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.
Addressing the massive 'Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhod' rally at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan, Priyanka said, "We must not forget the names of the three officials of the Election Commission, because these people are attacking democracy."
The BJP said that instead of introspection after electoral defeat, the Congress leaders are trying to shield themselves from accountability.
Party workers from across the country have gathered in the national capital to protest against the Election Commission.
Reacting to the results of the local body elections in Kerala, Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor congratulated the UDF for its excellent victory across the state, and did not hesitate to hail the historic victory of the BJP in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation.
Results in the local body elections in Kerala have come as a setback for the ruling CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the state ahead of the assembly elections next year, with the Congress-led United Democratic Front(UDF) registering a thumping victory in both rural and urban civic bodies.
