Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Gujarat and the country need to be “alert” about Congress and like-minded parties which keep mum on “big terrorist attacks” to not offend their vote bank, and also accused the grand old party of not respecting the tribal community. In a veiled attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), he urged the people… Continue reading "Congress remains silent on big terror attacks: Modi"
The Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi entered Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday. A large number of Congressmen carrying the tricolour in their hands reached Bodarli village as the foot procession crossed over from Maharashtra into Madhya Pradesh. Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole handed over the tricolour to Madhya Pradesh party chief Kamal Nath to formally launch the… Continue reading "Bharat Jodo Yatra enters MP, Priyanka to join Rahul Gandhi"
The Congress task force on 2024 Lok Sabha elections, under new party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, will meet for the first time on Monday. This is the first meeting of the Task Force after Kharge took charge as President of Congress. Members of the election strategy group will apprise the new President about the work of the task force and the plan for… Continue reading "Congress task force for 2024 polls, to meet for first time"
The opposition Congress on Friday announced its first list of 43 candidates for the Gujarat Assembly elections, fielding Rajya Sabha MP Amee Yagnik from the Ghatlodia constituency which is currently held by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. Senior leader and former party MLA Arjun Modhwadia has been nominated from the Porbandar seat, which he had lost to the BJP’s Babu Bokhiriya… Continue reading "Congress announces first list of candidates for Gujarat elections"
The Congress on Wednesday said Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot did not praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi but showed him the mirror at an event in Mangarh. The assertion by party spokesperson Supriya Shrinate came after she was asked about former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot’s remarks that during Tuesday’s event the prime minister had “praised” Gehlot and it… Continue reading "Ashok Gehlot Did Not Praise PM: Congress On Sachin Pilot’s Remarks"
New Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Wednesday set up a Steering Committee which, the party said, would function in place of the Congress Working Committee, till a new CWC is formed. Most of the members of the last CWC, including former prime minister Manmohan Singh and former party presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, have been retained in the interim panel announced just hours after Kharge took over as… Continue reading "Kharge forms 47-member panel, retains most from CWC"
Veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge will formally take over as Congress president today after he is handed over the certificate of election at a function. Hectic preparations were underway at the Congress headquarters on Tuesday for the ceremony where outgoing president Sonia Gandhi will hand over the reins to Kharge, the first non-Gandhi to head the party in 24 years. Kharge… Continue reading "Kharge to take charge of Congress president today"
Mallikarjun Kharge is set to be the new Congress president after a landslide win in the party’s first election in more than 20 years. Kharge, widely seen to be the “Gandhi-approved” candidate, won 90 per cent of the votes cast on Monday. He scored 7,897 votes while Shashi Tharoor finished with 1,072. Even before the results were announced, Rahul Gandhi… Continue reading "Mallikarjun Kharge all set to become Congress president"
Senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor will face off in an electoral contest on Monday for the post of Congress chief, as the party gets ready to have a non-Gandhi president after 22 years. The elections are being held three years after Rahul Gandhi stepped down from the top post after the second straight election defeat of the… Continue reading "All eyes on Congress presidential election today"
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor will start his campaign for the party president’s election by visiting the Deekshabhoomi monument in Nagpur on Saturday. Mr Tharoor will pay his tributes at Deekshabhoomi, where Dr B R Ambedkar converted to Buddhism along with his followers in 1956, on Saturday, said Maharashtra Congress leader Ashish Deshmukh. Deshmukh has organised the Thiruvananthapuram MP’s visit here.… Continue reading "Shashi Tharoor to being his campaign for Congress president today"