US State Department spokesperson Ned Price categorically said that Washington would not 'endorse' such statement.

Gandhi will also inaugurate the Chhattisgarh government's Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Bhumiheen Krishi Mazduur Yojana.

Rahul Gandhi had announced during his last visit to Punjab on January 27 that the Congress will go into the Punjab Assembly election with a CM face and the decision on it will be taken soon after consulting party workers.

Rahul Gandhi blamed the Modi government's foreign policy that helped Pakistan and China to come together. Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar responded to the Congress leader in a series of tweets.

The Judiciary, the Election Commission, Pegasus, these are all instruments of destroying the voice of the union of states, said Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said in Lok Sabha while speaking on Motion of Thanks to President's address during Budget session 2022.

Referring to job and unemployment, Rahul Gandhi said that 3 crore people lost jobs in 2021.

Notably, Rahul has been relentlessly attacking the BJP and RSS over the issue of Hindutva for several months in the run-up to the Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.   

Leading the Opposition charge during the debate in the Lok Sabha on the Motion of Thanks on the President's address, Rahul Gandhi said the present government's stand on China and Pakistan worked only to bring the two neighbouring countries together to work against India.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman slammed Rahul Gandhi for his 'Zer0 Sum Budget' remark at Modi government saying that she will take criticism but not from someone who hasn't done his homework.

"M0di G0vernment's Zer0 Sum Budget! Nothing for - Salaried class, Middle class, the poor and deprived, Youth, Farmers and MSMEs," Gandhi said on Twitter.

India observes Martyrs' Day every year on January 30 to mark the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and to honour his contribution towards the freedom of the country.

The Congress launched an all-out attack on the government over a New York Times report, accusing it of deceiving Parliament, duping the Supreme Court, hijacking democracy and indulging in treason.

According to the report in The New York Times, the Israeli spyware Pegasus and a missile system were the "centerpieces" of a roughly USD 2-billion deal of sophisticated weapons and intelligence gear between India and Israel in 2017.

Rahul Gandhi said Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and state party president Navjot Singh Sidhu have assured him that whoever is chosen as the CM face, the other will support him.

The Congress leader said that both Chief Minister Charanjit Channi and state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu assured him that whoever will lead the state will receive the support of the other.

Gandhi was flanked by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and party's state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.

Citing that his following has virtually frozen ever since August 2021, when his account was briefly locked, the Congress leader shared that earlier, he was gaining new followers at the rate of over 2.3 lakh per month, which even went up to 6.5 lakh in certain months.

Priyanka Gandhi said that Congress leaders talked to the youth all over Uttar Pradesh and asked about their problems. Based on their inputs, the manifesto has been created. 

The Congress is going to the polls with a focus on youth and women and has announced that it will reserve 40 per cent of tickets for women in Uttar Pradesh.

Polling in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab will take place between February 10 and March 7. Results will be announced on March 10.