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Tharoor calls for polls to elect Congress president
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 29 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said that a poll should be conducted to elect the next party president. He suggested that workers of all ranks and files should be allowed to contest.
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Priyanka ideal candidate for Congress presidentship, says Captain Amarinde
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 29 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday said that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be a perfect choice to take over as the Congress president.
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Delay hurting us, giving impression of drift, indecision: Tharoor on appoi
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday expressed frustration over the delay in the appointment of a new Congress president saying that it was giving an impression of "drift and indecision".
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PM Modi, Shah, Rahul condole Jaipal Reddy's death
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday condoled demise of former Union Minister S Jaipal Reddy, who passed away at the age of 77 earlier today.
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Milind Deora's resignation not yet accepted: Kharge
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): The Congress on Saturday said the resignation of Milind Deora as Mumbai Congress president has not been accepted.
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Maharashtra Nationalist Mahila Congress president Chitra Kishor Wagh quits
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 27 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Chitra Kishor Wagh on Friday resigned as President of Nationalist Mahila Congress Maharashtra Pradesh. She also gave up the primary membership of the party.
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Rahul back from foreign visit, CWC meeting likely very soon
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 25 (ANI): Rahul Gandhi, who was said to have been away abroad, returned home on Thursday morning, amidst speculation that the much-awaited meeting of the Congress Working Committee may take place soon to choose a successor to him as Congress president.
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MP: Cong equates BJP with mythological demon 'Bakasur', calls it power hun
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 24 (ANI): Maharashtra Congress President Balasaheb Thorat on Wednesday likened BJP with 'Bakasur', a mythological demon in Mahabhar who always remained hungry.
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People of Karnataka lost: Rahul after Congress-JD(S) govt lose trust vote
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 24 (ANI): With Congress-JD (S) coalition government losing the Trust vote in Karnataka Assembly on Tuesday, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said the development marked the defeat of the people of Karnataka while those having greed and vested interested won.
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Pune man wants to become Cong President
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 22 (ANI): While the Congress is yet to make a decision on its new chief after Rahul Gandhi stepped down from the post, a 28-year-old employed at a private automobile company here on Monday said he is that he is going to apply for the post of Congress Presiden
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Priyanka capable of leading Congress, non-Gandhi will cause party to split
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): With the Congress leadership in limbo after the resignation of Rahul Gandhi, party veteran Natwar Singh on Sunday joined the chorus backing Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for the top post, adding that having a non-Gandhi at the helm will cause the party to split.
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UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi pays tributes to Sheila Dikshit
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday paid tributes to former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at her residence here.
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