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  • Kharge recalls 1999 setback, says his efforts ‘went in vain’ after missing out on CM post

    Reflecting on the events, Kharge said his hard work over five years had gone unrecognised.

  • Lok Sabha Election 2024: Congress announces 'Adivasi Nyay Guarantee'

    Congress outlined six commitments under the Adivasi Nyay Guarantee -- Sushasan, Sudhaar, Suraksha, Svashasan, Svabhimaan, and a Sub Plan for the welfare of Adivasi communities.

  • Congress panel starts deliberations on manifesto for Lok Sabha polls

    "This was the first meeting of the manifesto committee. It was an exchange of preliminary thoughts and ideas, and how we proceed with the drafting of the manifesto. The next meeting will take place next week," panel chairperson P Chidambaram said after the meeting.

  • Congress to start 2024 election battle from Nagpur - Here's why the city is important

    We want to send the message that we are ready for the big fight against the BJP, its corruption and anti-Constitution politics, says state Congress chief.

  • Former Congress leader Hardik Patel to join BJP on June 2

    The 28-year-old Patidar leader who had quit the Congress party earlier this month will be inducted in the BJP at an event in Ghandinagar in presence of Gujarat unit president CR Patil, according to sources

  • 'Time to go to real masters, the people': Prashant Kishor hints at his next move from Bihar

    Kishor’s tweet came a week after he declined a Congress offer to come on board as a member of a committee that would work on the 2024 general elections.

  • UP assembly polls: Congress asks ticket aspirants to submit Rs 11,000 with application

    The circular by UP Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu comes days after BJP appointed Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan as in charge of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections and parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi as the party’s in charge for Uttarakhand assembly polls.

  • Make Rahul Gandhi Congress president again, party’s youth wing says in its resolution

    The demand for a full-time Congress chief has been pending since the party's debacle in 2019. Rahul Gandhi, who took over the post from his mother Sonia Gandhi in 2017, stepped down after the 2019 defeat. The Congress has since failed to find a replacement and thus, Sonia Gandhi continues to be the party’s interim chief.

  • Digvijaya Singh to lead Congress' new panel for 'sustained' agitations, Priyanka Gandhi among eight other members

    Other members of the panel include member of parliament Uttam Kumar Reddy, Manish Chatrath, BK Hariprsad, Ripun Bora, Udit Raj, Ragini Nayak, and Zuber Khan, according to a press statement.

  • Democracy under attack in Uttar Pradesh, we will not let this happen: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Lucknow

    The Congress leader arrived in Lucknow on a two-day election-preparation visit to a rousing reception by party workers on July 16. She staged a silent protest before a Mahatma Gandhi statue in GPO Park in the state capital against the BJP government in the state.

  • Hurdle in Punjab Congress’ truce formula? CM Amarinder 'opposed' to Sidhu's likely 'elevation'

    Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, sources said, is opposed to Central leadership’s 'peace formula' of appointing Sidhu as Punjab Congress chief along with two working presidents.

  • Kamal Nath meets Sonia Gandhi amid Congress leadership reshuffle buzz

    The 74-year-old leader, who has been a parliamentarian nine times and is currently leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh, may be entrusted with a key role in the grand old party as part of the revival plans.

  • PM focused on Bengal, not oxygen, says Rahul Gandhi while releasing Congress' white paper on COVID-19 management

    Rahul Gandhi, while asserting that the intention of the paper was not to point fingers, alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not take the pandemic seriously and instead focused on the West Bengal election.

  • Explained | Why the much-awaited Rajasthan cabinet expansion has left CM Ashok Gehlot in a quandary

    There are nine vacancies in the cabinet, which can have a maximum of 30 members. Of the nine, three were created when Pilot supporters were sacked last year for the rebellion. Gehlot has to accommodate BSP turncoats and independents as well

  • Rajasthan: Political unease in Pilot camp; questions raised over delay in action a year after rebellion against Gehlot

    The development comes close on the heels of Jitin Prasada deserting the Congress to join the BJP and in the backdrop of a three-member Congress panel trying to resolve the rebellion against Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.

  • Explained | Jitin Prasada’s defection: What it means for Congress, BJP ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls

    Jitin Prasada, 47, is the first among the group of dissenting Congress leaders ‘G-23’, who had last year written to party chief Sonia Gandhi seeking sweeping organisational reforms, to quit.

  • Congress leader Jitin Prasada joins BJP months ahead of UP assembly elections

    Prasada was part of the dissenting ‘G-23' group of Congress leaders who had last year written to party chief Sonia Gandhi seeking sweeping reforms, collective decision-making, and "full-time, visible leadership".

  • Opposition parties to meet soon for chalking out a strategy to corner Centre

    The last such meeting, called by Congress’ interim chief Sonia Gandhi, was held on May 22, last year in which leaders of at least 22 Opposition parties accused the Union government of unabashedly “usurping” the power of the state governments during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Congress-led Mahajot alliance will form the next government in Assam: Bhupesh Baghel

    The feisty Chhattisgarh Chief Minister, who is party observer for the polls, says a `desperate’ BJP has taken three different positions on CAA in Assam, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu respectively; predicts 100-plus for grand coalition

  • Union Cabinet approves President's Rule in Puducherry

    Under the President’s Rule, the lieutenant governor becomes the constitutional head of the Union Territory.

  • Congress looks for Leader of Opposition as Azad's Rajya Sabha term ends

    Mallikarjun Kharge, Anand Sharma, P Chidhambaram and Digvijaya Singh are the names doing rounds to replace Azad

  • Budget 2021 | Thumbs down from Opposition; calls Union Budget 'visionless'

    Many opposition members raised slogans over the farmers' protest as soon as Sitharaman began her speech. Congress MPs Jasbir Singh Gill and Gurjeet Singh Aujla were seen wearing a black gown to the Parliament as a mark of protest against the three contentious farm laws

  • No clarity on internal polls, a level of disenchantment within Congress: Kapil Sibal

    On December 19, Congress president Sonia Gandhi had met senior party leaders, including those who had written to her seeking an overhaul of the party, and had said internal elections would be held.

  • Congress Foundation Day: All you need to know about the history of the grand old party

    The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by retired British Indian Civil Service officer Allan Octavian Hume as a platform for civil and political dialogue among educated Indians.

  • Motilal Vora: A 'true congressman' with decades-long 'administrative' experience

    Vora was appointed chief minister of Madhya Pradesh on February 13, 1985. He is the third senior leader of the Congress, after Tarun Gogoi and Ahmed Patel, to die in the span of a month.

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