Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday named Rahul Gandhi as his choice for the prime minister’s post if the INDIA bloc is voted to office on June 4.Asked about West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s proposal at a Nov meeting of the INDIA group that Kharge should be projected as the opposition’s PM candidate, he said…
NEW DELHI: The Congress has decided not to participate in Lok Sabha election exit poll debates on the television channels which are scheduled for Saturday. Announcing the decision Congress leader Pawan Khera on Friday said the party does not wish to “indulge in speculation and slugfest for TRP”.Taking to X, Khera announced party’s decision and…
NEW DELHI: Accusing Congress of ignoring Mahatma Gandhi, PM Modi has said the icon remained unknown to the world till the 1982 film ‘Gandhi’ was made, inviting swift retaliation from Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge who said “those whose ideological ancestors along with Nathuram Godse were involved in the assassination of Bapu can never follow the…
KULLU/SHIMLA: Congress-led INDIA bloc has set itself “a realistic target” of filling 30 lakh job vacancies as soon as it comes to office, unlike PM Modi‘s “false promise” of providing employment to two crore people, Rahul Gandhi said in Himachal on Sunday.He declared Congress would also waive crippling farm loans and scrap the allegedly ill-conceived…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah, confident of a third term for the Narendra Modi-led govt, has asserted that Uniform Civil Code will be implemented across the country in the next five years and justified the PM’s strident opposition to Muslim quota by saying that if opposing it was religion-based campaign, then BJP would continue…
NEW DELHI: As the sixth phase of Lok Sabha concluded on Saturday, Congress claimed the BJP‘s fate is “all but sealed” and said that the INDIA bloc has already crossed the halfway mark of 272 seats and is on course for a tally of over 350 seats in total.Taking on the social media, X, Congress…
NEW DELHI: Congress chief on Thursday released a video message, two days before the Delhi polls, and emphasized the significance of these elections in safeguarding democracy and the Constitution. In the video, Sonia urged the citizens of Delhi to actively participate in this crucial battle and ensure the victory of INDIA bloc candidates across all…
NEW DELHI: Signalling that Congress and AAP will be putting up a united front to strongly counter BJP, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday at a public meeting here said that on May 25 when Delhi goes to polls he will be voting for AAP and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will be voting for Congress. This assertion…
NEW DELHI: Campaigning for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections ended on Saturday amid the sweltering heat and high-pitch political rhetorics and promises by contestants in the fray.In the fifth phase, polling will take place in 49 constituencies across six states and two Union Territories, including the high-stake Rae Bareli and Amethi seats…
NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman was a topic of discussion among the opposition leaders and the public after she appeared to be stumped by a question asked by a stock broker regarding taxes.The question asked was: “As a broker, when we are putting a trade for retail investor, we are attracting a number…
