Tag: Congress
Indian economy not in good shape, says Manmohan Singh, P Chidambaram
Releasing Congress’ ‘State of Economy’ report on Monday former PM Manmohan Singh said that the Indian economy is not in good shape. The document was released at a press conference, which was also attended by P Chidambaram and other Congress leaders, a day before the government presents the Economic Survey.[Read More…]
Mulayam Singh Yadav refuses to campaign for the SP-Congress alliance
As UP CM Akhilesh Yadav and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi flaunted the SP-Congress alliance addressing a road show in Lucknow, Samajwadi Party patriarch and Akhilesh Yadav’s father Mulayam Singh Yadav disregarded the tie-up and refused to campaign for the new political set-up. According to NDTV reports, Mulayam said SP was[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav are like ‘two wheels of a cycle’
Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav left an image of a healthy relationship between the two, as they addressed the crowd in joint conference and roadshow. Flaunting their unity they said that they were like the “two wheels of a cycle” (the SP’s poll symbol) and the[Read More…]
UP polls: Akhilesh, Rahul to set out for joint road show on Sunday
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will set out for a joint campaign here on Sunday for the high stakes Assembly elections in the state. The two leaders, who will come together for the first time after Congress and SP reached a pre-poll alliance with an[Read More…]
MLA Preneet Kaur says Kejriwal brought outsiders to show his strength
Congress leader and MLA Preneet Kaur today slammed both AAP and SAD as organisations for having radical ideologies. He claims that AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal brought outsiders for his rally in Patiala district. Preneet Kaur, who is campaigning for her husband Capt Amarinder Singh and other party candidates in[Read More…]
Amarinder Singh is the Congress’ CM Candidate in Punjab declared Rahul Gandhi
Putting a rest to the confusion about the Congress’ chief ministerial candidate in the poll-bound Punjab, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi announced on Friday that Captain Amarinder Singh would head the government if the Congress is voted to power. Addressing his first political rally in the Akali Dal assembly stronghold[Read More…]
Fight forces seeking to undermine constitutional values, says Sonia Gandhi
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said the intrinsic strength of Indian Republic lies in our constitutional values and asked the people to fight forces which seek to undermine them. Extending greetings on the occassion of the 68th Republic Day, Gandhi said that the Indian Republic’s intrinsic strength lies in[Read More…]
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary dies at election rally
Priyanka Gandhi shuts up Vinay Katiyar in style
BJP Leader Vinay Katiyar has made a patriarchal comment on Congress campaigner Priyanka Gandhi. He in his remark states that there have more beautiful female campaigners than Priyanka Gandhi, in the past. “There are several other beautiful women who can be a better star campaigner then Priyanka Gandhi. She’s not[Read More…]
UP Polls: Priyanka Gandhi to campaign for Congress
Crores of illegal cash seized from Congress leader
UP Polls: Priyanka Gandhi seals SP-Cong alliance
Priyanka Gandhi gains attention after the congress leaders openly lauded her role in clinching alliance with Samajwadi Party for UP Polls. Priyanka was often spoken of in party circles as managing the back-end operations of brother Rahul’s political office and overseeing affairs in the home boroughs of Amethi and Rae[Read More…]
UP Polls: Congress releases first list of 43 candidates
Hours after the Congress sealed a pre-poll deal with Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, the former on Sunday released its first list of 43 candidates for the UP Assembly elections. The list include, former Union minister Jitin Prasad and controversial leader Imran Masood. Masood, who is well-known for his hate speech[Read More…]
UP Polls: SP-Cong alliance in trouble, will push votes to BSP
Samajwadi Party and Congress alliance ahead of UP Polls is in trouble as Congress rejects Akhilesh Yadav’s final offer of 100 seats. However, this alliance failure will tilt voters to BSP. Akhilesh Yadav’s offer came after a talk between SP and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azaad and a special emissary[Read More…]
Alliance with SP will not help Cong in UP: Mayawati
Reacting to the speculated SP-Congress alliance, BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday said Congress’ attempted tie-up with ruling Samajwadi Party showed its political bankruptcy and will be inimical to party which is running on oxygen support in Uttar Pradesh. She alleged that Congress was kowtowing to Samajwadi Party by accepting tainted[Read More…]
‘SP, Congress lack courage to fight BJP’
Congress changes mind against Jallikattu ban
The Congress party has been having contradictory stance on jallikattu. In May 2016, last year Congress wanted the bull-taming sport banned but today it doesn’t want it banned. As protests by Jallikattu supporters intensify across Tamil Nadu, the Congress said that people of Tamil Nadu have a right to preserve their culture and the bull-sport[Read More…]
Congress holds nationwide protest against note ban
Congress workers protested at Reserve Bank of India (RBI) offices at several locations across the country on Wednesday. The Congress party are executing their planned nationwide campaign against demonetization starting from Wednesday which included them gheraoing the RBI offices. This is expected to continue till the 23rd of January. Senior[Read More…]
UP Polls: Congress may announce Brahmin deputy CM
Aiming at the majority vote bank in electorally important Uttar Pradesh, Congress party may announce its deputy chief ministerial candidate who in all likelihood will be a ‘Brahmin’. Sources said that the grand old party is considering the names of Former State Minister Jitin Prasada, Former Varanasi MP Rajesh Kumar[Read More…]
Govt clears Delhi Police Chief Alok Verma for CBI chief despite Congress opposition
Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Verma was on Thursday appointed as the next chief of the Bentral Bureau of Investigation (CBI). His appointment was approved for a period of 2 years by a three-member selection panel headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comprising Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar and[Read More…]
Navjot Singh Sidhu joins Congress; says this is ‘my ghar wapasi’
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu formally joined Congress on Monday saying that he was a “born Congressman.” “This is my ghar wapsi,” said Sidhu. Sidhu quit the BJP in September complaining that he had been sidelined. Asked whether he was ready to work under the Congress’ chief ministerial nominee Amarinder Singh,[Read More…]
Former Chief of Army Staff’s rant against Capt Amarinder Singh goes viral
The run-up to Punjab Assembly Elections next month is getting closer with political parties indulging in mud-slinging. One such video where a former Chief of Army Staff and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate for the Punjab assembly polls from Patiala, General JJ Singh is allegedly seen using abusive words for[Read More…]
If Badal tells Akalis to turn violent, AAP workers won’t stay alive: Harsimrat Kaur
Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Wednesday said that “if chief minister Parkash Singh Badal told workers of our party (Shiromani Akali Dal or SAD) to turn violent, AAP workers will not stay alive”. In a news report on the Hindustan Times, the MP, who was campaigning in Budhlada, spoke[Read More…]
‘Acche Din’ will come only when Congress returns to power: Rahul Gandhi
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi while setting his eyes on the 2019 general elections. Rahul Gandhi said, “acche din will come when Congress comes to power again”. The Congress VP also targets the government over its move to demonetize high denomination[Read More…]