Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Election Commission of India (ECI), alleging that the ruling party was manipulating the electoral process.
The next Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh are more than two years away. Yet political activity in the state is already beginning to take on an unmistakably electoral character.
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.
Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters, UWEC Chairman Udit Raj fiercely criticized the new laws, alleging they are “inherently anti-worker, corporate-centric, and have snatched away hard-won labour rights.”
Reacting strongly to the controversy over the issue of admissions to the newly established Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME), chief spokesman of the Congress, Ravinder Sharma, alleged that the LG-led shrine board and the centre should own the responsibility for failure to protect the religious sentiments and rights of Hindus in the SMVDIME.
The Opposition Congress was quick to trash the BJP's allegations, claiming that accounts linked to the saffron party, including the X handle of its Gujarat unit, were also operating from foreign countries.
The remark came a day after Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar said he does not view the Chief Minister's post as important, adding that bringing the party back to power in the southern state was crucial for him.
Surjewala added that “needless statements of some Congress leaders and MLAs have added to the speculation. INC has sternly warned them against making any public statements on the issue of leadership or falling for the agenda being propagated by vested interests.”
