Jaipur: Several Rajasthan Congress leaders including former ministers Rajendra Yadav and Lal Chand Kataria joined the BJP Sunday, days before the expected announcement of the Lok Sabha elections. Former Congress MLAs Ricchpal Mirdha, his son Vijaypal Mirdha and Khiladi Bairwa; former independent MLA Alok Beniwal, former state chief of Congress Seva Dal Suresh Chaudhary, Rampal … Read more
Jaipur: Congress leaders Ram Gopal Bairwa and Ashok Tanwar joined the BJP here on Saturday, ahead of the November 25 Rajasthan assembly polls. While Bairwa is an ex-minister, Tanwar is a former MLA, who represented Chaksu in the state assembly. They along with some other people joined the BJP at the party’s media centre in … Read more
Several Congress leaders came out in defence of party leader Rahul Gandhi after he faced criticism for his “two Indias” comment in Parliament, with Mallikarjun Kharge saying the country has two faces, one for the rich and the other for the poor, and the gap between the two is widening. The Leader of Opposition in … Read more
Hours before the first cabinet expansion of the Charanjit Singh Channi-led Punjab government, a section of Congress leaders from the state on Sunday wrote to party’s state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu demanding that “tainted” former minister Rana Gurjit Singh should not be included. The leaders also demanded that the cabinet berth may instead be … Read more
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Sunday attacked the government over the issue of employment, saying the difference between a week off and a working has ended under this dispensation as “there are no jobs”. Taking to Twitter, Gandhi tagged a media report on US auto major Ford deciding to stop vehicle manufacturing in India which quoted … Read more
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday called for restoration of statehood in Jammu and Kashmir and accused the BJP-led central government of attacking and damaging the composite culture, harmony and brotherhood of the region. “Statehood should be restored in J&K,” Gandhi told party workers at a rally to conclude a two-day visit to Jammu. He, … Read more