Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. File | Photo Credit: ANI The BJP on October 11 claimed that Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel was busy playing a game on his mobile phone during a Congress meeting over selection of candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls as he knows his party will not retain power in the … Read more
Ajay Maken is unwilling to continue as AICC‘s Rajasthan in-charge. File | Photo Credit: A.M. Faruqui Senior Congress leader and All India Congress Committee general secretary for Rajasthan, Ajay Maken, has expressed his “inability” to continue as Rajasthan in-charge. The letter comes at a time when supporters of Sachin Pilot have mounted a fresh offensive … Read more
The Congress party saw high drama on Sunday as legislators close to the Ashok Gehlot camp tendered resignation to the Assembly Speaker C P Joshi amid reports of Congress central leadership leaning towards Sachin Pilot as the next chief minister of the state. According to reports, more than 90 party legislators in Rajasthan were miffed … Read more
While the three-day Congress Chintan Shivir started in Udaipur on Friday with the AICC promising major rules for organisational restructure, limiting the hereditary right on the party ticket, promotions of youth at all levels of leadership and cooling off periods for office-bearers after a 5-year stint, simultaneously the leadership and delegates also started pushing for … Read more
The Congress on Monday announced various party panels for the Punjab assembly polls, making Ajay Maken the head of the committee for screening prospective candidates and appointing former state unit president Sunil Jakhar as the campaign committee chief. Senior party leader Ambika Soni will chair the party’s coordination committee and another former state unit chief … Read more
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday met senior Congress leaders in Delhi over a possible expansion of his cabinet and accommodating all sections of the party, including those from the Sachin Pilot camp, sources said. A major reshuffle in Rajasthan is on the cards in the next few days and various modalities are being … Read more
Turncoat BSP MLAs who joined the ruling party and independent legislators who supported the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government during last year’s political crisis will hold a joint meeting on Wednesday amid lobbying for ministerial posts. The MLAs, who were elected as BSP candidates in the 2018 assembly elections and joined the Congress next year, are … Read more
New Delhi: The Congress and the Ashok Gehlot government had mixed reactions about the Supreme Court’s Friday decision on the Rajasthan assembly Speaker’s plea, even as the CM looked set to recommend convening of an assembly session, may be as early as next week. The Congress camp is unhappy that the Supreme Court did not … Read more