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 …
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