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Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned on Thursday as the opposition demanded an investigation by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the new revelations.

Leader of opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said, "We demand an investigation by the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the issue and will raise the demand inside Parliament.

His letter to Shah comes after the Bharat Jodo Yatra was suspended for the afternoon session on Friday following a "security lapse"

Calling Netaji "our idol", Kharge, in a tweet in Hindi said, "Tributes to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, former president of Indian National Congress, founder of Azad Hind Fauj and our idol, on his 126th birth anniversary."

According to sources, the meeting will take place at the office of Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge.

He was commenting on the statements by Karnataka Congress President D.K. Shivakumar that Mangaluru blast case was carried out to divert people's attention from voter ID scam and corruption.

AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge approved setting up the Political Affairs Committee with AICC Telangana in-charge Manickam Tagore as its Chairman

"Extending my warm birthday greetings to CPP Chairperson, Smt. Sonia Gandhi ji. Her grace, dedication indomitable spirit and dignity in the wake of adversity has inspired millions. I wish her a long and healthy life," tweeted Kharge.

The Congress now will be in power in three states on its own and in as many others -- Jharkhand, Bihar Tamil Nadu -- in alliance.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Sonia Gandhi and AICC general secretary in-charge organisation K C Venugopal, among others, offered floral tributes at Nehru's memorial Shanti Van in New Delhi.

Ahead of the start of Wednesday's Yatra, Kharge interacted with the Bharat Yatris, who are walking the entire distance from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, at Bowenpally, in Hyderabad.

Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her bodyguards on this day in 1984 at her residence in Safdarjung Road.

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.

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi will be attending President-elect Mallikarjun Kharge’s coronation as Congress chief on Wednesday while the Bharat Jodo Yatra has taken a Diwali break. “A large number of Bharat Yatris have gone home for Diwali beginning 10 a.m. today. @RahulGandhi will be attending the AICC function for Khargeji on Oct 26th. #BharatJodoYatra will […]

Status quoism has won over change. Family loyalty has prevailed over any out-of-the-box experimentation. The election of Mallikarjun Kharge, the octogenarian leader from Karnataka, as the Congress president, the first outside the Gandhi family in over two decades, comes as an unequivocal signal that the grand old party is very much under the grip of […]

The saffron party, which has been attacking Kharge even before he was elected the grand-old party's president, is now terming him to be a rubber stamp.

Being a Dalit will help Kharge strike a chord with the underdogs, who were once traditional voters of the Congress but who, of late, have switched to the BJP.

"Mallikarjun Kharge wins the Congress presidential elections with 7897 votes, Shashi Tharoor got about 1000 votes. Kharge has won with 8 times more votes," Pramod Tiwari said.

At the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) headquarters Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad, leaders queued up to cast their votes.

Voting will be conducted across all state and union territory offices from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. About 67 booths have been set up, according to the party's Central Election Authority (CEA).