NEW DELHI: “We are very hopeful that our results will be completely opposite of what exit polls are showing,” Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi said on Monday when asked about her expectations. Gandhi made the remarks after attending an event here to pay tribute to DMK stalwart M Karunanidhi on his 100th birth anniversary.On…
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: Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday made an appeal to the women voters across the country, reaffirming her party’s commitment to provide an annual sum of Rs 1 lakh to a woman from poor families if voted to power.In a video message, Sonia noted the significant role played by women in the…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Smriti Irani has thrown down the gauntlet to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi, inviting them to a debate on any television channel, with an anchor of their choice, at a time and place of their choosing, and on any issue they desire. Irani declared, “Dono bhai-behen ek taraf aur BJP…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had already started experiencing a sense of insecurity, sensing the ground shifting beneath his feet.Speaking at a large public gathering, Kharge paid tribute to veteran Congress leader from the region, ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury. He highlighted Choudhury’s steadfast support for then…
Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi is back in the news, having vacated the party’s traditional stronghold, Rae Bareli, for her son, Rahul Gandhi. This political maneuver has drawn attention to a curious anomaly among Gujarat’s tribal communities of South Gujarat: the prevalence of the name ‘Sonia’ among men.The name, believed to have been derived from…
NEW DELHI: The suspense around Congress’s picks for Amethi and Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seats finally ended on Friday. And yes, one of the Gandhis is in the fray in politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, as a senior party leader A K Antony had stated almost a month back. But there are some twists…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s “Mangalsutra will not be safe under the Congress rule” remark, stating that her mother (Sonia Gandhi) “sacrificed Mangalsutra” for the nation.“My mother’s ‘Mangalsutra’ was sacrificed for this country,” the Congress leader said referring to her father Rajiv Gandhi‘s assassination in…
