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Sonia Gandhi spent more than 70% of MP funds on minorities, says Amit Shah in Raebareli

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a public meeting for Lok Sabha elections, in Raebareli, on May 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on May 12 launched a blistering attack on senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, accusing her of “spending more than 70% of her MP funds on minorities” and the Gandhi family of being experts in lying. Rahul Gandhi is fighting the Lok Sabha elections from Raebareli the seat held by his mother Sonia Gandhi for the last two decades. She recently moved to the Rajya Sabha. Rahul Gandhi has also been fielded from Wayanad in Kerala. Follow Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE updates here Raebareli will vote in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20. Mr. Shah also addressed an election rally in Pratapgarh where he said that Rahul Gandhi can be scared of Pakistan’s “atom bomb” but the BJP is not, and that Pakistan-occupied Kashmir belongs to India and “we will take it”. He was referring to Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar’s remarks …

Garry Kasparov: ‘Tradition dictates you should first win from Raebareli before challenging for top!’ | Chess News

Garry Kasparov is a man who has a deep understanding of politics. Back in his home nation of Russia, Kasparov earned a reputation for standing up against Russian president Vladimir Putin and the ruling party. This defiance even led to an arrest warrant being issued recently for Kasparov in Russia on charges of “terrorism”. The former world champion, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players in history, on Friday sent Indian social media users on X into a tizzy after a pointed comment on Indian politics. Garry Kasparov was responding to a tweet from a user on X which read: “Feel so relieved that Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand retired early and didn’t have to face the greatest chess genius of our times.” To this, the Russian grandmaster tweeted a pointed response: “Tradition dictates you should first win from Raebareli before challenging for top!” The mention of Raebareli was possibly a reference to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who filed his nomination from the Raebareli constituency while accompanied by not mother Sonia Gandhi …

What Next For Raebareli After Sonia Gandhi? Rahul Gandhi Or Priyanka Gandhi?

Sonia Gandhi files her Rajya Sabha papers with Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi looking on. New Delhi: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi‘s Lok Sabha-to-Rajya Sabha shift this year – from representing Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh to the state of Rajasthan – was supposed to signal a change in the leadership structure of a party many see as struggling for relevance – the November Telangana win aside – before the general election. Ms Gandhi – a 25-year veteran of the Lower House and the face of the Congress, in parliament and outside – this week said she would not seek re-election from Raebareli, a Congress stronghold previously held by Feroze Gandhi and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The 77-year-old Ms Gandhi this morning said “health and increasing age” meant she would not contest the Lok Sabha election, and she called on the people of Raebareli to “be with my family”. That the Congress will field, so long as is possible, a member of the Nehru-Gandhi family from Raebareli (particularly after the 2019 loss of its other UP stronghold, …