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Bihar elections: Cong forms committees, Surjewala named head of key panel

Mohan Prakash was made the convenor of the 14-member election management and coordination committee

Bihar elections: Cong forms committees, Surjewala named head of key panel
Updated On : 11 Oct 2020 | 3:47 PM IST

Congress arrays Sonia, Manmohan, Rahul, Priyanka for Bihar battle

The Congress has prepared a list of 30 star campaigners ahead of the first phase of Bihar elections scheduled on October 28, which includes party chief Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi

Congress arrays Sonia, Manmohan, Rahul, Priyanka for Bihar battle
Updated On : 10 Oct 2020 | 6:49 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says won't back down on farm laws issue

Give me free press and institutions which are free, this government will not last for long, Rahul Gandhi said

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says won't back down on farm laws issue
Updated On : 06 Oct 2020 | 11:55 PM IST

Farmer agitation on path shown by Mahatma will be successful: Sonia Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi expressed confidence that the agitation against three recently enacted "black laws" in the agriculture sector will become successful and the peasants will emerge victorious

Farmer agitation on path shown by Mahatma will be successful: Sonia Gandhi
Updated On : 02 Oct 2020 | 12:47 PM IST

Sonia Gandhi says Hathras gangrape victim 'killed by ruthless govt'

Sonia Gandhi attacked Adityanath government over death of Hathras gangrape victim, saying she "did not die but was murdered by ruthless government" and "her body was consigned to flames forcibly".

Sonia Gandhi says Hathras gangrape victim 'killed by ruthless govt'
Updated On : 01 Oct 2020 | 6:26 AM IST

Override new farm laws, Sonia Gandhi tells states ruled by Congress

Party's MP from Kerala moves SC; Amarinder may follow suit

Override new farm laws, Sonia Gandhi tells states ruled by Congress
Updated On : 29 Sep 2020 | 12:04 AM IST

LIVE: 85-90% students appeared in NEET exam, says Ramesh Pokhriyal

Raghuvansh Singh had fallen critically ill late on Friday night and was put on a ventilator in ICU in the AIIMS. Stay tuned for latest LIVE news updates

LIVE: 85-90% students appeared in NEET exam, says Ramesh Pokhriyal
Updated On : 13 Sep 2020 | 8:20 PM IST

Monsoon wind blowing for govt, with many Opposition top guns missing

Congress' reduced strength in Upper House and absence of key critics should help Treasury bench push through contentious Bills

Monsoon wind blowing for govt, with many Opposition top guns missing
Updated On : 13 Sep 2020 | 10:30 AM IST

Process to elect next party president set in motion: Congress

The Congress on Saturday said that Sonia Gandhi has made organisational changes after authorisation from the party's working committee and has set in motion the process of election of the next party president by constituting an election authority. Asked about the organisational changes made by Gandhi and the subsequent reported statements by some leaders who had written to her over party reforms, Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said he had not seen a single statement by any Congress leader on the issue and cannot comment on that. On whether the organisational changes had Rahul Gandhi's imprint, he said Rahul Gandhi was unanimously elected in an AICC session, but post the 2019 verdict he chose to take moral responsibility and resigned. "Crores and crores of Congress workers and unanimously all leaders including the ones that you mentioned in the meeting of the CWC expressed complete confidence in the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and in fact some of them

Process to elect next party president set in motion: Congress
Updated On : 12 Sep 2020 | 11:07 PM IST

Sonia removes Azad, Soni, Vora and Kharge as AICC general secretaries

She also set up a special committee comprising senior leaders A K Antony, Ahmed Patel, and Ambika Soni to assist her in party matters

Sonia removes Azad, Soni, Vora and Kharge as AICC general secretaries
Updated On : 11 Sep 2020 | 10:00 PM IST

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury appointed West Bengal Congress chief by Sonia Gandhi

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday appointed Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as the new president of the West Bengal Congress, the party said

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury appointed West Bengal Congress chief by Sonia Gandhi
Updated On : 10 Sep 2020 | 6:14 AM IST

Dissent letter row: Amarinder backing Rahul may help him lead Cong again

Amarinder strongly backing Rahul in the dissent letter row may help him lead the Congress again in the 2022 Assembly elections

Dissent letter row: Amarinder backing Rahul may help him lead Cong again
Updated On : 06 Sep 2020 | 6:30 PM IST

The man who could be CM: What makes K C Venugopal so important in Congress

Who is K C Venugopal, where did he come from, and where is he going?

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Updated On : 05 Sep 2020 | 7:06 AM IST

KC Venugopal: What makes the leader from Kerala important in the Congress

Valued by both Rahul and Sonia Gandhi, his sights are set on the chief minister's job in Kerala and he may make it there eventually

KC Venugopal: What makes the leader from Kerala important in the Congress
Updated On : 05 Sep 2020 | 7:04 AM IST

Those who still have a grudge are free to talk to Sonia Gandhi: Congress

More than a week after the letter stoked a controversy in the CWC meeting, where the dissenters were cornered by the loyalists, the issue has not died down as the dissenters are now speaking publicly

Those who still have a grudge are free to talk to Sonia Gandhi: Congress
Updated On : 03 Sep 2020 | 3:00 PM IST

No urgency to have an elected Congress president: Salman Khurshid

Khurshid said the leaders who have written to Sonia Gandhi always had access to her and could have approached her rather than writing to her

No urgency to have an elected Congress president: Salman Khurshid
Updated On : 30 Aug 2020 | 4:32 PM IST

Not one concern raised in our letter addressed in CWC meeting: Kapil Sibal

The signatories of the letter have been at loggerheads and termed dissenters within the party by Gandhi family loyalists

Not one concern raised in our letter addressed in CWC meeting: Kapil Sibal
Updated On : 30 Aug 2020 | 1:56 PM IST

Freedom of expression under threat, democracy being destroyed: Sonia Gandhi

Speaking at the foundation laying ceremony of new Assembly building of Chhattisgarh, Gandhi alleged that "powers" that want people to fight are spreading poison of hatred in the country

Freedom of expression under threat, democracy being destroyed: Sonia Gandhi
Updated On : 29 Aug 2020 | 4:30 PM IST

Congress must 'target the BJP with surgical strikes', not its own: Sibal

Former union minister Jitin Prasada called a 'traitor' by party colleague in UP district

Congress must 'target the BJP with surgical strikes', not its own: Sibal
Updated On : 27 Aug 2020 | 10:25 PM IST

Shiv Sena hits out at Cong leaders who wrote letter to Sonia Gandhi

Shiv Sena alleged that the letter written by 23 senior Congress leaders to Sonia Gandhi over their demand for a "full time" party president was a "conspiracy to finish off Rahul Gandhi's leadership"

Shiv Sena hits out at Cong leaders who wrote letter to Sonia Gandhi
Updated On : 27 Aug 2020 | 4:19 PM IST