With Rajya Sabha polling days away, the Congress has mounted a legal and political challenge against the rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination papers in Madhya Pradesh.
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.
Mallikarjun Kharge’s Kerala rally remarks have triggered a political fight, with BJP leaders accusing him of insulting Gujarat and Congress defending it as campaign rhetoric.
The Indian National Congress on Tuesday sharpened its attack on both the ruling Trinamul Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal, with party president Mallikarjun Kharge asserting that the two parties are “two sides of the same coin.”
Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Harish Rawat on Wednesday asserted that the Congress in Uttarakhand is at a crucial stage of ushering in political change, expressing confidence that the state could take the lead in mounting a challenge against the BJP.
"I want to say that through our diplomatic channels and investigation, we have come to know that these are fake and fabricated," MEA MoS Margherita told reporters in Jorhat.
The Congress on Tuesday intensified its attack on Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over his reported remarks aimed at party president Mallikarjun Kharge, terming the language used as “deeply problematic” and calling for an unconditional apology.
