New Delhi | The Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday slammed the government over the CBSE Class 10 English question paper and described it as ‘extremely poor’ standards of education and testing. Raising this issue during the ‘Zero Hour’, she said that a ‘shockingly regressive passage’ on the women published in the Class 10 CBSE Examination […]
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Sonia counters G-23, says ‘I’m full-time President’
New Delhi | Responding to queries by Congress dissenters over who takes decisions in the party, Sonia Gandhi said on Saturday that she was the “full-time and hands on Congress President”. “I am, if you will allow me to say so, a full-time and hands on Congress President,” she said while addressing the Congress Working Committee […]
Sonia chairs meeting with 18 opposition parties, AAP, SP, BSP missing
New Delhi | Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi is holding a meeting with leaders of 19 opposition parties to discuss several issues, including the recently-concluded Monsoon Session of Parliament, party leaders said on Friday. A party leader said that besides the Congress, leaders of the Trinamool Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party, the DMK, the Shiv Sena, […]
Mamata meets Sonia; discusses political situation, Pegasus
New Delhi | West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi here and discussed the current political situation in the country as well as the Pegasus snoogate row. Former Congress President and Sonia Gandhi’s son, Rahul Gandhi, was also present during the meeting. The meeting was held at Sonia Gandhi’s […]
Patiently waited for a year on Galwan but no clarity: Sonia
New Delhi | Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, in a statement on Tuesday, said that the Congress party joins a grateful nation in remembrance of the supreme sacrifice made by 20 brave soldiers of the Bihar Regiment in Galwan Valley, including their commanding officer, who lost their lives in the confrontation with PLA troops of China […]
Infighting, alliance; key to Congress defeat, says panel
New Delhi | The Congress committee formed to analyse debacle in recently concluded elections in five states has submitted its report to the Congress president Sonia Gandhi. The committee was headed by Ashok Chavan and has members like Salman Khurshid, Manish Tewari, Vincent Pala and Jothi Mani. Sources say that the committee in its report has […]
Sonia writes to PM over scarcity of black fungus drugs
New Delhi | After the government asked the states to declare Mucormycosis (Black Fungus) an epidemic, Congress Parliamentary party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the scarcity of Liposomal Amphotericin-B injection and the disease not being covered under Ayushman Bharat scheme. In a letter to the Prime Miniater, Sonia […]
Sonia sets up panel to probe Congress poll debacle
New Delhi | Interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday constituted a committee to investigate the reasons for the party’s losses in the recently concluded assembly polls. The Committee will be headed by Maharashtra Public Works Department Minister Ashok Chavan while former ministers Salman Khurshid, Manish Tewari and Vincent Pala are among its members. The other […]
Sonia to form committee to dissect Congress’ poll debacle
New Delhi | Interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi has decided to constitute a fact finding committee to find reasons for the partys defeat in the four states which went to the polls recently. After the Congress Working Committee meeting on Monday, party General Secretary K.C. Venugopal said, “The committee will be constituted within 48 hours.” “I […]
Govt’s vaccine policy arbitrary & discriminatory: Sonia to PM
New Delhi | Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that the government has not learnt any lesson from the past and its vaccine policy is arbitrary and discriminatory. In her letter to the Prime Minister, Sonia Gandhi said, “It’s surprising that despite the harsh lessons of last year and […]