Ekta Kapoor and her newborn Ravie Kapoor joined Smriti Irani on her barefoot walk to Siddhi Vinayak Temple in Mumbai. 

In his view, the Gandhi-Nehru family will continue to command "great clout and respect" within the party, on the basis of the tremendous contributions it has made in shaping and guiding the party since Independence.

Randeep Singh Surjewala also met Rahul Gandhi at the latter's residence. Gehlot arrived after Pilot had left. Details of their discussions were not immediately known.

Taking responsibility for the defeat, Gandhi on Saturday offered to resign as party president at a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the highest decision-making body of the party, but it was "unanimously rejected".

After expressing his anger over party leaders giving preference to their families instead of the party, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday refused to meet Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot here.

After election rout, the Congress party is heading towards massive restructuring and organisational overhaul to bring about radical changes. Congress President Rahul Gandhi has been authorised to ensure that this future course of action falls into place.

Gandhi won with the highest ever margin of victory in any Lok Sabha election with 431,770 votes. He defeated his nearest rival P.P. Suneer of the Communist Party of India who secured 274,597 votes while Gandhi received 706,367 votes.

Irani has defeated Congress President Rahul Gandhi in Amethi and when the latter conceded defeat, he asked Irani "to take care of Amethi with love".

PM Narendra Modi is in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi today, where he will also pay obeisance at the Kashi Vishwanath temple.

The sources added that responsibility will be fixed for the party's debacle in the general elections and actions will unfold in the next 10 days. 

"We have to continue our fight. I am and will remain a disciplined soldier of the Congress and continue to fight fearlessly. But I do not want to remain the party president," Rahul Gandhi said.

The flow of fake news after the election results suggests that the tide of misinformation on social media is unlikely to stop any time soon.

Prime Minister Modi along with BJP President Amit Shah embarked on a 2-day visit to Gujarat. The two BJP stalwarts met with the BJP workers. Prime Minister Modi addressed the general public in Ahmedabad after which he went to Gandhinagar to meet with his mother to seek her blessings after the massive mandate given by the people of India in his and his party's favor.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi fought from Wayanad and won in style. Kerala was one of only two states where Congress resisted the Modi Blitzkrieg.

Narendra Modi led BJP swept through the Hindi heartland. Chattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh were the 3 states which gave a pro-congress mandate in their respective assembly elections in December 2018. Here are the full lists of winning candidates from these 3 states.

It was a strong YSRCP show in Andhra Pradesh, bagging 22 out of 25 seats in the Lok Sabha elections. Here is the full list of winning candidates from the state of Andhra Pradesh.

The SP-BSP 'Mahagathbandhan' in UP did not prove much of a challenge for the BJP as the party bagged 62 seats on the back of a strong Modi wave. Here is the full list of winning candidates from the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Punjab resisted the 'TsuNaMo 2.0'. Haryana and Himachal Pradesh swept by the BJP. Here are the lists of winning candidates from the northernmost states of India.

He made the offer at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meet held here to discuss the reasons for the party's abysmal performance in the elections. The CWC members, however, rejected Rahul Gandhi's offer.

Though the party improved on its 2014 tally of 44, it could win just 52 Lok Sabha seats this year. The party could not open its account in 18 states and Union Territories.