The Youth Congress workers gathered outside the MP Congress Headquarters and raised slogans against the BJP alleging high-handed behaviour and undue pressure by the ruling party in the decision by the Returning Officer to cancel Natarajan’s nomination.
According to the returning officer, Natarajan failed to mention a court case in Form 26 (the affidavit), thereby submitting an incomplete affidavit.
The rejection of the Congress candidate's nomination has ensured a stunning victory for the BJP's Mahesh Kevat.
Maharashtra State Congress Committee President Harshvardhan Sapkal demanded that Maharashtra Water Resources Minister Girish Mahajan should be expelled from both the cabinet and the BJP for insulting the Indian Army's role in fighting Khalistani terrorists during ‘Operation Blue Star,’ conducted at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, in June 1984.
The Trinamul Congress-led Memari Municipality effectively collapsed on Monday after 10 of its 15 TMC councillors, including the Chairman, submitted resignation letters to the Executive Officer.
Even as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is on his second leg of crucial campaigning in poll-bound Tamil Nadu, TNCC president K. Selvaperunthagai on Monday alleged that officials of the Income Tax Department unlawfully confined him in the Sriperumbudur Assembly constituency under the pretext of a search, preventing him from carrying out election work.
The Congress on Monday intensified its criticism of the Centre’s foreign policy, with senior leader Jairam Ramesh alleging that India has failed to diplomatically isolate Pakistan amid shifting geopolitical developments.
The Congress on Sunday intensified its criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of “shedding crocodile tears” over women’s reservation and urging the government to implement the policy immediately within the existing 543-member strength of the Lok Sabha.
Speaking at a ‘Meet the Press’ programme at the Press Club here, Sarkar said the BJP and TMC were deliberately shaping a narrative of direct confrontation to divert attention from real public issues.
Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused them of attempting to rule Tamil Nadu from Delhi.
