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Sunil Jakhar Latest to Abandon Sinking Cong Ship. From Jitin Prasada to RPN Singh, A Look at Recent Exits
2 years, 7 months ago

Sunil Jakhar Latest to Abandon Sinking Cong Ship. From Jitin Prasada to RPN Singh, A Look at Recent Exits

News 18  

After months of speculation, which involved a blow hot, blow cold relationship, veteran Congress leader Sunil Jakhar quit the party on Saturday, even as the Grand Old Party has gone into a huddle in Udaipur for a ‘Chintan ‘ Shivir’ to chalk out a roadmap for its rejuvenation. News18 takes a look at the recent Congress exits: Ripun Bora: Former …

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All 4 Legs of Cot Gone: Why RPN Singh's Exit May Give Congress in UP Sleepless Nights
2 years, 10 months ago

All 4 Legs of Cot Gone: Why RPN Singh's Exit May Give Congress in UP Sleepless Nights

News 18  

In 2016, when Rahul Gandhi started his Khat Yatra from Deoria in Uttar Pradesh, it was RPN Singh who was at the forefront of it, being the biggest leader Congress had from Kushinagar region in eastern UP. It is apparent that all the four leaders in question, RPN Singh, Jitin Prasada, Lalitesh Tripathi and Imran Masood felt they simply cannot …

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Jitin Prasada quits Congress, joins BJP
3 years, 6 months ago

Jitin Prasada quits Congress, joins BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Jitin Prasada, a former Union minister and prominent member of the Congress’ young brigade that is headed by Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday joined the BJP ahead of the crucial Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. Mr Prasada, one of the signatories to the letter written by the "G-23" to the Congress’ interim president Sonia Gandhi, demanding major course correction …

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Pilot trouble for Congress in Rajasthan, party gets no time to heal after Jitin Prasada wound
3 years, 6 months ago

Pilot trouble for Congress in Rajasthan, party gets no time to heal after Jitin Prasada wound

India Today  

With Jitin Prasada, once considered close to Rahul Gandhi and a bright future prospect, joining BJP, the Congress party's bad political days in office seem to be far from over. In Rajasthan, the agreement mediated by Congress top leaders between two factions led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot has not been rolled out even after 10 months. …

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After Jitin Prasada's exit, can Congress rein in next round of defections?
3 years, 6 months ago

After Jitin Prasada's exit, can Congress rein in next round of defections?

India Today  

The buzz in the Congress, social media, mainstream media and in the political circles over the next round of defection/identity of defectors has a simple answer. The usual suspect list of Sachin Pilot, Navjyot Singh Sidhu, RPN Singh and many more from G-23 — the Congress leaders who demanded organisational changes in the party — is misleading. There has been …

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Jitin Prasada May Have Quit Congress Now, But His Trust Deficit With the Gandhis Existed Since 2019
3 years, 6 months ago

Jitin Prasada May Have Quit Congress Now, But His Trust Deficit With the Gandhis Existed Since 2019

News 18  

In March 2019, a month before the Lok Sabha polls, Congress General Secretary in-charge for Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi had come up with an ambitious idea of bringing in a popular Brahmin face as a party candidate, against BJP stalwart Rajnath Singh in Lucknow. A man of sophistication, urban charm, a popular Brahmin face and two-term Union Minister, Jitin’s candidature …

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Jitin Prasada joins BJP: Unlike his father Jitendra, will he able to make Congress rue his absence?
3 years, 6 months ago

Jitin Prasada joins BJP: Unlike his father Jitendra, will he able to make Congress rue his absence?

Firstpost  

Before his death, Prasada Sr who had contested and lost against Sonia Gandhi for the leadership of Congress was totally disillusioned with the Congress and Gandhis, in particular On 23 March, 2019, Congress had survived a scare of losing Jitin Prasada to the BJP. Even as Jitin Prasada suffered another humiliating defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, forfeiting deposit …

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Who is Jitin Prasada?
3 years, 6 months ago

Who is Jitin Prasada?

India TV News  

In a major setback for the Congress party months ahead of Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, senior party leader Jitin Prasada on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Prasada also served as a minister in the cabinet of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as MoS for Steel. He was also among the 23 Congress leaders who called for an organisational …

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Palace Intrigue Victims? Before Jitin Prasada, His Father Too Was Disillusioned with Cong & Gandhis
3 years, 6 months ago

Palace Intrigue Victims? Before Jitin Prasada, His Father Too Was Disillusioned with Cong & Gandhis

News 18  

On March 23, 2019, the Congress had survived a scare of losing Jitin Prasada to the BJP. Even as Jitin Prasada suffered another humiliating defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, forfeiting deposit from Dhaurahra parliamentary seat, Prasada, a second-generation dynast, remained disillusioned, edgy and rebellious within the Congress till Wednesday afternoon. Jitendra Prasada had contested against Sonia Gandhi for …

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Salman Khurshid: Feel very low that Jitin Prasada quit Congress | Interview
3 years, 6 months ago

Salman Khurshid: Feel very low that Jitin Prasada quit Congress | Interview

India Today  

After Jyotiraditya Scindia, another GenNext leader and Rahul Gandhi aide, Jitin Prasada, stunned the Congress by switching over to the BJP, ahead of the Uttar Pradesh election. In an interview with India Today TV Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid said he feels very low that his colleague Jitin Prasada quit the party, but added that it …

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Why Jitin Prasada switched from Congress to BJP
3 years, 6 months ago

Why Jitin Prasada switched from Congress to BJP

India Today  

Jitin Prasada has made a switch anticipated for quite some time. Long considered as one of the closest aides of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Jitin Prasada had been sulking within the party for being “ignored”. Jitin Prasada is said to have developed differences with the Gandhis around the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election when Rahul Gandhi joined hands with Samajwadi …

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Sonia, Manmohan among 30 star campaigners for Congress in Bengal, G-23 left out
3 years, 9 months ago

Sonia, Manmohan among 30 star campaigners for Congress in Bengal, G-23 left out

India Today  

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi are among 30 star campaigners who will address the party's public meetings in poll-bound West Bengal. The list of the party's star campaigners for West Bengal comprises former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, and former Punjab minister …

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Team Priyanka's Stamp, Father's History & Internal Rebellion: No Smooth Sailing for Jitin Prasada
4 years, 3 months ago

Team Priyanka's Stamp, Father's History & Internal Rebellion: No Smooth Sailing for Jitin Prasada

News 18  

In March 2019, a month before the Lok Sabha polls, Congress general secretary in charge for Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi, discussed the possibility of fielding a popular Brahmin face as a party candidate against BJP stalwart Rajnath Singh in Lucknow. While the leadership changes in the UP Congress, under new president Ajay Kumar Lallu, and strong intervention at the strategy …

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Congress Should Target BJP with Surgical Strikes, Not Its Own: Kapil Sibal on Jitin Prasada Backlash
4 years, 3 months ago

Congress Should Target BJP with Surgical Strikes, Not Its Own: Kapil Sibal on Jitin Prasada Backlash

News 18  

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal, a key member of 'Group of 23' that has sought an urgent organisational overhaul, on Thursday said it was "unfortunate" that the party was targetting its own member Jitin Prasada when it needed to target the ruling BJP with "surgical strikes". Congress needs to target the BJP with surgical strikes instead of wasting its energy …

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Congress Dissenter Jitin Prasada Faces Backlash in UP, 'Official' Targeting Miffs Kapil Sibal
4 years, 3 months ago

Congress Dissenter Jitin Prasada Faces Backlash in UP, 'Official' Targeting Miffs Kapil Sibal

News 18  

Despite voices of dissent being quelled and Congress leaders reaffirming their faith in the Gandhis, the letter signatories seem to be facing their colleagues’ wrath. Miffed by fresh opposition cropping up with the party, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said that it is unfortunate that Prasada is being “officially” targeted in UP Congress. “Unfortunate that Jitin Prasada is being officially …

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Congress should target BJP with surgical strikes, not its own Jitin Prasada: Kapil Sibal
4 years, 3 months ago

Congress should target BJP with surgical strikes, not its own Jitin Prasada: Kapil Sibal

India Today  

Congress leader Kapil Sibal, a key member of 'Group of 23' that has sought an urgent organisational overhaul, on Thursday said it was "unfortunate" that the party was targetting its own member Jitin Prasada when it needed to target the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party with "surgical strikes". The Lakhimpur Kheri District Congress reportedly passed a resolution demanding action against Prasada, …

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'Sack him': Jitin Prasada faces heat in UP Congress for writing letter to Sonia Gandhi
4 years, 3 months ago

'Sack him': Jitin Prasada faces heat in UP Congress for writing letter to Sonia Gandhi

India Today  

Three days after Congress president Sonia Gandhi said she does not have any ill feelings against the 23 Congress leaders who wrote her a letter demanding a leadership overhaul of the party at all levels, Congress leader Jitin Prasada faces heat in his home turf of Lakhimpur Khiri in Uttar Pradesh. The local district unit of the Congress party has …

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