Before the general elections in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has suffered a major setback. The country’s former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia passed away on Tuesday morning (December 30, 2025). At the same time, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi expressed deep sorrow over his demise and expressed condolences to his family, supporters and the people of Bangladesh.

Rahul posted on social media

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi shared a post on social media platform X expressing grief. He said, ‘I am saddened by the demise of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. During his long career in public life, he played an important role in the political journey of Bangladesh. My heartfelt condolences to his family, supporters and people of Bangladesh.

Saddened by the passing of former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Begum Khaleda Zia. Over her long career in public life, she played a significant role in Bangladesh’s political journey.

My heartfelt condolences to her family, supporters, and the people of Bangladesh.

—Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 30, 2025

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge expressed grief

At the same time, Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge also expressed grief over the demise of Khaleda Zia. He wrote in his X post, ‘On behalf of the Indian National Congress, I express my deep condolences on the demise of former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia. In his long public career, he played a key role in shaping the political journey of the country. I express my heartfelt condolences to his family and the people of Bangladesh.

Saddened by the passing of former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Begum Khaleda Zia. Over her long career in public life, she played a significant role in Bangladesh’s political journey.

My heartfelt condolences to her family, supporters, and the people of Bangladesh.

—Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 30, 2025

Khaleda Zia died in hospital

According to the information given by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Khaleda Zia died at around 6 am on Tuesday morning. He breathed his last at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, where he was undergoing treatment for more than a month. The party’s statement said that he died immediately after Fajr prayers. As soon as the news of Khaleda Zia’s demise came out, a wave of mourning ran in the country’s politics.

Khaleda Zia was suffering from heart and lung related problems

It was told that on November 23, he was admitted to a private hospital due to serious problems related to heart and lungs. After this his health continued to fluctuate. According to Bangladeshi media reports, she was also suffering from pneumonia in her last days and remained under the strict observation of doctors for about 36 days. During this time his condition remained critical.

The team of doctors had advised not to travel abroad

For the last few years, Khaleda Zia was suffering from many chronic diseases. A special medical team was formed for his treatment, which included doctors from Bangladesh as well as Britain, America, China and Australia. This month there was also discussion about taking him abroad for better treatment, but this plan was canceled after the advice of doctors. Doctors said that her condition was so weak that she was not in a position to travel internationally.

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over the defeat of the Congress party in the elections. He said that if a party opposes everything that people like, it will not get votes. He quipped that it was beyond his ability to explain this simple logic to Rahul Gandhi, as even Congress leaders had failed to explain it.

Addressing a public meeting in a village near Ahmedabad city on Sunday (December 28, 2025), Amit Shah said, ‘During the recent debate in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi asked me a strange question that why only his party loses in the elections every time? Instead of asking people, he asked me. Shah said, ‘Rahul Baba, if you understand these two initiatives started by me, you will get the answer.’

Congress will also lose in Tamil Nadu and Bengal elections- Shah

The senior BJP leader said that Rahul Gandhi should not get tired of defeat as Congress will definitely lose in the upcoming Tamil Nadu and West Bengal assembly elections. He claimed that BJP will be victorious in the 2029 Lok Sabha elections also under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Shah said, ‘The reason for our success is that people are connected to our principles. Congress had opposed Ram Mandir, surgical strikes on terrorists, removal of Article 370, Uniform Civil Code, Anti-Triple Talaq Act and our campaign to expel Bangladeshi infiltrators. Now tell me, if you oppose people’s choice, how will you get votes? But it is beyond my capacity to explain this simple logic to Rahul Baba, because even Congress leaders have failed to do so.

Union Minister handed over land ownership certificates to 173 people

During the program organized at Navi Vanzar in Ahmedabad, Shah handed over Sanads (land ownership certificates) to 173 residents. The beneficiaries were originally residents of Vanjar village located on the banks of the Sabarmati river, but were resettled to Navi Vanjar after they lost their houses, land and belongings in the devastating floods of 1973.

On the occasion, Shah also inaugurated the Western Trunk Line, a drainage network built to manage sewage generated by about 15 lakh residents living in newly developed areas like Shela, South Bopal, Shantipura and Thaltej. The Union Home Minister said that these 173 people were shifted to Navi Vanjar when the Congress was in power, but even after 50 years, they did not receive land ownership rights.

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Argentina’s great footballer Lionel Messi is reaching India on Saturday (December 13, 2025) on his three-day tour (from December 13 to 15, 2025). During his India tour, Messi will also play a match in Hyderabad on Saturday (December 13). At the same time, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is also going to Hyderabad on Saturday to meet footballer Lionel Messi.

Actually, footballer Lionel Messi will visit four big cities of India during his tour, which earlier included visiting Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi. However, later Telangana capital Hyderabad has also been added to this prestigious list, where Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will meet him.

What is footballer Messi’s program?

Lionel Messi will reach Kolkata from Miami at 1:30 pm on Saturday (December 13). Meanwhile, he will stay in Dubai for some time. Their meet-and-greet session will start at 9:30 am on Saturday. After this there will be a virtual unveiling of his 70 feet tall statue. After this Messi will go to Yuva Bharti Krirangan. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, actor Shahrukh Khan and former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly can be present with him. Messi will also play a friendly match in Kolkata. Organizers have reserved 78,000 seats for the event to be held at the Salt Lake Stadium. The price of tickets for this is up to Rs 7,000.

Messi will leave for Hyderabad in the afternoon

After this, Messi will leave for Hyderabad at 2 pm. He will participate in an exhibition match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy will also participate in it. A concert has been organized in Messi’s honor in the evening. After this, on Sunday (December 14, 2025), Messi will be in Mumbai and will participate in many high-profile shows.

Their programs include a session at CCI for the Paddle Cup, a celebrity match and a big event at the Wankhede Stadium, while there will be a charity fashion show in the night. There will also be a Spanish music performance by Suarez and De Paul during the night.

Messi will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi

Lionel Messi will reach Delhi on Monday (December 15, 2025) in the last stop of his program. He will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a special program organized at Arun Jaitley Stadium. Meet-and-greet events with Messi are organized in all four cities.

(Report- with inputs from IANS)

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Senior Congress Party leader Renuka Chaudhary has given a big statement regarding the speech given by Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the Lok Sabha on Friday (December 12, 2025). Renuka Choudhary said that the personalities of both Rahul and Priyanka are completely different, hence they should not be compared.

The speeches given by Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the Lok Sabha during the winter session of Parliament for the last two days have become a topic of discussion, commenting on which senior Congress leader Renuka Chaudhary said, ‘They are like apples and oranges, which cannot and should not be compared with each other.’

Actually, this statement of Renuka Chaudhary has come out after the discussion in which it is being said that while Priyanka Gandhi Vadra gave an impressive speech during the debate in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, who was active in politics much before her, did not take full advantage of his opportunity.

People are free to express their views: Chaudhary

Renuka Chaudhary told NDTV, ‘It should be kept in mind that both of them had given their speeches in the House on different issues, so any kind of comparison would be absolutely nonsense psychologically, however, people are completely free to express their opinion.’

He said, ‘Priyanka Gandhi is very good, she said whatever she had to say in the House. If we talk about Rahul Gandhi, he talked on a different issue and his style is also different. Reiterating his point, he said, ‘It is like comparing apples and oranges. This does not happen. Both of them expressed their views on different subjects in the House.

Both raised issues in their own way: Renuka Chaudhary

Renuka Chaudhary further said, ‘We become too conservative and expect a certain kind of reaction that it should be like this, but it does not happen. Different people express their views on things in different ways. I think both of them raised important issues in their own way.

However, when he was asked a question about being a better speaker, he refused to take the name of any one and said that the styles of both are so different that it would not be right to call any one of them better or lesser.

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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor did not attend the party’s Lok Sabha MPs meeting chaired by Rahul Gandhi on Friday (December 12, 2025). Questions are now being raised within the party regarding Tharoor’s repeated absence from important meetings. Although Shashi Tharoor had already informed the leadership about his absence from the meeting, the Congress Chief Whip says that he has no information about the reason for his absence.

Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi many times in the past, due to which questions have been raised on him. Now he is not even attending the formal meetings of Congress, in such a situation questions are bound to be raised.

Manish Tiwari also remained missing from the meeting

Not only MP Shashi Tharoor was missing from this important meeting chaired by Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, but Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari was also absent. According to his public event list, MP Shashi Tharoor was attending an event organized by Prabha Khaitan Foundation in Kolkata on Thursday (December 11, 2025) night. In such a situation, it can be said that Tharoor could not return to Delhi on time for the meeting of Lok Sabha MPs.

Shashi Tharoor’s absence from the meeting came at a time when a few days ago he had clarified that he was not intentionally absent from the Congress strategic group meeting on November 30, 2025. He said on December 1, 2025, he was on a flight when that meeting was taking place. He had said, “I did not miss the meeting, I was returning from Kerala, I was on a flight.”

Tharoor’s absence from meetings is becoming a topic of discussion

Shashi Tharoor’s absence from major party meetings has given rise to many discussions. MP Shashi Tharoor did not even participate in the discussion on the issue of SIR, then he had cited his poor health for this. However, there is uneasiness among some Congress leaders regarding the increasing absences. One reason behind this is that Tharoor was the only Congress leader who was invited to the state banquet organized by the President in the honor of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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During the winter session, BJP MP Anurag Thakur, while discussing the national song Vande Mataram in the Lok Sabha, said that every person living in India will have to bow before the tricolor and sing the national song Vande Mataram. Taking a dig at the opposition, he said that during their government, biryani was served to Yasin Malik and Sonia Gandhi used to cry after going to Batla House.

He said, what kind of mentality is that? Why is there a problem with that one word which has created a wave of nationalism? After this he said that I got my answer, he has a problem with us, we get energy from Vande Mataram and he is allergic.

Vande Mataram Song of Indian Culture- Anurag Thakur

BJP MP Anurag Thakur said, “The national song Vande Mataram united the country. Vande Mataram is the song of the country’s soul, the song of Indian culture and Congress is afraid of it. Two of their members were not present in the House. When the discussion took place today, both remained missing. Priyanka Gandhi has been working hard for the last five days, there is a rumor that she is going to sing Vande Mataram here.”

Vande Mataram is as sacred as the verses of the Vedas – Anurag Thakur

He said, “Vande Mataram is as sacred as the verses of the Vedas and as pure as the verses of the Quran. Jinnah had a problem with Vande Mataram and Jinnah’s Munna also has a problem with Vande Mataram. Some people have an opportunity to atone for this great sin. The policy of the British was to divide and rule, but their policy is to divide and divide. We Nehru We are not defaming Ji, we are bringing the truth in front of the country.”

Anurag Thakur’s taunt on Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav

Anurag Thakur said, “Rahul ji is limiting it to one line, I don’t know why he is opposing it. Can Vande Mataram be about desire or unwillingness? In 2009, P. Chidambaram had gone to Deoband for vote bank politics and there a resolution was passed against Vande Mataram. Here Akhilesh ji says that children have the right to choose which song to listen to. Sir, this film song. No, this is the national song.”

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has given his first reaction after the BJP led NDA suffered a crushing defeat in the Bihar Assembly elections. Rahul Gandhi said that I express my heartfelt gratitude to the crores of voters of Bihar who expressed their faith in the Grand Alliance. He said that this result of Bihar is really shocking. We could not win an election which was not fair from the beginning.

Rahul Gandhi expressed surprise at the results of Bihar elections

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has expressed surprise when the results of Bihar Assembly elections came out and NDA won the elections with an overwhelming majority. Along with this, he has also expressed gratitude towards the people who supported the Grand Alliance including Congress and RJD.

I express my heartfelt gratitude to the crores of voters of Bihar who expressed their faith in the Grand Alliance.

This result of Bihar is really shocking. We could not win an election that was not fair from the beginning.

This fight is to protect the Constitution and democracy. Congress…

—Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 14, 2025

He shared a post on social media platform X on Friday (November 14, 2025). He said in the post, ‘This result of Bihar is really shocking. We could not win an election which was not fair from the beginning. He said, ‘This fight is to protect the Constitution and democracy. The Congress Party and the INDIA alliance will review this result in depth and make their efforts to save democracy more effective.

Congress won only 6 out of 61 seats

The Congress party, which is part of the opposition grand alliance, had fielded its candidates on 61 out of 243 assembly seats in Bihar. However, when the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the election results after counting of votes on Friday (November 14, 2025), the Congress party, which was contesting on 61 seats, was reduced to only 6 seats.

Congress party won only 6 seats in Bihar including Valmikinagar, Chanpatia, Forbesganj, Araria, Kishanganj and Manihari assembly. At the same time, the victory margin of Congress in Forbesganj was only 221 votes, whereas in Chanpatia this margin was only 602 votes. In such a situation, the difference between the victory and defeat of Congress on these two seats was very less.

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So far 11 people have died in the car blast outside the Red Fort in Delhi, while more than 30 people are injured. It is being told that the number of deaths may increase. After this blast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Home Minister Amit Shah and took information. At the same time, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi have expressed grief over the incident.

Rahul Gandhi wrote on X that the news of the car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort metro station is very painful and worrying. The news of the death of many innocent people in this tragic accident is extremely sad. He said that he stands with the bereaved families who have lost their loved ones in this hour of grief. The Congress MP said that he hopes for the speedy recovery of all the injured.

The news of the car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort metro station is extremely painful and worrying. The news of the death of many innocent people in this tragic accident is extremely sad.

In this hour of grief, I stand with the bereaved families who have lost their loved ones and offer them my deepest condolences…

—Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 10, 2025

The accident happened around 6:30 to 7 o’clock

Regarding this horrific car explosion, an eyewitness told ABP News that this accident happened between 6:30 and 7 pm. In the beginning we could not understand what caused such a huge explosion. When the explosion occurred, all the vehicles on the road were stopped due to red light and a large number of people were present in the area, but when the explosion occurred, there was chaos all around. People started running here and there to save their lives. The blast was so powerful that even the glass panes of the nearby temples were broken.

He said, ‘Many people have been badly injured after the accident and a large number of people have also died. I was in my car a short distance away from there at the time of the blast. When the explosion occurred, there were splatters of blood all around.

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Amidst the Bihar Assembly elections, Jan Suraj Party chief Prashant Kishore has given a big statement about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday (November 9, 2025). Prashant Kishor completely rejected the claims being made about Rahul Gandhi, saying that Rahul Gandhi has a lot of influence on the Generation Z voters of Bihar. Along with this, he also criticized Rahul Gandhi’s limited involvement and understanding in Bihar.

In an interview with news agency ANI, Jan Suraj Party chief Prashant Kishore said, ‘How much does Rahul Gandhi know about Bihar? They come to Bihar, roam around, do some show bites and then disappear from here.

People of Bihar do not listen to Rahul Gandhi – Rahul Gandhi

Prashant Kishor also raised the question whether the youth of Bihar would unite behind Rahul Gandhi’s call on issues like vote theft or protecting democracy. He said, ‘When the people of Bihar are not listening to them then why will Generation-Z listen to them? There is no such homogeneous group of Generation Z in Bihar, which takes any step on the call of someone or on the basis of its assessment.

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Referring to the recent protests in Nepal, Prashant Kishore said that some people were getting too excited about the movement of Generation Z, but he stressed that the political outlook of Bihar is different. He said, ‘Bihar is a very political place. This is not like Bengaluru. People will not have clothes, food, jobs, but there is a lot of political optimism among the people here and the result of this is that people are leaving their work and doing politics day and night. But I don’t think there is going to be any revolution here due to someone’s call.

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Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday (November 6, 2025) alleged that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is preparing to steal the assembly elections in Bihar like Haryana.

Addressing election rallies in East Champaran, Sitamarhi and Madhubani districts, he also claimed that the Election Commission (ECI) is working with the government to weaken the country’s Constitution and democratic rights.

Preparation to remove 65 lakhs from Bihar’s voter list – Priyanka

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, citing Rahul Gandhi’s press conference related to alleged vote theft in Haryana, said, ‘Just as they (NDA) stole the entire election in Haryana, in the same way they are preparing to do the same in Bihar by removing 65 lakh votes from the rolls. Your rights are taken away by such vote theft. This weakens the Constitution for which Mahatma Gandhi fought and my family members were martyred. Appealing to the public, he said, ‘You should form a government in Bihar which works for women, youth, farmers and the poor and not steals votes.’

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra targets election commissioners

Apart from this, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also met Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and two election commissioners S. S. Referring to Sindhu and Vivek Joshi, he claimed, ‘These are the highest officials of the Election Commission, who are playing with the Constitution and democracy of the country. These three people are taking away your rights. Memorize their names. Don’t let them hide behind posts and commissions.

The Congress General Secretary said, ‘The country will not forget those who are betraying the country. I challenge Narendra Modi ji to conduct fair elections. Let’s see who wins? Rahul Gandhi’s fight is for you and the truth, he is fighting the same fight that Mahatma Gandhi once fought.

BJP asks for votes in the name of religion, not in the name of development- Priyanka

Priyanka Gandhi claimed that if the assembly elections are conducted in a free and fair manner, the NDA government will be overthrown and replaced by a government that will work for the poor, women and youth. Priyanka Gandhi said, ‘BJP leaders urge people to vote for NDA in the name of religion and not for development. If this election is free and fair, then the people of Bihar will overthrow this government and elect a government which will work for the poor, women and youth.

Priyanka Gandhi’s counterattack on PM Modi’s remarks

Citing a statement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the poster of the Grand Alliance, he said, ‘Narendra Modi keeps measuring photos of people in the posters of opposition parties. He is the Prime Minister of the country, doesn’t he have any other work?

Referring to Mahatma Gandhi’s movement in Champaran, the Congress General Secretary said, ‘We are leaders and workers of Congress, to whom Mahatma Gandhi showed the path. At the same time, it was your ancestors who showed this path to Mahatma Gandhi. The people of Bihar will have to understand their participation in this country. You have to understand that it is your ancestors who built this country.

Priyanka Gandhi raised the issue of paper leak

Raising the issue of paper leak, Priyanka said, ‘The youth continuously give exams, but the paper gets leaked again and again. In such a situation, many years of youth’s life are wasted waiting for examinations and appointments. This is the condition of youth in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. He claimed that Bihar has a single engine government and not a double engine, which is run by Prime Minister Modi.

Priyanka spoke on women getting Rs 10,000 in Bihar

Priyanka Gandhi said, ‘Narendra Modi wants to get votes by paying Rs 10,000 before the elections. Today there is migration and poverty in Bihar. People go to other states to earn for their families, but Modi-Nitish do not see this. He claimed, ‘NDA government has been in power for 20 years, but till date Modi has not even visited any village in Bihar to know the condition of the people. In reality they do not care about the public. These people are just busy in flashing their faces on TV and posters.

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