August 15, 2018 06:41 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi took part in the Independence Day celebrations at the party office along with former party president Sonia Gandhi.
August 15, 2018 03:12 PM IST
The Congress posted a video on its official Twitter handle in which the BJP chief is seen unfurling the flag, which falls down soon after he pulls the string.
August 15, 2018 10:00 AM IST
BJP fears the results of Assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh due in November-December this year.
August 15, 2018 07:46 AM IST
The BJP and the Congress released the over two-minute videos, accusing each other and explaining the deal by using an analogy of locks in a society/building that were to be changed with new ones.
August 14, 2018 10:17 PM IST
In his Twitter barb, Gandhi also tagged an old video of Modi attacking the then UPA government over the falling rupee. Modi was then the Gujarat chief minister and the BJP's prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 parliamentary election.
August 14, 2018 09:31 PM IST
The contention on behalf of the Congress leader was made before a bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat and A K Chawla by senior advocate P Chidambaram.
August 14, 2018 08:36 PM IST
He accused booth level officials making these lists of not being aware of the protocol to be followed while undertaking this exercise.
August 14, 2018 05:52 PM IST
The party had drawn a blank in the six LS seats in the metropolis in the 2014 general polls after having cornered a lion's share of five seats in the 2009 elections.
August 14, 2018 04:04 PM IST
Congress general secretary Ashok Gehlot said postponing the upcoming state assembly elections and conducting these with Lok Sabha polls in 2019 is "not possible" under the Constitution or the law.
August 14, 2018 02:51 PM IST
"If the term of some state assemblies needs to be curtailed or extended, then a constitutional amendment will be required... Logistics arrangements with regard to 100 per cent availability of VVPATs (paper trail machines) will be a constraint," he told reporters to a question on whether simultaneous elections can be held anytime soon.
August 14, 2018 02:45 PM IST
C P Joshi and Vivek Tankha were among the other leaders who were part of the delegation that met Election Commission officials here.
August 13, 2018 09:18 PM IST
The opposition party's reaction came after Prasad ridiculed Rahul Gandhi for challenging Modi for a debate, saying he is not worthy to have a debate with the PM.
August 13, 2018 07:08 PM IST
Speaking at an interactive meeting with women Self-Help Groups, organised by the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee, he also attacked the NDA government, saying it waived loans of Rs 2.5 lakh crore of the 15 richest businessmen in the country during the past two years.
August 13, 2018 04:31 PM IST
For the 2019 general elections, the Congress must have a state-by-state focus, and that will give it momentum at the national level
August 13, 2018 02:57 PM IST
The Congress has raised several questions on the Rafale deal, accusing the government of compromising with national interests.
August 12, 2018 02:00 PM IST
Khurshid, however, conceded that in forging state-specific alliances, in the long run, the Congress may end up ceding ground to regional parties.
August 11, 2018 08:22 PM IST
The meeting was chaired by state unit president Ashok Chavan and attended by Sushilkumar Shinde, Prithviraj Chavan Manikrao Thakre, Balasaheb Thorat, Sanjay Nirupam, Mohammed Arif Naseem Khan and Harshvardhan Patil among others, party sources said.
August 11, 2018 07:31 PM IST
He claimed that 80 percent of the NRC work in Assam was done by the Congress, and the rest by Bharatiya Janata Party after the Supreme Court's directive.
August 11, 2018 05:23 PM IST
Giving a point by point rebuttal to the Congress' allegations, BJP spokesperson Sambit Partra said Shah cannot show the liability of an independent entity belonging to his son as his own liability.
August 11, 2018 12:54 PM IST
Demands to hand over the case to CBI as the state police is "not competent" to probe the scam
August 11, 2018 09:32 AM IST
Party's deputy leader in Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma gave the notice today, alleging irregularities and corruption in the multi-crore fighter jets deal.
August 11, 2018 08:55 AM IST
Congress Legislative Party (CLP) leader Ajay Singh "Rahul", party MPs Kantilal Bhuria, Vivek Tankha and Rajmani Patel are also part of the committee, AICC general secretary Ashok Gehlot said.
August 09, 2018 06:18 PM IST
Rather than ensuring that genuine citizens do not become disenfranchised, the government has adopted a very insensitive approach.
August 08, 2018 09:30 PM IST
Sinha and Shourie, addressing a press conference along with lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan, raised a number of questions over the Rs 58,000 crore deal for procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France.
August 08, 2018 05:14 PM IST
At least 8-10 Congress MLAs reportedly intend to approach the BJP and help topple the coalition
