Shatrughan Sinha showers praise on Rahul Gandhi

September 27th, 2009 NAGPUR - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shatrughan Sinha on Sunday appreciated Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, saying he has a bright future in the political arena and emphasized that he will carry forward the powerful Nehru-Gandhi lineage. "Rahul Gandhi is obviously a handsome man and has a good personality and I think the way he is going, one day his hard work would pay off because he is working from the grass root level and has good qualities and I think he is smart and his future is bright," Sinha told media persons in Nagpur.

May 16th, 2009 PATNA - Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading by 30,000 votes over his rival Shekhar Suman of Congress in Bihar's Patna Saheb constituency. According to official sources, Shatrughan Sinha has established a comfortable lead over Shekhar Suman after three rounds of counting.

May 16th, 2009 PATNA - Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had established a comfortable lead over his rival Shekhar Suman of the Congress in Bihar's Patna Saheb constituency. According to official sources, Sinha was leading by 66,000 votes over Shekhar Suman after five rounds of counting.

May 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Actor-turned politician Shatrughan Sinha has said Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan went to his birthplace Allahabad after 30 years to fight elections while he goes to his native place Patna from where he is contesting the Lok Sabha polls on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket many times a year. 'When he (Bachchan) fought the elections, he went to his birthplace Allahabad after 30 years and I go to my birthplace, Patna 30 times in a year,' Sinha said in a talk show on Zee News when compared to other big stars who had entered politics and made a mark for themselves.

April 25th, 2009 KOLKATA - Describing her as a 'lady of the people' and 'genuine grassroots person', Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday lavished praise on Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and said he would like to meet her. Recalling his fond memories of Banerjee when he was small, Rahul Gandhi said: 'I met her when I was small.

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.

April 18th, 2009 PATNA - Television star and Congress candidate Shekhar Suman owns more luxury cars than his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rival and Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha. According to the affidavit submitted by Shekhar Suman along with his nomination, he has five vehicles - a BMW, a Honda Accord, a Camry, a Toyota van and a Mercedes Benz.

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.

April 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Monday announced the candidature of television star Shekhar Suman against Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Patna Sahib constituency in Bihar. 'He (Shekhar Suman) will be contesting from Patna Sahib.

April 2nd, 2009 JAMMU - Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is opposed to the invocation of the stringent National Safety Act (NSA) against young Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi. Abdullah, whose National Conference is ruling the state in alliance with the Congress, Thursday said slapping the NSA against Varun Gandhi was wrong.

April 1st, 2009 RANCHI - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, in a rally in Jharkhand, Wednesday appealed to the youth to vote to 'change the fate of the country'. 'I appeal youth to vote for Congress to change the fate of the state and the country.

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.

March 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh Tuesday said his party's doors were always open for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shatrughan Sinha if he does not consider the party 'untouchable'. Sinha Tuesday called on Singh at his residence here.

February 28th, 2009 JAGDISHPUR - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday drew high praise from union Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, who called him 'India's future' and asked people to bless this 'rising sun'. 'This young man is India's hope and future,' said Paswan, leader of the Lok Janshakti Party, while accompanying Rahul Gandhi to a steel plant here in the latter's Amethi constituency.

January 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday indicated that it might give in to film star-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha's wish to contest from the Patna Saheb constituency in Bihar in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Sinha, a party member from the Rajya sabha, dramatically stated at a public rally in Patna Saheb Saturday that he would contest only from this constituency even before any official announcement from the BJP.