For public interest, here are few questions to Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who made a big poll announcement on Monday promising 20 per cent poor a basic minimum income of Rs 72,000 per year under NYAY.

"We will eradicate poverty in the country. This is a 'dhamaka'. No country has done this in history. There should not be a single poor person in the country," Gandhi said.

Taking into account the total amount of subsidies provided by the government, Jaitley claimed that Rs 5.34 lakh crore was already being distributed to the poor.  

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Jaitley said the Congress has given to the people many slogans but very little resources to implement its election promises.

The 2019 general election is scheduled to be held in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The counting of votes will be conducted on 23 May. On the same day the results will be declared.

Lok Sabha elections 2019 Latest News India: Hello and welcome to our daily Election Live Blog where we bring to you the election live updates from across India. With the biggest game of thrones set to begin next month, political circles are perplexed as to who will India choose - Modi wave or Mahagathbandhan. It will be for all to see what the decider reveals on May 25. Catch the latest here:

"In the election affidavit, Rahul Gandhi has mentioned he gets Rs 9 lakh as rent from Indira Gandhi farmhouse in Mehrauli, but in reality he gets crores," Patra said.

The BJP on Saturday cited the rise in Congress president Rahul Gandhi's income between 2004 and 2014 to question its source, claiming he had no ostensible source of income.

In a Facebook post, Gandhi tagged a media report about 10,000 watchmen protesting against poor wages.

Setting up a high-pitched battle in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP has fielded its powerpact leader Smriti Irani against Congress President Rahul Gandhi in Amethi for the second time.

In an interaction with watchmen from across the country, Modi said his rivals lacked guts to name him and attack him directly, and instead resorted to targeting watchmen.

A purported video of Sharma's controversial speech in his parliamentary constituency's Sikandrabad area is circulating on social media in which he can be seen slamming not only Gandhi family politicians, but also other regional leaders.

Chief Minister of Goa, Manohar Parrikar passed away at the age of 63 on Sunday in Panaji after his battle with pancreatic cancer. 

Vaddakkan, who hails from Kerala, was a part of the first media group formed by Sonia Gandhi in the late 1990s when she became the President of the INC

Amid demands from party activists, Congress President Rahul Gandhi may contest the Lok Sabha polls from a seat in Karnataka apart from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh where his candidature has already been announced.  

Congress president Rahul Gandhi has accused the BJP of trying to create a 'hyper nationalistic environment' ahead of the Lok Sabha polls only to distract people from the issues of unemployment, agrarian crisis and what he called 'massive failures' of the Modi government.

"My commitment to you is that the moment we win the 2019 elections, all the fishermen of the country will get their own dedicated ministry in Delhi," Gandhi said.   

"Can you call me Rahul instead of sir? It makes me comfortable," Congress President Rahul Gandhi told a college girl during an interactive session at Chennai's Stella Maris College.

Wearing a jeans and T-shirt, Rahul Gandhi faced a range of questions from the students about the Congress-led UPA's plans for economic growth, bringing peace in Jammu and Kashmir, on charges against his brother-in-law Robert Vadra, views about the Modi government and the reason for hugging Modi in Parliament.