Tag: Congress
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Karnataka crisis: After 21 Congress ministers resign, 9 JDS ministers put in papers
"All JD(S) ministers have also resigned like the 21 Congress ministers who have submitted their resignations. The Cabinet will be reshuffled at the earliest," the Chief Minister's Office said on Twitter.
July 8, 2019 -
Milind Deora, Jyotiraditya Scindia resign from respective posts, major revamp hinted for Congress
Jyotiraditya Scindia resigned from the post of AICC General Committee Uttar Pradesh (West) on late Sunday afternoon.
July 7, 2019 -
Karnataka crisis: JD-S calls for legislative party meeting
DK Shivakumar, Congress MLA from Kanakapura and the Irrigation, Kannada and Culture Minister in the Government of Karnataka informed that his party too shall call a party meeting and iron out the differences if any within the party or between the two ruling partners.
July 7, 2019 -
Dharmendra Pradhan defends fuel price hike, says funds required for ‘vikas’
Skirting the issues involved, he said the drop in crude prices has given an opportunity for the country to garner resources for ‘vikas’.
July 7, 2019 -
Priyanka Gandhi wishes Team India good luck for World Cup semifinal
She posted the good luck message for Team India after they beat fellow Asians Sri Lanka by seven wickets at Headingley in Leeds.
July 7, 2019 -
Gandhi ghosts will haunt party
The Gandhis are charismatic but Rahul and Priyanka have proved that they are not vote catchers as was seen in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
July 7, 2019 -
One nation, one poll
Polls are merely the means for selecting governments and not an end in themselves. But with frequent elections, the means tend to become the end and the end is reduced to being the incidental. Moreover, populism is thrust upon the parties for fear of losing votes. For the national parties continual elections are a punishment without having committed any crime.
July 7, 2019 -
Congress accuses BJP of not implementing election promises with Jammu
The meeting discussed the current issues confronting the people including the acute water and power crisis in most parts of Jammu province.
July 6, 2019 -
Karnataka government in deep crisis as 8 Congress, 3 JD-S MLAs resign
The three JD-S MLAs who have submitted their resignations are AH Vishwanath (Hunsur), N Narayana Gowda (KR Pete) and Gopalaiah (Mahalakshmim in Bengaluru northwest).
July 6, 2019 -
Virtual hell-holes
The urban rot in metropolitan cities can be tackled only if they have an efficient and responsible municipal administration and sufficient funds are allocated by the Central and State Governments to improve civic infrastructure. Simultaneously, the Government should also aim at providing good quality civic amenities in smaller cities so that people do not have to migrate to metropolises in search of a better life. Thereafter, efforts can be made to generate jobs in smaller places. Decentralisation of Government offices from capital cities could kickstart job creation in small cities.
July 6, 2019 -
Congress blasts Union Budget, says promises broken
Slamming the government, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said the Budget was lacklustre and uninspiring.
July 5, 2019 -
Opp parties want court judgments made available in Bengali too
Recently the Supreme Court had stated that the court’s judgments will be available in seven regional languages, including Tamil, but had excluded Bengali.
July 5, 2019 -
Day after Rahul Gandhi quits, Congress General Secretary Harish Rawat resigns
Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday went public with a formal assertion that he has resigned as the Congress president, taking responsibility for the party’s decimation in the recent Lok Sabha elections.
July 4, 2019 -
Nitish Kumar earns Opposition’s ire for gifting mangoes amid deaths of children
The agriculture minister defended the move saying the idea was aimed at saving the environment by gifting mangoes and mango saplings.
July 4, 2019 -
‘At times I stood completely alone, and am extremely proud of it’, Rahul Gandhi in open letter
He made it clear that he had stepped down from his post at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting held on 25 May ~ two days after the outcome of the Lok Sabha polls ~ when the CWC had met to take stock of the party's crushing defeat at the hands of the Narendra Modi-led BJP.
July 3, 2019 -
Rahul Gandhi resigns as Congress president
Rahul Gandhi, addressing the media, said that he has already put in his papers from the post of Congress President and now it is up to the Congress Working Committee (CWC) to appoint his successor soon.
July 3, 2019 -
With Rahul Gandhi firm on quitting, Congress worker attempts suicide outside party office
Police personnel deployed there noticed him immediately and forcibly brought him down.
July 2, 2019