Congress released its 2024 Lok Sabha poll manifesto here on Friday making of a slew of promises to various sections of society including a legal guarantee for MSP, 50 per cent reservation for women in government jobs, repealing Agnipath scheme, doubling GDP in next ten years, strengthenin
Congress Chief, while speaking at the event organized for launching the party's manifesto for the general elections, took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that the latter is sloganeering for '400 paar' to induct Congress leaders.
The party's election manifesto focuses on 'Paanch Nyay' or five pillars of justice, including 'Yuva Nyay', 'Naari Nyay', 'Kisaan Nyay', 'Shramik Nyay' and 'Hissedari Nyay' as well as the guarantees made by it to the people as part of its poll promises for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Among those who were administered the oath were Golla Baburao, Meda Raghunadha Reddy, Yerram Venkata Subba Reddy, Sanjay Kumar Jha, Syed Naseer Hussain and Ajay Makan.
In a post on X, Nirupam shared a letter written to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, in which he said that the party decided to issue his expulsion soon after receiving his resignation letter last night.
In a key initiative to boost the party's prospects in the Lok Sabha polls, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday launched the party's nationwide door-to-door campaign to distribute the 'Guarantee Cards' which list 25 guarantees of the party
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin expressed gratitude to the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his remarkable service to the nation for 33 years, as the latter retired from Rajya Sabha earlier this year.
Manekshaw was born on April 3, 1914, in Amritsar and he died of pneumonia at the Military Hospital in Wellington, Tamil Nadu, on June 27, 2008, at the age of 94.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote a letter to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as the latter retired from Rajya Sabha. In his letter to the former PM, the Congress chief said, "After having served for more than three decades, an era has come to an end."
The Congress party appointed presidents for seven districts in Karnataka ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The party has announced new names for the President post for Bellary City, Bengaluru East, Haveri, Kopal, Udupi, Raichur and Shimoga.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge condemned the renaming of several areas in Arunachal Pradesh by China on Monday and urged the Centre to reprimand the actions of China, calling Beijing's action "ludicrous".