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Congress has become weak: Farooq Abdullah
Jammu, Mar 23 : Congress leaders need to stand up to the challenges being faced by the country…
The country needs a third front: Sharad Pawar
"Kerala Chief Minister called me and told me that the Left is happy with PC Chacko joining the NCP," said Sharad Pawar.
Senior Congress Leader PC Chacko quits party
PC Chacko left Congress alleging that he was being neglected by the party.
Rahul Gandhi at national executive meet of Youth Congress
The session was chaired by IYC National President Srinivas B.V. The two-day key IYC meeting is being held at the youth wing headquarters of the party here.
Four Congress leaders resign in Rahul Gandhi’s constituency Wayanad ahead of 2021 Kerala Assembly elections
Two of the Congress leaders who resigned, namely, MS Viswanathan and Sujaya Venugopal, have hinted at joining the CPI(M).
BJP MP’S son and independent MLA Sharath Bachegowda to join Congress
Sharath Bachegowda's entry to the Congress had been on the cards for quite some time but it is now that he has confirmed his next political move.
Defected Congress leader extracts his vengeance by ensuring Kiran Bedi’s removal
The source added that among all ministers, Bedi used to unusually delay in clearing files related to Rao’s departments.
Popular Kerala actor Ramesh Pisharody set to join Congress
The entry of the actor in the party came about after talks between former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala, said a top source.
Greta Toolkit case: Ruling BJP and Opposition exchange barbs over Twitter
While All India Mahila Congress general secretary Sowmya Reddy in her three-part tweet quipped that arresting climate activist @climatedisha for editing an online document. Wah Modi ji wah, too much of democracy?!
‘Doomsday man of India,’ FM Sitharaman tears into Rahul Gandhi over crony capital comment on budget
The finance minister accused the Congress leader of creating fake narratives on various issues. She also called him 'Doomsday man of India'.
Telangana Congress passes resolution favouring Rahul Gandhi as party chief
Hyderabad, Feb 7 : The Telangana unit of the Congress on Sunday passed a resolution urging Rahul Gandhi…
‘Sharad Pawar himself would not want to become UPA chief’: P Chidambaram
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Congress has expressed its dismay over Sena’s criticism on UPA.
Congress appoints Arjun Modhwadia as Gujarat campaign committee chairman
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday announced various committees for Gujarat and appointed former state president Arjun Modwadia…
Madhya Pradesh may get a new leader of Opposition from the Congress
Congress sources say Nath has convened a meeting on December 27, a day before the assembly session. It is possible a big decision is taken in this meeting.
Six Months After ‘Dissent’ Letter, Sonia Meets ‘Rebel’ Congress Leaders Over Party’s Reform
Saturday’s meeting comes at a time when the party is busy finalizing a blueprint for an AICC session to be held next year to elect a new party chief.
Farmers’ Protest: Congress back farmers’ call for Bharat Bandh on December 8
Meanwhile, several other parties, including the Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party, Left Parties, TRS, DMK and RJD, have supported the Bharat Bandh on Tuesday.
After Kapil Sibal’s Remarks, Sonia Gandhi Names 4 ‘Dissenters’ To Panels
Announced Friday afternoon, the appointments are being viewed as a move to quieten critics and ward off further public embarrassment
‘Congress is not effective opposition at the moment’: Kapil Sibal
Kapil Sibal said he stands by his comments that Congress is not an effective opposition to the BJP at the moment.
Congress trying to bring back leaders who had left
After the green signal from Congress President Sonia Gandhi, former IPS officer and ex-MP Ajoy Kumar rejoined the party on Sunday after leaving the Aam Aadmi Party and said that he was inspired by Rahul Gandhi.
Happy that Akali Dal has quit NDA: Shiv Sena, NCP
Raut added that both Shiv Sena and SAD were pillars of the NDA and they are no longer there, the present dispensation cannot be called the NDA anymore.
Congress leaders to meet on Monday to discuss organisational issues
New Delhi, Sep 19 : Amid the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Parliament, Congress general secretaries and state…
Politics by Blackmail: Eulalie syndrome in Indian public life – Comment
If the Gandhi trio stirred themselves into action as a serious opposition, is there a possibility that they…
Loyalists, Team Rahul score big in Congress rejig
The other members of the committee are A.K. Antony, Ahmed Patel, K.C. Venugopal, Ambika Soni, and Randeep Singh Surjewala.
Dissenters’ fate: Sonia removes Azad, makes Prasada Bengal in-charge
New Delhi, Sep 11 : The Congress has removed Ghulam Nabi Azad, one of the dissenters, from the…
Comment: Congress letter writers: Who’s for business houses, who’s for himself?
The late R.K. Mishra, editor of Patriot, founder of Observer Research Foundation, used to tell a delicious story…
Scores of Congress leaders write to Sonia for party reforms
While nobody opposed Rahul Gandhi’s reappointment as the Congress President, these leaders called for “collective leadership”. They also appreciated Sonia Gandhi’s contribution to the party, said the sources.
Operation Rajasthan: Ahmed Patel the ace troubleshooter
New Delhi, Aug 11: By saving the Congress government in Rajasthan and ensuring a seemingly seamless return of…
Party won’t become ‘headless’ at stroke of midnight: Congress
“There were some internal discussions in the party about Sonia Gandhi’s extension but no decision has been taken yet,” a source said.
Rajasthan HC dismisses BJP petition against the merger of six BSP MLAs in Congress party
New Delhi: Rajasthan High Court dismisses the petition filed by Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) against the merger of…
No talks in progress between Pilot and Congress leaders: Sources
"If there are ideological differences, then you can talk in the party forum. We are all ready to listen and find a solution with a generous heart."
Congress drafts senior leaders in states to strengthen party
The Congress has now to keep the alliance together as RJD's Lalu Prasad is in jail after being convicted in the fodder scam.
Congress recalls buses after Uttar Pradesh denies permission
Priyanka said if the BJP wants to use these buses with their own stickers and posters, the Congress has no objection as its only motive is to help the migrant workers.
Congress flays govt over confusion on Covid-19 situation
Slamming the Delhi government over the mismatch in Covid-19 death toll in the national capital, he said, "The Delhi government needs to ensure transparency in reporting coronavirus cases and deaths."
Congress will pay for rail tickets of migrants: Sonia Gandhi
The railways has earlier said that it was charging the state governments for the Shramik special train tickets.
Phones of Kerala politicians, media being tapped: Congress
Ever since the CAG report on the various lapses in the functioning of the Kerala Police came out early this month, Chennithala has been going hammer and tongs at Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
Rajiv Gandhi had no role in Bofors: Mani Shankar Aiyar
New Delhi, Dec 19 Insisting that he never ever discussed Bofors with Rajiv Gandhi, senior Congress party member…
Rahul Gandhi returning to lead Congress again?
New Delhi/Wayanad (Kerala), Dec 6 : Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi is all set to return to lead…
Jyotiraditya Scindia scoffs at rumours about quitting party
Bhopal, Nov 30 : After enjoying all the attention he got during the past week for his “unhappiness”…
Congress leaders’ expulsion takes casteist turn
Lucknow, Nov 27 : The controversy over the expulsion of 10 senior Congress leaders from the party in…
Uddhav unanimous choice for Maharashtra CM: Pawar
Mumbai, Nov 22 : A crucial two-hour long meeting of the Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress concluded here on…
UDF allies ask Kerala Congress to end intra-party feuding
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 15 : At a daylong meeting of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) here on Friday,…
BJP confidant of returning to Power: Rajanth
Karnal, Oct 13: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday attacked Congress party while he was in Haryana, campaigning…
Cong releases names of 19 Maharashtra candidates, Nirupam upset
The party has nominated Anand Shukla from Ghatkopar West and Sajid Khan from Akola West.
Congress alleges govt misusing LIC funds
Congress is concerned with the state of the economy. The issue in the country is slowdown of economy and unemployment, he said.
Sonia to meet all Congress Chief Ministers on Friday
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi will hold a meeting with all the Chief…
Congress to hold agitations in Oct over economic slowdown
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The Congress Party will organise a massive agitation across the country from October…
If not Sonia, Congress old guard may want Priyanka to lead
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Congress may be veering towards Priyanka Gandhi becoming the new party President…
Comment: Congress leadership conundrum – Political Calculus
The opposition’s role in democracy is always very important. Ruling party and opposition dialectics is the core strength…
Parliament session Live: Congress gives Adjournment Motion in LS over tension at Indo-China border
New Delhi, July 16 : The Congress party has given Adjournment Motion Notice in Lok Sabha over “tension…
Post Rahul, Congress may splinter but something new needed
As witnesses to this spectacle, who can blame the Modi-Shah duet laughing their heads off. "With such enemies, who needs friends?"
Milind Deora resigns as Congress Mumbai chief, for national role in the party
Mumbai, July 7 : Milind Deora has resigned from the position of Mumbai Congress president stating he is…
MODI means Mischievously Orchestrated Defections in India: Congress attacks PM over Karnataka crisis
New Delhi, July 6 : Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the political crisis…
Only Few have the courage to do: Priyanka on Rahul Gandhi’s decision to step down
New Delhi, July 4 : Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday tweeted her admiration for his brother Rahul…
Rahul adamant on quitting as Congress President
New Delhi, June 27 : Congress President Rahul Gandhi remains adamant on stepping down as the party President…
Mission UP 2022: Priyanka to meet workers regularly
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) To strengthen the party ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Congress…
Under Sonia’s leadership, Congress will prove a strong opposition: Rahul
New Delhi, June 1 : After UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi was elected leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party…
Congress President Rahul Gandhi meets former PM Manmohan Singh
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Ahead of attending Narendra Modi’s swearing in as Prime Minister, Congress President Rahul…
Kumaraswamy meets Rahul, asks him not to quit as Congress chief
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister and Janata Dal-S leader H.D. Kumaraswamy on Thursday met Congress…
Ready to sacrifice everything for protecting country’s basic values: Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has written a letter to the voters of Rae…
Punjab CM thanks people for party victory
Two days after the Lok Sabha elections results, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday expressed his gratitude…
YSR Congress set to wrest power in Andhra
Amaravati, May 23 The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) appears set to wrest power in Andhra Pradesh as the…
Shankar Dayal Sharma was Sonia’s first choice as PM in 1991
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) After Rajiv Gandhi’s tragic death mid way through his 1991 election campaign in…
Priyanka not to fight Modi as Congress’s ‘To be or not to be’ politics continues
“To be or not to be”. The opening phrase of Hamlets soliloquy in Shakespeares play is a prime…
Congress sets ambitious goals which are achievable: Chidambaram
New Delhi, April 2: Former Union Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said that the Congress party set ambitious…
Urmila Matondkar says her Family Followed Nehru, Patel
March 27 :Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar joined the Congress party after a meeting with party chief Rahul Gandhi.…
Former Samajwadi Party MP Bal Kumar Patel joins Congress
Lucknow, March 22 : Former Samajwadi Party MP Bal Kumar Patel from Mirzapur on Friday joined Congress party…
Son of former Uttarakhand CM, Manish Khanduri joins Congress
Dehradun, March 16: Manish Khanduri, the son of former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and BJP leader Maj Gen (Retd)…
Will sunshine disinfect current misgovernance, says Kapil Sibal on 7-Phase Polls
New Delhi, March 11 : After Chief Election Commissioner, Sunil Arora announced the schedule of polls to elect…
Universal Basic Income a great idea, but needs to be tested
In this national election year, the concept of a universal basic income has become a political football. The…
Congress to Protest Against Hindu Mahasabha For Shooting at Mahatma Gandhi’s Effigy
New Delhi, Feb 3 : The Congress party will hold a nationwide protest on Monday from 10 am…
Now comes the hard part for the Congress
The Congress and its president will have to realise that such generalities no longer pay political dividends. The voters, especially the youth, are interested in specifics, including the spelling out of targets.
Stable govt can’t be formed ,’ says Jammu and Kashmir Governor
The Governor, Jammu and Kashmir, Satya Pal Malik, today issued an order dissolving the Legislative Assembly of Jammu…
Congress, PDP, NC to form alliance in Jammu and Kashmir
New Delhi, Nov 21: The Congress Party, two major regional powers of Jammu and Kashmir – People’s Democratic…
Congress played big role in freedom struggle: Mohan Bhagwat
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday not only acknowledged Congress’s contribution in freedom…
Congress standing firmly behind women, weaker sections: Rahul Gandhi
He also alleged that the media in the country was working under immense pressure and many of them were facing the music for reporting against the current government.
Congress shares emotional pic of Rahul with Rajiv on Father’s day
On the occasion of Father’s Day, Congress party tweeted an emotional photograph of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi…
Pranab’s Mission Nagpur: Striking a blow for democracy
Was Mukherjee wrong in going to Nagpur, in breach of the beliefs and values he is known to have held dear all through his half-a-century-long political career?
Will hang self if TDP allies with Congress: Andhra Deputy CM
Chief Minister and TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu had last month shared dais with Congress President Rahul Gandhi at the swearing-in ceremony of Karnataka Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy.
BJP accepts tweeting poll date was wrong
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Accepting that the tweet by its IT chief Amit Malviya which declared the…
Infighting in Congress, corruption cost us dear: Rahul
We fired the guys in pretty much every single case. We believe in zero tolerance against corruption. 100 per cent.
Congress’ Gujarat manifesto one of ‘fiscal impossibility’: Jaitley
New Delhi, Dec 9 : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday slammed the Congress party’s Gujarat poll manifesto as…
Reshuffle reflects maximum government, no governance: Congress
New Delhi, Sep 3: Claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not trust his political colleagues, the Congress on…
Ahmed Patel barely survives to keep Sonia’s Rahul hopes alive
It would be rank bad form to describe Ahmed Patel as a form of life under Sonia Gandhi’s…
Himachal HC dismisses plea for hotel construction
Shimla, April 6: The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association’s plea for constructing high-end hotel…
Data suggest Congress not doing as badly as it seems
The Indian National Congress’s humiliating defeat in the recent assembly elections, particularly in its home state of Uttar…
Petrol prices cross 2013 peaks, but political opposition missing
(News Analysis) New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) In February 2013, opposition parties, notably the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),…
Congress Working Committee to meet on Nov 7, discuss organisational polls
New Delhi, Nov 1 A meeting of Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s apex decision-making body, would be…
Five reasons why Congress can be a good coalition partner for Akhilesh
Although SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav is trying hard to arrange all likeminded leaders on the eve of…
After Uma Didi, BJP gets Rita Didi for UP
Leaders and workers in BJP call Uma Bharti as “Didi” and the same was referred for Rita Bahuguna…
Khattar Govt making conspiracy against the Congress leaders’:Surjewala
Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son Robert Vadra’s land deal in which Haryana government inquiry set up by the…
Congress suspends six MLAs
Congress suspends six MLAs in Uttar Pradesh for cross voting during Rajya Sabha Elections: Janardan Dwivedi — ANI…
UDTA PUNJAB ROW: Captiain Amrinder Singh to release uncensored copies of film in Majitha
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh announced on friday that he will be releasing the uncensored…
Congress wins 12 seats in 27-member Manipur local body
Imphal June 7 : The ruling Congress party in Manipur on Tuesday won 12 seats, while the BJP bagged…
Rahul takes digs at Modi, Mamata over poll promises
Taking digs at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Congress vice president Rahul…
Will eradicate drugs problem from Punjab: Rahul Gandhi
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday asserted that his party will eradicate the drugs problem in months if…
Congress says , Will punish those defaming Nehru
The Congress Party Calling former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru the ‘mahanayak’ (great hero) of India’s freedom struggle, a…
Deepender Hooda said , Nation is outraged, PM Modi is again silence
The congress party again jibe on BJP regarding Dalit Scholor Rohit vemula suicide case.The congress party leader and…
PM Modi blames Congress for Assam’s problems
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday blamed the Congress party for the problems of Assam, while saying that…
Poor leadership casts doubts on Congress recovery
The Congress is in a predicament which is quite unlike that of any other party. It has lost…
Smriti Irani attacks AAP, says party running blasphemous, preposterous campaign
Human Resource and Development Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday slams Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for its allegations against…
Chandy asked to stay away from PM’s function, Congress upset
Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy was first invited to and then asked to stay away from a function…