People will come out to vote for Congress once the rain stop

Pannalal Punia, who is the Congress leader and chairman of National Commission for Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes. When he came to vote in a small polling station in Awari area of Barabanki, there were hardly any voters around. He told, “Congress expects to win and once the rains stops people would surely come out to vote.”

He even gave evidence against Mayawati in the Taj corridor scam. Today, he is struggling to ensure that the Dalit votes return to the Congress. The chilly weather may help Mayawati because her loyal voters are likely to come, but the middle class voters…

UP Elections : Congress will defeat BSP in 2012: Rahul

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi declared that the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh would taste defeat at the hands of his party in the 2012 Assembly elections.

Mr. Gandhi scotched rumours of a tie-up between the Congress and the BSP in the light of the latter’s support to the UPA government on the cut motion in Parliament.

Days after the BSP extended support to the UPA against opposition-sponsored cut motions in Parliament, AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi clarified that there is no pact between the Congress and the BSP. In fact, he said, there would be no pact with the…