Congress President Rahul Gandhi has said Indian men do not view the women in the country as equal and they should change their outlook towards women, even as he disagreed with the view that ‘India was the most unsafe place for women’. Addressing a gathering at Bucerius Summer School here[Read More…]
Tag: Sonia Gandhi
Congress appoints Ahmed Patel as new treasurer
Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Patel is the new treasurer of the party. He replaces Mr Motilal Vohra. Patel, the once powerful political secretary of Sonia Gandhi, will replace Motilal Vora who has been appointed as general secretary in-charge of administration. Anand Sharma will be the new[Read More…]
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a towering figure in our National life: Sonia Gandhi
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi condoles the passing away of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Thursday. “Shri Vajpayee was a towering figure in our national life. Throughout his life, he stood for democratic values and demonstrated this commitment in all his acts, whether as a parliamentarian, a cabinet minister,[Read More…]
RK Dhawan, an Indira confidant who grew from ranks
New Delhi: Rajinder Kumar Dhawan, who passed away on Monday at the age of 81, was a close confidant of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and served the Congress and its leaders in different capacities in his long career spanning nearly five decades. A former Union Minister, Dhawan had been[Read More…]
Congress Working Committee meeting begins, Sonia Gandhi skips over health issues
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) began its meeting on Saturday to discuss the political situation in the country, but United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi was not present as she was unwell. The meeting, chaired by Congress President Rahul Gandhi, was attended by senior party leaders including[Read More…]
Why Mamata Banerjee has made Amit Shah jittery
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee has somehow left her other Opposition peers far behind in taking cudgels with the Centre’s ruling party, or the BJP and the NDA led by it. So much so that she has rubbed the BJP the wrong way by reaching[Read More…]
Mamata to meet UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, invite her to federal front rally in Kolkata
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will meet UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and leaders from several other parties on Wednesday to invite them for a mega anti-BJP rally to be held in Kolkata on January 19 next year. On Tuesday, she had meetings with[Read More…]
Sonia Gandhi terms Modi speech as old rhetoric, Rahul says it was weak
New Delhi: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech during no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha as an old rhetoric and Congress President Rahul Gandhi said it was weak. The Congress party termed his speech as dramebaazi (theatrics). The Modi government on Friday passed the no-confidence motion moved[Read More…]
Know about no-confidence motion?
After four years of chairing the ruling seat of the government, Narendra Modi faced the first no-confidence motion from the opposition, approved by the Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan. On Wednesday, the first day of the monsoon session, the Congress and TDP gave notice of the motion of no confidence,[Read More…]
Mayawati expels BSP Vice President for calling Rahul Gandhi ‘foreigner’
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday expelled party vice-chairperson and national coordinator Jai Prakash Singh after he said that Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s foreign blood would not allow him to become the prime ministerial candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. According to reports, Mayawati has stated that[Read More…]
Opposition leaders coming together to save themselves: Modi
Cuttack: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday attacked the opposition unity, saying the corrupt leaders are coming together not to save the country but to save themselves, making an apparent attack on Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi. Due to the commitment of this government against black[Read More…]
Congress leaders saying Sonia’s Karnataka visit can save deposits: Modi
Vijayapura (Karnataka): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took a dig at the Congress, claiming that its leaders were now saying that if former party chief Sonia Gandhi canvasses in the state, it can at least save the security deposits of Congress candidates. Modi said he had on Monday watched an[Read More…]
Sonia says Ananth Kumar lying, blames government for Parliament logjam
New Delhi: Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday lashed out at Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar and accused him of “lying” and said it is the government that did not allow the Parliament to function. Earlier in the day, Kumar accused the Congress of being the “main culprit” for the[Read More…]
Congress to seek like-minded allies to defeat BJP, Rahul says country wants change
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday expressed its willingness to ally “with all like-minded parties” with a “pragmatic approach” to defeat the Narendra Modi government in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections with party chief Rahul Gandhi stating that the country was feeling tired and seeking a change. The party’s 84th plenary[Read More…]
Nothing new in Modi’s speech: Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi: Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said there was “nothing new” in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in the Lok Sabha and that the people were interested in knowing about their future and jobs. “The Prime Minister said nothing new. He is repeating old things, (but) people are[Read More…]
Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka meet Congress President Rahul Gandhi
Amid the BJP’s election victories in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and her daughter Priyanka Gandhi met Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday. Rahul Gandhi had campaigned in Gujarat extensively before assuming the charge of party President on December 16. After Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka left, Rahul[Read More…]
Not me, my mother will contest from Rae Bareli: Priyanka Gandhi
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday scotched speculation about Sonia Gandhi retiring from politics, saying her mother will fight from her Lok Sabha constituency of Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Asked if she would contest from Rae Bareli in 2019, Priyanka told NDTV: “There is[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi for indulging in ‘medieval’ politics
Marking a generational shift, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took over as the new Congress President, assuming the mantle of the country’s oldest political party from his mother Sonia Gandhi, and launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of “taking us back to the medieval times”. The[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi takes over as new Congress President
Rahul Gandhi on Saturday formally took over as the new Congress President assuming the mantle of the country’s oldest political party from his mother Sonia Gandhi. The process of his election as the new Congress chief was completed after the Central Election Authority President Mullapally Ramachandran handed over the Certificate[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi to formally take over as Congress President today
Rahul Gandhi will formally take over as chief of the Congress party on Saturday, from his mother Sonia Gandhi who had helmed the country’s oldest party for 19 years. The entire process will be completed after the Central Election Authority president Mullapally Ramachandran hands over the Certificate of Election to[Read More…]
Sonia Gandhi has retired as party chief, not from politics: Congress
As Sonia Gandhi on Friday said it was time for her to retire, the Congress party clarified that she has retired as party President and not from politics. “Would sincerely request friends in the media to not rely on innuendos. “Sonia Gandhi has retired as President of Indian National Congress[Read More…]
With Rahul to take charge of Congress, Sonia Gandhi says its time for her to retire
With Rahul Gandhi set to take over as Congress President on Saturday, Sonia Gandhi on Friday said it was time for her to retire. “My role now is to retire,” NDTV said quoting her in response to a question as to whether she will continue as Chairperson of the Congress[Read More…]
PM Modi greets Congress President Sonia Gandhi on her birthday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday wished Congress President Sonia Gandhi on her 70th birthday. “Birthday greetings to Congress President… I pray for her long life and good health,” Modi said in a tweet. The Congress party also wished Gandhi. “Compassionate, hardworking, selfless. Calm and composed, yet dignified and strong.[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi to file nomination for top Congress post today
A host of party heavyweights will be present when Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi files his nomination for the party chief’s post at its headquarters on Monday, with over 90 sets of nomination papers likely to be filed to support his candidature. Six Chief Ministers — Punjab’s Amarinder Singh, Karnataka’s[Read More…]
Sonia hits out at Modi over delay in Winter Session, making ‘false promises’
Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for delaying the Winter Session of Parliament on “flimsy grounds”, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday warned the NDA regime that it can not escape constitutional accountability by “locking the temple of democracy”. Addressing the Congress Working Committee, which met here to finalise[Read More…]