Rahul Gandhi and Pappu Yadav (R) (File photo) NEW DELHI: Independent MP from Purnia, Pappu Yadav, has claimed that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi declined the post of Prime Minister during the second stint of UPA government, allowing Manmohan Singh to continue in the role.This striking revelation by Yadav came in an exclusive interview with ANI,…
(Photo: X) NEW DELHI: A video from Wednesday’s Bihar Bandh protest seemingly showed Congress leaders Kanhaiya Kumar and Pappu Yadav being stopped from boarding a protest vehicle carrying Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav and other senior INDIA bloc leaders in Patna.The leaders were participating in the ‘Bihar Bandh’ rally, organised to oppose the Election Commission of…
NEW DELHI: Pappu Yadav, who is a Congress-leaning Independent Lok Sabha MP, made a call for the “do-or-die battle” over the Election Commission of India‘s (ECI) move to revise the electoral roll as part of its special intensive revision (SIR) ahead of the Bihar assembly elections.Labelling the poll body as “office of the RSS,” the…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday cautioned Independent MP Pappu Yadav against putting his arms around Union civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu while proceedings were underway. Yadav, seated next to Naidu, was engaged in an animated conversation and briefly placed his arm around the minister’s shoulder, prompting Birla to intervene.Sources indicated…
NEW DELHI: BJP MPs on Monday submitted a notice for breach of parliamentary privilege, citing ethics and propriety concerns over Sonia Gandhi’s alleged use of “derogatory and slanderous words” against the President of India, accusing the Rajya Sabha MP of attempting to ‘undermine the dignity’ of the nation’s highest office.“We write this with great dismay…