Gandhi said his candidacy emphasised the unity of India and contrasted with the Hindu-first vision of the nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh that Modi was tied to.
Indian politician and former Bollywood actress Hema Malini is being severely trolled in India for posing with some peasant women from her constituency to start her election campaign
One of the foremost critics of the trailer was 'Rang De Basanti' actor Siddharth who took to Twitter to sarcastically point out that the trailer misses out on how Modi won India its independence
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra made her political debut on Monday with a roadshow drawing thousands in India’s most populous state months before a general election due by May
Modi is trying hard to claw back support among India’s 263 million farmers and their many millions of dependents after the BJP lost power in December to the opposition Congress in three big northern states where agriculture is a mainstay
"Every institution in India is facing Mr Modi's autocratic backlash," Gandhi, head of the Congress party that has dominated Indian politics for decades, said in a newspaper interview.