Congress will launch a nationwide movement from January 5 to defend MGNREGA, party president Mallikarjun Kharge said after the Congress Working Committee meeting in Delhi.
During Vande Mataram debate in Parliament today, Amit Shah said that Vande Mataram was curtailed after it completed 50 years, that is when appeasement started, that appeasement led to the partition of the country.
The Congress on Saturday condemned the brutal killing of a Hindu leader in Bangladesh and urged the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre to take up the matter with Dhaka stating that this was not an isolated incident.
Congress top brass, including party President Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, and its Delhi unit on Thursday condoled the passing away of former MLA Jai Kishan from Sultanpur Majra.
Citing the poll panel’s letter to him, the Congress chief said, “The letter on one hand says Commission respects citizens' right to ask questions and on the other hand threatens citizens in the form of an advise to exercise caution.
“The way the BJP government played with democracy and their leaders are pledging to change the constitution it becomes clear that if they come to power, both these institutions will be in jeopardy,” he said.
The statement of the Congress chief comes a day after the party's Manifesto Committee, headed by former Union minister and party stalwart P Chidambaram, had handed him the draft manifesto of the party for the general elections.
The statement of the Congress chief comes a day after the SBI moved the Supreme Court and sought time till 30th June to furnish electoral bond details to the Election Commission of India (ECI).
Addressing a public meeting billed as ‘Odisha Bachao Samavesh’ here on Monday , the Congress president launched a diatribe against the BJP, RSS and the BJD.
"The public knows Nitish Kumar. Nitish Kumar should become Prime Minister. He is popular all over India," JDU MLA Gopal Mandal said.
