Congress leader Kirti Azad to join TMC in Delhi today
3 years, 1 month ago

Congress leader Kirti Azad to join TMC in Delhi today

India TV News  

Highlights On December 23, 2015, Kirti Azad was suspended from BJP Kirti Azad later joined Congress in 2018 Azad was a part of the World Cup-winning Indian team in 1983 Congress leader Kirti Azad is set to join Trinamool Congress on Tuesday at 5 pm in the national capital, informed sources. On December 23, 2015, he was suspended from BJP for openly targeting Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over alleged irregularities and corruption in Delhi and District Cricket Association and later in 2018 he joined the Congress. The development comes amid West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's visit to Delhi, who is slated to be in the national capital till November 25. She will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday to discuss issues pertaining to the Border Security Force and the development of the state during her visit to Delhi.

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TMC’s Kirti Azad, Dola Sen set to be nominated as chairpersons of House panels
3 months, 2 weeks ago

TMC’s Kirti Azad, Dola Sen set to be nominated as chairpersons of House panels

Hindustan Times  

The Trinamool Congress, which is the fourth largest party in Lok Sabha and third biggest in Rajya Sabha, is set to nominate Kirti Azad and Dola Sen as chairpersons of standing committees, people aware of the matter said on Thursday. Azad, a Lok Sabha member, is likely to head the chemical and fertilizers committee and Sen the commerce and industries …

NC-Congress alliance forced Ghulam Nabi Azad to bow out: Omar Abdullah
4 months, 2 weeks ago

NC-Congress alliance forced Ghulam Nabi Azad to bow out: Omar Abdullah

Hindustan Times  

National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Friday said his party’s alliance with the Congress has forced former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to excuse himself from campaigning for his party’s candidates. And the first result of our alliance is Ghulam Nabi Azad quitting campaigning for his party’s candidates. Notably, Azad’s decision had a negative impact on the new party …

Mamata invites Akhilesh to participate in Trinamool Congress’ Martyrs Day rally
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Mamata invites Akhilesh to participate in Trinamool Congress’ Martyrs Day rally

The Hindu  

Nearly six weeks after the Lok Sabha polls, Trinamool Congress chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will address party workers on Sunday at the annual Martyrs’ Day event where she is expected to speak about key issues, including the party’s role in the Opposition INDIA bloc. Earlier this month, the Trinamool Congress chairperson met Nationalist Congress Party president …

Kirti Azad: Mamata Banerjee gave me new political life, will fight for my constituency
7 months, 1 week ago

Kirti Azad: Mamata Banerjee gave me new political life, will fight for my constituency

The Hindu  

Kirti Azad could always measure his opponents on 22 yards, but on the political pitch he was required to show the nous to tame an “unknown enemy”, and this time it was former West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh. Azad, a member of the 1983 World Cup winning team and a two-time former BJP MP from Bihar’s Darbhanga, stunned political …

HT interview: Vajpayee knew how to take Opp along, says Kirti Azad
7 months, 1 week ago

HT interview: Vajpayee knew how to take Opp along, says Kirti Azad

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party does not have a vision and the Lok Sabha election results are only “the beginning of the end” of the party, cricketer-turned-politician Kirti Azad, who won the polls from Bardhaman-Durgapur seat in West Bengal on a Trinamool Congress ticket, tells HT in an interview. Kirti Azad What helped the TMC do well in Bengal? The people …

Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s wife Rivaba contesting Gujarat elections; how cricketers played on political turf
2 years, 2 months ago

Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s wife Rivaba contesting Gujarat elections; how cricketers played on political turf

India TV News  

Gujarat Assembly election 2022: Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja and his wife and BJP leader Rivaba Jadeja on Monday attended an event in Jamnagar that has been organised ahead of the filing of nomination for the upcoming elections. Former Mohammad Kaif joined Congress and contested 2014 Lok Sabha election from Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh, but he lost to BJP leader Keshav Prasad …

‘Forced to leave my home…’: Ghulam Nabi Azad on his exit from Congress
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Forced to leave my home…’: Ghulam Nabi Azad on his exit from Congress

Hindustan Times  

Ex Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad - whose exit last week added to the party's woes before the 2024 election - said Monday he was 'forced to leave home'. Veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad who resigned from party last week. Asked if he would, instead, form his own political party - something close aide GM Saroori said Sunday - …

'Will ally with only...': Taj Mohiuddin, who quit Congress to join Azad camp
2 years, 4 months ago

'Will ally with only...': Taj Mohiuddin, who quit Congress to join Azad camp

Hindustan Times  

Taj Mohiuddin, who joined the Ghulam Nabi Azad camp after resigning from the Congress, said on Sunday that the party led by the former Congress veteran will not merge with any political outfit. Taj Mohiuddin has joined the list of leaders who have resigned from the Congress and joined Ghulam Nabi Azad’s camp. Mohiuddin has joined the list of leaders …

Ghulam Nabi Azad has become 'azad' now: Union minister Smriti Irani
2 years, 4 months ago

Ghulam Nabi Azad has become 'azad' now: Union minister Smriti Irani

India TV News  

Ghulam Nabi Azad quits Congress: Taking a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Union minister Smriti Irani has said that Ghulam Nabi Azad has become 'azad' now but Amethi has been "liberated" long ago. Veteran Congress leader Azad, who ended his five-decade association with the grand old party on Friday, accused Rahul Gandhi of demolishing the entire consultative mechanism and …

Ghulam Nabi Azad’s road to resignation from Congress
2 years, 4 months ago

Ghulam Nabi Azad’s road to resignation from Congress

Hindustan Times  

There had been a growing distance between former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and the top leadership of the party for the past two years even though their separation officially took place on August 26. In one instance of friction in 2019, Ghulam Nabi Azad returned to work, irking Rahul Gandhi, when the Congress continued protests in the Lok Sabha …

Exits of Congress veterans Azad, Kapil Sibal leave G-23 in disarray
2 years, 4 months ago

Exits of Congress veterans Azad, Kapil Sibal leave G-23 in disarray

Firstpost  

The G-23, the members of which were ridiculed by the party loyalists after their letter became public on August 24, 2020, has virtually disintegrated over time with the resignations of Azad and Kapil Sibal, seen as the prime movers of the initiative. New Delhi: Ghulam Nabi Azad’s resignation from the Congress on Friday marked the most high-profile exit of one …

Ghulam Nabi Azad’s hint on next political move after Congress exit
2 years, 4 months ago

Ghulam Nabi Azad’s hint on next political move after Congress exit

Hindustan Times  

Veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad - whose exit from the Congress has plunged the party into a fresh crisis - has signaled about his next political move in his five-page resignation letter. Ghulam Nabi Azad addresses Congress workers at a programme to pay tribute to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary, in Jammu. ) Ghulam Nabi Azad …

Arjun Singh, BJP's Bengal vice-president and MP, rejoins Trinamool Congress
2 years, 7 months ago

Arjun Singh, BJP's Bengal vice-president and MP, rejoins Trinamool Congress

India TV News  

Highlights Bengal BJP vice-president and MP Arjun Singh rejoins Trinamool Congress He joined TMC in the presence of general secretary and Mamata's nephew Abhishek Banerjee Some misunderstandings made him sever ties with TMC, Arjun Singh said BJP West Bengal vice-president and MP Arjun Singh on Sunday joined Trinamool Congress in the presence of party's general secretary and Mamata Banerjee's nephew …

Trinamool Congress to set up ad hoc committee in Goa to strengthen base in State
2 years, 8 months ago

Trinamool Congress to set up ad hoc committee in Goa to strengthen base in State

The Hindu  

The Goa unit of the Trinamool Congress has decided to set up an ad hoc state level executive committee with a view to strengthen its base in the State ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Recently, the party appointed cricketer-turned-politician Kirti Azad as its in charge for the State, replacing Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra. "It was decided that …

TMC's Kirti Azad spreads fake news about BJP leader during Uttar Pradesh elections
2 years, 11 months ago

TMC's Kirti Azad spreads fake news about BJP leader during Uttar Pradesh elections

Op India  

On Saturday, February 12, TMC leader and former cricket Kirti Azad took to social media to spread fake news that BJP leaders are getting attacked in Uttar Pradesh on the second phase of polling in the state. BJP’s national executive committee member Dr Anirban Ganguly was quick to rebuke the son of former Bihar chief minister Bhagwat Jha Azad and …

Infighting over Padma award: Karan Singh backs Ghulam Nabi Azad
2 years, 11 months ago

Infighting over Padma award: Karan Singh backs Ghulam Nabi Azad

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Karan Singh on Thursday backed his party colleague Ghulam Nabi Azad, calling him a “well-deserved” candidate for India’s third highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan. “These national awards should not become a subject of inter-party controversy, far less of intra-party ones… If one of our colleagues is honoured, he should be greeted with warm appreciation rather …

Congress retaliates to 'no UPA' barb, set to launch all-out attack against Mamata Banerjee
3 years, 1 month ago

Congress retaliates to 'no UPA' barb, set to launch all-out attack against Mamata Banerjee

Firstpost  

This comes in the wake of the West Bengal chief minister taking a swipe at the Congress during her meet with NCP chief Sharad Pawar, where she declared “there is no UPA now” New Delhi: As several leaders from its fold joined the Trinamool Congress in the last few months, Congress has now decided to launch an all-out attack on …

Meghalaya: 12 MLAs, including former CM Mukul Sangma, quit Congress, to join TMC today
3 years, 1 month ago

Meghalaya: 12 MLAs, including former CM Mukul Sangma, quit Congress, to join TMC today

Firstpost  

The move comes after Congress MP Kirti Azad and ex-JD general secretary Pawan Varma joined the Mamata Banerjee-led party In a massive jolt to the opposition Congress in Meghalaya, 12 of its 17 MLAs led by former chief minister Mukul Sangma will join Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress on Thursday, said one of the defecting lawmakers H M Shangpliang. We will …

Massive Jolt For Congress In Meghalaya As Ex-CM Mukul Sangma, 11 MLAs Join TMC
3 years, 1 month ago

Massive Jolt For Congress In Meghalaya As Ex-CM Mukul Sangma, 11 MLAs Join TMC

ABP News  

Shillong: In yet another massive setback for the Congress, this time in Meghalaya, 12 out of party's 18 MLAs joined Trinamool Congress on Wednesday, sources told ABP News. According to reports, the 12 MLAs who left the party also include former Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma. Several reports suggested that Sangma felt cornered at the party, a concern which has been …

Mamata Banerjee to meet Narendra Modi today; development of state, BSF jurisdiction on agenda
3 years, 1 month ago

Mamata Banerjee to meet Narendra Modi today; development of state, BSF jurisdiction on agenda

Firstpost  

The West Bengal chief minister’s visit to the capital is taking place days ahead of the winter session of Parliament that is scheduled to begin on 29 November Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. Briefing the media in Kolkata on Monday, Banerjee said, “I am going to Delhi today …

From Congress and JD (U) camps, Kirti Azad to bat for TMC now
3 years, 1 month ago

From Congress and JD (U) camps, Kirti Azad to bat for TMC now

Firstpost  

The former cricketer said that the he will work under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee and start working on the field. New Delhi: Congress leader Kirti Azad joined the Trinamool Congress in the national capital on Tuesday in the presence of party chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Besides Azad, former JDU general secretary Pavan Varma also joined …

'Could Varun Gandhi Switch to TMC?' Buzz Spreads ahead of Mamata's Delhi Visit, Party Mum
3 years, 1 month ago

'Could Varun Gandhi Switch to TMC?' Buzz Spreads ahead of Mamata's Delhi Visit, Party Mum

News 18  

After the assembly elections and a series of bypolls in West Bengal this year, several leaders from the Congress and the BJP have left and joined the victorious Trinamool Congress. Trinamool Congress, however, did not say whether there would be such a “surprise” during Mamata Banerjee’s stay in Delhi. At the moment, it is clear that Mamata Banerjee and the …

Actor Nafisa Ali joins TMC in Goa ahead of 2022 polls
3 years, 2 months ago

Actor Nafisa Ali joins TMC in Goa ahead of 2022 polls

India Today  

Actor Nafisa Ali has joined the Trinamool Congress in Goa in the presence of party chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Mamata Banerjee arrived in Goa on Thursday evening on her maiden visit to the poll-bound state, a tour being seen as an attempt by her to gauge the political mood in the BJP-ruled state ahead of the …

Fifth BJP legislator joins Trinamool Congress in less than six months
3 years, 2 months ago

Fifth BJP legislator joins Trinamool Congress in less than six months

Hindustan Times  

In another blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal, Krishna Kalyani --- the party’s MLA from Raiganj in north Bengal --- joined the ruling Trinamool Congress on Wednesday. Krishna Kalyani -- the BJP’s MLA from Raiganj in north Bengal joined the ruling Trinamool Congress in Kolkata on Wednesday. He had quit the BJP on October 1 after being …

UP Congress leader Rajesh Pati Tripathi, son join TMC in Mamata Banerjee's presence
3 years, 2 months ago

UP Congress leader Rajesh Pati Tripathi, son join TMC in Mamata Banerjee's presence

India Today  

Two senior Congress leaders from Uttar Pradesh joined the Trinamool Congress in Siliguri in the presence of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday. Father-son duo Rajesh Pati Tripathi and Lalitesh Pati Tripathi, both formerly in the Congress, said they would continue the "fight" to dislodge BJP from power in UP and the Centre. Lalitesh Pati Tripathi took to Twitter …

How the TMC plans to enter Uttar Pradesh by breaking up the Congress
3 years, 2 months ago

How the TMC plans to enter Uttar Pradesh by breaking up the Congress

India Today  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is keen on adding to the Trinamool Congress’ growing kitty of leaders poached from the Congress. Now it has set its eyes on Uttar Pradesh’s Lalitesh Tripathi, who resigned from the post of state Congress vice-president a fortnight ago for reasons not yet known. The TMC has opened a party office in Uttar Pradesh …

Congress-Prashant Kishor relationship sours
3 years, 3 months ago

Congress-Prashant Kishor relationship sours

The Hindu  

The Congress and election strategist Prashant Kishor’s public sparring over the grand old party’s prospects of political revival triggered a war of words between Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and the Trinamool Congress. Priyanka’s arrest Though he didn’t name any leader in his tweet, the obvious reference is to the buzz that Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s arrest in …

From East to West: TMC's Goa gameplan revealed | Exclusive
3 years, 3 months ago

From East to West: TMC's Goa gameplan revealed | Exclusive

India Today  

As West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee eyes a national footprint after the historic win in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress prepares to go west from east. TMC SPOTS OPPORTUNITY IN GOA Party insiders tell India Today TV that the Trinamool Congress spotted an opportunity in Goa, which it decided to explore. Earlier in 2014, the All India Trinamool Congress …

Mamata’s Delhi Visit Could be PK’s Strategy to Reignite Regional Party Power Ahead of 2024 LS Polls
3 years, 6 months ago

Mamata’s Delhi Visit Could be PK’s Strategy to Reignite Regional Party Power Ahead of 2024 LS Polls

News 18  

On March 23, 2019 — ahead of the Lok Sabha Polls — Congress president Rahul Gandhi compared Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee with BJP’s Narendra Modi. Despite her desperate call for a ‘Mahagathbandhan’– even after having a mega show on January 19, 2019 where 23 political party leaders were present at the Brigade Parade ground — the anti-BJP front turned …

Former TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi joins BJP in presence of party chief JP Nadda
3 years, 10 months ago

Former TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi joins BJP in presence of party chief JP Nadda

India TV News  

Former Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi joined the BJP on Saturday, weeks after he announced quitting his Rajya Sabha membership on the floor of the House deploring "violence" in poll-bound West Bengal. A number of TMC leaders have quit the party in recent months to join the BJP as the saffron party mounts an aggressive all-out campaign to end Chief …

What Ghulam Nabi Azad said on whether he will join BJP after PM Modi's praise | Exclusive
3 years, 10 months ago

What Ghulam Nabi Azad said on whether he will join BJP after PM Modi's praise | Exclusive

India TV News  

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad in an exclusive conversation with India TV on Saturday raised the issue of the party as well as the opposition becoming weak. Ghulam Nabi Azad and other veteran Congress leaders including Kapil Sibal, Anand Sharma, Raj Babbar earlier in the day had highlighted that Congress was becoming weak during Shanti Sammelan in Jammu. Congress …

Some Members of Congress' 'Group of 23' Dissenters Meet Ghulam Nabi Azad for Tea on Farewell Day
3 years, 11 months ago

Some Members of Congress' 'Group of 23' Dissenters Meet Ghulam Nabi Azad for Tea on Farewell Day

News 18  

On the day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a teary-eyed farewell to Congress senior leader and veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad in the Rajya Sabha, a few among the INC’s ‘group of 23’ dissenters met Azad for a cup of tea in the evening. Among those who met Azad were former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Congress Loksabha MPs …

Nirbhaya's mother denies joining Congress after Kirti Azad says 'welcome Asha Devi'
4 years, 11 months ago

Nirbhaya's mother denies joining Congress after Kirti Azad says 'welcome Asha Devi'

India TV News  

Asha Devi, Nirbhaya's mother, has denied reports of her joining politics. Earlier, media reports claimed Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi would contest as a Congress candidate against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. This came after Congress' election in-charge in Delhi, Kirti Jha Azad, announced the decision on Twitter saying: "Welcome Asha Devi." The Bharatiya Janata Party is set to announce its …

Ghulam Nabi Azad visit stirs up Congress
5 years, 2 months ago

Ghulam Nabi Azad visit stirs up Congress

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: State Congress leaders are drawing strategies to lobby for the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee presidency with senior AICC leaders, who are scheduled to visit Hyderabad on Tuesday. The party high command is deputing senior leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and former Karnataka minister H. K. Patil as observers for agitations being launched in Telangana as part of nation-wide protests against …

Suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad to formally join Congress on February 15
5 years, 11 months ago

Suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad to formally join Congress on February 15

Op India  

Cricketer-turned-politician suspended BJP MLA Kirti Azad is all set to join hands with Congress on February 15, as per media reports. The three-time Member of Parliament from Darbhanga, Bihar, is expected to join Congress ahead of the upcoming elections in presence of the party president Rahul Gandhi. The BJP had suspended Kirti Azad back in December 2015 who had been …

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