Jairam Ramesh

The Congress on Sunday said that it was being held to raise the issue of price rise, unemployment, and economic slowdown, which has adversely impacted the people of the country.

Hours after veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned and attacked the party, several party leaders dubbed his action as “unfortunate” and slammed him saying his DNA has been modi-fied. “A man who has been treated with the greatest respect by the Congress leadership has betrayed it with his vicious personal attacks, which reveal his […]

The Congress on Monday launched the logo, website and slogan for the 3,500 km Bharat Jodo Yatra foot march led by Rahul Gandhi that will be kick-started on September 7 with the tagline of Mile kadam Jude vatan.   Senior Congress leaders Digvijaya Singh and Jairam Ramesh unveiled the tagline of the yatra and also launched its website […]

“I am not against corporates; I am against monopoly because it crushes people," said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday, while interacting with civil society members to discuss the party's 3,500 km Bharat Jodo Yatra

NEW DELHI: It’s a 3,500-km padyatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir to apparently “unite the nation”. And the Bharat Jodo Yatra, to be undertaken by the Congress, will now be launched on September 7. Earlier, it was to be held from October 2. In a statement, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said, “On this […]

NEW DELHI: High-octane drama unfolded in New Delhi after Congress leaders hit the streets over the issue of inflation, unemployment and GST on essential commodities. Several senior party leaders, including Gandhi scion Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, were detained. Congress has given a clarion call to party units to hold protests across […]

In the wake of the heavy police deployment outside Congress headquarters, the grand old party on Wednesday launched a scathing attack at the Centre following the Enforcement Directorate sealing the offices of Young Indian (YI) at the party-owned Herald House in New Delhi.

NEW DELHI: Hours after the Supreme Court upheld Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) powers in money laundering cases, Congress on Wednesday said there are chances that the “political usage” of ED by the Centre will increase after this judgement. In a statement, Congress media in-charge Jairam Ramesh said, “The judgment pronounced by the Supreme Court on the […]

NEW DELHI: Former Congress chief and Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi was detained along with several other party MPs while they were marching from Parliament towards Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday. The Congress lawmakers were protesting over alleged misuse of investigative agencies against opposition parties and demanding a discussion on the issue of price rise, inflation, GST […]

NEW DELHI: Union minister Smriti Irani on Saturday called Congress’ allegation that her daughter runs an “illegal bar” as “attempts of character assassination”, saying that she is being targeted by the Gandhi family for defeating Rahul Gandhi in Amethi. “The character assassination of my daughter is being done on the instructions of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi […]