Politics

"CWC meet condemns changing MGNREGA": Siddaramaiah

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge chaired the CWC meeting at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters. Senior party leaders, including Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, were present.

2025-12-27T08:59:37.575315+00:00 IST

Kesavan slams Congress Working Committee meet

BJP National Spokesperson CR Kesavan took a swipe at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Saturday, saying that the "Insecure Nehru Congress" called its first meeting after losing the Bihar election.

2025-12-27T08:46:51.397436+00:00 IST

Manoj Jha condemns Sengar's bail in Unnao Rape case

He stated that mere slogans for women's empowerment are not enough to ensure execution in the country.

2025-12-27T08:39:13.186905+00:00 IST

Kharge flags SIR, Church attacks; Condemns Hindus lynching

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday flagged the issue of "voter deletion" during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in nine states and three UTs.

2025-12-27T08:36:23.269855+00:00 IST

Assam CM flags demographic change issue in state

Speaking at the Assam State BJP Executive Meeting held at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati, Sarma cited census data to underline his claims. He said that as per the 2011 Census, Muslims constituted around 34 per cent of Assam's population.

2025-12-27T08:22:40.005701+00:00 IST

Kharge addresses the CWC meeting

Kharge, in his opening remarks at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, said that "scrapping" of MGNREGA is an "insult" to Mahatma Gandhi and "a kick" in the stomach of poor people.

2025-12-27T07:52:23.485460+00:00 IST

Shivakumar hits back at Kerala CM over Bengaluru demolition drive

Speaking to the media in Bengaluru, Shivakumar described Vijayan's remarks as "unfortunate" and said leaders from outside the state must first understand Bengaluru's realities before making political comments. The Deputy CM maintained that the action was aimed at protecting public land and not targeted at any community.

2025-12-27T07:28:38.977851+00:00 IST

Giriraj Singh slams Mamata Banerjee over illegal immigration

Giriraj Singh's stark criticism came amid the recent killing of two Hindu men in Bangladesh, raising concern over the violence against minorities.

2025-12-27T07:24:00.160876+00:00 IST

Pansare on allying with NCP ahead of PMC polls

NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar faction) leader Azam Pansare, following his meeting with Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar at Pimpri-Chinchwad on December 26, expressed his wish to establish an alliance with the Ajit Pawar faction ahead of Pune Municipal elections.

2025-12-27T07:18:50.774519+00:00 IST

TMC's five-member delegation to meet Chief Electoral Officer

The Election Commission published the draft rolls on December 16, following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in West Bengal, with 58,20,899 electors, accounting for 7.59 per cent, deleted due to death, being untraceable, or permanent migration.

2025-12-27T06:27:47.720461+00:00 IST

Congress CWC meeting begins at Indira Bhawan

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday chaired the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) Headquarters at Indira Bhawan in New Delhi.

2025-12-27T06:01:54.304145+00:00 IST

"DMK will be routed...": PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss

Ahead of the upcoming 2026 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) President Anbumani Ramadoss has intensified criticism of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government and predicted on Saturday that Chief Minister MK Stalin will be defeated, citing widespread anger among people due to unfulfilled promises.

2025-12-27T04:52:11.192074+00:00 IST

"Only Hindutva leader in Maharashtra": Prakash Mahajan

Former MNS leader Prakash Mahajan on Friday joined Shiv Sena, stating Eknath Shinde is Maharashtra's sole Hindutva leader, prompting his decision.

2025-12-27T04:33:02.130295+00:00 IST

BJP MP Anurag Thakur critises Congress over VB-G RAM-G Bill row

Commenting on the opposition's anger over the removal of Mahatma Gandhi's name from the reformed version of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the BJP MP said that Congress remembered Mahatma Gandhi only in 2009 and not in the prior employment schemes.

2025-12-27T04:20:45.323318+00:00 IST

‘Will Congress pin responsibility on Rahul Gandhi for failures?’

Ahead of the Congress Working Committee meeting, Bharatiya Janata Party National Spokesperson CR Kesavan questioned whether the party will hold Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi "accountable" for his failure in the Bihar Assembly election and "disastrous vote chori campaign."

2025-12-27T04:05:17.990561+00:00 IST

Dy CM Ajit Pawar meets senior NCP SP leader Azam Pansare

Following the meeting, NCP SP leader Azam Pansare told mediapersons that he and Ajit Pawar had a discussion on a lot of general issues and expressed the wish to have an alliance between the two parties.

2025-12-27T03:54:44.137353+00:00 IST

Unnao rape case: "CBI has not taken any steps", says DMK MP P Wilson

The SLP was filed against the Delhi High Court's order dated December 23, 2025, which suspended Sengar's life sentence pending disposal of his appeal and granted him bail subject to certain conditions.

2025-12-27T03:40:52.457187+00:00 IST

"No dispute over seat sharing": BJP MLA Ameet Satam on BMC polls

BJP MLA Ameet Satam on Friday denied reports of a dispute over seat sharing among the Shiv Sena and BJP, saying that there is no disagreement over this matter and the Mahayuti alliance will contest the BMC elections on all 227 seats.

2025-12-27T03:24:38.602986+00:00 IST

I have done every work in the party: DK Shivakumar

Speaking to reporters after meeting AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, Shivakumar said, "I have done every work in the party. Haven't just delivered speeches from the dais."

2025-12-27T02:37:47.063853+00:00 IST