In what is seen as a big blow to Odisha Congress ahead of the ensuing elections, sitting MLA from Khariar constituency in Nuapada district, Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi, who quit the party a day before, joined the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday.
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday commended the Supreme Court of India for compelling the State Bank of India to release the Electoral bonds data ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha elections.
Retired IAS officer Gyanesh Kumar (1988-batch IAS) from Kerala retired as secretary of the cooperation ministry in February. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, former Chief Secretary, Government of Uttarakhand, will be the Election Commissioner, sources said.
West Bengal state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to contest from the Berhampore Lok Sabha seat in the upcoming polls and defeat him.
After the Trinamool Congress (TMC) dumped Congress by announcing its candidates for all 42 seats in West Bengal, including a surprise nomination for Yousuf Pathan from the Berhampore Lok Sabha seat for the upcoming polls, state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday claimed t
"Ask people what PM Modi does for them. People should ask themselves what PM Modi does for them putting their hands in their pockets while standing in front of the mirror. The mirror will tell them about their situation," Chowdhury said speaking at a press conference in Murshidabad.
Amid reports that Sandeshkhali prime accused Sheikh Shahjahan is not cooperating with the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID), state Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that officers from the CID will lose their lives if they question the Trinamool Congress strongman.
"All those who have come here are officials from the Railway department. This is a government program. So they are here. This is not a program of any politcal party. I have come here as the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, not as a Congress leader," Choudhary said speaking to repor
In a blistering attack on the ruling TMC after it blamed legal processes for the delay in the arrest of absconding strongman and Sandeshkhali accused Sheikh Shahjahan, Congress state chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday said laying the blame on the Calcutta High Court in the matter amounte
West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday wrote a letter to the Election Commission requesting the central forces to come to the state before the upcoming general elections in March. He emphasised that the locals were losing faith in the state police, adding to which he