Tag: Congress
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Punjab faces political turmoil over Centre’s farm ordinances
The three farm ordinances passed by the Central Government in Punjab have launched a war of words between the leaders of the ruling Congress and the opposition Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) after all-party meeting convened by CM Captain Amarinder Singh. After the five-hour-long all-party video-conference, a resolution was passed for the withdrawal of the ordinances ... -
Congress corners the government on China
The Congress party has been having a bitter war of words with the government over the stand-off in Galwan Valley, Ladakh and its handling of the crisis. Ahead of the special Congress Working Committee, party president Rahul Gandhi tweeted a picture of Pangong Lake, clicked by his father Rajiv, asking if China has intruded into ... -
Veerappa Moily slams centre for sadistically hiking fuel prices amidst COVID-19
On Monday, Senior Congress leader, Veerappa Moily slammed centre for hiking the fuel prices at frequent intervals. He accused the BJP-led government of fleecing the people especially at the distressing time of COVID-19 pandemic. Former Petroleum minister’s statement critical of the government’s price rise policy came on the day, when petrol pricesrose by 33 paise ... -
Manmohan Singh’s suggestions to PM Modi amid India-China standoff
Amid the ongoing India-China border dispute, former PM and senior Congress leader Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday released a statement taking a sharp dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Responding to PM Modi’s remarks at an all-party meeting on Friday that ‘no outsider entered the Indian territory’, Dr Manmohan Singh suggested his successor to be ... -
Congress displeased over its role in Maharashtra government
The state’s Congress leaders are going to meet the Chief Minister and coalition partner soon to discuss a greater role in decision-making. All is not well with Maharashtra’s ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the three-party government formed last November on the premise of equal power-sharing between the Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party and the ... -
Congress attacks the Central Govt over mismanagement, lockdown and coronavirus crisis
On Saturday, Congress described the primary year of the Modi government’s second term as a “year of dissatisfaction, terribly bad administration”. Congress leaders also questioned the Central government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis, saying that the administration didn’t strategize accurately to combat the pandemic, especially on how to address the issues related to migrant workers ... -
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray meets allies amid rift speculations
After the controversial statement by Rahul Gandhi speculating rift between Maharashtra government coalition, CM Uddhav Thackeray will have a meeting with his alliance partners on Wednesday. The speculations of strained ties between the Shiv Sena -Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) – Congress’s six-month-old coalition in Maharashtra were raised with the meeting between CM Uddhav Thackeray and ... -
Migrant crisis: Opposition led by Congress meet today, political notables choose to stay away
Opposition Indian National Congress (INC) has called for a meeting with other opposition parties to discuss the plight of migrant labourers today. The Congress expects at least 20 opposition leaders will join the lunch meeting called by the party president Sonia Gandhi. Due to the going coronavirus lockdown, all leaders will join the meet through ... -
Congress offers to pay rail fares for migrants, BJP clarifies over charges
Congress offers to pay rail fares for migrants, BJP clarifies over charges War of words between BJP and Congress over special train fares for migrants. Amid the surging plight of the needy, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday stated that every Pradesh Congress Committee or State units of the party will bear the cost for ... -
India’s COVID-19 battle can alter its political discourse
The Narendra Modi government has put the country of 1.3 billion people into a strict lockdown in order to contain the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak. However, the Coronavirus is not only a challenging test for humanity, but for the political system of India as well. In his six years to the office, Prime Minister ...