Recent remarks by senior Congress leaders Anand Sharma and Kamal Nath, praising the Narendra Modi government’s handling of the West Asia crisis and domestic fuel supply, have exposed fault lines within the party, in turn raising a larger question — is the Congress unraveling, or undergoing a deliberate generational shift?
In a move laden with both symbolism and consequence, senior Congress leader Anand Sharma has stepped down as chairman of the party’s Foreign Affairs Department, ending a decade-long stewardship that helped shape the party’s global engagements.
Trump on Wednesday announced the 26 per cent reciprocal tariffs on India, half the rate India imposes on imports of US goods. Additionally, the US President announced a 25 per cent tariff on all automobile imports.
After that, a public meeting will be organized in a show of strength at Seri Manch. Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu and party state president Pratibha Singh will address the public meeting.
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Anand Sharma, who has been fielded by his party to contest from Kangra Lok Sabha seat in Himachal Pradesh, said that he is ready to "accept the challenge."
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.
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.
"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."
The stalemate saw heated arguments between the opposition and the government, forcing Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh to adjourn the house for the day.
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.
