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Kolkata: With an eye on the forthcoming Presidential polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has convened a meeting of the leaders of all opposition parties and chief ministers of the opposition ruled states, in New Delhi on June 15. The meeting will be held at the Constitutional Club. She has forwarded a letter to […]
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New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi tested COVID-19 positive, a day ahead of the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate in the National Herald case. Gandhi has to appear before the probe agency on June 8. Congress leader Randeep Surjewala informed that Sonia Gandhi has developed some symptoms and has isolated herself and has been […]
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Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress Committee working president Hardik Patel, who recently expressed discontentment with the state party leadership, on Wednesday resigned from Congress. Taking to Twitter, Patel said, “Today I took the courage to resign from the post (Gujarat Congress Committee working president) and primary membership of the Congress Party. I am sure that my decision […]
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Hanamkonda: Slamming Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on TRS rule and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, TRS working president and IT & Industries Minister KT Rama Rao asked the Congress leader to mind his words before making comments on the Chief Minister. Ridiculing Rahul for his statement that there would be no pact […]
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New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday officially announced that election strategist Prashant Kishor will not be working for the party as he declined to be part of the empowered action group for the 2024 general elections. The declaration came a day after Sonia Gandhi had announced the constitution of the group. Congress General Secretary Randeep […]
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Hyderabad: The ruling TRS signing up the political consultancy Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) ahead of the Assembly elections next year, created a near political storm in the State with the Opposition leaders competing with each other, trying to give it their own spin. There are also speculations that as I-PAC founder and election strategist […]
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Jaipur: Amid speculations of a leadership change in Rajasthan Congress, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said that his resignation is ‘permanently present’ with Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi. “My resignation is permanently present with Sonia Gandhi, so there is no point in repeatedly asking if the Chief Minister is going to change. The […]
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New Delhi: Political strategist Prashant Kishor on Saturday presented a detailed roadmap for the 2024 elections before Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and party’s top leaders. After the presentation, Sonia Gandhi set up a committee to look into the suggestions. “Prashant Kishor has given a detailed presentation for the 2024 election and Congress president has […]
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New Delhi: After the latest poll debacle questions were raised by the Congress leaders on the issue of leadership, accountability and the way forward. Now Sonia Gandhi, who was on the back seat, has taken the driver’s seat and has been active in and out of Parliament so that she can stem the internal rift […]
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New Delhi: Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi while addressing the parliamentary party on Tuesday said that the revival of the party is essential for democracy and the results of elections were “shocking” and “painful”. In her address she said, “Our dedication and determination, our spirit of resilience is under severe test. Unity at all levels […]
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New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and member of G-23 group Ghulam Nabi Azad met party interim president Sonia Gandhi at her residence on Friday. Earlier, G-23 leaders, who have been calling for sweeping reforms in the grand old party, met on Wednesday to discuss the party’s debacle in the recently concluded Assembly elections in five […]
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New Delhi: Following the Congress’s poor performance in the Assembly elections in five states, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday sought the resignations of state party chiefs of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur. According to Congress General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, the move has been taken to facilitate the reorganization of the […]
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New Delhi: The group of dissenters within the Congress, also known as G-23, took a defensive stance during the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Sunday, as their representatives raised only ‘technical points’ and did not press for a change in the leadership as they had demanded in 2020. Sources said that at the meeting, […]
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New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said that Congress will raise a number of issues, including inflation, unemployment and evacuation of the students from Ukraine, in the second part of the Budget session in Parliament, beginning from tomorrow. The working president of Congress Sonia Gandhi presided over a meeting […]
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Hyderabad: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is likely to meet the State Congress leaders shortly to discuss different aspects, especially differences among the leaders. The Telangana Congress unit had to learn many lessons from the Congress party’s defeat in Punjab in the recent polls, TPCC Campaign Committee Chairman Madhu Yaskhi said. “It is hightime leaders in […]
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Hyderabad: Internal differences within the State Congress came to the fore yet again with Sangareddy MLA and TPCC working president T Jagga Reddy deciding to quit from the party, citing humiliation meted out to him by a few leaders within the party. He had also dashed off a letter to the party chief Sonia Gandhi […]
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New Delhi: Ahead of the Assembly polls in Punjab, the Congress suffered a big setback on Tuesday as former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar quit the party. He sent his resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi on Monday. “Having given my thoughtful consideration to the matter, I have concluded that in the present circumstances and consistent with […]
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New Delhi: The Congress tricolour fell off the flagpole on Tuesday morning as party president Sonia Gandhi tried to unfurl it to mark the party’s 137th foundation day at AICC headquarters here. Keeping the presence of mind, Gandhi along with party treasurer Pawan Bansal and AICC general secretary KC Venugopal held the party tricolour in […]
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Hyderabad: Sangareddy MLA and TPCC working president T Jagga Reddy has appealed to AICC president Sonia Gandhi to direct TPCC president A Revanth Reddy to change his style of functioning or appoint a new TPCC chief who works for the party’s prospects in the State. In a letter to AICC president and Rahul Gandhi on […]
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Indira Gandhi, often described as the 'Iron Lady of India', was born on November 19, 1917 in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad.
