Ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls in Karnataka, Congress Election Committee will meet today and a list of candidates to contest for the elections will be released post-meeting, said Karnataka Congress Chief DK Shivakumar.
In the Rajya Sabha, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar rejected the 'point of order' raised by Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge on Union Minister Piyush Goyal's demand for an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks in the United Kingdom. Goyal had not named Gandhi.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said an extensive discussion would be done in the meeting regarding the remaining 100 seats ahead of the Karnataka assembly elections.
Taking to Twitter, Kharge said, "For the third time, China has dared to "rename" our areas in Arunachal Pradesh. April 21, 2017 -- 6 places, December 30, 2021 -- 15 places, April 3, 2023 -- 11 places".
Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said that the prices of 651 essential medicines which were likely to increase by 12 per cent due to rising wholesale price index (WPI) will now witness a reduction in their retail prices by an ave
Manadaviya, in a series of tweets was replying to Kharge's earlier tweet in which he took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a reported hike in prices of some essential medicines, saying he has taken "supari (contract)" to "pick pockets" of the people.
"As per the instructions of AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, the Congress party is set to launch a postcard movement over the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as Lok Sabha MP," the TPCC chief told ANI.