CWC, the highest decision-making body of the Congress, is meeting in Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for the first time since 1961, after a gap of 58 years.
March 12, 2019The blog comes on a day when the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting will be held at Gandhinagar in Gujarat to discuss the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
March 12, 2019A resolution cannot be reduced to a position-paper or statement of desire or intent. It involves not only a commitment and strategy, but a gearing up of capacities and mechanisms to deliver what is resolved. In the seeming absence of the latter, there would appear something “shambolic” to the Congress Working Committee’s resolution calling for …
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October 4, 2018The Congress is seeking to stitch alliances with like-minded parties before the 2019 polls to oust BJP from power and also to take a lead in uniting the opposition. The question is will it work on the ground? It is too early to predict, as there are many hurdles to building up the opposition unity. …
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September 2, 2018Struggling after suffering defeat from two seats in last state assembly elections, senior Congress leader and ex-Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat received a boost after finding a place in the Congress Working Committee (CWC). Harish Rawat has been appointed as general secretary of the CWC. Ashok Gehlot, general secretary of All India Congress Committee, informed …
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July 19, 2018Congress president Rahul Gandhi was on Sunday given the authorisation to constitute the Congress Working Committee (CWC). The decision to grant authorisation to the 47-year-old Gandhi scion was taken on the second and final day of the Congress plenary currently underway in New Delhi. Party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad who presided over the decision making …
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March 18, 2018The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Friday passed a resolution expressing its “deep gratitude” to its former President Sonia Gandhi’s guidance and leadership, and commending her contribution to India becoming a political and economic power. It said she led the Congress through challenging times and difficult situations to safeguard and uphold its ideology and commitment …
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December 23, 2017A host of party heavyweights will be present when Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi files his nomination papers for the party chief’s post at its headquarters here on Monday. Six Chief Ministers — Punjab’s Amarinder Singh, Karnataka’s Siddaramaiah, Himachal Pradesh’s Virbhadra Singh, Puducherry’s V Narayanasamy, Meghalaya’s Mukul Sangma and Mizoram’s Lal Thanhawla — are expected …
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December 3, 2017UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday mocked Rahul Gandhi, saying the Congress’ move to elevate him as party president would make “easier” the BJP’s task to make India “Congress-mukt”. The chief minister’s remarks come a day after the Congress Working Committee cleared the decks for Rahul Gandhi’s elevation as party president. “By becoming Congress …
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November 21, 2017Makhan Lal Fotedar, a veteran Congress leader who was a close confidante of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, died today. He died at a hospital in Gurugram on the outskirts of Delhi, Congress party sources said. Hailing from Kashmir, Fotedar was ushered into politics by Jawaharlal Nehru in early 1950s and he …
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September 28, 2017