Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Election Commission of India (ECI), alleging that the ruling party was manipulating the electoral process.
The next Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh are more than two years away. Yet political activity in the state is already beginning to take on an unmistakably electoral character.
The latest gathering of opposition parties in New Delhi offered a reminder that the central challenge before India's non-BJP political forces is no longer one of arithmetic. It is one of credibility.
A political war of words erupted on Wednesday as the Congress sought to challenge the narrative surrounding Prime Minister Narendra Modi becoming India's longest-serving Prime Minister in consecutive terms.
"The Election Commission has heard our case today, and now we are waiting. We are in our fight," Natarajan told reporters in Delhi.
Listing out the priorities for the Opposition in general and the Congress party in particular, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls by the Election Commission will remain a key issue of discussion.
Gandhi said chief ministers and prime ministers should feel ashamed if the country’s children and its future were being raised in such conditions.
He said that the first phase of voting had already made it clear that Bihar no longer wants the dim light of the lantern but a Bihar glowing with NDA’s LED light.
"Now that President Trump has announced he will not be attending the G20 Summit in South Africa, we can be certain that the self-styled Vishwaguru will himself attend in person," Ramesh said in a post on handle X on Saturday.
An ex-Delhi MLA and prominent Congress leader, Alka Lamba has been active in politics for more than two decades. Having commenced her career as president of the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU), Lamba later served as an AICC spokesperson.
