accused of illegally acquiring assets, make court appearance
As their supporters rallied around the country to protest the allegations, Sonia Gandhi and her son, Rahul, the two top leaders of India's opposition Congress party, appeared in court Saturday to face corruption accusations. The Gandhis are accused of illegally acquiring the assets of the ...
May election could set up a wild ride for India
A lot of people think they already know the outcome of India's national election in May. They think Narendra Modi will be prime minister and that India will swing hard to the right.
