Gandhi interacted with fishermen, doctors, teachers and villagers on his route covering Porbandar, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Mahisagar and Dahod district during his two-day visit.

Veerappa Moily said that Rahul Gandhi will not only be projected as the party's PM candidate in the next Lok Sabha elections, "he will be the prime minister in 2019".

Rahul Gandhi, who is battling allegations of displaying soft Hindutva in Gujarat, had last week clarified that he is a devotee of Lord Shiva.

By becoming Congress president, Rahul Gandhi will make easier our task to make India ‘Congress-mukt’, Yogi Adityanath said.

With the stage set for the crucial Gujarat Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress have released the list of their star campaigners.

With Rahul Gandhi tipped to be the sole candidate in the running for the post, his elevation as Congress president may come as early as on December 5, a day after nominations close.

The CWC today virtually cleared the way for Rahul Gandhi's elevation as the party President. His coronation is all set for Dec 19, a day after the results to Assembly elections.

The development comes close on the heels of grand old party and Hardik Patel led-Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) announcing that they have reached an agreement over the issue of granting reservation to Patels.

While polling for 89 constituencies will be held on December 9, remaining 93 seats will go to polls on December 14. The last date for filing nominations for the first phase is November 21.

Rahul Gandhi’s elevation as Congress president is finally on the cards, and is expected to be done within the next couple of weeks, before votes are cast for Gujarat Assembly election.

The Congress party recently raised several questions on the deal including the rates, and charged the government with compromising national interest and security while promoting "crony capitalism" and causing a loss to the public exchequer.

India had inked an inter-governmental agreement with France in September last year for procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets at a cost of around Rs 58,000 crore.

Tejashwi Yadav tweeted pictures of his lunch with Congress VP Rahul Gandhi on Friday.

Yesterday, the Indian Air Force had said that there was "no overpricing" in the Rafale purchase as the government had "negotiated a very good" deal for the French fighter aircraft.

He claimed the BJP-led central and Gujarat governments were rattled by the "massive response" the Congress was getting in poll-bound Gujarat.

Rahul also alleged that the aircraft was being purchased at much higher rates than what was decided after the completion of the tender process under the previous UPA government.

The Election Commission prohibited the use of the word “Pappu” on Tuesday evening saying it was "insulting".

According to BJP sources, the media committee under the Gujarat Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) objected to the word mentioned in the script of the advertisement which was submitted by the party for approval last month.

FM Jaitley also said that rationalisation of GST rates was a long exercise and linking it to Gujarat elections was 'juvenile politics'.

The decisions in the GST Council are "all consensus decisions," he said. "This is really juvenile politics to link it with either elections or political demands".