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Fail to understand why G-23 leaders who wanted polls are now backing off: Tharoor
Talking exclusively to IANS, Tharoor said that polls for the post of Congress President are being held after five years. The last election was held in 2017, which Rahul Gandhi had won unanimously. The last contested election was held in 2000, when Sonia Gandhi defeated Jitendra Prasada by a huge margin.
Bharat Jodo Yatra enthuses Cong workers, but will it translate into votes?
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that no power could stop this yatra, whatever happens the yatra will not stop. On entering Karnataka he asserted that the reason for the yatra is to listen to the people and tell them about the Opposition whose voices are muzzled.
Ashok Gehlot's desert storm may just sweep away Cong gains in Rajasthan
The Congress workers are already fed up with discussing rebels, political camps, infighting and finally the party's future after the last four years since the Congress has been in power in Rajasthan. They agree that the party has failed to strengthen its presence at the booth level in these four years and the voters' trust in the Congress remains shaken, said a senior leader.
How Priyanka Gandhi has gone wrong in Uttar Pradesh
Priyanka's arrival in Uttar Pradesh in 2019, expectedly, unleashed euphoria as she held meetings that continued till the wee hours, met party workers who arrived in droves and promised to bring back the glory days of the party. As the weeks rolled by and the Congress suffered a humiliating defeat in Amethi in the Lok Sabha elections, things began changing.
Rajasthan casts dark shadow as Kharge looks set to be Cong Prez
The G-23 leaders are the main proposers of Mallikarjun Kharge along with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for the Congress presidential poll. Digvijaya Singh who also collected the nomination papers for himself ended up becoming a proposer for Kharge.
Despite sharing power in Jharkhand, Cong still not a force to reckon with
In all the big decisions taken by the JMM-Congress-RJD government, Chief Minister Hemant Soren has been successful in leaving imprint of his showmanship. However, the Congress always abides by Soren's decisions, sometimes under compulsion or sometimes agreeing to it.
WBSSC scam: CBI's 1st charge sheet details on how Partha Chatterjee plotted conspiracy
According to CBI sources, the first step of the controversy was to identify those to be illegally recruited against monetary consideration as well identifying those eligible candidates whose names would be chucked out from the merit list to accommodate the ineligible ones. The second step of controversy was on how to change the marks or rather increase the marks of the ineligible candidates in the commission's server to accommodate them in the merit list.
Did Gehlot meet Sonia with papers detailing allegations against Pilot?
On his way to Sonia Gandhi's residence, cameras caught Gehlot carrying a paper in his hand that had details mentioning 'hooliganism' at the Pilot camp, from colluding with the BJP to leaving the party. Gehlot had taken a hand-written paper, which contained allegations against Pilot, along with an apology. It was written in the paper -- 'Sachin Pilot will leave the party'.
After 26 years, Congress to get a president from south India
P.V. Narashima Rao was the last one to have occupied this post from South India from 1992 to 1996 and now it will be a fight between party veteran Mallikarjun Kharge who hails from Karnataka and Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor. Tharoor made it clear, soon after filing his papers, that he will not pull out of the race and has his own vision for the party which he will share with all delegates.
I have my own vision for Cong, will not pull out: Tharoor
Tharoor said that he has submitted nomination papers of five sets and the sixth set will be filed by 3 p.m. "The papers I have submitted reflect extraordinarily wide range of support extended voluntarily to me by party workers across India from Kashmir to Nagaland." He said he has his own vision for the Congress and will be sending that to all the delegates.
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