congress party

New Delhi, February 11 In a light-hearted exchange, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday that he would not be overly aggressive in his address to the Lok Sabha, as former party colleague Jagdambika Pal was presiding over the session. Pal had stated that if Gandhi had heeded...

Guwahati, February 11 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday that the police have registered a case based on a complaint by Congress leaders regarding a controversial video featuring him, which was uploaded and later deleted by the state BJP.Sarma said that a BJP worker has...

Mumbai, February 11 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, whose party surprised everyone by supporting the rival BJP in the mayoral elections in Maharashtra's Chandrapur municipal body, squarely blamed his MVA ally, the Congress, for the "mess" on Wednesday. He said the Congress should be...

Bengaluru, February 11 Congress leader D K Suresh expressed hope that Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah would honor the alleged power-sharing agreement with Deputy CM D K Shivakumar. "Even today, I hope that, though delayed, he (CM) will keep his word," Suresh told reporters in response to a...

Bengaluru, February 11 Expressing displeasure about repeated media queries on the issue of leadership change in the state, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah asserted on Wednesday that he and his deputy D K Shivakumar should abide by the Congress high command's decision on the matter.The CM...

New Delhi, February 11 Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday claimed that 20 to 25 Congress MPs had misbehaved with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in his chamber, and that senior leaders K C Venugopal and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who were present, did not intervene.The minister of parliamentary...

Malappuram/Wayanad, February 11 The ruling CPI(M) in Kerala on Wednesday alleged that the opposition Congress was misleading the public by its claims of rehabilitation-related work undertaken for the people affected by landslides in Wayanad.CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan, while speaking to...

Hyderabad, February 11 Approximately 49% of voters cast their votes by 1 PM on Wednesday in the municipal elections in Telangana, which officials say is an impressive turnout.Voting was taking place in 116 municipalities and seven municipal corporations, which is seen as a test of popularity...

Chennai, February 11 Congress MP Manickam Tagore stated on Wednesday that the people of Tamil Nadu will decide whether a coalition government or single-party rule should prevail in the upcoming Assembly elections.He also claimed that it was the Congress party's "mistake" to not implement the...

In Guwahati, on February 11, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report on alleged “Pakistani links” of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President Gaurav Gogoi would be amended to include the disclosures made by Gogoi during a...

Chennai, February 11 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin stated on Wednesday that the alliance between the DMK and the Congress remains intact, dismissing reports of divisions between the two parties.He also rejected the possibility of a coalition government in Tamil Nadu, effectively ruling...

Hyderabad, February 11 BJP leader and Union Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy on Wednesday alleged that the Congress government in Telangana is attempting to win the municipal elections by issuing threats to political opponents.He met the family members of E Mahadevappa, a BJP candidate for a...

Kolkata, February 11 The Congress' decision to contest the West Bengal assembly elections independently has narrowed the opposition space, reinforced the state’s existing TMC-BJP dynamic, and shifted the focus from coalition arithmetic to vote consolidation in an increasingly two-cornered...

Hyderabad, February 11 Polling was underway on Wednesday in elections to 116 municipalities and seven municipal corporations in Telangana, a three-way contest between the ruling Congress, and opposition parties, BJP and BRS.Polling began at 7 am and would continue until 5 pm.A total of...

Chandigarh, Feb 10 Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini stated on Tuesday that unlike the Congress, the BJP government does not engage in vote bank politics.He criticized the opposition party over its "misleading" claims regarding the cancellation of old-age pensions for several...

New Delhi, February 10 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday advised the newly-appointed district party presidents to perform well in their organizational roles or be prepared to make way for others.Addressing a meeting of around 200 new chiefs of district Congress units across six states...

New Delhi, February 10 Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Tuesday that "very ugly scenes" could have occurred if BJP MPs had been allowed to confront Congress members on the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address in the Lok...

In Chandrapur, the Congress party, which was divided into factions, faced a major embarrassment when its ally, the Shiv Sena (UBT), and the ruling BJP formed an unexpected alliance. This led to the election of a BJP mayor in the Chandrapur Municipal Corporation, despite the Congress being in a...

New Delhi, February 10 – Opposition parties on Tuesday initiated the process to remove Om Birla as Speaker of the Lok Sabha, alleging that he had acted in a "blatantly partisan" manner in the House, prompting him to step aside until the matter is resolved.Congress’ deputy leader in the Lok...

New Delhi/Chennai, February 10 AICC in-charge for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, Girish Chodankar, on Tuesday, expressed concern over the "delay" by the DMK in constituting the seat-sharing committee for negotiations ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.Although he had met Chief Minister M K...