On the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, EAM S. Jaishankar sharply criticized the Gandhi family and Congress, blaming them for imposing authoritarian rule in 1975. He highlighted media censorship, political arrests, and lack of accountability. Linking the Emergency to dynastic politics, he accused Congress of placing family above nation, as political tensions rise ahead of upcoming elections.
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Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday expressed regret that no one from the Gandhi family was running for the party chief's post and said he took the plunge on the advice of all in the party.
The Thiruvananthapuram MP, however, asserted that he remains convinced of the party’s commitment towards ensuring that these elections take place in a free and fair manner.
Opposition parties did not attend the event in protest against the Centre’s “disrespect” towards them, “refusal” to listen to their demands, and “hurried passage of Bills” through the House.
The Punjab chief minister’s statement comes in response to a letter written by more than 20 top leaders of the party, seeking to shake up the order within the Congress party and introspect into the recent electoral losses.
An adjournment motion is moved to stop the proceedings of the House to take up the issue raised in the motion.
Pranab Mukherjee had attended a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) event in 2018, despite it being the ideological wing of rival Bharatiya Janata Party
Even before the results of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections were announced, the Congress had asked its various district chiefs in Uttar Pradesh to send booth-wise data to the party headquarters.
The nation will tell us what the majority think in May 2014. For, when it comes to Modi, the reaction is always black or white. Reactions are binary: Like/Dislike. Those who like him, will accept anything he says.