New Delhi: The Congress had failed miserably to fulfil people’s expectations and aspirations which led to its electoral debacle, former President Pranab Mukherjee wrote in his book that was released on Tuesday. In the book, ‘The Presidential Years, 2012-2017’, Mukherjee, who passed away in August 2020, has talked in detail about the reasons for the … Read more
New Delhi: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, in her online message on the Congress Foundation Day on Monday, called for the “unity of Congress” to strengthen itself and fight against the “authoritarian atmosphere” prevailing in the country, even as her son Rahul Gandhi tweeted from Italy to display his enthusiasm over the cause of the … Read more
New Delhi: Ahead of a crucial meeting of Sonia Gandhi with a section of senior leaders who had written to her in August demanding an overhaul of the organisation, the Congress on Friday downplayed any internal dissensions and said Rahul Gandhi was the “right person” to lead the party. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said … Read more
Amid the observations that the passing of Congress leader Ahmed Patel was an irreparable loss to the party, it was forgotten how its fortunes had taken a U-turn in barely three years. In August 2017, the “irreplaceable comrade” acted more like an accomplished commissar, felling the Chanakya of contemporary Indian politics — Amit Shah. In … Read more
New Delhi: Barack Obama’s description of Rahul Gandhi has left the crisis-torn and faction ridden Congress camps in visible anger as well as in “we-told-you-so” glee even as the BJP expectedly took some pot-shots at Gandhi. CWC member Manickam Tagore, a Team Rahul member, on Friday unfollowed Obama on Twitter in protest and gave an … Read more
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday asked the Congress leadership what action they will take against senior party leader Kamal Nath for his “item” jibe against state minister Imarti Devi. After facing flak over his remark, Kamal Nath on Monday night expressed regret over it and asserted that he did not … Read more
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Sunday said the Indian democracy is passing through its “most difficult phase”, as she chaired a party meeting during which the roadmap for its agitation over farm bills and alleged atrocities on Dalits was deliberated upon. Addressing a meeting of AICC general secretaries and state-incharges, which she presided over, … Read more
New Delhi: Hardening stand against the contentious farm Acts, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has urged party-run state governments to explore the possibility of passing laws under Article 254(2) of the Constitution, which allowed states to override certain central laws. Gandhi’s advice to Congress CMs came on Monday, when the main opposition party held a nation-wide … Read more
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi left for the United States on Saturday for a routine medical check-up, sources close to her said. They said her son and former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is accompanying her during her travel to the US. Rahul is expected to return within a week. Gandhi, 73, is expected to … 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