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".

Rahul Gandhi on Monday recalled lines from a Bollywood film song to take an apparent swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the toxic air in the national capital.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will today travel from Patan to Mahesana on the final day of his Navsarjan Yatra ahead of Assembly polls in Gujarat.

Referring to Gandhi's promise to cap GST rates at 18 per cent if voted to power, Javadekar said the Congress vice-president intends to increase the tax burden on the common people.

Speaking during his poll campaign tour of Gujarat, he claimed that the share market regulator has termed Rupani "beimaan" (dishonest) and imposed fine on him.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will today travel from Banaskantha to Patan on the second day of the fourth leg of his Navsarjan Yatra.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today said he would not rest till the five-slab "Gabbar Singh Tax" was converted into the "Goods and Services Tax" with an 18-per cent cap.

According to sources, Kapil Sibal has told the Patel community leaders that he has worked upon a concrete formula to provide them reservation.