Tag: Congress leader

11 Karnataka coalition lawmakers quit, ferried to Mumbai hotel

The Congress and JDS together have 116 in the 224-member state assembly where 113 is the majority mark. The coalition will crash if 11 lawmakers quit.

July 7, 2019

Ready to be Congress leader in Lok Sabha: Tharoor

He, however, insisted that Rahul Gandhi should continue as the Congress President. "The party could consider appointing a series of regional working presidents to assist him," the former Union Minister said.

May 27, 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

Mallikarjun Kharge blames government for delay in meeting for next CBI chief

Mallikarjun Kharge, the Congress party leader in the Lok Sabha, accused the Centre of the delay in the appointment of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director.

January 25, 2019

BJP, BJD indulging in match-fixing: Anand Sharma

The Congress leader said the institutions of the state are under assault under the BJP government at the Centre.

August 13, 2018

Gujarat Congress leader subdues snake outside home, video creates buzz

Dhanani, the leader of opposition in the Gujarat Assembly, could be seen handling the Russel's Viper in the video he uploaded on Facebook and Twitter.

July 12, 2018

Report on Mandsaur firing manipulated, alleges Congress leader

The report of the Jain Commission constituted to probe the firing on farmers in Mandsaur last year has been manipulated and reveals the anti-farmer face of the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh, alleged the Congress state working president and chief-whip in Assembly, Ram Niwas Rawat, here on Wednesday. Six farmers were killed in police firing …

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June 20, 2018

The fight within

Despite former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s supporters continuously exerting pressure on the Congress high command to make him the state unit chief, the grand old party has conveniently chosen to ignore the pressure and done little to suggest if the Jat strongman will be the party’s CM candidate in the 2019 Assembly polls. As …

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June 17, 2018

Chidambaram appears before ED in Aircel-Maxis PMLA case

Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case. The senior Congress leader arrived at the agency’s headquarter annexe office here at about 10:58 AM and was accompanied by a lawyer. The agency had issued a fresh summon to him yesterday to appear before …

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June 5, 2018

Congress leader G Parameshwara to be deputy CM of Karnataka

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president G Parameshwara will take oath as the deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka on Wednesday, 23 May, in Bengaluru.

May 22, 2018

J-K Congress leader resigns

A senior vice-president of the Congress in Jammu and Kashmir, Sham Lal Sharma, on Monday sprung a surprise for the party leadership when he announced his resignation from the post while speaking in a function that was organised here to observe the 27th death anniversary of the former Prime Minister and Congress leader Rajiv Gandhi. …

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May 21, 2018

Congress leader in J-K resigns while speaking at function

PCC chief GA Mir was present in the function in the Congress headquarters of the state when Sharma announced his resignation without giving any reason and walked away.

May 21, 2018

Modi government should apologise for betraying public: Anand Sharma

The Modi government should apologise for making false promises and betraying the public, Congress leader Anand Sharma said here on Friday. “After Independence, the Modi regime has been most painful for the country and its people because of its wrong decisions, mainly demonetization and GST,” the former Union Minister said. Sharma accused the government of …

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May 11, 2018

Dilution of land law for bullet train project: Ahmed Patel

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel has accused the Gujarat government of implementing a “diluted” version of the Land Acquisition Act for land acquisition for the bullet-train project and doing away with farmers’ consent and impact assessment. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, released to the media on Wednesday, Patel sought his intervention and …

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May 2, 2018

Chidambaram asks BJP to explain stand on Raja’s remarks

Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Wednesday asked the BJP to make its stand clear on the statement of its Tamil Nadu leader H. Raja, calling DMK MP Kanimozhi an illegitimate child party chief M. Karunanidhi. “There is no such thing as an ‘illegitimate child’. All children are perfectly legitimate. Will the BJP please explain …

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April 18, 2018

Ashok Gehlot made Congress organisation incharge

Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot was on Friday appointed General Secretary in charge of organisation and training at the AICC, virtually dimming his chances of becoming Chief Minister if the party wins the Assembly elections in Rajasthan this year end. He replaces another veteran Janardhan Dwivedi, 73, who was holding charge of organisation and training …

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March 30, 2018

Congress leader killed in bomb blast in Jharkhand

A Congress leader was killed in a bomb blast in Jharkhand’s Koderma district on Tuesday evening, police said. According to the police, Shankar Yadav, Koderma District President of the Congress party, was killed in a bomb blast when he was travelling in his vehicle. The driver and the bodyguard have been seriously injured. The Congress …

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February 13, 2018