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.
The Opposition parties, led by the Congress, vehemently opposed the VB-G RAM G bill that seeks to replace the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA scheme.
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that her party will protest against the VB-G-RAM-G Bill, claiming it will end the MGNREGA scheme in the coming months.
Delhi’s power corridors are rife with speculation about a recent meeting between Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at Sonia Gandhi’s residence, nearly a month after the Bihar Assembly elections in which both parties fared poorly.
Speaking to the media, Marandi said the Congress party was indulging in “baseless rhetoric” to obscure alleged corruption. He maintained that the recent order of the Rouse Avenue Court did not grant a clean chit to Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has accused the central government of orchestrating a "political vendetta" against the party's top leadership, alleging that the ongoing legal proceedings are designed to harass political opponents.
