Chandigarh | Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would go alone in the next Lok Sabha elections and would contest on all 13 seats in the state with no alliance with the Congress. Predicting a clean sweep, Mann said, “It’s going to be 13-0 in the 2024 Lok […]
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Congress announces Screening Committee for four poll-bound states
New Delhi | Ahead of the crucial assembly elections, Congress on Wednesday announced Screening committee for the states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana. Congress General Secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal said: “Congress President has constituted the Screening Committees for the ensuing Assembly Elections-2023 in the respective states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesg and Telangana […]
‘Opted to go to jail than to join BJP’: Karnataka Congress President Shivakumar breaks down after victory
Bengaluru | Congress’ Karnataka President D.K. Shivakumar broke down after defeating his BJP rival R. Ashoka by a whopping 76,408 votes in Kanakapura Assembly constituency. Addressing reporters, Shivakumar said that the “BJP had hatched a conspiracy and gave me options of whether going to the prison or joining BJP. I opted to go to the prison. […]
50% reservation for backward, women and minority in Congress
New Delhi | The Congress has decided to give 50 percent reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Minorities, and Women. The Congress on Saturday amended the party’s constitution to ensure 50 per cent reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, women and minorities in all party posts, including representatives at the […]
Fair chances of party split if non-Gandhi is made Congress President: Pramod Tiwari
Jaipur | Amid the ongoing discussions regarding the election of the next Congress President, Rajya Sabha MP and CWC member Pramod Tiwari has advocated for a Gandhi family member to be made the next party chief. Tiwari has expressed apprehension of breakdown in the party if a non-Gandhi is made the President. Talking to the media […]
4 Congress Lok Sabha MPs suspended for entire Monsoon Session
New Delhi | Four Congress Lok Sabha MPs were suspended for the entire Monsoon session on Monday over unruly behaviour. The four Congress MPs — Manickam Tagore, Ramya Haridas, Jothimani and T.N. Prathapan — have been suspended for the entire Monsoon Session ending August 12 for holding protests with placards inside the House. Speaker Om Birla […]
BJP keeping country in permanent state of polarisation, instilling fear: Sonia
Udaipur | In her inaugural address at the Congress ‘Chintan Shivir’ on Friday, Sonia Gandhi targetted the BJP and alleged that the party was constantly ‘playing the polarisation game and instilling fear in the public’. She said, “By now it has become abundantly and painfully clear what Prime Minister Modi and his colleagues really mean by […]
Congress takes jibe at Centre over petrol price
New Delhi | The Congress on Friday compared the price of petrol in India with its neighbouring countries, and alleged that the cost of the auto fuel in the country is far higher than even in Nepal. Putting out a chart, the Congress claimed that Nepal sells petrol at Rs 100 a litre, while the price […]
AAP and Congress promise freebies of thousands of crores to Punjab voters, but where is the money?
New Delhi | Both the Aam Admi Party (AAP) and Congress are recklessly promising freebies running into thousands of crores to the people in a desperate bid to woo voters in Punjab but the million dollar question left unanswered is: Where is the money going to come from? Interestingly, Punjab has an annual budget of […]
Woman Congress MLA rides a horse to Jharkhand assembly
Ranchi | On International Women’s Day on Tuesday, Congress lawmaker from Barkagaon assembly constituency in Jharkhand, Amba Prasad became the centre of attraction when she reached the assembly riding on a horse. She said the purpose of riding a horse to the assembly is to send across a message that women are second to none. She […]