Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has urged the government to confer the Bharat Ratna on Kanshi Ram, the Dalit icon and founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), describing him as a “symbol of empowerment and hope.” In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Kanshi Ram’s birth anniversary, Mr. Gandhi credited him with strengthening the foundations of Indian democracy. This is not the first time he has made such a demand.
Amid deadlock in seat-sharing talks between DMK and Congress, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram and TNCC president K Selvaperunthagai met Chief Minister and DMK president M K Stalin at his residence on Tuesday in an attempt to end the impasse. DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi was also present at the meeting.
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday (February 12, 2026) said he has given a notice to initiate a ‘substantive motion’ against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, and demanded that his Lok Sabha membership be cancelled and he be debarred from contesting electio for life
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (February 11, 2026) alleged in the Lok Sabha that the NDA government had compromised India’s energy security, data, and the future of its farmers by signing the Indo-U.S. interim trade agreement
The Lok Sabha Secretariat is likely to take up the discussion on the Opposition’s motion seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla on March 9, the first day of the second phase of Parliament’s Budget Session, according to news agency ANI sources.
The Congress on Thursday said that it will go solo in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls and contest all 294 seats in the state. The decision was taken at a key meeting of the party’s top brass with senior leaders of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee.
At the meeting of the high level committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to select the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and commissioners, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi submitted a dissent note on the lack of representation in the list from the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC)s.
Triggering a war of words between the ruling BJP and the main Opposition Congress, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and his Rajya Sabha counterpart Mallikarjun Kharge were not invited to the official dinner hosted by President Droupadi Murmu for Russian President Vladimir Putin at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday once again targeted the Election Commission of India (ECI) over alleged “vote chori” (vote theft) and electoral irregularities.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has sparked a fresh controversy with his remarks suggesting that only a small section of the population — primarily from upper castes — dominates key institutions in India, including the armed forces, reports said.
