Rafale Protests

Armed with the Supreme Court's ruling on the Rafale deal, BJP activists on Saturday staged a protest here seeking an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday protested near the Aam Aadmi Party office in Delhi against the "baseless allegations" levelled by the party in the Rafale jet deal, two days after the Supreme Court rejected pleas to review its judgment giving clean chit to the Modi government.

The BJP would hold protest demonstrations across the country on Saturday, demanding Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's apology for misleading the country on the Rafale deal, party leaders said on Friday.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, which was in the news recently with debates over whether the public sector company was denied an offset contract under the Rafale fighter jets deal with France, is now facing an internal challenge with employees staging protests from Tuesday for what they say are unfair wages.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi was targeted with an expletive by Himachal Pradesh BJP chief Satpal Singh Satti at a public event in Baddi town of the Shimla Lok Sabha constituency today, provoking protests from the opposition party.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, along with mother Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, led the Congress protests outside parliament this morning amid a raging controversy over the Rafale fighter jet deal. As the top Congress leaders protested, paper jets were seen.

N Chandrababu Naidu In Andhra Bhawan: On a day The Hindu newspaper published a report on anti-corruption conditions being dropped from the supply clause of the Rafale jet deal, Rahul Gandhi launched another fierce attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the spot where Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu sat on a daylong fast.

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Friday said he would like to see how those aligned with the BJP would explain reports that the Defence Ministry had protested over the mechanism being adopted by the PMO for the Rafale deal.

The Rafale debate is to continue in the Parliament after a heated debate yesterday between the Opposition and the ruling party. Rahul Gandhi, Congress chief and leader of the Opposition, took shots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and challenged him for an one-on-one on the Rafale deal.

Rahul Gandhi today hit out at the BJP for what he described as an orchestrated attack on his party workers at a demonstration organised by the Goa BJP to protest against the allegations made by the Congress President over Rafale deal.

Members of the Delhi unit of the BJP were today detained near the Congress headquarters in the national capital while they were protesting against Rahul Gandhi. Leaders and members of the party, along with Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, accused the Congress chief of spreading "lies" on the Rafale deal.

Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on Tuesday as the AIADMK and DMK protested over Cauvery issue, while the Congress demanded that a privilege notice against the government be taken up for allegedly misleading Parliament and the Supreme Court on Rafale jet deal.

Raucous opposition protests over Rafale deal and other issues forced adjournment in both houses of parliament for the fifth consecutive day without any business being conducted. The day started on a stormy note as the government and opposition sparred over Rafale and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK and the opposition DMK protes...

As the controversy surrounding Rafale deal escalates, BJP lawmakers have given privilege motion notice to the Secretary of Lok Sabha against Rahul Gandhi. Anurag Thakur, Nishikant Dubey and Sanjay Jaiswal have sought action against Mr Gandhi.

This is possibly the one issue where Gandhi has displayed heartland political smarts, hit the streets, used it as a hot button campaign issue in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and, most importantly, set the agenda and the narrative.

Armed with the Supreme Court's ruling on the Rafale deal, BJP activists on Saturday staged a protest here seeking an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday protested near the Aam Aadmi Party office in Delhi against the "baseless allegations" levelled by the party in the Rafale jet deal, two days after the Supreme Court rejected pleas to review its judgment giving clean chit to the Modi government.

The BJP would hold protest demonstrations across the country on Saturday, demanding Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's apology for misleading the country on the Rafale deal, party leaders said on Friday.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, which was in the news recently with debates over whether the public sector company was denied an offset contract under the Rafale fighter jets deal with France, is now facing an internal challenge with employees staging protests from Tuesday for what they say are unfair wages.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi was targeted with an expletive by Himachal Pradesh BJP chief Satpal Singh Satti at a public event in Baddi town of the Shimla Lok Sabha constituency today, provoking protests from the opposition party.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, along with mother Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, led the Congress protests outside parliament this morning amid a raging controversy over the Rafale fighter jet deal. As the top Congress leaders protested, paper jets were seen.

N Chandrababu Naidu In Andhra Bhawan: On a day The Hindu newspaper published a report on anti-corruption conditions being dropped from the supply clause of the Rafale jet deal, Rahul Gandhi launched another fierce attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the spot where Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu sat on a daylong fast.

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Friday said he would like to see how those aligned with the BJP would explain reports that the Defence Ministry had protested over the mechanism being adopted by the PMO for the Rafale deal.

The Rafale debate is to continue in the Parliament after a heated debate yesterday between the Opposition and the ruling party. Rahul Gandhi, Congress chief and leader of the Opposition, took shots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and challenged him for an one-on-one on the Rafale deal.

Rahul Gandhi today hit out at the BJP for what he described as an orchestrated attack on his party workers at a demonstration organised by the Goa BJP to protest against the allegations made by the Congress President over Rafale deal.

Members of the Delhi unit of the BJP were today detained near the Congress headquarters in the national capital while they were protesting against Rahul Gandhi. Leaders and members of the party, along with Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, accused the Congress chief of spreading "lies" on the Rafale deal.

Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on Tuesday as the AIADMK and DMK protested over Cauvery issue, while the Congress demanded that a privilege notice against the government be taken up for allegedly misleading Parliament and the Supreme Court on Rafale jet deal.

Raucous opposition protests over Rafale deal and other issues forced adjournment in both houses of parliament for the fifth consecutive day without any business being conducted. The day started on a stormy note as the government and opposition sparred over Rafale and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK and the opposition DMK protes...

As the controversy surrounding Rafale deal escalates, BJP lawmakers have given privilege motion notice to the Secretary of Lok Sabha against Rahul Gandhi. Anurag Thakur, Nishikant Dubey and Sanjay Jaiswal have sought action against Mr Gandhi.

This is possibly the one issue where Gandhi has displayed heartland political smarts, hit the streets, used it as a hot button campaign issue in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and, most importantly, set the agenda and the narrative.