Tag: Congress party

Rare ray of hope

Opinion polls, particularly those conducted well in advance of elections are notoriously inaccurate, critics even wonder if some are deliberately slanted. Despite those realities the Congress party like the proverbial drowning man and a straw, will desperately clutch on to the poll which suggests that the party will regain Rajasthan, and despite the Prime Minister’s...

October 9, 2018

Asinine alibi

Even at the risk of these columns being accused of having a Rahul Gandhi fixation, it would amount to a ducking of duty not to raise this query. What is more ridiculous: his contention that the Congress party had little to do with the sinister, calculated massacre of thousands of Sikhs after the assassination of...

August 28, 2018

Vij orders probe into newborn’s death during Cong cycle rally

Haryana Health Minister, Anil Vij, has directed the Director General Health to submit investigation report within 24 hours of the case in which a new-born died after ambulance got stuck in jam caused by the cycle rally of the Congress party. Apart from this, he said that he has raised this issue with Chief Minister...

August 24, 2018

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth anniversary: 7 greatest quotes by the pivotal leader

Subhas Chandra Bose, who was also referred as Netaji, was born 23 January 1897 in Bengal constituency (now Odisha state) in India. He was an Indian Independence movement activist and a member of Indian National Congress Party. He became the party president in 1938. Netaji left India after he had a falling-out with Mahatma Gandhi...

January 23, 2018

Congress demands resignation of Haryana CM over rise in number of rapes

Protests broke out in Chandigarh on 17 January over the recent spate in the crimes against women in Haryana. According to reports, six women have been raped in the state in the last three days. Congress leaders, led by former chief minister BS Hooda met with the Governor to complain about the failing law and order...

January 17, 2018

Fadnavis should resign over Bhima-Koregaon incident: Ashok Chavan

The Congress party in the state demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on moral grounds for failing to prevent the violence that occurred at Bhima-Koregaon near Pune on January 1. “The state government failed to prevent this incident. We discussed the chain of events leading to the violence and how the government had...

January 6, 2018

Youths will respond to Rahul Gandhi’s call: Chidambaram

Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Saturday said that youths will respond to new party President Rahul Gandhi’s call for an “alternative narrative” based on equal opportunity and jobs for the youth in the country. Referring to Rahul Gandhi’s inaugural speech as the Congress chief during the day, Chidambaram said his party’s idea of the nation...

December 17, 2017

Patidar leaders give Congress 24-hour ultimatum on reservation issue

Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leaders have given the Congress party a 24-hour deadline to declare their stand on the reservation status for the community. As the Congress leaders are under pressure and busy over selection of candidates for the Gujarat Assembly elections, there seems to be trouble brewing as the PAAS convenors, who had...

November 18, 2017

Congress candidate in MCD poll discharged of casteist slur charge

A woman candidate of the Congress party, accused of allegedly hurling casteist slur at a voter and threatening him during MCD elections in 2012, has been discharged by a court here. Her comment “neechi jaati wala” did not specifically denote scheduled caste or scheduled tribe, but could be any lower caste, the court said, adding...

September 17, 2017

Bullet train project not economically viable, says Kharge

The Congress party on Thursday questioned the economic viability of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project, for which the foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe. Congress leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said his party was not against any development project, but added that the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet...

September 14, 2017

Congress ignores fruit growers: BJP 

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday accused the Congress party of ignoring the interests of horticulturists in Himachal Pradesh. The state BJP chief spokesperson and Nahan MLA, Rajeev Bindal said that the Congress government announced several schemes for the welfare of farmers and horticulturalists but on ground, nothing has been done so far. “The government has...

June 29, 2017

Now, Congress seeks complete liquor ban in Uttarakhand

Once out of power, the Congress now wants complete ban on liquor in Uttarakhand. Considering the widespread protest by women against relocated liquor shop in the hill state, the party has possibly decided to take some political advantage. Senior Congress leader and leader of the opposition Indira Hridayesh said, “After assuming power the BJP has...

April 15, 2017

Rahul Gandhi echoes growing Congress clamour for party overhaul

Amid the deepening disquiet and gloom within the Congress following its comprehensive rout in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly elections, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday echoed the growing intra-party clamour for massive overhauling of the Congress organisation, even as he claimed that the recent assembly poll results in five states were "not bad" although the party was...

March 14, 2017