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UDAIPUR (RAJASTHAN): One of the many reasons that have been cited as key to Congress’s gradual decline is its leaders’ propensity for nepotism. On the first day of the three-day Chintan Shivir in Udaipur, the Congress asserted that the Grand Old Party will witness a massive change as it discussed ‘one family, one ticket’. Addressing […]

NEW DELHI: It was a statement of admission as Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Monday acknowledged that there are no magic wands for her party’s revival of fortune. Sonia Gandhi was speaking at the Congress Working Committee meeting ahead of the party’s three-day Chintan Shivir in Udaipur, Rajasthan from May 13 to 15. Speaking […]

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: Putting an end to all speculations, the Congress party on Tuesday said that the poll strategist Prashant Kishor has “declined” its offer to join the party.   The development came a day after Congress announced to constitute an Empowered Action Group-2024 to address the political challenges it is facing.   “Following a […]

  NEW DELHI: Eyeing a comeback in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the Congress top brass, including its interim president Sonia Gandhi, held another round of meeting with poll strategist Prashant Kishor here on Tuesday. According to party sources, Kishor met the top leadership of the Congress for the third time in last four days […]

NEW DELHI: In wake of the recent communal tensions across the country, 13 opposition parties on Saturday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his silence on the matter and appealed to maintain peace and harmony, and also demanded stringent punishment for the perpetrators. In a statement, the opposition parties said, “We are extremely anguished at […]

NEW DELHI: Eyeing a comeback in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday met election strategist Prashant Kishor who gave a detailed presentation to her on the strategy the party should adopt to revive its fortunes. The meeting was held at 10 Janpath, the residence of Sonia Gandhi and was […]

NEW DELHI: A high-level meeting of senior Congress leaders was held at the residence of party’s interim chief Sonia Gandhi here to discuss its recent poll debacle and induction of election strategist Prashant Kishor among many other crucial issues. Senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Ambika Soni, Digvijiya Singh, Ajay Maken, and KC Venugopal […]

NEW DELHI: Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi on Thursday slammed the Centre over the “constant cuts” in budgetary allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and demanded to increase the budget for the scheme. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Gandhi said the scheme helped crores of poor families during the COVID-induced […]

  NEW DELHI: Many leaders of Congress’ dissident G-23 group demanded a “collective and inclusive leadership” in the party following a meeting at the residence of former Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad here on Wednesday evening. The leaders demanded the Congress party to initiate a dialog with “like-minded forces” to create a platform to […]