Opposition takes on Centre over inflation

July 20, 2022

As expected, the second day of the Monsoon session was washed out as opposition attacked the government in and out on Inflation and GST hike issue. Both Lok Sabha and the Upper House were first adjourned and later for the day, as the opposition kept asking the chair to accept...

KAPIL SIBAL QUITS CONGRESS, WILL FIGHT RS POLL WITH SP BACKING

May 26, 2022

Deepening the crisis in Congress further, Kapil Sibal, a prominent face of the G-23 group of dissenting leaders, resigned from the party and filed nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections as an independent on Wednesday in Lucknow, backed by the Samajwadi Party (SP). Sibal filed his nomination papers from...

CONGRESS ROPES IN PK’S EX-AIDE SUNIL KANUGOLU IN TASK FORCE FOR 2024 LOK SABHA ELECTIONS

May 25, 2022

Even though poll strategist Prashant Kishor had declined to join the Congress, the Grand Old Party has roped in his former associate Sunil Kanugolu to be a part of its Task Force 2024 for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Apart from Kanugolu, senior Congress leaders included in the group are...

Hardik Patel discovers Congress is ‘not serious enough’, resigns

May 19, 2022

The writing was on the wall, but few in the Congress could see it coming. It should have been clear from Hardik Patel deciding to skip the recently concluded Chintan Shivir held in Udaipar, a few hours’ drive from Gujarat. However, nobody made the effort to bring the popular youth...

PK’S PROPOSALS FOUND THEIR WAY INTO CONGRESS CHINTAN SHIVIR

May 17, 2022

The Congress party convened its three-day-long Chintan Shivir in Rajasthan Udaipur in which more than 400 party leaders from across the country participated and shared their views to strengthen the organisation and offered suggestions for improving party performance in the coming assembly and general elections. Interestingly, the many ideas discussed...

CONGRESS WANTS ‘ONE FAMILY, ONE TICKET’ WITH A RIDER

May 14, 2022

The Congress has mooted a “one family, one ticket” proposal, as suggested by a panel set up for the Udaipur “Chintan Shivir”, but has said that the formula will not be applicable if the second member of a family is actively working for the party for at least five years....

NOT CEDED ANY TERRITORY TO CHINA: GOVT ON RAHUL’S CHARGE

February 13, 2021

The government strongly objected to the misinformation in the media and its amplification on social media regarding the disengagement of Indian and Chinese troops after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed on Friday that India has ceded territory to China as part of the process. China and India began their synchronised...

NO QUESTION OF JOINING BJP, THERE IS A LIMIT I WON’T CROSS: GHULAM NABI AZAD

February 11, 2021

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emotional farewell to Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Congress veteran and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha spoke to The Daily Guardian, saying that working with the BJP is not a likelihood for him, because while personal relations across party lines might exist, they cannot translate into crossing the ‘Lakshman Rekha’....

Sonia Gandhi to be Congress face for upcoming Assembly polls in 5 states

January 23, 2021

The highest decision-making body for the Congress, the CWC, held a virtual meeting on Friday to decide on the fate of the future leadership of the grand old party. Interim president Sonia Gandhi in her opening remarks urged party members to work hard for the upcoming Assembly elections. Attacking the...

Farm laws will destroy agriculture, farmers: Rahul Gandhi

January 20, 2021

In the wake of the ongoing farmers’ agitation, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi took on the Narendra Modi government on Tuesday and said that the country is being run by 4-5 industrialists and after power ports and telecom, the government has decided to sell agriculture to private hands and push...