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Ex-MLA's followers ransack TD office in Srikakulam
9 months ago

Ex-MLA's followers ransack TD office in Srikakulam

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Former MLA and senior TD leader Gunda Lakshmi Devi and her followers ransacked the party office in Srikakulam on Friday after the party president N. Chandrababu Naidu announced the name of Gondu Shankar as the candidate for the Srikakulam assembly constituency. Soon after the announcement of Sankar’s name for the Srikakulam constituency, a furious Lakshmi and her followers attacked …

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Resignations of the ’powerless’ and a Congress that keeps disappointing
11 months, 1 week ago

Resignations of the ’powerless’ and a Congress that keeps disappointing

Live Mint  

A few months before the countdown begins for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 and Milind Deora's exit has reignited past grievances, underlining how the Congress keeps disappointing its young leaders. MILIND DEORA Milind Deora left the Congress on January 14 and joined Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena for "development". JITIN PRASADA Jitin Prasada, ex-UPA minister and Congress' prominent …

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Kharge vs Tharoor: Congress to get first non-Gandhi president in 24 years today
2 years, 2 months ago

Kharge vs Tharoor: Congress to get first non-Gandhi president in 24 years today

India TV News  

Highlights All sealed ballot boxes from 68 polling booths set up across country have been brought to Delhi The Congress has claimed that its internal democracy has no parallel in any other party It's 6 time in Cong's nearly 137-year-old history that electoral contest is deciding new President Congress President Election: The Congress will get its first non-Gandhi president in …

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Shashi Tharoor plans to run for Congress president?
2 years, 3 months ago

Shashi Tharoor plans to run for Congress president?

The Hindu  

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is exploring the possibility of running for the party President’s post, The Hindu has learnt, though the only indication from him is an article he wrote for a Malayalam daily on Monday, in which he expressed hope that several candidates come forward for the contest. Mr. Tharoor, citing the example of the ongoing leadership race in …

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Would Congress democratise itself? Unlikely, if one goes by past precedence
2 years, 3 months ago

Would Congress democratise itself? Unlikely, if one goes by past precedence

India Today  

Naysayers have been proven wrong. Arjun Singh, ND Tiwari, K Natwar Singh, Sheila Dixit and others who, in 1995, left the grand old party to form a breakaway Tiwari Congress, returned to the parent organisation in 1997 when the Congress was out of power and Sitaram Kesri was AICC president. WHEN JITTY BHAI TOOK ON SONIA The Congress had witnessed …

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Yogi anti-Brahmin bias comes to fore; outrage over I-Day bar on cameramen
2 years, 5 months ago

Yogi anti-Brahmin bias comes to fore; outrage over I-Day bar on cameramen

Deccan Chronicle  

The ongoing developments in the Yogi Adityanath government have not only put the focus back on the Uttar Pradesh chief minister’s centralized style of functioning but also revived talk about his bias against Brahmins. # When Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar announced that former Rajasthan governor and senior Congress leader Margaret Alva would be the joint opposition’s candidate for …

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'New Chapter in Political Journey': Congress Heavyweight RPN Singh Quits Party, Joins BJP
2 years, 10 months ago

'New Chapter in Political Journey': Congress Heavyweight RPN Singh Quits Party, Joins BJP

News 18  

In yet another blow for the Congress, which is struggling to keep its house in order ahead of assembly elections, Congress heavyweight and former minister RPN Singh quit the party and joined the BJP ahead of the upcoming assembly elections. Announcing the decision on Twitter, Singh shared his resignation letter addressed to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and said he was …

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Regional Parties Can't Do Any Good to the Country, Says BJP Leader Jitin Prasada
3 years, 6 months ago

Regional Parties Can't Do Any Good to the Country, Says BJP Leader Jitin Prasada

News 18  

The country does not happen to be of any priority for regional parties and they cannot do any good to it, former Union Minister Jitin Prasada said here on Saturday. Without taking any name, Prasada hit out at the regional parties in the wake of Akhilesh Yadav, the chief of Uttar Pradesh’s main regional party, of late making consistent attacks …

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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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'Team Rahul' disintegrates; after Scindia, Prasada will Sachin Pilot be the next?
3 years, 6 months ago

'Team Rahul' disintegrates; after Scindia, Prasada will Sachin Pilot be the next?

India TV News  

"No point being in a party if you cannot help the people," Jitin Prasada said after he switched sides from the Congress to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Prasada's crisp statement made it amply clear what all was wrong with the Congress, an issue which was highlighted by 'G23' in the letter addressed to Congress president Sonia Gandhi last year. Jitin …

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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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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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In Fresh Snub to Group-23, Jitin Prasada, Raj Babbar Left Out as Cong Announces Panels for UP Polls
4 years, 3 months ago

In Fresh Snub to Group-23, Jitin Prasada, Raj Babbar Left Out as Cong Announces Panels for UP Polls

News 18  

The Indian National Congress on Sunday evening announced panels in the run-up to the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls and former Union minister Salman Khursheed has been tasked with the responsibility of heading the Manifesto Committee. In a key development, dissenters, including Jitin Prasada and former UP Congress Committee chief Raj Babbar, who were signatories to a letter to the …

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Dissenters Raj Babbar, Jitin Prasada left out of 7 UP poll panels formed by Congress
4 years, 3 months ago

Dissenters Raj Babbar, Jitin Prasada left out of 7 UP poll panels formed by Congress

India Today  

With an eye on the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls due in 2022, Congress has announced seven committees to revamp itself. Another prominent leader from Uttar Pradesh, former Union minister RPN Singh, has not been accommodated in any of the committees. Another leader, Raj Babbar, who was the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president till recently has also failed to find a …

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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, …

Congress Bjp Target Sibal Prasada Jitin Prasada Surgical Strikes
Rajasthan political crisis updates | July 14, 2020
4 years, 5 months ago

Rajasthan political crisis updates | July 14, 2020

The Hindu  

The political crisis in Rajasthan took a dramatic turn on Tuesday with the Congress sacking rebel leader Sachin Pilot both as the Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan as well as Pradesh Congress Committee president. Here are the latest updates: 9.40 pm Sad to see Pilot 'leave' Congress: Tharoor Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said he was sad to …

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