By Mayank Chhaya The decision of the Congress party, the principal opposition in India to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP, not to have its leaders attend the grand inauguration of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya is a calculated political gamble couched as a stand taken out of ideological convictions. The party’s statement calling the much-heralded […]
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Manipur CM Biren Singh denies permission to Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Nyaya Yatra from Imphal
Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Wednesday declined to give permission to use Hapta Kangjeibung Palace compound ground in the state capital Imphal for launch of Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra led by former Congress party President Rahul Gandhi on January 14. After meeting the Chief Minister Manipur, state Congress President Keisham Meghachandra Singh said that the party is now considering three other alternative venues to launch the Yatra.
Major rejig in Cong ahead of 2024 LS polls; Priyanka removed as party’s UP in-charge
In a major rejig ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress on Saturday removed Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the party in charge in Uttar Pradesh as it announced key organizational changes just two days after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting.
Congress decimated in Hindi Heartland, Telangana lone spark of joy for party
The Congress has firmly lost the mandate in the Hindi Heartland. The party has been wiped out of Madhya Pradesh with the BJP winning its fourth assembly election in the state.
‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ resonates even today: Prime Minister Modi pays tribute to Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, while remembering former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri on his birth anniversary said that his iconic call for ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ resonates even today. PM Modi today paid tribute to Lal Bahadur Shastri at Delhi’s Vijay Ghat on the occasion of Shastri Jayanti.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Delhi’s Rajghat on the occasion of the icon’s birth anniversary on Monday. Mahatma Gandhi’s impact is global, said PM Modi in a post on X, today while also urging to work towards fulfilling Gandhi’s dreams.
Louisville Mayor proclaims September 3 as Sanatan Dharma Day
While a political slugfest has erupted in India over comments made on Sanatan Dharma by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader Udhayanidhi Stalin, the mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, Craig Greenberg issued a proclamation declaring September 3 as Sanatan Dharma Day in the city. The announcement was made at the Hindu Temple of Kentucky in Louisville during celebrations of Maha Kumbha Abhishekam.
INDIA bloc meet: Coordination panel, seat sharing, strategy for Parliament special session
Even as the formal meeting of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) is all set to take place here on Friday, deliberations over seat sharing, joint coordination committee and the strategy for the Parliament’s 5-day Special Session is all set to come up for discussion.
Rahul Gandhi will contest from Amethi, says UP Congress chief Ajay Rai
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Amethi, newly appointed Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai said on Friday. Rahul, who had been representing the Amethi Lok Sabha seat since 2004, suffered a shocking defeat in the Gandhi bastion in 2019 when he lost to BJP’s Smriti Irani.
26 opposition parties to take on 38-party ruling alliance in India’s 2024 elections
By Mayank Chhaya- While politicians in the U.S. fuss and fret over whether there should be a third political party, India is preparing for a grand electoral fight between two alliances, one consisting of 26 parties and the other 38. Ironically, it is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which will […]
The ‘famous five’ that turned the tide for Congress in Karnataka
With the Congress all set to return to power with a clear mandate in Karnataka, the grand old party seems to be reaping the benefits of its pin-pointed campaign and the five promises it made to the people of the southern state, party leaders said on Saturday.
PM Narendra Modi performs last rites of his mother Hiraben in Gandhinagar
The last rites of Heeraben Modi, mother of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, were performed at a crematorium in Gandhinagar on Friday morning.
RBI Data: Cash with public up over 70 pc since demonetization; Congress says move destroyed businesses, jobs
At the end of the previous financial year 2021-22 (April-March), it was at ₹30.35 lakh crore, Reserve Bank of India data showed. The currency with the public is now over 70 per cent higher than in comparison to that of the initial demonetization period.
India’s Congress Party Still likes the Old Guard
Mayank Chhaya- On July 14, 1942, barely a week before India’s main opposition party, the Indian National Congress’s new president Mallikarjun Kharge was born, its main decision-making body authorized Mohandas Gandhi to embark on a nationwide mass movement. That movement was famously and succinctly christened ‘Bharat Chhodo Andolan’ or ‘Quit India Movement’ to dislodge the […]
ED to question Sonia Gandhi third time today, Congress calls it harassment
She was questioned for six hours on Tuesday with with a lunch break in between. Her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will accompany her with a medicine box.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to reappear in front of ED in money-laundering case
Congress Party interim president Sonia Gandhi is likely to depose before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Tuesday for her second round of questioning in the money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper.
RBI claims worst of inflation in India may be over
Reserve Bank of India’s July bulletin has claimed that the “worst of inflation” may be behind India. The July bulletin of RBI has stated: “India’s inflation is on the back foot.
Uddhav Thackeray takes oath as Chief Minister of Maharashtra
IANS- Shiv Sena President Uddhav B. Thackeray was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra at a colorful function held on Thursday, Nov. 28 at Shivaji Park in Mumbai, India. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari administered the oath of office and secrecy at 6.40 pm to Thackeray – who sported a striking saffron colored kurta-pyjama, […]
The Rafale judgment is fundamentally flawed
Justice Markandey Katju – I find the Supreme Court verdict on the Rafale deal fundamentally flawed. Let me explain. A fundamental principle in modern democracies is that it is the people who are supreme, and the people act through their representative bodies, Parliament and (where there is a federal Constitution) the state legislatures. Early […]
Rahul Gandhi named Leader of Opposition in India
The Congress announced that senior party leader Rahul Gandhi will be the Leader of the Opposition in the 18th Lok Sabha.
“Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has been appointed as the LoP in the Lok Sabha,” said party General Secretary (Organization), K.C. Venugopal.
INDIA bloc kicks off campaign for Lok Sabha polls at Mumbai rally with call to defeat BJP, ‘save Constitution’
The INDIA bloc on Sunday launched its campaign for the Lok Sabha elections at a mega rally in the country’s financial hub Mumbai, unanimously calling upon the people to defeat the BJP to save democracy and the Constitution. At the rally at the iconic Shivaji Park in central Mumbai, organized on the conclusion of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, leaders of several INDIA bloc parties recalled Mahatma Gandhi’s Quit India movement in 1942, saying that the time has come to work together to relieve the country from the BJP.