New Delhi: As the possibility of an alliance in Delhi with the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections continues to carry rise and dip with twists surfacing each day, the Congress has asked Delhi unit workers their view over the issue through an audio clip released on[Read More…]
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Arunachal Pradesh: NPP MLA Tanga Byaling joins Congress
Itanagar: Ahead of the upcoming simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections which are to take place on April 11 in Arunachal Pradesh, Congress party received a major boost on Tuesday with senior politician and sitting National People’s Party (NPP) MLA Tanga Byaling joining the party along several other top politicians[Read More…]
Maharashtra: 7-time Congress MLA Kalidas Nilkanth Kolambkar likely to join BJP
Hours after Sujay Vikhe-Patil, son of the Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly, Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil joined Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), in yet another setback to the Congress party before the Lok Sabha elections, senior politician and a 7 time MLA Kalidas Nilkanth Kolambkar has shown indications of joining the BJP.[Read More…]
I have not joined BJP: Gujarat Congress MLA Santokben rejects reports of resignation
Gandhinagar: After reports of her resignation from the Congress party surfaced Santokben Bachubhai Arethiya, constituency surfaced, the Rapan MLA has released a video, quashing the news. Santokben said in the small clip that she has not joined BJP and that they are trying to create unnecessary troubles. The report of Santokben[Read More…]
Congress Working Committee Meet LIVE: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will address the CWC for the first time
CWC meeting LIVE: Congress is launching its Lok Sabha election campaign from Ahmedabad in Gujarat, the home state of PM Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah
Watch: “Not even an ant was killed in air strike”, claims Congress MLC Haribhau Rathod
Congress Member of Legislative Council, Haribhau Rathod gesticulated abusively towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Yavatmal, on Sunday while talking about IAF airstrikes. Haribhau Rathore, who comes from Maharashtra’s Yavatmal area, is a senior leader and has worked extensively for the betterment of Dalits. Earlier, last week, Rajasthan Chief Minister[Read More…]
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Former PM Manmohan Singh not inclined to fight polls
New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, state affairs in-charge Asha Kumari and Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Sunil Kumar Jakhar met India’s former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Sunday evening 5 pm at his resident and asked him to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from[Read More…]
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Changing earlier decision, Priya Dutt to now contest polls
Mumbai: Accepting Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi’s order, former Congress MP Priya Dutt has decided to make a come back and will now contest 2019 Lok Sabha elections. High-profile Mumbai Congress politicians and former MP from Mumbai North Central constituency, Priya Dutt had earlier in January announced that she would not[Read More…]
Lok Sabha 2019: Congress gets into Poll Mode with ‘Aarambh Hai Prachand’ video on Twitter
The Indian National Congress (INC) on Sunday, March 10, when the Election Commission announced the dates for the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections in the country, Congress shared a video of party President Rahul Gandhi. The Congress video shared on Twitter shows Rahul Gandhi reaching out to the people and farmers.[Read More…]
Day after resigning from Congress, Jawahar Chavda made minister in Gujarat government
Ahmedabad: In view of the general elections, two Congress party leaders had resigned on Friday, damage the party prospects further in the state Congress. While, one legislator joined the ruling BJP government, the other would soon announce the decision to join the saffron party. Chavda got the benefit of leaving[Read More…]
Alpesh Thakor dispels speculations, says with the Congress only
Ahmedabad: Congress’ maverick OBC lawmaker Alpesh Thakor, who had been keeping the party on tenterhooks amid speculation that he was headed for the ruling BJP, cleared the air on Saturday saying that his concerns had been settled for now. Thakor’s announcement came as a respite for the Congress, which faced[Read More…]
Nagaland: Former Chief Minister KL Chishi resigns from BJP
Kohima: Former Nagaland Chief Minister, veteran politician KL Chishi resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday. Chishi, who had joined the saffron party last year, was annoyed by the BJP-led NDA government at the centre for their alleged insincerity in coming up with a solution to the Naga[Read More…]
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Congress releases first list of candidates, Rahul to contest from Amethi, Sonia from Rae Bareli
Congress has put out its first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, with party chief Rahul Gandhi contesting his bastion Amethi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi contesting from her home turf, Rae Bareli. Congress has also announced a few seats in Gujarat, including the Vadodara and Anand constituencies[Read More…]
Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor likely to join BJP
Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor, may join Bharatiya Janata Party soon. Along with Alpesh, many other Congress MLAs are also expected to switch over to the BJP. It has being reported that Alpesh could be made a minister directly in the BJP government. It is noteworthy Thakor had accused the party[Read More…]
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh dares PM Modi to file case against him
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to file a case against him over allegations from BJP leaders that he was an anti-national and a Pakistan supporter. In a series of tweets, Singh, who stirred a controversy on Tuesday by referring to the Pulwama terror[Read More…]
Congress is helping BJP by splitting anti-BJP vote, says Arvind Kejriwal
Minutes after Congress Delhi Pradesh Congress chief Shiela Dixit said that there would be no pre-poll tie-up in Delhi between AAP and Congress, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said, “At a time when the whole country wants to defeat Modi- Shah duo, Cong is helping BJP by splitting anti-BJP[Read More…]
Karnataka: Dissident Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav resigns, likely to join BJP
Bengaluru: Karnataka’s “rebel” Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav resigned from the Assembly on Monday. Jadhav, a two-time MLA from Chincholi constituency in Kalaburagi district, submitted his resignation to Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar without giving any explanation. “Jadhav submitted his resignation letter to Kumar earlier in the day at the latter’s[Read More…]
Congress accuses TRS of engineering defections
Hyderabad: The Telangana state Congress staged a sit-in at the Assembly premises, here on Sunday, protesting against the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) for allegedly engineering defections in the opposition party. The party announced that it would wage a full-scale constitutional battle against Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao who engineered[Read More…]
Country felt absence of Rafale during Balakot strikes: Modi
New Delhi: In a strong attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the results of air strikes on Pakistan “would have been different” had Rafale fighter jets been procured earlier and accused the opposition party of first worrying about “self-interest” and later doing politics over it.[Read More…]
Gujarat: Congress MLA gets jail term, likely to face disqualification
Somnath: Bhagwan Barad Congress MLA from Talala, Gir Somnath district, Gujarat, is likely to face disqualification after a local Taluka Court sentenced him with a jail term in mineral theft case, dating around 24 years back. The court of Judicial Magistrate found him guilty under various sections of the Indian[Read More…]
Former Union minister Killi Kruparani quits Congress, joins YSRCP
Vijayawada: Former Union minister and senior Congress party leader Killi Kruparani on Thursday joined YSRCP in the presence of the party chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy at the party office in Hyderabad. Film actor Narne Srinivasa Rao whos is Junior NTR’s father-in-law also joined Jaganmohan Reddy’ party. Jaganmohan asked both[Read More…]
HP: For Congress, contesting Lok Sabha polls appears to be uphill task
By Vishal Gulati Shimla: For the Congress party leadership in BJP-ruled Himachal Pradesh, contesting the parliamentary polls appears to be an uphill task. A majority of Congress leaders apparently consider themselves over the hill, while all four incumbent BJP Members of Parliament are enthusiastic about going to the voters again.[Read More…]
CWC meeting to be held in Gujarat after 58 years
Ahmedabad: After almost six decades, a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s highest decision-making body, will be held in Mahatma Gandhi’s Gujarat. All the top party leaders will attend the meet here on February 28. Briefing the media here on Monday, Congress’s Gujarat unit President Amit Chavda[Read More…]
Former Congress leader Kishore Chandra Deo joins TDP
Amaravati: Former Union Minister and Congress leader V. Kishore Chandra Deo on Sunday joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) along with his supporters. Deo formally joined the TDP in the presence of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu at an event here. Chandrababu Naidu welcomed Deo[Read More…]
What was PM Modi doing 2 hours after Pulwama attack: Congress
New Delhi: Raising questions on what Prime Minister Narendra Modi was doing in the immediate aftermath of the Pulwama attack, the Congress for the second day on Friday asked why he failed to mention the attack and its victims while addressing a rally in Rudrapur district of Uttarakhand just two[Read More…]