Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Tuesday raised concerns over the long due delimitation exercise, flagging a risk of southern states being "pushed to political margins" as the northern states may gain more seats in Lok Sabha expansion.
Dismissing the rising chorus for power sharing from a section of the party which was an unpalatable irritant to the ruling DMK as not the official line, Congress general Secretary KC Venugopal on Tuesday made it clear that the Dravidian major is an old ally and together with it the party would fight fascist forces.
Emboldened by the Rs 5,000 deposited to 1.31 crore women beneficiaries, the ruling DMK, in a major snub to its national ally Congress’ persistence with power share, on Saturday said from tomorrow no one will talk about coalition government.
Congress Lok Sabha Whip Manickam Tagore offered a guarded response to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s firm rejection of any power-sharing formula.
Congress Whip in the Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore has joined the chorus for a coalition government post elections.
This was a direct fallout of Chakravarty’s recent post on ‘X’, in which he punctured the MK Stalin-led DMK government's claims about Tamil Nadu's financial health.
Tagore expressed his outrage over the limited time allotted for legislative business and discussion, suggesting the move was a conscious effort by the ruling dispensation to evade scrutiny on critical national issues.
Congress whip in Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore slams the shortest-ever 15-day winter session of Parliament, accuses the government of avoiding accountability.
With the Tamil Nadu Congress flexing its muscles ahead of the 2026 assembly election to make a better bargain in seat-sharing from big brother, the ruling DMK, Congress whip in parliament Manickam Tagore said only those who accord due respect to the party could become the chief minister of this Dravidian heartland.
Congress MP Manickam Tagore claimed that the Modi government has quietly tweaked the MGNREGA norms and relocated 60 per cent of the scheme's funds to "water-related" projects.
