"Rahul knows nothing about India and there is no question of he knowing anything about religion (dharma). Look, how they lie. You cannot get such a hybrid breed in world's any laboratory but in our country's Congress laboratory," said Hegde.

Rahul Gandhi stressed that he never shared the details of his conversation with the Goa CM Manohar Parrikar.

The Bairia MLA called Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ram, while likening the two Congress leaders to the villains in Ramayana.

Parrikar, former defence minister, further accused Gandhi of using his courtesy visit to him for petty political gains.

Addressing Yuva Kranti Yatra at Talkatora Stadium in Delhi, the Congress president alleged that Modi stole opportunities from youth to give Rs. 30,000 crore to Anil Ambani.

"Friends, the ex-defence minister clearly stated that he has nothing to do with the new deal that was orchestrated by Mr Narendra Modi to benefit Anil Ambani," Gandhi told booth-level party workers meeting in Kochi.

For Chandani Chowk, the name doing the rounds are those of former Delhi minister Haroon Yusuf and former Union minister Kapil Sibal. However, Sibal is a Rajya Sabha MP and may not contest.

"We can do it. We need to come together as a country," Gandhi said in a Facebook post.

The quota promise comes a day after Rahul Gandhi made the big announcement of assured minumum wage for poor, if elected.

Addressing a gathering of booth workers in Kerala's Cochin, Rahul said his party waived off loans taken by farmers in the three states - Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan - immediately after assuming the charge.

Gandhi also went to the opposition lobby and met Congress MLAs.

The Congress president claimed that the move would be unprecedented as 'no government in the world has ever taken such a decision'.

"When BJP government was formed, within one year Modi ji delivered on his promise on One rank one pension (OROP). Modi ji gave OROP to our jawans, Congress gave 'only Rahul only Priyanka'," he said.

Rahul Gandhi on Friday had alleged that as Patnaik had supported Modi's demonetisation, GST and other bills, there was an understanding between the BJD and the BJP.

Raj has invited Congress president Rahul Gandhi but has snubbed the names of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah from the list.

According to the report, the Gandhis landed by a special flight and will stay at a five-star resort in South Goa.  

Seated in the front row, Gandhi and Gadkari were seen chatting and smiling while watching the grand parade.

Odisha media on Friday was all praise for Rahul Gandhi as he rushed to help a photo journalist, who fell from a strair while taking picture of the Congress president on his visit at the Biju Patnaik Airport.

"I have not heard this speculation," Gandhi said while responding to a query about Varun Gandhi joining Congress in a move to reunite the Gandhi-Nehru family.

"The best thing that happened to me as a politician & human being was the abuse I got from BJP & RSS, it has been the biggest gift they could give me," Gandhi said at an interactive session at 'The Odisha Dialogue' in Bhubaneswar.