Though Congress leaders attempted to persuade Tharoor, who is said to be protesting against his perceived neglect at the Kochi Mahapanchayat, to participate in the high-command–called strategy meeting in New Delhi, he did not relent.
The controversy arose when Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, while addressing the gathering, mentioned all the prominent leaders on stage by name except Tharoor
The Congress has chalked out an action plan for the implementation of the Congress Working Committee’s resolution on Caste Census during the party's upcoming Samvidhan Bachao Rallies.
A meeting of the steering committee will be held on Friday morning to decide the agenda of the plenary session.
The demise of Queen Elizabeth ll in August not only denotes the end of an era in Britain’s post War history but also the beginning of a new phase in Britain’s relations with India, the Commonwealth, and the rest of the world.
The party chief remarked at a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), that the economy continues to be a source of considerable concern "despite government propaganda to the contrary."
Several senior party leaders had demanded the CWC meeting because of serious internal differences in the party’s Punjab unit, leading to the replacement of the party Chief Minister.
The meeting is being convened after several senior party leaders said there was a need to consider important political issues at the top party forum. The party has seen quite a few defections from its senior positions recently.
The CM said Congress president Sonia Gandhi had not penalised anyone who had raised a voice of dissent but had, in fact, made then members of various committees, in true spirit of democracy, to bring in reforms.
Apart from Azad, Motilal Vora, Ambika Soni and Mallikarjun Kharge have also been removed as general secretaries of the All India Congress Committee (AICC).
