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

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 …

Election Contest Party Senior Leaders Ballot Polls Kharge

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 …

Congress Party Gandhi Pawar Rahul President Polls

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 …

Congress Party Bjp Minister Gwalior Yogi Sonia Gandhi

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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3 years, 6 months ago

Prasada switch gives Pilot and his rebels hope in Rajasthan

India Today

Sachin Pilot would perhaps be sending a ‘thank you’ note to friend Jitin Prasada. The Punjab Precedent In Punjab, the Congress high command had recently deputed a three-member panel consisting of Mallikarjun Kharge, Harish Rawat and JP Aggarwal to talk to Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and dissident leaders such as Navjot Singh Sidhu, Pratap Singh Bajwa and a number …

Rajasthan Congress Party Punjab Pilot Venugopal Gehlot

3 years, 6 months ago

Jitin Prasada is Casteist, Should’ve Been Sacked After He Ran Away from Bengal Polls Responsibility: Veerappa Moily

News 18

Bengaluru: Jitin Prasada’s exit from the Congress has raised questions yet again on the party’s power to retain young leaders. While calling for a ‘major surgery’ in the party under Sonia Gandhi’s leadership, Moily tells CNN-News18 that “casteist” leaders like Jitin should have been sacked long ago. Party has been strengthened by the family of Nehru but, at same time, …

Congress Party Leaders Bjp President Think Bengal

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 …

Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Congress Party Jharkhand Gandhi Bjp

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 …

Leadership Congress Party Uttar Pradesh Bjp Pradesh Uttar Brahmin

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 …

Uttar Pradesh Congress Party Gandhi Lok Sabha Leaders Bjp

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 …

Congress Party Bjp Prasada Jitin Prasada

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 …

Uttar Pradesh Congress Party Lok Sabha Leaders Bjp Singh

3 years, 6 months ago

Ahead of UP Polls, Rahul Gandhi’s Ex-Aide Jitin Prasada Joins BJP

The Quint

He was one of the 23 senior Congress leaders who had written to party chief Sonia Gandhi in 2020, calling for sweeping reforms, collective decision-making, and "full-time, visible leadership". He was tasked with Bengal’s election campaign but that didn’t go down well with the Congress after Prasada publicly criticised the party’s decision to ally with the Indian Secular Front, led …

Congress Party Gandhi Prasada

3 years, 6 months ago

Jitin Prasada joins BJP after meeting Amit Shah amid rift with Congress leadership

India Today

Congress leader and former Union minister Jitin Prasada has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Jitin Prasada met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence on Wednesday morning before joining the BJP. Earlier, BJP MP Anil Baluni had tweeted that an eminent personality will join the party on Wednesday at the party headquarters in Delhi and sparked speculation around Jitin …

Congress Party Union Bjp Prasada Jitin Prasada Jitin Prasad

3 years, 6 months ago

No point being in a party if you can't help people: Jitin Prasada on leaving Congress

India Today

Congress leader and former Union minister Jitin Prasada, who joined the BJP on Wednesday, has said there was no point being in a party "if you cannot help the people". Jitin Prasada joined the BJP in the presence of Union minister Piyush Goyal at the party headquarters in New Delhi. BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, who left the Congress last year …

Congress Party Bjp Pm Modi Prasada Jitin Prasada Jitin

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 …

Congress West Bengal West Star Star Campaigners List Singh

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 …

Congress Party Union Committee Singh Cong Raj

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 …

Uttar Pradesh Congress Party Priyanka Gandhi Gandhi Priyanka Cwc

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 …

Congress Bjp Target Sibal Prasada Jitin Prasada Surgical Strikes

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 …

Congress Party Gandhi Cwc Kapil Sibal Sonia Gandhi Lakhimpur Kheri

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

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 …

Congress Party Resolution Gandhi Leaders Cwc Letter Kapil Sibal

4 years, 3 months ago

Congress leaders continue parleys

The Hindu

After getting rapped on the knuckles by the Congress Working Committee for making public the letter written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, raising a host of questions on the party’s functioning, the group of leaders who authored the letter had a long meeting at party General Secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad’s residence in Delhi. The CWC urges and advises all concerned …

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

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

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

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

Prasada switch gives Pilot and his rebels hope in Rajasthan

Jitin Prasada is Casteist, Should’ve Been Sacked After He Ran Away from Bengal Polls Responsibility: Veerappa Moily

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

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

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

Who is Jitin Prasada?

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

Ahead of UP Polls, Rahul Gandhi’s Ex-Aide Jitin Prasada Joins BJP

Jitin Prasada joins BJP after meeting Amit Shah amid rift with Congress leadership

No point being in a party if you can't help people: Jitin Prasada on leaving Congress

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Congress leaders continue parleys