“The intention is to make Congress active and strong. But those who simply got ‘appointment cards’ continue to oppose our proposal. What’s the harm in having elected CWC members who will have stable tenures in the party,” he said. Defending the demand for organisational elections in the letter, he said an appointed president right now “may not even have one per cent support”.
August 28, 2020Mr Reddy's funeral will take place in Hyderabad on Monday.
July 28, 2019Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday hit out at the government over lower growth estimates for the current fiscal, saying the worst fears of an imminent economic slowdown have come true. There is a decline in new projects and fresh investment, Chidambaram claimed in a statement. The informal sector is reeling under the ill …
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January 6, 2018Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday said that US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka’s compliment about India lifting 130 million of its citizens out of poverty referred to the achievement of the previous UPA government. “When Ivanka Trump said that India had lifted 130 million people out of poverty she …
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November 29, 2017Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has said that the BJP of today was not the one of the Vajpayee-Advani era, and his party workers need to exhibit a more vigorous fighting spirit to take on it. He alleged the saffron party was “caught” in the hands of “some leaders” who felt that their main agenda …
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November 12, 2017