New Delhi: Former Congress leader P.C. Chacko on Tuesday joined the Nationalist Congress Party after meeting its supremo Sharad Pawar. Ahead of joining the NCP, he had met Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary Sitaram Yechury. The NCP is part of the CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front in Kerala where Assembly elections are approaching. Chacko said: “The […]
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Ahead of assembly polls, senior Congress leader PC Chacko quits
New Delhi: In a big blow to the Congress ahead of Assembly polls in four states and one UT, former MP and once Delhi in-charge P.C. Chacko resigned from the party in New Delhi on Wednesday. He said he sent his resignation letter to party interim chief Sonia Gandhi saying that “it had become difficult to […]
Sonia Gandhi accepts resignations of Chacko, Chopra
New Delhi: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday accepted the resignations of Delhi Congress in-charge P.C. Chacko and state president Subhash Chopra. Following the debacle in the Delhi Assembly elections, Chacko tendered his resignation on Monday while Chopra submitted it on Tuesday. As of now, Shakti Singh Gohil has been appointed as the interim in-charge […]
Chacko quits as Delhi Congress in-charge after poll debacle
New Delhi: Congress Delhi in-charge P. C. Chacko tendered his resignation from his post on Wednesday to party interim President Sonia Gandhi. The resignation comes a day after the party’s dismal performance in the Delhi Assembly polls in which it scored a zero. This is the second resignation in the party following its complete rout […]
Congress to have no tie-ups in Delhi Assembly polls: PC Chacko
New Delhi: The Congress will contest on all 70 assembly seats in the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections and will not enter any alliance with any other party. State Congress in-charge P.C. Chacko said that the party “will not have any tie-up with any party in the Assembly elections” and was confident of forming a government in […]