Congress stronly responded to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yogi Adityanath’s indirect jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, calling them Mahagathbandhan’s ‘teen bandar’

“The influence of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty… is bound up with the history of India’s struggle for freedom. But it has also cemented the idea that political leadership can be a birthright…” – these are the words of Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor.