Singh said Gandhi should come to the House and apologise before the nation for his allegations.

Congress party president Rahul Gandhi is likely to announce the names of chief ministers in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh on Friday.

The Congress chief had earlier held a series of meetings with CM aspirants in Rajasthan -- Ashok Gehlot and Pilot -- but no consensus emerged between the two and Pilot asserted his right for the top post.

The Congress chief had earlier held a series of meetings with CM aspirants in Rajasthan -- Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot -- but no consensus emerged between the two and Pilot asserted his right for the top post. 

Two days after the Congress uprooted BJP by taking away three Hindi heartland states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi were very close to each other at a function in Parliament on Thursday but did not speak.

The announcement was made during the meeting of the newly-elected MLAs in Bhopal Thursday night

In Chhattisgarh, the grand old party ended 15-year-rule of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Congress party won 68 of the 90 seats.

Jyotiraditya Scindia, who was also considered to be in the race for CM's post, proposed name of Kamal Nath for the chief ministerial post, sources told IndiaTV.

All eyes now were on party president Rahul Gandhi's choice of chief ministers of the three states, which he will decide after the victorious MLAs finish their meetings in the three states.

The party looks set to secure almost three-fourths majority in the Assembly which proves that anti-incumbancy played out in favour of the Congress.

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Rahul Gandhi also praised Congress workers and likened them to 'babbar sher' (lions).  

Four independents had won and eight others were leading, according to the trends given out by the Election Commission.

He also credited Gandhi for the party's good performance in all the five states, including Rajasthan.

Urjit Patel on Monday resigned from his post with immediate effect, citing "personal reasons".

BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya Sunday mocked the scheduled meeting of opposition parties in New Delhi, and said they should first declare a prime ministerial candidate before thinking of ousting the Narendra Modi government.

Pointing out that India ranks 148 out of 193 countries in terms of the percentage of women in Parliament, Gandhi said the situation was "even worse in state Assemblies".   

Gandhi attacked Modi after retired Lt Gen D.S. Hooda, who oversaw the strike on Pakistani territory, said in Chandigarh on Friday that the hype over the surgical strike did not help and in hindsight he felt that the operation should have remained a secret.

  Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over , alleging that the PM used the military action for "political capital".

India TV-CNX Opinion Poll gauged the mood of the electorate in all 543 Lok Sabha constituencies.

The Congress president reminded party workers how EVMs were transported in a vehicle without any registration number in MP and reached the collection centre 48 hours after the voting ended.