Tag: Congress Chief

Rahul my boss too, will work with ‘like-minded parties’ to defeat BJP: Sonia

Declaring that Congress president Rahul Gandhi was her boss too, Sonia Gandhi said the process to revive the party’s fortunes had begun and she would work with “like-minded parties” to ensure the BJP’s defeat in the next elections. She was addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting. The Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson launched an all-out …

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February 8, 2018

Sonia Gandhi cycles during ‘de-stress’ vacation in Goa

Days after relinquishing Congress affairs to her son, former party chief Sonia Gandhi is on a “de-stress” vacation in Goa, and an image of her cycling at a resort here has created waves on the social media. Sonia Gandhi, who arrived here after Christmas, is likely to stay here till early January, after ringing in …

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December 28, 2017

Sonia tells party workers to introspect, be ready for sacrifices

Sonia Gandhi, who on Saturday retired as Congress chief – a position she had held since 1998, said the party must “look within” to fight the forces that attack the fundamentals of the Constitution and also be ready to make any sacrifice. “Since 2014, we have been playing the part of the opposition. Never before …

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December 17, 2017

Rajasthan HC issues notice to Centre, state on immunity ordinance

The Rajasthan High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre and the state government on an ordinance that aims to protect public servants from being probed for on-duty action without prior government sanction. The Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Ordinance 2017, was promulgated in September. The high court gave the governments one month-time to …

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October 27, 2017

Rebranding of Rahul Gandhi

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is being relaunched as a firebrand young leader to be projected as an alternate to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This had been attempted earlier also but the marketing was a failure. But this time it seems to be clicking. Gandhi’s new image building has been planned to coincide with his taking …

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October 22, 2017

Sonia hints at Rahul Gandhi’s elevation as Cong chief

Congress president Sonia Gandhi today indicated that the elevation of Rahul Gandhi as the party chief could be done “soon”. “Soon it will be done,” she said, when asked by reporters repeatedly as to when Rahul Gandhi, who is at present the vice president of the party, will be elevated. The Congress organisational polls are …

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October 14, 2017

UP Congress passes resolution on Rahul’s elevation

Newly elected members of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) on Thursday unanimously demanded the elevation of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi as the party chief. A resolution to this effect was moved at a UPCC meeting by the party’s state unit chief Raj Babbar and endorsed almost immediately. UPCC delegates, Congress district and city …

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October 12, 2017

Rahul may take over as Congress chief after Diwali: Pilot

  Rahul Gandhi may take over as the Congress president shortly after Diwali, Rajasthan leader Sachin Pilot said on Sunday, stressing that the time had come for the party vice president to lead from the front. The Gandhi confidant also said the last names of leaders should not be treated as a disqualification in politics. …

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October 1, 2017

‘Rahul Gandhi will become Congress chief by 2017 end’

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will take over as party chief by the end of 2017, senior party leader P L Punia said on Wednesday. The Rajya Sabha MP told media persons here that an overwhelming number of Congress leaders and workers wanted Rahul Gandh to head the party.  "The wish of party leaders and workers …

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June 7, 2017