New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday decided that the opposition should not let the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman’s post go uncontested and favoured putting up a joint candidate for which it will reach out to other parties, sources said. The decision was taken at the Congress Parliamentary strategy group meeting chaired by party chief Sonia … Read more
Along time ago, Congress inspired millions to fight for freedom, not because it could distribute money or positions to volunteers, but because its goals and ideals resonated with the people. Synopsis It is necessary for such a party to oppose majoritarian politics and the Sangh Parivar, and bring likeminded parties, particularly breakaway groups of Congress, … Read more
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday urged the government to listen to the voices of students on the issue of conducting NEET and JEE and act according to their wishes. Various opposition parties, including the Congress, have demanded that the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) be deferred due … Read more
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Seven Opposition Chief Ministers on Wednesday decided to seek a review of the Supreme Court decision to hold JEE and NEET examinations in September and to turn Thursday’s GST Council meet into a stormy event of protest against non-payment of GST dues to states. The virtual meeting convened by Congress president Sonia Gandhi … Read more
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal, who is among the 23 party leaders who have written to Sonia Gandhi seeking an organisational overhaul, said on Tuesday that “it is not about a post” but about the country that matters most. A day after a stormy Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, Sibal made the remarks … Read more
MUMBAI: Maharashtra animal husbandry minister Sunil Kedar has slammed party colleagues Mukul Wasnik, Prithviraj Chavan and Milind Deora for being signatories to a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on the leadership ‘drift’ in the party. “Whole heartedly support honourable Sonia Gandhi ji as president. It’s shameful on Mukul Wasnik, Prithviraj Chavan and Milind Deora … Read more
New Delhi: As a leadership crisis grips the Congress, experts having chronicled the country’s oldest political party said on Monday that it may be theoretically possible for the party to have a president outside the Nehru-Gandhi family, but not practically. The party’s history shows that it has had at least 13 presidents from outside the … Read more
Several Congress leaders on Sunday threw their weight behind the Gandhi family amidst a growing tumult with the party deeply divided on the leadership issue on the eve of the crucial Congress Working Committee(CWC) meeting. After 23 party leaders wrote to Sonia Gandhi seeking revamp of major bodies, sources close to her said she might … Read more
The Congress on Sunday appointed senior party leader Ajay Maken as the new general secretary in-charge for Rajasthan, replacing Avinash Pande. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi also set up a three-member committee to resolve the issues raised by party rebels in Rajasthan. Senior party leader Ahmed Patel, Ajay Maken and general secretary organisation KC Venugopal have … Read more
After Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi objecting to efforts of Madhya Pradesh to get a Geographical Identification (GI) tag for its Basmati rice, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has shot a letter to Sonia Gandhi asking why the Congress is against the interests of farmers … Read more