In a Facebook post, the Congress president cited an incident when an Afghan lawmaker had told him that arguments that take place in Indian Parliament, are carried out with guns in that country.

Kumar had quit the alliance, comprising the JD(U), the RJD and the Congress, in July 2017 after the CBI lodged an FIR against Yadav on corruption charges and the following strife between him and the RJD.

According to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office, the award focuses on the triple bottom-line of 'people, profit and planet' and will be offered annually to the leader of a nation. 

Gandhi's jibe comes a day after Modi received the first-ever Philip Kotler Presidential award here.

After the Supreme Court verdict, Gandhi had said that all women should be allowed to enter the Sabarimala temple.

"He's driven by fear. It's this fear that is making him corrupt & destroy key institutions," the Congress chief alleged.

India TV-CNX has conducted an opinion poll to gauge the mood of voters ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2019.

He said the Congress party might give a surprise or two in the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh "about what the party is capable of doing and to mobilise people."

Addressing a gathering in Dubai, the Congress scion said; "Congress party has tremendous to offer to the people of Uttar Pradesh. I have tremendous respect for the leaders of BSP and SP."

PM Modi also accused the Congress for pushing the county into darkness during its ten years of tenure.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi said here on Saturday that India has witnessed a great deal of intolerance and anger in the last four and a half years which stemmed from the "mentality of the people in power".

Earlier on Thursday, Gandhi was accorded a warm welcome by the Indian diaspora at the Dubai airport. He is in UAE on a maiden visit.

It is pertinent to mention here that just months before the Lok Sabha elections 2019, the Congress party is trying to corner the Centre on Rafale issue.

On Tuesday, Rahul Gandhi had expressed happiness after the the Supreme Court reinstated Alok Verma as CBI Director.

In his public meeting a few hours later in Agra, Modi accused Congress leaders of insulting the country's women.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress are understood to have given final shape to the seat sharing arrangement and the same will be announced soon, sources said.  

Little did Rahul Gandhi know that his comments on Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during debate on Rafale deal in Parliament would evoke a bashing from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who accused the Congress President of insulting the women of the country.   

In the Rajasthan assembly polls last year, the Congress party bounced back to power in the state.

Naidu's latest visit to the national capital comes after Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party announced to join hands in Uttar Pradesh, leaving the Congress out.

The tax matter is related to the National Herald case in which the Congress leaders are also facing criminal proceedings.