Opposition’s Test
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.
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.
After meeting Election Commission officials, Meenakshi Natarajan said the Congress would continue its challenge through constitutional channels while seeking reversal of her rejected Rajya Sabha nomination.
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.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday paid tribute to Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, popularly known as the Frontier Gandhi on his death anniversary.
The Prime Minister also accused the opposition party of offering hindrance to the development of the state by opposing development initiatives.
Ahead of the upcoming Union Budget, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh Thursday launched a pointed critique of the Modi government’s economic performance, dismissing headline GDP growth figures as "deceptive" indicators that conceal deep-seated structural issues.
The Assam BJP unit shared a screenshot of the now-deleted Congress post, warning that deleting the post would not “nullify” what the opposition was “trying to imply”. “Deleting the post doesn’t nullify what you are trying to imply, @INCAssam. You’re exposed,” the BJP said in a post on social media.
The UDF’s Congress candidate, Sudheer Khan, secured victory by a narrow margin of 83 votes, regaining the division that the CPM had won in the previous two elections.
