Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday resigned as party General secretary (UP West) over party’s defeat in the Lok Sabha Elections. Scindia resigned hours after Mumbai Congress chief Milind M. Deora stepped down from his post. The development happened days after Rahul Gandhi stepped down as Congress President. Accepting the people’s verdict and taking […]
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Will strengthen Congress in UP, no alliances: Jyotiraditya Scindia
Lucknow: AICC General Secretary in charge of western Uttar Pradesh, Jyotiraditya Scindia, said here on Friday that strengthening the Congress organisational structure was the top priority of the party in UP. He briefly spoke to reporters at the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) headquarters after a six-and-a-half hour long marathon review meeting to understand the […]
Jyotiraditya Scindia richest candidate in LS sixth phase
New Delhi: With assets worth over Rs 374 crores, Congress candidate from Guna Jyotiraditya Scindia is the richest candidate contesting in Lok Sabha sixth phase elections. While BJP’s cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir is the second in the list with assets over Rs 147 crore, National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said on Friday. […]
Jyotiraditya Scindia owns palace, other properties
Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh): Congress’ Guna candidate Jyotiraditya Scindia, who belongs to the erstwhile Gwalior princely dynasty, owns properties worth over Rs 2 billion, including a palace that he got as part of his inheritance. He also owns a 1960-model BMW car, which is also part of his inheritance, according to his affidavit filed along his nomination […]
Congress fields Scindia from Guna, Tewari from Anandpur Sahib
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday released a list of party candidates for Lok Sabha polls fielding party general secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia from Guna and former union minister Manish Tewari from Anandpur Sahib. The list has seven candidates, including Rigzin Spalbar from Ladhakh. Published on: Apr 12, 2019 at 21:06 IST IANS
Jyotiraditya Scindia meets Shivraj in Bhopal
Bhopal : Congress leader and former Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia met former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at the latters residence calling it a goodwill gesture to work in unison with the opposition after a bitterly fought electoral battle last month. The meeting took place late on Monday after Scindia’s return from New […]
Vyapam case: FIR ordered against Digvijay, Kamal Nath, Scindia
Bhopal : A Special Court here has ordered an FIR against Congress leaders Digvijay Singh, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kamal Nath and Vyapam scam whistleblower Prashant Pandey on a petition filed by BJP’s legal cell advocate Santosh Sharma. Judge Suresh Singh, late on Wednesday, ordered Shyamla Hills Police Station to lodge a First Information Report (FIR) against […]
Scindia targets Modi over demonetization
Bhopal : Congress MP Jyotiraditya Scindia has targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the government’s 2016 demonetization. Scindia, who toured Madhya Pradesh’s Bundelkhand and Vindhya regions from September 6-8, told IANS that the Modi government announced the note ban “in a dictatorial way which has led to serious repercussions for the economy”. He said that […]
BJP MLA’s son threatens to shoot Jyotiraditya Scindia
Damoh (Madhya Pradesh) : BJP MLA Uma Devi Khatik’s son Princedeep Lalchand Khatik, in a social media post on Monday, threatened to shoot Congress MP Jyotiraditya Scindia. Lalchand Khatik wrote in a Facebook post: “Jyotiraditya Scindia, you have Jiwajirao’s blood running in your veins, who killed Jhansi ki Rani. If you step in Hatta then […]
Congress blames BJP for 60 lakh fake voters in MP
New Delhi : The Congress on Sunday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of deliberately enrolling approximately 60 lakh fake voters in the Madhya Pradesh voters list to influence the upcoming assembly election. In a memorandum to the Election Commission of India, the Congress demanded action against the irregularities in the voter rolls. Madhya Pradesh […]