NEW DELHI,MAY 25: The Congress on Tuesday announced a new political affairs group and a Task Force to get the party battle-ready for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, but the list neither had new faces nor younger leaders barring one name — political strategist Sunil Kanugolu. To placate the anger of senior leaders pushing for […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,MAY 18: A five-year term for all office-bearers was among the biggest takeaways — besides ‘one family one ticket’ and ‘50 below 50’ — of the Congress ‘chintan’ at its Udaipur shivir. However, brainstorming after the session, the Congress has decided that party president will be exempted from the fixed five-term rule. Meanwhile, the […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MAY 16: Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s claim during the ‘Chintan Shivir’ meet in Udaipur that it is the only alternative to the BJP/RSS has come under fire as the party’s electoral performance shows it has lost 19 state assembly polls since 2018, many to regional players that are taking over the space […]Continue Reading
New Delhi , May 13 : Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, charging that it has become clear that his mantra of ‘minimum government, maximum governance’ means keeping the country in a permanent state of polarisation, “brutalising” minorities and “threatening” political Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,MAY 10: Sending out a clear message to critics within the organisation, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday said self-criticism is needed in party forums but it should not be done to erode self-confidence and morale, as she asserted that it is time “to repay our debt to the party”. Ahead of the Congress’ […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,APRIL 26: Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday declined the Congress offer to join the party and evolve its poll strategy and said more than him, the party needs leadership and collective will to fix deep-rooted structural problems through transformational reforms. Kishor was asked by Congress president Sonia Gandhi to join the party and […]Continue Reading
New Delhi , April 16 : The Congress party has asked poll strategist Prashant Kishor to join the party, said sources. This came after Prashant gave a detailed presentation on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections during the meeting of top Congress leaders at party president Sonia Gandhi’s residence on Saturday. A highly placed source, who […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, APRIL 6: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday called for unity at all levels of the organisation, while noting that the road ahead for the party is more challenging than ever before and the spirit of resilience of party workers is under severe test. Addressing a meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP), […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,APRIL 5: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the parliamentary party and discussed the current political situation and the party’s strategy in both houses of Parliament. Congress Parliamentarians in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi attended the meeting in the […]Continue Reading
By Swagatika Bhutia BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 26: Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal continues to maintain its dominance in all formats of elections as it was once again proved on Saturday when the party’s chairperson and Mayor candidates were seen leading in 73 of the 108 urban local bodies (ULBs). On the other hand, the BJP and […]Continue Reading
