Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Calling for greater accountability in using technology in conduct of polls, the Congress on February 14 questioned the Election Commission (EC) of India’s “reluctance” to engage with INDIA parties over their demand that the number of VVPATs prescribed be steadily increased towards 100%. The Opposition party also … Read more
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: – A day after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ditched the ‘Mahagathbandhan‘ to return to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on January 29 claimed that the JD(U) supremo’s exit will have “absolutely no impact” on the Opposition bloc INDIA. Interacting with reporters … Read more
Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress on October 28 promised that if it forms the government in Mizoram it would pass a new Bill in the very first session of the new Assembly guaranteeing the protection of the land, the forests and the rights of the tribal people of the State. In … Read more
Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress on October 26 cited a media report that one of the Adani Group’s long-time auditors is being scrutinised by India’s accounting regulator to allege that “something is truly rotten” in the conglomerate. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh’s attack on the Adani Group came after a media … Read more
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh in the Rajya Sabha during the Special Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi on September 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on September 24 wrote to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar demanding urgent action over the incident of “political sloganeering” by a group of people … Read more
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. File. | Photo Credit: K. BHAGYA PRAKASH The Congress on August 19 accused the government of running an “election campaign” using the upcoming G-20 meeting in India and said this was being done to divert people’s attention from real issues. The G20 Leaders’ Summit is scheduled to be held at the … Read more
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh during the Monsoon session of Parliament. | Photo Credit: PTI Former Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on July 28 attacked the government over proposed amendments to The Forest Conservation Act 1980 and the National Biodiversity Act 2002, saying they will neither protect biodiversity nor promote conservation. Mr. Ramesh’s attack came … Read more
Narendra Modi gifts a sandalwood sitar model to French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI Revised joint statement post Modi-Macron talks drops key points on defence deals India and France have revised the joint statement initially released after bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron, with the new version released on Friday omitting key details on defence deals which … Read more
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh in New Delhi on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma One of the basic objectives of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) was to minimise distress migration but excessive reliance on technology was reversing the trend, Congress general secretary and former Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said. He … Read more
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh the Adani Group has repeatedly brushed aside questions about Vinod Adani, elder brother of the Group’s chairperson Gautam Adani, by claiming that he is uninvolved with decision-making but fresh disclosures show this to be a “laughable deception”. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Under the Hum Adani Ke Hain Kaun (HAHK) … Read more