Voting for two Rajya Sabha seats in Jharkhand began on Thursday with JMM, Congress and BJP-backed independent candidate Parimal Nathwani locked in a keenly watched contest.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday intensified his attack on Union Home Minister Amit Shah, accusing him of spearheading a systematic campaign to weaken Opposition parties by encouraging elected representatives to defect to the Bharatiya Janata Party.
DMK has intensified its attack on Rahul Gandhi, accusing Congress of working against INDIA bloc allies in state elections and blaming his leadership for growing discontent within the opposition alliance.
Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has sparked a major controversy, accusing the BJP of pursuing communal politics, and claiming that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi would have banned the saffron party if she were alive today.
The Congress party on Monday strongly condemned the killing of three Indian seafarers in a United States attack.
The opposition Congress continued its attack on the ruling BJP in the State Assembly on Tuesday, over what the Congress alleges to be a fake encounter of a tribal man by the police in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh.
Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday raised in Rajya Sabha the issues concerning the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), and said the BJP-led government at the Centre has “systematically undermined” the scheme.
Tribal Congress MLA Omkar Singh Markam demanded a high-level inquiry into the police encounter of a tribal man.
Senior party leader Kanhaiya Kumar leads the yatra organised by the Youth Congress and the NSUI, which is also considered the firebrand student leader’s launch vehicle in Bihar politics.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s recent remarks in Gujarat point to a persistent pattern that continues to plague the party ~ a refusal to confront hard truths and an over-reliance on scapegoating.
