Rahul confident of Left support to Manmohan

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Saturday rang up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulating him as India's ruling coalition was on its way to victory in the Lok Sabha elections. According to sources in the Prime Minister's Office, Manmohan Singh is expected to call on Sonia Gandhi later in the evening when all results of the election are known.

May 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI/KOLKATA - The Trinamool Congress will never be part of an alliance that ties up with the Left, the party said categorically as the Congress Wednesday tried to ease tensions with its partner in West Bengal by declaring that there was no 'alliance anywhere with the Left'. The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress was clearly miffed with Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's overtures to the Left Tuesday and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's comment that the tie-up with Trinamool was not based on a pre-condition that his party could not take support from the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).

May 6th, 2009 KOLKATA - Trinamool Congress (TMC) President Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday sent out an ultimatum to Congress party to chose between TMC and Left in West Bengal. The warning came after AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi told newspersons on Tuesday that the Congress could consider a post-poll alliance with Left parties if they have enough numbers.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said his party would support the Left if they manage to gain 190 seats in the current Parliamentary elections. He was responding to quries by the mediapersons who were who were reacting to his suggestion that the Congress did not rule out a post-poll tie-up with the Left parties.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Criticizing Rahul Gandhi's remark that the Congress has ideological common ground with the Left parties, BJP leader Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday that the Congress lacks political ethics as it was trying to woo the Left in the midst of the Lok Sabha elections. Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, Jaitley accused the Congress of having a "grab-all mentality", saying it has misjudged its electoral capacity in these elections.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Left parties Tuesday dismissed as 'misplaced confidence' Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's statement that he was sure they would support Manmohan Singh as prime minister after the polls. 'The Congress general secretary's confidence is misplaced because we will prefer to have a non-Congress, non-BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) government, and we are confident that a non-Congress non-BJP alliance will come to power,' Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MP Brinda Karat said shortly after Rahul Gandhi's press conference here.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday reiterated that Manmohan Singh will be the party-led UPA's prime ministerial candidate post Election 2009 as he is the best man for the post. 'Manmohan Singh is a dynamic person.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was living in a 'dream world' if he believed the Left would support Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a post poll scenario, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Tuesday. 'Let him (Rahul Gandhi) live in his own dream world.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Communists, who almost toppled Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government last year, Tuesday rebuffed Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's attempt to woo them and said they had no desire to prop the party again. Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary A.B.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - CPI General Secretary AB Bardhan on Tuesday said the Left would not support Congress-led government at the Centre. Reacting to Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's suggestion that the Congress did not rule out a post-poll tie-up with the Left parties, Bardhan said, "Congress is nervous about the fact that they will not have numbers.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Opening the door to multiple choices after the elections, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday made overtures to the Left and also reached out to key NDA ally Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and Third Front partner Telugu Desam Party (TDP). Addressing a press conference, Rahul Gandhi at the outset declared that the Congress would form the next government and reiterated that Manmohan Singh would be the UPA's prime ministerial candidate post Election 2009.

April 14th, 2009 TALWANDI SABO - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said that the benefits of several schemes launched by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government were not reaching the people of Punjab because of corruption in the state. 'The Manmohan Singh government has done a lot for the people.

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 - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had achieved 'hell of a lot', Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Wednesday, countering Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani's assertions that he was a weak leader.

March 25th, 2009 PUDUCHERRY - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was a 'first class gentleman' and had achieved 'hell of a lot', Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Wednesday, countering Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani's assertions that he was a weak leader.