He was accompanied by top Congress leaders including Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Ghulam Nabi Azad, A K Antony and Ahmed Patel.

Monday is the last date for filing of nominations and no one else has filed papers till today, according to Mullapally Ramachandran, the chairman of the party's Central Election Authority.

He also equated his treatment at the hands of the Congress to the what he called, the insult of Sardar Patel by the then Congress leadership.

Mocking the Congress over the upcoming election of its president, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today alleged the party had a history of rigging organisational polls.

Manmohan Singh had even said that the NDA government failed to understand the "pains" of his note ban and GST decisions were going to unleash on the people of his own home state.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that BJP has always been a pro-Hindutva party, asserting that those parading their newfound Hindu piety were nothing but “clones”.

"Expensive fees are becoming burden on students. How will the dream of New India come true?," Rahul Gandhi asked.

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath lauded the BJP workers who ‘worked to communicate the party agenda of development to all’.

Can a Hawai chappal (slipper) and a BMW car be taxed at the same rate, asked Jaitley

Unfazed by the Somnath temple controversy, Rahul visited Gadhdha Swaminarayan temple where he offered prayers. A row erupted yesterday after Gandhi's name was found written in the entry register meant for non-Hindus at the famous shrine.

The question is: who was responsible for this faux pas during elections? Naturally, neither Rahul nor Ahmed Patel would have committed such an error.

Gandhi, who began his 'one question a day' series on Wednesday with the BJP's promises in the last polls, today focused on Gujarat's debt burden.

The entire controversy arose when Rahul Gandhi on his visit to the famous Gujarat's Somnath temple, allegedly mentioned himself as a 'non-Hindu' on the temple register.

Rahul Gandhi must give up his post because he has an unfair advantage by being the Vice President and then contest party elections, Shehzad Poonawalla said.

Rahul Gandhi is expected to file nomination for the election to the Congress president's post on December 4, party sources said here.

In yet another blistering attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the party hates Gujarat, development, poor and him.

The Gandhi scion also attacked the BJP government at the Centre on the issue of GST, demonetisation and development being aligned towards helping a handful of industrialists.

Hitting back at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi over his "sweat on forehead" tweet targeting him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said those born with a "gold spoon" are now mocking the sweat of poor.

The high-voltage political fever in Gujarat took an all-new turn today when Congress vice president, on his visit to the Somnath temple, mentioned himself as a ‘non-Hindu’.

Expect election campaigning to go a notch up when the state in question is Narendra Modi's home state Gujarat.