NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday signed nominations papers for the upcoming Lok Sabha bypoll in Wayanad, marking her plunge into electoral politics. The Wayanad Lok Sabha seat became vacant after Rahul Gandhi, who won the Lok Sabha polls from there and Raebareli constituency, decided to retain the latter.Congress general secretary Priyanka…
NEW DELHI: After much suspense, Sebi chairperson Madhabi Buch is scheduled to appear before the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament on Thursday, a meeting that on agenda is slated to be a performance review of the top regulator, but which may result in fireworks over its functioning as well as about the recent allegations of…
NEW DELHI: It has been six days since the Election Commission announced dates for the Maharashtra assembly elections, but neither the ruling Mahayuti nor the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi has finalised seat-sharing pact for the “maha” battle of ballots. Leaders of both the alliances claim that they are close to sealing a deal, but the…
MUMBAI: The still-unresolved row between Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) in the Maha Vikas Aghadi is over 15 assembly seats, three of them in Mumbai and 12 in eastern Vidarbha. As both parties are claiming these seats, NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar, UBT Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and AICC general secretary Ramesh Chennithala are set…
Mallikarjun Kharge (left), and Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Scarred by the Haryana debacle, Congress now is focusing on the “rebel factor” in the ensuing Maharashtra polls.Sources said the appointment of senior leaders as observers in each region of the state is for the primary objective of controlling disappointed ticket aspirants from turning rebels, and persuade…
NEW DELHI: After its shock defeat in Haryana, Congress is faced with the unenviable project of picking its new team of functioanries in the state which will signal that the party has learnt its lessons.Sources said Congress has realised the need to throw the net wide to increase its social appeal, amid repeated evidence that…
Sharad Pawar (left), and Uddhav Thackeray MUMBAI: Crucial meetings of the AICC’s central election and screening committees scheduled for Sunday were abruptly cancelled owing to a lack of consensus on MVA’s seat-sharing formula. These panels will meet in a day or two.According to a Congress office-bearer, the party is prepared for any eventuality if there…
RANCHI: INDIA bloc’s election campaign in Jharkhand hit choppy waters on Saturday after an alleged unilateral seat-sharing arrangement between JMM and Congress left RJD fuming.Trouble began in the afternoon after CM and JMM executive president Hemant Soren, accompanied by netas of Congress, announced that JMM and the grand old party would field candidates in 70…
MUMBAI: A day after a virtual breakdown in seat-sharing talks in Maha Vikas Aghadi with Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut and Congress‘s Nana Patole taking potshots at each other and Uddhav Thackeray saying things should not be stretched to breaking point, AICC in-charge for Maharashtra Ramesh Chennithala met Uddhav and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar in…
Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi (File photo) Rahul Gandhi, leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, targeted the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the reservation issue, alleging that “BJP is trying to destroy tribals‘ heritage, history, tradition, medical practices”.Addressing “Samvidhan Samman Sammelan” in Ranchi at poll-bound Jharkhand,…
