Amid the row triggered by Tharoor’s comments expressing unhappiness with the party, Congress leadership has called a meeting of party members from Kerala on Friday. Senior Congress members from the state which includes organisational managers and MPs are likely to attend the meeting, in which party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi will take part….
NEW DELHI: Shashi Tharoor is no pushover in politics. And the Congress knows that. In October 2022, the former UN dilpomat-turned politician surprised many in the Congress when he announced to contest elections for the post of Congress president against Mallikarjun Kharge – who was the “nominee” of the Gandhis. Tharoor fought the elections against…
AICC to discuss fight against BJP ‘anti-people’ policies in Apr NEW DELHI: Congress will hold its All India Congress Committee (AICC) session in Ahmedabad on April 8 and 9 to deliberate on the challenges posed by the governing BJP’s “anti-people” policies and its “relentless attacks” on the Constitution as well as for charting the party’s…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday urged party members to back those who are firmly committed to its ideology while keeping away from those who “run away in difficult times.”“Promote people ideologically committed to party; stay away from weak who run away in difficult times,” he said at a meeting of senior Congress…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha witnessed a faceoff between Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and leader of opposition Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday when the former announced that a starred question on non-payment of dues to authorities by builders in Noida and other cities of Uttar Pradesh had been “withdrawn”, moments before it was to be taken up.Kharge asked…
The Invest Karnataka 2025 summit in Bengaluru has caused dissatisfaction within the Congress party due to the guest list hierarchy giving prominence to Union ministers and BJP leaders. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi are likely to skip the event scheduled from 12 to 14 February. NEW DELHI: The Invest Karnataka 2025 summit in…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday lost his cool after Bharatiya Janata Party MP Neeraj Shekhar interrupted him during his speech.Kharge was criticising several central government policies, including the rate of inflation, when Neeraj Shekhar, son of former PM and an ex Congress leader Chandra Shekhar, budged in drawing…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, accusing them of conspiring against Sanatan Dharma and “taking payoffs” to speak against it (Sanatan Dharm ke khilaf supari le karke shadyantra rach rhe hain). He said that, “Both the…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday upped the ante against Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of making false allegations against the grand-old-party to defame the leaders in different ways.While addressing a rally in Delhi, Kharge said, “Arvind Kejriwal came to you in the guise of votes, abusing Congress, making false…
NEW DELHI: On the President’s address to Parliament, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday alleged it is “sad that the Modi govt is making the President read BJP pamphlet“.“In this 10 year laundry list, the Modi govt has exaggerated even the smallest schemes. This recurrence has been seen in the President’s address in past years…
