Tag: Congress leadership
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AAP questions Congress silence on BJP’s poaching bid
Pointing out that Congress president Sonia Gandhi is facing an Enforcement Directorate probe, AAP leader and Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said the Congress is afraid of uttering anything against the BJP to save her.
September 15, 2022 -
Setback to dissenters as Congress CMs, state units rally behind Gandhis
Leading from the front is Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, and his Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Puducherry counterparts, Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel and V. Narayansamy, respectively, with all terming it a move to weaken the party.
August 24, 2020 -
Top Congress leaders write to Sonia Gandhi demanding change in party leadership, big meet tomorrow
Tomorrow, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) will be meeting online and this issue is most likely to be discussed by the top brass of the party.
August 23, 2020 -
Quite hurt with the kind of words used against me: Sachin Pilot
There was a huge gathering of supporters outside his residence to give a rousing welcome to the leader who preferred driving down to Jaipur from New Delhi in his car.
August 12, 2020 -
Amid Congress leadership crisis, party leaders converge on Rahul Gandhi residence
Among those present were Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, KC Venugopal, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Deputy CM Sachin Pilot; Congress is expected to convene another CWC meeting in the next four days when the leadership issue is likely to be discussed
May 28, 2019 -
Offered seat from Telangana, Azhar to consult Congress leadership
Former cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin, who has been invited by the Telangana Congress to contest the 2019 elections from the state, has said he would move ahead vis-a-vis his role in the party in consultation with the high command. “I will see what the high command wants me to do,” he told PTI here. The 54-year-old...
October 22, 2017 -
Congress need to select leaders on calibre: Jaitley
In yet another rap on the Congress partys dynastic leadership, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the party is not likely to expand itself unless it selects its leaders based on “calibre and potential”. The Finance Minister’s observation came while responding to questions after delivering his keynote address via video conference to Berkeley India Conference....
October 8, 2017 -
Contagious ‘cancer’
Intolerance is proving carcinogenic, contagious, and literally “cuts across party lines”. The Congress leadership in general, Rahul Gandhi in particular, have surrendered the moral authority to point accusing fingers ~ at the BJP, Shiv Sena et al ~ after opting for silence over their own lumpen elements creating difficulties for Madhur Bhandarkar’s Indu Sarkar. Even...
July 19, 2017 -
Will work more, speak less as chief minister: Parrikar
Promising to "speak less and work more" as Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday said the Congress would soon become a "rare species" on the canvas of Indian politics. Addressing a rally here, Parrikar also said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could come to power in the coastal state only because of the party's central...
April 9, 2017 -
UP poll debacle: Aiyar demands change in Congress leadership
After facing a humiliating poll debacle in the recently held UP and Uttarakhand Assembly elections, voices within the Congress are now increasingly demanding a change in the leadership with party veteran Mani Shankar Aiyar demanding to bring change in the leadership. "There is a need to bring change in Congress leadership," Aiyar said after the...
March 16, 2017