Senior Congress leader Pradip Bhattacharya on Monday said that the party is paying the price for expelling state Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal. Addressing the press, the veteran Congress leader said the then Congress state president Somen Mitra had expelled Banerjee in 1997 following instructions from the then party chief Sitaram Kesri due to …
The All India Congress Committee is electing its new president on Monday. The third Chief Minister of Madras State, he was the leader of the Congress when the party split up after Indira Gandhi's elevation to the Congress president post. Rajiv Gandhi - 1985-91 Taking over the reins of the party after Indira Gandhi’s assassination, Rajiv Gandhi remained the Congress …
At a four-hour-long meeting, the Congress top body re-affirmed its faith in Sonia Gandhi’s leadership despite the drubbing the party suffered in the five-state Assembly elections They lost the recently-held five-state Assembly elections — suffering a heavy loss in Uttar Pradesh, managing to win only two seats in the 403-member Assembly — but it’s status quo for the Congress. The …
Speculation is rife over 'G 23' Congress dissenters getting an audience with party's interim chief Sonia Gandhi. For Sonia, who holds a distinction of being the longest-serving All India Congress Committee chief in the 136-year history of the Congress, the meeting may see history repeat itself like in 1996 and then 1998 when two serving Congress presidents, first PV Narasimha …
Sitaram Kesri who served as Congress’ party president from 1996 to 1998 after which he was unceremoniously removed to make way for Sonia Gandhi, has not found space on the party’s official website as well. Soon, Sitaram Kesri, who was the Congress party president, was being forced to step down to make way for Sonia Gandhi to become the party …
There was a trend on Twitter “#RahulLovesTerrorists” after Rahul Gandhi referred to Masood Azhar as “Masood Azhar ji”. The Indian Express reported on 24 July 2006 in a report titled: “DMK turns the jail into a spa for Coimbatore terror accused”- “Introduction: Ayurvedic massages for Abdul Nasser Mahdani paid for by taxpayer, wife facing arrest warrant has free access, no …
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