New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday met Sonia Gandhi at her residence in Delhi. The meeting lasted more than an hour, sources said. This was Thackeray’s first meeting with Sonia ever since the formation of Maha Vikas Aghadi government in the state late last year. Uddhav was accompanied by son Aditya and Sena […]
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Do they want India to become Pakistan: Giriraj to Cong, RJD
Patna: Targeting All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi, his brother and Waris Pathan, Union Minister Giriraj Singh asked the Congress, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the alleged ‘tukde-tukde gang’ that ‘do they want that India should become Pakistan’. Singh on Friday took to Twitter and wrote in Hindi: “Owaisi’s brother – Remove police […]
Congress cautious on Labour MP Abrahams’ visa denial
New Delhi: The Congress has been cautious on the issue of the deportation of British Labour MP Debbie Abrahams, who was denied entry into India and was sent back from New Delhi airport. Congress leader Gourav Vallabh said that “the government should come out with facts on what happened”. Another Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi […]
Congress asks Kamal Nath, Scindia to sort out differences
New Delhi: Unhappy over public spats between Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath and party General Secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia, the Congress’ top leadership has asked the two leaders meet this week to sort out their differences. The task of mediation has been assigned to party state in charge Deepak Babaria, said sources. The party high […]
Milind Deora faces flak from party colleagues for praising Kejriwal
New Delhi: Former Mumbai Congress president Milind Deora is facing flak from his own party colleagues for praising Arvind Kejriwal after he said that Delhi Chief Minister made the national capital a surplus state. Milind Deora wrote on Twitter, “Sharing a lesser known & welcome fact – the @ArvindKejriwal-led Delhi Government doubled its revenues to […]
Cong spokesperson receives threats, complains to police
New Delhi: Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill on Saturday urged the Delhi Police to register a case against a person for sending him hate mail and also threatening his family members of rape. After receiving the threat mail, Shergill took to Twitter and wrote, “Dear Delhi Police, pursuant to my Press Conf held at Congress headquarters, […]
Sonia takes feedback from Cong leaders after Delhi debacle
New Delhi: Following the Congress debacle in Delhi Assembly elections, party interim president Sonia Gandhi has launched an exercise to meet leaders for a feedback on the dismal showing of the grand old party. Congress leader Alka Lamba, a former MLA from Chandni Chowk, met Gandhi to give a feedback on the reasons for the […]
Cong demands that Pulwama attack probe results be made public
New Delhi: As the nation on Friday commemorated the 40 CRPF men martyred in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir a year ago, the Congress lashed out at the BJP government alleging that the saffron party has been politicising the issue of the martyred troopers and has forgotten the families of the slain jawans. The Congress […]
Congress registers lowest vote percentage in Delhi
New Delhi: Even as the Congress registered its lowest vote percentage at less than five per cent in the Delhi elections, party leaders were busy on Tuesday in touting different reasons for the party’s debacle that came after a bit of resurgence seen in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. As per the latest Election Commission figures […]
Congress decimated in Delhi polls: Sharmistha Mukherjee
New Delhi: Congress spokesperson Sharmistha Mukherjee on Tuesday conceded that the party had again been decimated in the Delhi Assembly polls. “We are again decimated in Delhi. Enough of introspection, time for action now. Inordinate delay in decision making at the top, lack of strategy and unity at state level, demotivated workers, no grassroots connect […]