During a public address, Viriato Fernandes was seen telling the people that he had met Rahul Gandhi before the 2019 elections and had told him that the people of Goa prefer dual citizenship (Indian and Portuguese).
In 1963 and 1974, the Congress-led Govts enacted a law called the Compulsory Deposit Scheme Act, forcing taxpayers to deposit up to 18 per cent of their incomes.
While Congress manifesto talks about socio-economic survey, on 6th April, Rahul Gandhi had said, "We will first conduct a nationwide caste census to determine how many people belong to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and minorities. After that, we will conduct a financial and institutional survey in a historic step to ascertain the distribution of wealth.”
Rahul Gandhi alleged that Pinarayi Vijayan attacked him constantly throughout the campaign, and questioned why didn't Bhartiya Janata Party attacked him.
Speaking to ANI, Revanth Reddy, the Congress leader and Telangana CM insinuated that Rahul Gandhi should be the PM of India for the next 20 years. However, he even made contradictory claims, saying that he has been told by BJP leaders that EVMs favour only Modi, and not Congress.
Although the Left parties and the Congress are part of a larger INDI bloc, they are opposed to each other in Kerala where the Congress is currently in opposition as part of the UDF alliance.
Rahul Gandhi claimed that all the decisions are taken by his party's Congress Election Committee, and attacked the journalist for asking a genuine question.