Tag: Anand Sharma

PM Modi condoles death of former Union Minister Sharad Yadav

Sharad Yadav passed away on Thursday, informed his daughter Subhashini Sharad Yadav through a social media post.

January 13, 2023

All Cong leaders united to fight against BJP, RSS, says Kharge starting campaign for party prez

Kharge pointed out that he is contesting for the Congress president post because senior leaders of the party encouraged him to contest.

October 2, 2022

Anand Sharma raises questions on electoral rolls in CWC, Cong denies

Though the party has denied about any such issue and dismissed the claims saying no doubts were raised over the election procedure for choosing the party president.

August 29, 2022

Congress’ Anand Sharma denies meeting Nadda

The Congress has tried to accommodate them in various forms like the political affairs group, Task Force 2024 and committee for 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'.

July 8, 2022

Sign of truce: After Sibal, Anand Sharma backs Priyanka

"Lakhimpur Kheri incident! Convoy of Union Minister riding over farmers as if their lives don't matter! The minister be sacked; the role of all concerned including the state government be assessed. An independent enquiry be conducted by a sitting Judge."

October 4, 2021

‘Revival of economic activity is essential as millions have lost wages, jobs’: Congress leader Anand Sharma

In a series of tweets  former union minister said,  'extraordinary situations call for extraordinary response,' and  bold measures and sector-specific stimulus alone can save the economic collapse.

April 5, 2020

Congress leader Anand Sharma questions running of Parliament when Epidemic Act is in place

"The country and world is united in wake of this pandemic. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, however, must walk the talk, and not pontificate", said Sharma.

March 20, 2020

Congress hits out at Centre over ‘ruined Indian economy’

'Q3 results are generally very strong...But this year's result has been the lowest in the last seven years,' said Anand Sharma. Raising concerns over the deteriorating GDP trend, he stressed on the nominal GDP, which he claimed should be much higher than it is as of today.

February 29, 2020

No one has permission to ask for proof of Indian citizenship: Priyanka Gandhi, visits violence victims in Bijnor

As per the reports, the Congress has also scheduled a demonstration at Rajghat in Delhi on Monday against the police atrocities on the protestors.

December 22, 2019

WhatsApp snooping row: No unauthorised interception, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

As discussions on cyber snooping continued in Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh questioned the government on who was spied upon using the Israeli spyware software Pegasus.

November 28, 2019

Priyanka Gandhi tweets picture with Sheikh Hasina, captions it “overdue hug”

Hasina also met former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, interim Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Sunday.

October 6, 2019

Modi holds all-party meet as Budget session starts on Monday

“Prime Minister has called a meeting of the Presidents of all the political parties represented in Parliament on 19th June. He would like to discuss important issues including One Nation, One Election and 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi,” said Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi.

June 16, 2019

Congress leader Anand Sharma seeks to retain ARTRAC Headquarters in Shimla

Seeking Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s intervention, Sharma in a written communiqué on Thursday drew the attention to the proposed shifting of the ARTRAC Headquarters (HQ) from Shimla to Meerut, stating that it was being done without any apparent need or justification.

June 13, 2019

Congress ‘advises’ Modi to exercise restraint in speeches

Modi had made tall promises to the people of the country including providing two crore jobs annually, bringing back black money and provide security to the women of the country, however, he has failed on all fronts.

April 23, 2019

Grounding of Jet Airways seems a scam: Congress leader Anand Sharma

"I can smell and see that it is a big scam. Collapse of Jet Airways appears to be a scam which was well thought out and being executed in the name of elections, so that nobody will ask questions."

April 21, 2019

Triple talaq bill not taken up in RS; Opposition insists on sending it to select committee

The stalemate saw heated arguments between the opposition and the government, forcing Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh to adjourn the house for the day.

December 31, 2018

Government order on interception same as that of UPA: Arun Jaitley

The minister also responded to remarks of Congress leader Anand Sharma made outside the House in which he had accused the government of making the country a surveillance state.

December 21, 2018