PM Modi (left) and Mallikarjun Kharge. (Agencies) NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge criticized the Modi government on Saturday over the ‘Make in India‘ scheme, saying that the BJP’s promise to make India a global manufacturing hub has not been fulfilled. In a post on X, he said, “Modi government’s ‘Make in India’ is a…
NEW DELHI: Is Congress MP Shashi Tharoor trying to cock a snook at the party leadership or is the Thiruvananthapuram MP trying to convey a message to party leadership? Tharoor’s praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi – two times in the space of two days – has indeed left the Congress and Rahul Gandhi in…
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge NEW DELHI: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has accused PM Modi’s government of refusing to lower petrol and diesel prices despite a steady decline in crude oil costs.Kharge pointed out that even though global crude prices have fallen by 34% since May 2014, petrol and diesel prices in India have stayed the…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Namami Gange scheme and accused his government of cheating “Maa Ganga” in the name of cleaning the river. This was after Prime Minister offered prayers at Mukhwa temple earlier today and said he feels blessed to visit…
NEW DELHI/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Congress warned party functionaries from Kerala against speaking out of turn or breaching the discipline, warning that action will be taken if any neta “crossed the party line”. The message came as the party brass brainstormed with the state unit to prepare for assembly polls scheduled next year. The party specifically told state…
NEW DELHI: Is the Congress staring at a crisis in yet another party-ruled state? Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar‘s holy dip at the Maha Kumbh and his visit to Sadhguru‘s ashram for Mahashivratri celebrations, where home minister Amit Shah was also present, have raised the hackles of some Congress leaders triggering a row that…
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…
