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Cause for concern

The Congress' electoral prospects continue to decline

Youth Cong launches 'Bharat Jodo' campaign on Rajiv's death anniversary

National President of Indian Youth Congress, Srinivas BV said that the revolutionary thought of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi laid the foundation of Young India

'Rollback excise duty on fuel to UPA level,' says Congress on price cut

The Congress on Saturday accused Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of "befooling'' people after she announced an excise duty cut on petrol and diesel and said people needed relief

Adhir denies controversial 'when a big tree falls' tweet, blames hackers

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday denied that he used the phrase when a big tree falls, ground shakes along a photograph of Rajiv Gandhi on his Twitter handle

BJP rakes up dynasty politics to divert attention from real issues: Cong

A day after PM Modi targeted opposition parties over dynasty politics, the Rajasthan Congress hit back on Saturday saying BJP leaders level such allegations to divert attention from real issues

Congress not 'Big Daddy', respects regional parties: Rahul Gandhi

Backtracking from his stand in Udaipur, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said his party respects regional outfits and does not want to be "the Big Daddy"

Telangana CM KCR, Kejriwal teaming up for anti-Congress opposition front

Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao, on his visit to Delhi today, will be visiting Mohalla clinics along with Kejriwal.

The free rider problem of Hindutva

Political free-riding happens everywhere because even though people don't actively espouse a cause, they don't disapprove of it enough either

Karti Chidambaram to be given 3 days' notice before arrest: Court tells CBI

A special CBI court here on Friday told the Central Bureau of Investigation that Congress' Karti Chidambaram needs to be given written notice three days's prior if the probe agency needs to arrest him

Timid response won't do; PM must defend nation: Rahul on Pangong Tso issue

The Congress on Friday continued its attack on the government over reports of China building a second bridge over Pangong Tso lake in eastern Ladakh

Cong's Shashi Tharoor takes a swipe at Centre over tackling Covid-19

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday took a dig at the government by posting a picture seemingly from a shop where the book 'A Nation to Protect', chronicling its response to the Covid pandemic, is displayed in the "popular fiction" segment. "Check out #PopularFiction in India these days!" Tharoor tweeted along with the picture. The book authored by Priyam Gandhi-Mody has Prime Minister Narendra Modi on its cover page and gives an account of the central government's response to the Covid-19. Tharoor also took a swipe at the government by comparing the prices of food items during the current NDA rule and the UPA era. "One more difference between the UPA era & the NDA: you feel it daily!" Tharoor tweeted with the hashtag inflation. He shared a list of food items such as rice, wheat, sugar, tomato and onion with their prices in 2014 and 2022.

Help those affected in Assam flood: Rahul Gandhi to party workers, leaders

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday urged party workers and leaders to extend all possible assistance to people who are affected by severe flooding in Assam."Lakhs of people are affected by severe flooding in Assam. I urge Congress workers and leaders to continue extending all possible assistance to the rescue and relief operations," he said in a tweet.Assam floods have affected more than seven lakh people across 29 districts leaving nine people dead."Till now, 7,17,046 people across 29 districts have been affected due to the flood situation in the state. Nine people have died in floods and landslides so far," Assam State Disaster Management Authority said on Thursday.Assam State Disaster Management Authority said that at present 1413 villages are underwater and Nagaon is the most affected district where 2.88 lakh people are reeling under the calamity. In Cachar nearly 1.2 lakh people and in Hojai more than 1.07 lakh people were affected, it said.A portion of the Kampur-Kathiatali .

Sidhu to surrender in Patiala court today after SC's one-year jail sentence

The apex court on Thursday enhanced the sentence of Sidhu to one-year rigorous imprisonment in the road rage incident in which a 65-year-old man had died

Veteran leader Sunil Jakhar joins BJP days after leaving Congress

Belonging to the Jat community, Sunil, son of a Congress stalwart and a popular farmers' leader Balram Jakhar, is a three-term MLA and a former Lok Sabha member from Gurdaspur

SC sentences Navjot Sidhu to one year imprisonment in 1988 road rage case

In its 2018 verdict, the apex court had reduced the sentence of Sidhu from three years imprisonment to Rs 1,000 fine.

Gujarat Patidar leader Hardik Patel quits Congress months before polls

Gujarat Patidar quota agitation spearhead Hardik Patel on Wednesday said he has resigned as the Gujarat Congress working president as well as from the party's primary membership.

Smriti Irani's jibe at Cong, says party upset over Amethi defeat in 2019

Union minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani on Monday said the Congress was still upset with her for defeating its then-president Rahul Gandhi from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 elections

HD Kumaraswamy takes a dig at Rahul Gandhi for remark on regional parties

Congress is facing a phobia of regional parties, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy said on Monday while taking a swipe at the grand old party leader Rahul Gandhi for his critical comments on those parties. In an apparent sarcastic note, he asked the former Congress president to elaborate to regional parties about ideological commitment, while saying that the national party has no presence in most parts of the country. He said the Congress toppled the I K Gujral-led United Front government, demanding that DMK be kept out of the Cabinet by citing the links of the Dravidian party with the LTTE in the backdrop of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination. But, the same Congress in the later years shared a cordial, political relationship with that party. "Is sharing power with the same DMK for 10 years in UPA-1 and -2 governments, led by Manmohan Singh, an ideological commitment?" he questioned in a tweet. In his address at his party's "Chintan Shivir" (brainstorming camp) in Udaipu

Political bullet-proofing: PM Modi declares third term intentions

Prime Minister Modi by declaring his intention for a third term is setting the Gujarat narrative and politically bullet-proofing himself

Congress' connection with people 'broken', must re-establish it: Rahul

Acknowledging that the Congress' connection with people has been broken, Rahul Gandhi announced on Sunday that the party will undertake a yatra in October to re-establish and strengthen it