Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa slams Rahul Gandhi

October 12th, 2009 BANGALORE - A group of sex workers in Karnataka Monday donated Rs.50,000 to help north Karnataka flood victims, a move that prompted Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to say the gesture is worth Rs.50 crore (Rs.500 million).

October 5th, 2009 BELLARY - Karnataka Chief Minister B.Y.Yeddyurappa on Monday announced that his government would construct over 2,00,000 houses for flood affected people. Yeddyurappa said the project would be taken up through a public private partnership (PPP) scheme.

September 11th, 2009 CHENNAI - Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) leader V Gopalswamy, on Friday blamed the Government for failing to ease the plight of Sri Lanka's minority Tamil population. Gopalswamy accused it of maintaining double standards in dealing with the issue.

August 13th, 2009 AMETHI - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit Amethi from August 17. According to party sources, Rahul is expected to pay surprise visits to some villages in the constituency.

June 22nd, 2009 BANGALORE - An Independent legislator Monday withdrew support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka but there was no threat to the B.S. Yeddyurappa ministry's survival.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Thanking the people of the country for the Congress led UPA's stupendous performance in the 2009 general elections, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that he would try to make party general secretary Rahul Gandhi a part of the new cabinet. Addressing media persons jointly with UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi at 10 Janpath here, Singh thanked the people of the country for the faith they had shown in the Congress party.

May 9th, 2009 HOSHIARPUR - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for trying to divide the country in various ways. Gandhi, who addressed four public rallies in as many constituencies of Punjab in a single day, accused the BJP of setting the agenda for doing things only for one section of society.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Expressing confidence that his party would win the elections, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) 'was finished' and existed 'only in the mind'. 'The NDA is finished and has lost its fight.

April 25th, 2009 KOLKATA - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said here Saturday that he would refuse the prime minister's post if the offer was made to him now because he was busy revamping the party and lacked the experience to take the top job. 'I would refuse...for two reasons.

March 31st, 2009 WARDHA - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who addressed a rally here Tuesday, slammed the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for ignoring the poor of the country during its rule at the centre even as he asserted that his party's focus was on the common man. 'We (Congress) see India from common man's eyes.

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday disclosed that he wanted Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, the son of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, to be a minister in the cabinet, but Rahul refused. 'I always wanted Rahul Gandhi to be a minister, but he refused,' Manmohan Singh told reporters on the sidelines of a defence investiture function at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

March 25th, 2009 PUDUCHERRY - Stating that he doesn't 'carry hate and anger', Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Wednesday that he was 'surprised' by his cousin Varun Gandhi's reported inflammatory campaign speeches. 'I am surprised by his views.

February 6th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Saturday wrote to his Karnataka counterpart B.S.

January 28th, 2009 BANGALORE - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka will not allow pub culture to grow in the state, said Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa here Thursday.

January 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Friday said that Rahul Gandhi has all the qualities to become the prime minister of India as he represents the aspirations of young India. 'Rahulji possesses all the qualities to become the prime minister of India.