NEW DELHI/PATNA: RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday endorsed Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee‘s desire to take over the reins of INDIA bloc from Congress, days after Sharad Pawar too had backed her.“Congress’s reservations (on this) amount to nothing. Mamata ko do (give her the leadership role),” Lalu said.Congress, though, played down the issue. At a…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday told his party MPs not to react to comments of “middle- and low-rung” leaders from the INDIA bloc while asserting that the Congress party, being the largest in the alliance, was capable of addressing issues.The sources told news agency PTI that Rahul Gandhi,…
Priyanka Gandhi and Sambit Patra (R) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi on Friday responded to BJP MP Sambit Patra‘s remarks, where he referred to leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi as a “traitor of the highest order.” She said that, for her brother, “nothing is above this country.”“Those who can call Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi,…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday joined the opposition leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi, in their protest against the central government over Gautam Adani indictment issue outside the Parliament. Playing upon PM Modi‘s recent poll rhetoric of “ek rahenge, safe rahenge,” Rahul sported t-shirt which said “Modi Adani ek hai”…
NEW DELHI: Differences among INDIA bloc parties became more visible Tuesday as TMC and SP refrained from joining Congress-led protests over the Adani issue in Lok Sabha.MPs from Congress, AAP, RJD, Sena UBT, DMK and Left parties, among others, raised slogans against PM Narendra Modi demanding accountability be fixed for alleged corruption by the corporate…
NEW DELHI: With the first two days of the Winter Session washed out in both Houses of Parliament since it opened on Monday, essentially over the Adani issue, Trinamool Congress took a different line, from the Congress-led charge against the government, at its meeting of party MPs meeting on Wednesday. “TMC wants the House to…
NEW DELHI: Ratcheting up pressure on the Adani issue, Congress will hit the streets on Aug 22 to demand a JPC probe into the “mega scam” demanding the resignation of SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch in the wake of fresh Hindenburg allegations.The nationwide agitation, decided in a meeting of top Congress leaders chaired by Mallikarjun…
