Mamata Banerjee (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Congress, weakened by its electoral losses in Haryana and Maharashtra, now faces a strong challenge to its leadership of the INDIA(Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) bloc. Days after the Congress dismissed Mamata Banerjee‘s pitch to lead the opposition coalition as a ” good joke”, some of its allies…
NEW DELHI: The opposition led by Congress on Tuesday submitted a notice to move a motion for the removal of Rajya Sabha chairperson and vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar, accusing him of acting in a “partisan manner.”The INDIA bloc managed to rally around 60 opposition MPs from parties including Congress, RJD, TMC, CPI, CPI-M, JMM, AAP,…
NEW DELHI: A day after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her willingness to take up responsibility as the leader of the INDIA bloc, a flurry of responses from alliance partners poured in. While the Congress played down her capability to assume a national role, Shiv Sena (UBT) adopted a different stance by accommodating…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Tuesday rejected the idea of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee becoming leader of the INDIA bloc terming the suggestion a “joke”.“That’s a good joke,” Tagore quipped when asked about TMC leaders’ remarks.This comes after TMC MP Kirti Azad asserted that Mamata was a better face to lead…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Friday condemned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi‘s remark comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to outgoing US President Joe Biden and called it “unfortunate”.Rahul Gandhi speaking at a rally during Maharashtra elections, had said that PM Modi was “losing his memory” just like Biden.“My sister was telling me…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve on Thursday sharpened his attack on Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) ally Congress, claiming the party became “overconfident after the Lok Sabha elections”. Danve said the MVA would have performed better had they announced Uddhav Thackeray its CM candidate for the Maharashtra elections in which the bloc faced…
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor (ANI file photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday took a divergent position from his party’s stance over the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) following the party’s poor showing in Maharashtra’s assembly elections.While Tharoor defended the reliability of EVMs, he expressed concerns about possible manipulation within the electoral…
LoP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi during ‘Samvidhan Divas’ function at Samvidhan Sadan, in New Delhi. (PTI) NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday slammed leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and said he did not greet President Droupadi Murmu at the event held to mark Samvidhan Diwas in Parliament.Posting two clips of the…
NEW DELHI: Yet another member of the Nehru-Gandhi family has entered Parliament. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra made a resounding debut in electoral politics by winning the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll with an impressive 64.99% vote share. Priyanka polled 6,22,338 votes and won the seat with a huge margin of 4.1 lakh votes – eclipsing the 3.6…
NEW DELHI: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant Soren expressed gratitude to his supporters while urging them to gift books instead of flower bouquets during congratulatory meetings. Soren took to social media platform X to share his appreciation, writing, “My heartfelt thanks to everyone for the good wishes I am receiving from across the country….
