Congress has rejected ally Shiv Sena (UBT)’s demand for 23 seats in Maharashtra for the Lok Sabha elections next year. The development came after leaders met to discuss seat sharing among the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi partners — Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP — for the Lok Sabha polls. The Shiv Sena, split into two factions, laid claim to 23… Continue reading "Congress rejects Uddhav Sena’s 23-seat demand in Maharashtra"
Evolving a “core positive agenda”, seat sharing and a programme to hold joint rallies are among the main challenges before the opposition INDIA bloc that will be taken up at its next meeting in the national capital on December 19. “The 4th meeting of the leaders of INDIA parties will be held on Tuesday December 19th, 2023 in New Delhi… Continue reading "INDIA bloc plans next meeting for December 19"
Prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday warned people against what he termed as the Opposition’s divisive agenda and said the anti-BJP bloc would have many more meltdowns as days pass by. Reacting to the use of unparliamentary references some senior Opposition leaders including Congress’ Rahul Gandhi made about him during the campaign for five state polls and also to the… Continue reading "PM Narendra Modi accuses Congress of divisive agenda"
Several exit polls on Wednesday placed the Congress ahead in the Chhattisgarh and Telangana Assembly polls and the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Rajasthan elections. Some surveys have predicted that the BJP will win in Madhya Pradesh. The predictions were made as the voting for the Assembly election in Telangana concluded on Thursday. A provisional voter turnout of 63.9% was… Continue reading "Exit polls: Congress ahead in Telangana and Chhattisgarh, BJP in Rajasthan"
The Congress on Tuesday urged the Election Commission to take action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “moorkhon ka sardar” and Home Minister Amit Shah for “Rahu-Ketu” remarks allegedly made during poll campaigns. A delegation of Congress leaders met top officials of the Election Commission including chief election commissioner and demanded that it should act against those responsible for… Continue reading "Congress delegation meets EC, reiterates complaint against Modi and Shah"
The Congress on Wednesday accused the government of intimidating officers of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), who had exposed “corruption” in various schemes, and demanded that their transfer orders be revoked. Citing a media report on the transfer of the officers, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh charged that it is the modus operandi of the Modi government to threaten… Continue reading "Congress slams transfer of CAG officials who ‘exposed corruption"
The Congress will straightaway implement the women’s reservation bill and conduct the nationwide caste census if the party comes to power, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said in his address to the Congress Working Committee, or CWC, the party’s top decision-making body, on Monday. Kharge said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could have right away implemented the bill which seeks to… Continue reading "Congress-led government will hold caste census, says CWC"
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday targeted the Congress over the women’s reservation bill, saying the opposition party and its partners in the new “ghamandia” alliance “reluctantly” supported the historic step. The prime minister’s attack on the Congress during his massive rallies in Bhopal and Jaipur came on a day when 21 women leaders of the rival party held news… Continue reading "Cong ‘reluctantly’ backed women’s reservation bill: Modi"
Ahead of key assembly elections slated this year, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday constituted a 16-member Central Election Committee. The development comes ahead of key Assembly elections in states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. “Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has constituted the Central Election Committee,” the All India Congress Committee (AICC) release read. The committee includes Mallikarjun Kharge,… Continue reading "In election mode, Cong sets up a new CEC team"
On September 5, seven Assembly seats across six states will hold bypolls to fill vacant seats, in what are set to be the first contests between the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance and the Opposition INDIA bloc ahead of several Assembly polls in major states later this year. In five seats, by-elections were necessitated by the deaths of the sitting MLAs,… Continue reading "Bypoll to be held in six states tomorrow"