Assam MP Abdul Khaleque Withdraws Resignation From Congress After Meeting Sonia Gandhi
9 months ago

Assam MP Abdul Khaleque Withdraws Resignation From Congress After Meeting Sonia Gandhi

ABP News  

Guwahati: Assam Congress MP Abdul Khaleque, who had resigned from the party on March 15, withdrew his resignation on Wednesday. The MP from Assam’s Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency, Khaleque, met Indian National Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge at his 10 Rajaji Marg residence in New Delhi, and submitted his resignation withdrawal letter on Wednesday noon. In the letter addressed to Kharge, MP Khaleque stated that he had tendered his resignation owing to non-redressal of his grievances and issues by Assam Pradesh Congress Committee President Bhupen Kumar Borah and All India Congress Committee in-charges of Assam. Strengthening Congress is the need of hour, hence I withdraw my resignation and wish to work under your and Rahul Gandhi’s able leadership,” Khaleque added in the letter.

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'Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah will resign soon; DK Shivakumar, Kharge aware': BJP state chief BY Vijayendra
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah will resign soon; DK Shivakumar, Kharge aware': BJP state chief BY Vijayendra

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka BJP President B Y Vijayendra on Friday claimed that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, facing probe in the MUDA site allotment case, will resign soon. Karnataka BJP chief BY Vijayendra Both Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and Congress national President M Mallikarjun Kharge are also aware as to when the CM will quit, he said. He termed Siddaramaiah's reported recent …

Odisha: BJD leader Mamata Mohanta resigns from Rajya Sabha membership
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha: BJD leader Mamata Mohanta resigns from Rajya Sabha membership

India TV News  

The Biju Janata Dal leader Mamata Mohanta has resigned from her Rajya Sabha membership, which has been accepted by the chairman of the Upper House today. Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar said he received the resignation letter on Wednesday from Mohanta. BJD leader likely to join BJP Mamata Mohanta who resigned from her Rajya Sabha membership is likely to join …

Congress to get more Rajya Sabha MP from Telangana
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress to get more Rajya Sabha MP from Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A fresh vacancy was created in the Rajya Sabha on Friday with chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar accepting the resignation of K. Keshava Rao, who had quit as BRS MP after joining the Congress. The Congress did not have any Rajya Sabha members from Telangana since 2018. Keshava Rao was a BRS member of the Rajya Sabha from Telangana from 2014. …

Keshava Rao returns to Congress after a decade as Kharge welcomes him back
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Keshava Rao returns to Congress after a decade as Kharge welcomes him back

The Hindu  

A decade after leaving the party with he was associated for almost five decades, veteran politician and Rajya Sabha member Kancharla Keshava Rao returned to the Congress on Wednesday in the presence of All India Congress Committee president Mallikarjun Kharge and the Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy. Sources said chances of Mr. Keshava Rao quitting his Rajya Sabha membership …

Kharge should talk to Rahul Gandhi about resigning over remarks in LS, says M.P. CM
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Kharge should talk to Rahul Gandhi about resigning over remarks in LS, says M.P. CM

The Hindu  

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Mohan Yadav on Tuesday said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge “should talk to Rahul Gandhi” about resigning over his speech in the Lower House of Parliament on Monday. Senior Congress leader from our Madhya Pradesh, Lakshman Singhji, is among them,” he said, referring to the reaction of former Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh’s brother to …

Will leave Karhal assembly seat soon, says Akhilesh Yadav
6 months, 1 week ago

Will leave Karhal assembly seat soon, says Akhilesh Yadav

Deccan Chronicle  

Etawah : Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Tuesday that he will have to leave one of the two seats he holds, and will be resigning from Uttar Pradesh's Karhal Assembly seat. Akhilesh Yadav, who won the Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency, also holds the Karhal assembly seat. So I will inform you about leaving the seat of Vidhan Sabha …

How B Nagendra’s resignation is a significant setback for the Karnataka Congress
6 months, 2 weeks ago

How B Nagendra’s resignation is a significant setback for the Karnataka Congress

Hindustan Times  

The Congress in Karnataka, which came to power in 2013 after its 320 km padayatra from Bengaluru to Ballari in August 2010 to protest against the then Bharatiya Janata Party state government’s alleged corruption in the Obulapuram mining company illegal mining case. B Nagendra, who was the state minister for tribal welfare and sports, resigned after his name cropped up …

Why Arvinder Singh Lovely resigned as Delhi Congress president: ‘Was against…’
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Arvinder Singh Lovely resigned as Delhi Congress president: ‘Was against…’

Hindustan Times  

In a big jolt to the Congress, Arvinder Singh Lovely has resigned as the president of the party's Delhi unit. In a resignation letter to Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday, Arvinder Singh Lovely said he cannot continue as the president of the Delhi party unit. Former Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh Lovely with party candidate for the Lok …

Punjab IAS officer Parampal Kaur joins BJP, CM says resignation not accepted yet
8 months, 1 week ago

Punjab IAS officer Parampal Kaur joins BJP, CM says resignation not accepted yet

The Hindu  

Parampal Kaur Sidhu, a 2011 batch IAS officer who recently resigned, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday. However, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said Ms. Sidhu’s resignation has not yet been accepted by the government. Ms. Sidhu, the daughter-in-law of Shiromani Akali Dal senior leader Sikandar Singh Maluka, is expected to be fielded from the Bathinda parliamentary constituency in …

Odisha MLA Surendra Singh Bhoi quits Congress after 38 years; two leaders leave BJP too
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha MLA Surendra Singh Bhoi quits Congress after 38 years; two leaders leave BJP too

The Hindu  

Three-time Congress MLA and former Minister Surendra Singh Bhoi resigned from the primary membership of the party after 38 years and joined the ruling BJD on March 29. Two BJP leaders — Nilgiri MLA Sukant Nayak and the party’s Cuttack district president Prakash Chandra Behera — also resigned from their party and are likely to join the BJD. In a …

Unease in Gujarat BJP amid Congress heavyweights’ influx
9 months ago

Unease in Gujarat BJP amid Congress heavyweights’ influx

New Indian Express  

AHMEDABAD: It ensions within the Gujarat BJP have escalated after the announcement of Lok Sabha elections following an influx of Congress leaders into the party, besides internal divisions at the local level. Adding to the turmoil, Ketan Inamdar, a three-term BJP MLA from Gujarat, announced his resignation from the state assembly on Tuesday. He cited his “inner conscience” for his …

Setback to Congress, Khariar MLA Adhiraj Mohan joins BJD ahead of Odisha Assembly election
9 months ago

Setback to Congress, Khariar MLA Adhiraj Mohan joins BJD ahead of Odisha Assembly election

India TV News  

Assembly Election 2024: In a big blow to Congress ahead of the Assembly election, Khariar MLA Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi tendered his resignation from all positions, including the primary membership of the party. Adhiraj Mohan quits Congress In his resignation letter to the Congress state president, the MLA gave no reason for leaving the party. Odisha Assembly Elections Odisha will go …

MP: In Jolt to BJP Ahead of LS Polls, Rajya Sabha MP Resigns From Party
9 months, 1 week ago

MP: In Jolt to BJP Ahead of LS Polls, Rajya Sabha MP Resigns From Party

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: In a jolt to BJP ahead of April-May Lok Sabha polls, Rajya Sabha member from Madhya Pradesh Ajay Pratap Singh on Saturday resigned from the party. In his one-line letter to BJP national president J P Nadda, Mr Singh said that he is resigning from the primary membership of the party. Sources said that he was upset at being …

BJP RS MP Ajay Pratap quits party, expresses displeasure over ‘process of selecting candidates for LS polls’
9 months, 1 week ago

BJP RS MP Ajay Pratap quits party, expresses displeasure over ‘process of selecting candidates for LS polls’

India TV News  

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Bharatiya Janata Party’s Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh Ajay Pratap Singh on Saturday resigned from the party’s primary membership, expressing displeasure over the ruling outfit’s process of selecting candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. "I am resigning from the primary membership of the party," he stated in the one-line letter addressed to BJP chief …

Senior Punjab Congress leader Raj Kumar quits party, joins AAP ahead of Lok Sabha elections
9 months, 1 week ago

Senior Punjab Congress leader Raj Kumar quits party, joins AAP ahead of Lok Sabha elections

India TV News  

In a major setback to the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, senior MLA Raj Kumar Chabbewal resigned from the party and joined the Aam Aadmi Party. The 54-year-old Chabbewal, who is a legislator from Chabbewal assembly constituency in Hoshiarpur district, posted on X, "Resigned today from INC and Legislative Assembly Punjab." In another letter to the Punjab Assembly …

Churu MP Rahul Kaswan resigns from BJP, joins Congress
9 months, 1 week ago

Churu MP Rahul Kaswan resigns from BJP, joins Congress

The Hindu  

Churu MP Rahul Kaswan on March 11 resigned from the BJP and joined the Congress. Announcing his decision, Mr. Kaswan, who was denied ticket by the BJP for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, also expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party leaders for giving him the opportunity to represent Churu as the MP twice. "Due to political reasons, …

Churu MP Rahul Kaswan, denied BJP ticket for Lok Sabha polls, joins Congress
9 months, 1 week ago

Churu MP Rahul Kaswan, denied BJP ticket for Lok Sabha polls, joins Congress

Hindustan Times  

Churu MP Rahul Kaswan on Monday joined Congress in the presence of party president Mallikarjun Kharge shortly after announcing his resignation from the BJP. “I would like to thank Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, and senior leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Govind Singh Dotasra and others for allowing me to join Congress,” Kaswan said at a press conference. Kaswan also thanked …

Haryana BJP MP Brijendra Singh resigns from party, joins Congress
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Haryana BJP MP Brijendra Singh resigns from party, joins Congress

The Hindu  

Bharatiya Janata Party ’s Hisar Lok Sabha member Brijendra Singh on Sunday quit the party due to “compelling political reasons” and joined the Congress within a few hours. Formally joining the Congress in the presence of party’s national president Mallikarjun Kharge, Mr. Singh said that he took the decision to quit the BJP as he was “uncomfortable” and “not in …

The Hindu Morning Digest, March 10, 2024
9 months, 2 weeks ago

The Hindu Morning Digest, March 10, 2024

The Hindu  

Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigns as Lok Sabha polls approach Days ahead of the announcement of the schedule for the upcoming Lok Sabha election, Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigned on March 9. Electoral bonds | SBI plea seeking time till June 30 is condemnable: P Chidambaram Senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday, March 9, …

Congress removes Himachal rebel Sudhir Sharma from ACICCsecy’s post
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress removes Himachal rebel Sudhir Sharma from ACICCsecy’s post

Hindustan Times  

Days after rebelling Congress MLAs cost the party a Rajya Sabha seat and sent the 14th-month-old Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led state government into a spiral, party high command acted removed Dharamshala legislator Sudhir Sharma, at the centre of the rebellion, from the post of AICC secretary. The crisis began for chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on February 27, the day the …

Setback for Congress in Gujarat as senior leaders Ambrish Der, Modhwadia resign
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Setback for Congress in Gujarat as senior leaders Ambrish Der, Modhwadia resign

Hindustan Times  

The Congress party faced a significant setback before the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as two senior leaders in Gujarat, including Arjun Modhwadia, a sitting MLA from Porbandar, and state unit working president Ambrish Der, resigned one after the other on Monday. Gujarat Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi confirmed Modhwadia’s resignation from the party. I pose a question to the BJP: despite …

Gujarat Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia resigns from party over insult to Lord Ram
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Gujarat Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia resigns from party over insult to Lord Ram

Op India  

Arjun Modhwadia, a veteran Congress leader and Porbandar MLA, has tendered his resignation from the party after four decades of service. Gujarat Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia resigns from the Congress party. Declining the invitation to witness pran pratishtha mahotsav has hurt the… pic.twitter.com/jHCpn6nOD1 — ANI March 4, 2024 Describing Lord Ram as the “Aastha of Bharat,” Arjun Modhwadia expressed his …

Arjun Modhwadia, Congress leader resigns from Gujarat Assembly, likely to join BJP
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Arjun Modhwadia, Congress leader resigns from Gujarat Assembly, likely to join BJP

India TV News  

Amid speculations of his joining the BJP in the recent past, former Gujarat Congress President and senior leader Arjun Modhwadia resigned from the state Assembly on Monday. He also wrote to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge informing him about his resignation from the party. Letter to Kharge In a letter to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Modhwadia cited the party leadership's decision …

Odisha: Jolt to Congress As Ex-MLA Anshuman Mohanty Quits Party
10 months, 1 week ago

Odisha: Jolt to Congress As Ex-MLA Anshuman Mohanty Quits Party

Deccan Chronicle  

BY BHUBANESWAR, FEB. 14: Anshuman Mohanty, a former MLA from Rajanagar constituency in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, resigned from the primary membership of the Congress party. He also resigned from the post of president of the Kendrapara District Congress Committee. This may also be treated as my resignation from the post of president of the Kendrapara District Congress Committee. With the …

Ashok Chavan, after Milind Deora and Baba Siddique, resigns from Maharashtra Congress
10 months, 1 week ago

Ashok Chavan, after Milind Deora and Baba Siddique, resigns from Maharashtra Congress

Hindustan Times  

Ashok Chavan, former Maharashtra chief minister, resigned from the Congress on Monday, in yet another setback to the party's Maharashtra unit months – before the Lok Sabha elections and state polls. Former Congress leader Ashok Chavan Ashok Chavan has written to Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Pataole declaring his resignation. When asked about reports claiming that Ashok Chavan might join the …

Former Maharashtra Minister Quits Congress, To Join NCP
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Former Maharashtra Minister Quits Congress, To Join NCP

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: In yet another setback to the Congress in Maharashtra ahead of the Lok Sabha election, former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique on Thursday announced his resignation from the primary membership of the Congress. In a post on X social media, Mr. Siddhique said, “I joined the Indian National Congress party as a young teenager and it has been a significant …

Baba Siddique quits Congress
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Baba Siddique quits Congress

The Hindu  

After nearly five decades as a member of the Congress, former Maharashtra Minister Baba Siddique announced his resignation from the grand old party on Thursday. A prominent figure in the Mumbai Congress and a Minister during the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party coalition’s tenure, Mr. Siddique shared his decision on X, stating, “I resign from the primary membership of the Indian National …

Maharashtra: Former MLA and Minister Baba Siddique leaves Congress
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra: Former MLA and Minister Baba Siddique leaves Congress

Op India  

On Thursday, February 8, former Maharashtra minister, and former Vandre West MLA, Baba Siddique has resigned from the Congress party with immediate effect. Taking to X, Siddique wrote, “I joined the Indian National Congress party as a young teenager and it has been a significant journey lasting 48 years. Today I resign from the primary membership of the Indian National …

Ashok Tanwar resigns from AAP in letter to Kejriwal, blames 'closeness' with Congress
11 months ago

Ashok Tanwar resigns from AAP in letter to Kejriwal, blames 'closeness' with Congress

India TV News  

Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashok Tanwar on Thursday resigned from AAP. Tanwar reportedly wrote a letter to AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal expressing his reservation on AAP's alignment with the Indian National Congress. Earlier ahead of Haryana Assembly Election in February 2022, he resigned from Congress alleging irregularity in ticket distribution. However, he lost the Haryana Congress chief post due …

Milind Deora latest young Congress leader to leave party for greener pastures
11 months, 1 week ago

Milind Deora latest young Congress leader to leave party for greener pastures

The Hindu  

Former Union Minister and ex-MP from Mumbai South Milind Deora's resignation from the Congress on January 14 is the latest addition to a list of young leaders who have left it to begin new innings in other parties, predominantly the BJP. A series of exodus happened thereafter with Priyanka Chaturvedi joining erstwhile undivided Shiv Sena, former Mahila Congress chief Sushmita …

Election 2023: Vasundhara Raje Leaves for Delhi Amid Suspense Over CM Face; Nadda Meets Amit Shah
1 year ago

Election 2023: Vasundhara Raje Leaves for Delhi Amid Suspense Over CM Face; Nadda Meets Amit Shah

News 18  

Election Results Highlights : Live Updates Revanth Reddy Oath Taking Ceremony Our Live Blog Coverage For Election 2023 Results And Telangana Next CM Revanth Reddy Swearing In Ceremony Has Moved Here. Vasundhara Raje Leaves For Delhi Amid CM Pick Discussions Former Rajasthan Chief Minister and BJP leader Vasundhara Raje on Wednesday left for Delhi from Jaipur airport amid discussions over …

10 BJP leaders resign as MPs after win in state elections
1 year ago

10 BJP leaders resign as MPs after win in state elections

Hindustan Times  

Ten Bharatiya Janata Party lawmakers, including two Union ministers, who won assembly seats in the Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh elections resigned from Parliament on Wednesday, amid suspense over the party’s choice of chief minister in each state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP National President JP Nadda during a meeting, in New Delhi With an eye on improving its …

10 of 12 BJP MPs who won state elections resign from Lok Sabha
1 year ago

10 of 12 BJP MPs who won state elections resign from Lok Sabha

India Today  

Ten out of 12 Bharatiya Janata Party Members of Parliament who won the assembly polls in three states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, resigned from their Lok Sabha seats on Wednesday. From Rajasthan, the MPs who submitted their resignation included Rajyavardhan Rathore, Kirodi Lal Meena and Diya Kumari, while Arun Sao and Gomti Sai were the MPs from Chhattisgarh. …

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot submits resignation to Governor after Congress loses Assembly election
1 year ago

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot submits resignation to Governor after Congress loses Assembly election

India TV News  

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2023: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday submitted his resignation to Governor Kalraj Mishra after the defeat of Congress in Rajasthan Assembly elections. As the Congress faced defeat in Rajasthan, outgoing Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said the poll results were "unexpected for everyone" but rejected suggestions that bringing forward "new faces" would have helped the party retain …

Discontent over Congress lists in Rajasthan; MLA Khiladi Lal Bairwa quits Commission’s post
1 year, 1 month ago

Discontent over Congress lists in Rajasthan; MLA Khiladi Lal Bairwa quits Commission’s post

The Hindu  

Amid the discontent over the lists of 156 candidates announced by the ruling Congress for Rajasthan Assembly election so far, Baseri MLA Khiladi Lal Bairwa on Wednesday resigned as chairperson of the State Scheduled Castes Commission. Mr. Bairwa, considered a loyalist of former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, was replaced with Sanjay Kumar Jatav in the constituency reserved for Scheduled …

Rajasthan: Congress MLA Khiladi Lal Bairwa, after being denied ticket, resigns from SC Commission
1 year, 1 month ago

Rajasthan: Congress MLA Khiladi Lal Bairwa, after being denied ticket, resigns from SC Commission

India TV News  

Congress MLA Khiladi Lal Bairwa on Wednesday resigned from the post of chairman of Rajasthan SC Commission moments after being denied a ticket for upcoming assembly elections. 7 incumbent MLAs denied tickets The Congress on Tuesday named 61 more candidates for the Rajasthan Assembly polls, including its national spokesperson Gourav Vallabh and Manvendra Singh, who switched over from the BJP. …

Siddaramaiah forced Congress MLAs to resign in 2019: BJP’s K Sudhakar
1 year, 7 months ago

Siddaramaiah forced Congress MLAs to resign in 2019: BJP’s K Sudhakar

Hindustan Times  

Keshava Sudhakar, who was among the lawmakers whose resignations led to the Congress-Janata Dal government’s fall in Karnataka in 2019, on Wednesday blamed former chief minister Siddaramaiah for forcing them to quit. BJP MLA K Sudhakar In a series of tweets, Sudhakar questioned can Siddaramaiah deny he had no implicit or explicit role in prompting 14 Congress lawmakers to resign. …

Congress leader and ex-Andhra Pradesh CM Kiran Kumar Reddy quits party
1 year, 9 months ago

Congress leader and ex-Andhra Pradesh CM Kiran Kumar Reddy quits party

India TV News  

Congress leader and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday resigned from the primary membership of the party. "Please accept this letter as my resignation from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress," Kiran Kumar Reddy said in his resignation letter. Kiran Kumar Reddy sent his resignation letter to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. Reacting to Reddy's …

Upendra Kushwaha free to leave JDU, says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
1 year, 10 months ago

Upendra Kushwaha free to leave JDU, says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

India Today  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said that Janata Dal United parliamentary board chairman Upendra Kushwaha, who has taken a stand against him, is free to leave the party. Nitish Kumar, who was in Banka on Monday during his Samadhan Yatra, said, "If somebody comes to our party and then leaves, then he is free to leave the party.” The …

Kharge faces questions over \'failure\' to act against rebels
1 year, 11 months ago

Kharge faces questions over \'failure\' to act against rebels

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's apparent "failure" to initiate disciplinary action against dissident functionaries in Haryana and Rajasthan has started raising eyebrows. Also no action was taken against Haryana MLA Kiran Chaudhary for allegedly cross voting during the Rajya Sabha election in June last year leading to the defeat of party candidate Ajay Maken. No action has been taken on …

Kharge should expel Rahul Gandhi from Congress: BJP
2 years ago

Kharge should expel Rahul Gandhi from Congress: BJP

The Hindu  

The BJP launched a fierce attack on Rahul Gandhi on Saturday for his remark that Chinese soldiers are beating up Indian Army personnel in Arunachal Pradesh and said the Congress should immediately expel him from the party. Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said if Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is not "remote-controlled" and if the opposition party stands with the …

Gujarat Congress in-charge Raghu Sharma resigns after party's defeat in Assembly polls
2 years ago

Gujarat Congress in-charge Raghu Sharma resigns after party's defeat in Assembly polls

India TV News  

Gujarat Congress in-charge Raghu Sharma has resigned taking moral responsibility for the party's defeat in the state Assembly polls, party office-bearers said on Thursday. "Taking moral responsibility for the unexpected defeat, Sharma has resigned as in-charge of the state Congress,” sources in the Gujarat party unit said. Gujarat Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi said despite the party's hard work, the loss …

Mallikarjun Kharge resigns as LoP in RS before Cong president poll
2 years, 2 months ago

Mallikarjun Kharge resigns as LoP in RS before Cong president poll

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge has tendered his resignation as the Leader of Opposition of Rajya Sabha after filing his nomination for the party’s presidential poll. “I hereby tender my resignation from the post of Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha, consequent upon my filing of nomination for the post of President, All India Congress Committee,” Kharge wrote to …

Mallikarjun Kharge resigns as leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha
2 years, 2 months ago

Mallikarjun Kharge resigns as leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha

Hindustan Times  

Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday tendered his resignation as the leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha after filing his nomination for the party’s presidential poll race. Mallikarjun Kharge, a Dalit leader from Karnataka, is set to become the first non-Gandhi Congress president since 1998. “I hereby tender my resignation from the post of Leader of Opposition, Rajya …

Neglected, Punjab Mahila Congress chief resigns
2 years, 3 months ago

Neglected, Punjab Mahila Congress chief resigns

Hindustan Times  

Upset over being neglected by the party leadership, Punjab Mahila Congress president Balvir Rani Sodhi has resigned from her post. “Kindly relieve me from the post of president Punjab Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee as I am unable to continue due to unavoidable compulsions of my circumstances,” she wrote to the Congress chief on Monday, with copy marked to party MP …

Four more Congress leaders, 12 Apni Party workers, resign in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad in J&K
2 years, 3 months ago

Four more Congress leaders, 12 Apni Party workers, resign in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad in J&K

The Hindu  

Four more Congress leaders, including former deputy speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Gulam Hyder Malik, and a dozen prominent workers of the Apni Party resigned from their respective parties on August 29 in support of veteran politician Ghulam Nabi Azad. In a related development, 12 workers of the Apni Party from Doda, including its district president Asgar Hussain …

Top leaders in Rahul’s coterie that runs Congress: Azad’s resignation letter
2 years, 3 months ago

Top leaders in Rahul’s coterie that runs Congress: Azad’s resignation letter

Live Mint  

Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who resigned from the primary membership of the party, criticized the "coterie" that runs the Congress party, in his resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi. Earlier, KB Byju used to be in the Special Protection Group, but later joined Rahul Gandhi's team after becoming the party's general secretary. The list also includes Oxford-educated Kaushal Vidyarthee, …

Ghulam Nabi Azad’s resignation letter to Congress similar to the one I wrote when leaving party: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
2 years, 3 months ago

Ghulam Nabi Azad’s resignation letter to Congress similar to the one I wrote when leaving party: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

The Hindu  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on August 26 said the resignation letter sent by Ghulam Nabi Azad to Congress president Sonia Gandhi had many similarities with the one he had written when he quit the party in 2015. The problem in the Congress is that everybody knows Rahul Gandhi is "immature, whimsical and unpredictable" but his mother is still …

Ghulam Nabi Azad’s hint on next political move after Congress exit
2 years, 3 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 …

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