Tag: Congress
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Fate of Rajasthan government to be decided by the high court
A petition by Sachin Pilot and his rebel MLAs against the disqualification notices sent to them is coming for hearing tomorrow. A bitter drama has been playing out in Rajasthan since last week with Sachin Pilot in open rebellion against his party. While he has said that he is not joining the BJP, political pundits ... -
Sachin Pilot’s gambit in Rajasthan fails
Stripped of his cabinet position and presidency of the state unit, all eyes are on the young Congressman in anticipation of his next move. After Sachin Pilot and his MLAs failed to attend the second consecutive Congress Legislative Party meeting on Tuesday, it was decided to remove him from the post of Deputy Chief Minister ... -
BJP attacks Rahul Gandhi over absence from Parliamentary Committees
Even as the Congress steps up its criticism over the handling of the China crisis, the BJP has accused Rahul Gandhi of skipping nearly a dozen parliamentary committees on defence. Since June 15, when 20 Indian soldiers lost their lives in a skirmish with the Chinese at the Line of Actual Control, the Congress has ... -
A dozen Scindia loyalists inducted into MP cabinet
The much-awaited cabinet expansion in Madhya Pradesh saw the majority of the ministerial berths being awarded to the supporters of Jyothiradiya Scindia. Three months after Jyothiradiya Scindia’s defection from the Congress to the BJP toppled the Congress-led government in the state, Madhya Pradesh finally has an expanded cabinet. Until now, the government had been functioning ... -
Who took Chinese money: Congress, BJP trade barbs
The ruling party had accused the Gandhi family of accepting Chinese funds while the Congress hit back with allegations that Chinese firms have been contributing to PM CARES. The past few days have seen tense exchanges between Congress and BJP on who has been taking Chinese money. Earlier in the week, the BJP Law Minister ... -
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 ...