Congress MPs and leaders sat on a ‘Satyagraha‘ at Jantar Mantar here on Sunday in solidarity with the youths protesting the Centre’s newly announced Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the armed forces. Congress leaders and supporters criticised the BJP-led central government and said that the Agnipath scheme is not beneficial for the country’s youth and … Read more
Following the vandalisation of the Congress leader Salman Khurshid‘s Nainital residence, he said that this attack is not on him but on the Hindu religion. In an interview with ANI, Khurshid, who has also served as a Union Minister, said, “I have said (in my book) that people who do such things do not belong … Read more
Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Friday said the apology of the former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai in the 2G scam shows the layers of the “concerted and deep-rooted conspiracy” to malign, defame and bring down the UPA-Congress Government during UPA- II. Khurshid, who met the PCC members here, said due to … Read more
Congress leader and former Union Minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday said that the party will contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections under the leadership of party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Speaking to ANI, Khurshid said that Congress will not form an alliance with any political party for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. … Read more
The Congress is still in the “best position” to clinch 120-130 seats in the next Lok Sabha elections and assume the leadership role in a prospective anti-BJP opposition alliance, Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid has said, and rejected suggestions that the party was facing a “leadership crisis”. The Congress Working Committee (CWC) member also reminded … Read more
NEW DELHI: With the Congress effecting a major rejig ahead of internal polls for a new chief, political pundits feel the entire exercise is as much about stamping Rahul Gandhi‘s authority as it is about a careful balancing act done through the return of stalwarts like Digvijaya Singh, Salman Khurshid and Tariq Anwar along with … Read more
BENGALURU: Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Tuesday favoured working out an honourable formula to deal with the political crisis in Rajasthan and appeared to back a rapprochement with Sachin Pilot, who has raised a banner of revolt against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. As a party man and as someone who knew the son of … Read more