Rahul Gandhi reminded the audience how PM Modi had hosted Xi Jinping in his home state Gujarat and the Chinese troops made an incursion into Indian territory.

Taking a jibe at prime minister Narendra Modi, the Congress president said that the Congress manifesto was the “Mann ki Baat” of the people of Karnataka as it was not a document prepared by "three or four people in a closed room".

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and other senior Congress leaders were also present in Mangaluru on this occasion.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s office on Thursday wrote a letter to Karnataka DGP hinting at sabotage after his plane developed a technical snag, and demanded an investigation into the matter.

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Responding to a tweet by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah which said that the Rahul Gandhi has established an instant connect with the youth of the state, the BJP predicted that the ruling party will suffer a humiliating defeat in the May 12 polls.

Polling will be held in a single phase on May 12 for 224 assembly seats, including 36 reserved for the Scheduled Castes and 15 for the Scheduled Tribes. Votes will be counted on May 15.

Rahul Gandhi will be embarking on a two-day visit to Karnataka starting Thursday and he is scheduled to visit parts of Uttara Kannada like Ankola city, Mastikatte Circle (Kumta), Saraswati Circle (Honnavar) .

While the Congress accused Naidu of taking the decision in a hurry, the BJP said that the Rahul Gandhi-led party was resorting to the tactics of 'threatening' and pressurising judiciary.

Attacking the prime minister on employment and other promises made by him before the last Lok Sabha polls, Gandhi said Modi would now come up with new promises for votes.

Seen as the party's effort to reach out to the community ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the campaign launch was attended by former prime minister Manmohan Singh and other leaders.

Addressing the concluding session of the party's Mahila Morcha national executive meeting in Ghaziabad, Shah slammed Congress president Rahul Gandhi for demanding a report card of the Modi government.

It is being seen an attempt by the grand-old party to reach out to the Dalit community ahead of the crucial 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Disagreeing with the Supreme Court verdict, the Congress had yesterday demanded a fair inquiry to address the "unanswered questions" regarding Loya's death.  

A letter issued by BJP Parliamentary party on Thursday also provided written material for all the party MPs asking them to run campaign against Gandhi and the Congress for defaming party President Amit Shah in their respective constituencies.

The Supreme Court's said Judge Loya died of natural causes while underlining that the PILs that were "a real attempt and frontal attack" on the independence of judiciary and that the present case was a manifestation to carry forward a personal agenda.

In an exclusive interview with India TV, BJP leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said that the Public Interest Litigation (PIL), which was dismissed by the Supreme Court today as frivolous, was filed to serve the interests of Congress.

"While the great Hindu culture taught the world about culture, peace and civilisation for lakhs of years, the Congress party has committed a sin by linking it to saffron terror," Shah said.

Using the situation to his advantage, Congress president Rahul Gandhi launched an all out attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rahul accused PM Modi of destroying the banking system with his demonetisation decision.

During a meeting with then US ambassador, Rahul Gandhi had said saffron terror was a bigger threat than the Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed the BJP quoting a telegram sourced from Wikileaks.