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.
Assam, of course, is with the BJP with Himanta Biswa Sarma as the Chief Minister. At the same time, Puducherry has a coalition government headed by the All India N R Congress (AINRC) with Chief Minister N Rangasamy supported by the BJP.
The Jharkhand unit of the Congress on Sunday marked the party’s 140th foundation day with programmes at the state headquarters and across districts, while the BJP mounted a sharp counter-attack, questioning the Congress’s record on democracy and governance
Senior Congress leader Randeep Surjewala said, “The Supreme Court has risen to right a wrong. As people rose in unison, the Court chose caution over haste.”
Digvijaya Singh's remarks praising the RSS triggered a massive political and exposed deep divisions within the Congress party.
Tharoor asserted that he too wants the grand old party to strengthen itself.
