While speaking at the meeting of the Congress Manifesto Committee, Shivakumar said, "Congress will prepare a people-friendly manifesto that will help all sections of society. A similar exercise was done while preparing a manifesto for the Assembly election, and we launched the five-guarantee
Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday said the Congress party will not be a silent spectator to the injustice being meted out to Karnataka by the BJP government at the Centre.
"The Prime Minister will always think of the country and its people. There is no politics in it. It is natural for him to think of the 140 core people. This is normal because he is the Prime Minister," Chatterjee said speaking to ANI on Monday.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Saturday that the state government would pay 21 lakh MGNREGA workers their pending wages by February 21.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Friday that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act workers have not received their "dues" for the last two years.
In a proposal aimed at reshaping the country's economic landscape, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has recommended the establishment of a comprehensive Ministry of Investment on the investment front for the interim budget.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) carried out a protest rally from Jadavpur to Garia on Sunday against the BJP-led central government for withholding central funds and the alleged misuse of central agencies.
"They say all of these projects need to be painted saffron. We respect saffron because it is worn by saints. But why should everything be painted in BJP colour?" Mamata Banerjee said speaking at a public distribution program in South 24 Parganas.
Congress General Secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh said the Modi government is continuing with the 'destructive experiments with technology' as the Ministry of Rural Development did not extend the December 31 deadline for implementing Aadhaar-Based Payment System (ABPS), which require
Basic facilities reach on doorstep of the poor for the first time after independence in far-flung border areas of Jammu and Kashmir.
Different government schemes have benefitted the neglected poor people under the Panchayati Raj System in border areas of J&K. Programmes like MGNREGA, PM
The BJP which was unable to repeat its government in Karnataka conducted early this year, was able to wrest power from Congress in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and comprehensively retain power in Madhya Pradesh.