Congress Party rejection of Ram Temple consecration reflects its dilemma over Hindu vote

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 […]

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.

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’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 […]

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.