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  By Vineet Upadhyay DEHRADUN: As senior Congress leader Harish Rawat threw the gauntlet ahead of the by-poll at Champawat in Uttarakhand, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is in no mood to take any chances as it looked for a smooth passage for Chief Minister Pushkar Dhami. As CM Dhami filed his nominations from Champawat, […]

  NEW DELHI: A day after election strategist Prashant Kishor declined its membership offer, the Congress on Wednesday said that “our doors and windows are open for anyone keen to join us”. Addressing a press conference here, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said that the Grand Old Party is in process of making necessary changes to […]

Shimla: Poll-bound Himachal Pradesh is bracing itself for a political ‘son rise’ of a different kind. At least the Congress thinks so. Former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s wife Pratibha Singh’s appointment as the PCC president on Tuesday has not just paved the way for her rise as a political force to reckon with in Himachal, but […]

NEW DELHI: Hours after Prashant Kishor turned down Congress’ offer to join the party, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu met the poll strategist and shared a selfie of them on Twitter. Showing enthusiasm about meeting his old friend, the former Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president tweeted, “Had a wonderful meeting with my old friend PK… Old […]

  NEW DELHI: In declining Congress’ offer to join the party, Prashant Kishor held out the mirror as he said that more than him, Congress needs leadership and collective will to fix “deep-rooted structural problems”. “I declined the generous offer of Congress to join the party as part of the EAG (Empowered Action Group) and […]

  NEW DELHI: A day after Samajwadi Party MLA Azam Khan, who is currently in prison “snubbed” to meet his party MLA, met Congress leader and spiritual guru Acharya Pramod Krishnam in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district jail on Monday. After his meeting with Khan, Krishnam said that putting the senior Samajwadi Party leader in prison […]

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday said that it is forming an Empowered Action Group (EAG) to prepare for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 and to address the political challenges that the party is facing. The party, however, avoided answering any queries on the induction of poll strategist Prashant Kishor into the Grand Old Party. The […]

  NEW DELHI: Embattled Congress to hold a three-day ‘Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir’ in Udaipur to discuss the poll debacles in five states earlier this year and to prepare for the forthcoming elections with the main focus on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Speaking to the media here today, Congress general secretary and national spokesperson […]

NEW DELHI: Days after poll strategist Prashant Kishor presented a roadmap for the revival of the Congress, party leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Wednesday said that the party had constituted a committee to look into Kishor’s suggestions and also called its two chief ministers to meet with him. Speaking to the media, Surjewala said, “Sonia […]

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the National Herald case. According to senior ED officials, following summons issued by the ED, Kharge appeared before the financial probe agency sleuths around 11.05 am to record his statement […]