Third eye: Kisan flavour at Congress headquarters
Youth Congress is organising an interaction on Saturday between Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi to “jointly relish” the success in halting NDA’s bill.

‘Kisan’ is the political flavour of the season at the Congress headquarters after the party stalled Modi regime’s plans to amend the 2013 Land Acquisition Act. So even as the party is gearing up for a September 20 mega rally on the outskirts of Delhi to mark the “Rahul Gandhiled efforts’ success in protecting the kisans’ interests”, the Youth Congress is organising an interaction on Saturday between Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi with many farmer organisations at 24 Akbar Road to “jointly relish” the success in halting NDA’s bill.
First Trailer of ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’ on October 2
On account of Gandhi Jayanti, October 2, first trailer of ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’ will be released. Bollywood sources say the book written by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s media adviser Sanjaya Baru will finally be converted into a documentary feature by B-town. Industry sources say the teaser will be as controversial as the documentary feature which will highlight the scams and controversies that took place during UPA’s 10 years of rule under Manmohan Singh.
Javadekar Appreciates Modi, Calls Cong ‘Ghotalebaaz'
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi retorting to Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s ‘hawabaaz’ comment in Bihar with ‘hawalabaaz’, others in the party have taken a cue. BJP’s Prakash Javadekar on Thursday, while commenting on the matter, appreciated the prime minister’s response but came up with a new one, calling the Congress ‘ghotalebaaz’.
Who is Funding Pappu Yadav’s Bihar Campaign?
The Janata Parivar circles are intrigued by the grand-scale campaign that Pappu Yadav, Lalu Yadav’s protege-turned-renegade, has already embarked on. As Pappu is widely seen in league with the BJP, the Janata Parivar is smelling a rat about his campaign-fund-sourcing, more so since his mission is to try and divide the Yadav votes. Now, Parivar observers are looking forward to see whether the newly formed SP-NCP front will also be embarking on a mega campaign, fuelled by deep-resource.
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