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Launching a scathing attack on Modi, she said his statements either ignore the most pressing issues of the day or are "platitudes and verbal gymnastics" to distract from these matters. Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. NEW DELHI: Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said with the Narendra Modi government bent on “misusing every power” and elections approaching in several key states, her party will take its message directly to people and join hands with all like-minded parties to defend the Constitution. In an Op-Ed in “The Hindu”, Gandhi also accused Prime Minister Modi and his government of “systematically dismantling” the legislature, the executive and the judiciary, saying their actions demonstrate a “deep-rooted disdain” for democracy. She also alleged that the prime minister “ignores” the rising tide of hatred and violence, egged on by BJP and RSS leaders, and has not once called for peace or harmony or acted to reign in the offenders, let alone bring them to...

 In an interview, Jaishankar said that he was the longest-serving Indian Ambassador in China and it was PM Narendra Modi, not Rahul Gandhi, who sent the Army to the LAC. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. NEW DELHI: A day after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s remarks on Rahul Gandhi, the Congress on Wednesday came out all guns blazing, calling him a ‘failed’ minister and alleging that foreign policy has become a chest-thumping exercise and is being used to secure contracts for a businessman. In an interview, Jaishankar said that he was the longest-serving Indian Ambassador in China and it was PM Narendra Modi, not Rahul Gandhi, who sent the Army to the LAC. Targeting the EAM, Congress leader Supriya Shrinate said that though he intended to criticise Rahul Gandhi, the minister ended up insulting the Armed forces. “The EAM said that India is the smaller economy and China is the bigger economy and we cannot go and pick a fight with them. Is he saying that India is no...