Rahul Gandhi also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of overlooking the corruption of the BJP Chief Ministers.

After talking to the former deputy Prime Minister for nearly five minutes, Rahul was also seen talking to Union minister Ramdas Athawale. Then the Congress leader went upto his mother Congress president Sonia Gandhi and talked to her for a while.

Rahul said that Kumar has betrayed the Congress Bihar’s interest. The Congress scion even charged Kumar of not keeping him in loop before taking the decision.

According to media reports, Nitish nudged Rahul to take on corruption charges against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family, particularly his son Tejashwi Yadav

Smriti Irani hit back at Rahul for drawing a parallel between the PM and Adolf Hitler, saying there were "no prizes for guessing" who was inspired by the dictator and imposed the Emergency.

Kumar's meeting with Rahul comes days after Sonia spoke to the Bihar CM and Lalu Prasad in an effort to prevent a collapse of the ruling coalition.

Nitish Kumar is set to meet Rahul Gandhi at 4 p.m. to discuss the present political situation in Bihar.

Attacking Modi on demonetisation and for not listening to the farmers, Gandhi said, "The emperor is completely naked, but nobody around him has the courage to tell it to him."

Hitting out at Gandhi, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said many problems of Jammu and Kashmir are the legacy of the Congress and its role in creating complications in the state is "too well known".

“I have been saying it for a long time that wrong policies of Narendra Modi and NDA have burnt Kashmir,” Rahul Gandhi said.

Rahul Gandhi today claimed that the GST was rolled out in a hurry to "impress" the world, ignoring the interests of small businessmen in the country.

Congress leaders today deliberated on a strategy for the Monsoon session of Parliament during which the party is likely to raise a host of issues.

Gandhi has stepped up his attack on the BJP and has been vociferously criticising the Modi government's policies.

Rahul remarked that the government is looking for a math tutor and those interested should apply to the PMO at the earliest.

Calling Rahul Gandhi an immature person, BJP Spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi said that the Congress vice president was not aware of the history of his own family.

Rahul Gandhi today targeted the BJP-led government at the Centre saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "policies have created space for terrorists in Kashmir."

Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the unanimous choice of 18 opposition parties for vice president, also called Nitish Kumar to express his thanks.

Demanding decisive action against the perpetrators of the attack, Sonia Gandhi said that the government should order a thorough probe into any security lapses.

While the Congress has vehemently denied that the meeting ever took place, the Chinese embassy first issued a short press release stating that the meeting did happen on July 8, but then removed it shortly after

The Congreess on Monday denied media reports as "fake news" that its Vice President Rahul Gandhi met a Chinese envoy here amid the China-India border stand off at Doklam in Sikkim.