Kharge, Rahul, Priyanka to attend VD Satheesan’s swearing-in ceremony
VD Satheesan is all set to take oath along with his Cabinet at the ceremony, which will begin at 10 am at the Central Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, according to Congress leaders.
VD Satheesan is all set to take oath along with his Cabinet at the ceremony, which will begin at 10 am at the Central Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, according to Congress leaders.
Posters targeting Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra surfaced in Wayanad on Wednesday amid an escalating deadlock over the selection of the next Chief Minister of Kerala.
The posters, written in English and clearly aimed at the Congress high command, accuse Rahul and Priyanka of attempting to impose K.C. Venugopal on Kerala despite widespread public sentiment running against him.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who represents Wayanad in the Lok Sabha, is reportedly facing pressure and a "flood of emails" from Congress workers in her constituency demanding that V D Satheesan be appointed as the Chief Minister.
Senior Congress leaders including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and K. C. Venugopal, on Tuesday expressed deep sorrow over the deadly explosion at a fireworks facility in Thrissur, urging authorities to intensify rescue efforts and ensure immediate medical care for the injured.
The yatra today resumed after a two-day break from Boderli village in the Burhanpur district of Madhya Pradesh.
Addressing a public rally at Sataun in Sirmaur on the last day of campaigning, she urged the people of the state not to waste another five years and to vote judiciously for the party that works for them.
This comes a day after he beat his opponent Tharoor by a huge margin in the race to the party's top post, thus becoming the first non-Gandhi to take over the office after 24 years.
Sonia Gandhi is scheduled to join the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi which is presently in its Karnataka leg.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will join the Bharat Jodo Yatra, said party leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday.
