The Congress has added 2.6 crore new members in its digital membership drive that ended on Friday, with party chief Sonia Gandhi enrolling herself as part of the initiative. Former prime minister Manmohan Singh became a digital member of the party on Thursday while former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi was one of the first leaders … Read more
The Congress on Thursday alleged that the party’s official Twitter account as well as that of a large number of its leaders and workers have been blocked by the microblogging site. This comes close on the heels of the blocking of party leader Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account after he shared pictures of the family of … Read more
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi brainstormed with senior party leaders recently on the pros and cons of poll strategist Prashant Kishor joining the party, sources said on Thursday. Senior Congress leaders A K Antony, Mallikarjun Kharge, Kamal Nath, Ambika Soni, Harish Rawat, K C Venugopal and some others attended the meeting held at Gandhi’s residence … Read more
In continuing post-poll rumblings, Kerala PCC president Mullappally Ramachandran has refused to appear before an AICC factfinding team’s online engagement, citing “improper attitude”, and asked it to access his views on the poll debacle from his report to party president Sonia Gandhi. In his report to Gandhi, while offering his resignation, Ramachandran is learnt to … Read more
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress party in Kerala has always been a divided house, with each of the senior leaders trying to outdo the other. But ever since K.C. Venugopal became the blue-eyed boy of former national president Rahul Gandhi, faction managers in the state are busy rethinking strategies to checkmate the growth of Venugopal. With the … Read more