Tag: Sonia Gandhi
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Sonia Gandhi named interim Congress president after Rahul firm on quitting
Sonia Gandhi was party president for 19 years and during this period, the Congress headed two back-to-back governments at the centre.
August 11, 2019 -
CWC asks Rahul Gandhi to reconsider his decision to quit as Congress president
"The CWC unanimously appealed to Rahul Gandhi to lead the party as he was the best person for the top post at the time when the BJP-led government was assaulting democracy and undermining people's rights," said Congress media in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala while addressing media persons after the meeting.
August 10, 2019 -
Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi not part of groups formed to elect new party chief
"Rahul and I cannot participate in the election of the new party chief. Putting our names is not good," she told reporters.
August 10, 2019 -
Kashmir an internal matter? Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s blunder leaves Congress leaders red-faced
The statements garnered disappointed and perplexed looks from UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and other Congress leaders.
August 6, 2019 -
Forceful, genteel
Jaipal had such fluency with words that erstwhile party-colleague and bench-mate Yashwant Sinha once quipped that he spoke his own language ~ Jaipalese ~ that could be understood only after consulting a dictionary or thesaurus.
July 30, 2019 -
Amid opposition uproar, Centre stays passing of RTI (Amendment) Bill in Rajya Sabha
The opposition wants the bill along with seven others to be sent to a Joint Select Committee for further discussion and scrutiny.
July 24, 2019 -
Crisis must await Rahul Gandhi return
The RJD blackout is quite different to the selective bans imposed by other opposition parties.
July 24, 2019 -
Centre sees RTI Act as ‘nuisance’, wants to ‘subvert’ it: Sonia Gandhi after LS passes amendments
The RTI (Amendment) Bill, 2019 seeks to make changes to the landmark transparency law and later the salary and tenure structures of Information Commissioners (ICs) in the states and at the Centre.
July 23, 2019 -
Delhi bids adieu to Sheila Dikshit
From the upper echelons of the Congress to the BJP’s top leadership to state parties, almost everyone was present at the funeral.
July 21, 2019 -
Gandhi ghosts will haunt party
The Gandhis are charismatic but Rahul and Priyanka have proved that they are not vote catchers as was seen in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
July 7, 2019 -
Sonia Gandhi takes on government over PSUs, Modern Coach Factory
Raising the issue during the zero hour in the Lok Sabha, she also charged the government of trying to secretly privatise the Modern Coach Factory in her constituency Rae Bareli, adding that it has caused uncertainty among the employees and their families.
July 2, 2019 -
Congress core panel dissolved after poll rout, Rahul Gandhi to remain President
The members of the core committee had met informally to discuss the coming Assembly elections in Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir.
June 13, 2019 -
‘Will find out’, warns Priyanka Gandhi as she pulls up UP Congress workers over poll drub
Priyanka Gandhi had accompanied Sonia Gandhi for a thanksgiving visit to Raebareli, the only constituency that the Congress won in Uttar Pradesh in last month's national election.
June 13, 2019 -
Sonia Gandhi visits Rae Bareli with Priyanka to thank voters
Gandhi, who retained the seat in the Lok Sabha elections held this year, will be addressing a massive gathering of party workers later today.
June 12, 2019 -
From jingoism to economy
It is the less than wholesome fallout from “incrementalism” evident in the unemployment figures touching a 45-year high and the growth rate falling below six per cent (notwithstanding the World Bank’s more optimistic assessment), which Modi has to tackle now on a war footing.
June 10, 2019 -
In Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi meets woman who cuddled him even before his parents
Rajamma told Rahul that it was neither Rajiv Gandhi (his father) nor Sonia Gandhi (his mother), but she who first cuddled him.
June 9, 2019 -
Sonia Gandhi elected Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson; Rahul says will fight BJP everyday
After the Lok Sabha poll debacle, this is for the first time that the newly-elected MPs of the Congress had met to elect the new leader of the parliamentary party.
June 1, 2019