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Chandigarh: Putting the speculations to an end, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Monday reappointed former chief minister of Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda as the leader of the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) and named former minister Rao Narender Singh as president of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC).Hooda's reappointment paves the way for him to occupy the post of leader of opposition (LoP) in Haryana assembly for the second successive time.Notably, this time the Congres ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Sep 29 (PTI) Shortly after the Congress on Monday appointed Rao Narender Singh as the new president of its Haryana unit, senior leader Capt Ajay Singh Yadav hit out, saying the party needs to introspect on its "falling graph" in the state. Naming former Haryana minister Singh as the next state unit chief, the Congress picked up the OBC leader from the Ahirwal belt. The party also appointed 78-year-old former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda as the CLP leader in the state, with ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 28 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Sunday said the Nair Service Society (NSS) is a "secular organisation that has always upheld secular values", and its stance on the Sabarimala issue "should not be misinterpreted as a political alignment with the Left." According to Chennithala, the recent statement by NSS General Secretary Sukumaran Nair, that they trust the state government, represents NSS's stand on the Sabarimala issue. "We accept that. They have ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With its back to the wall after the NSS openly shunned the long-held equidistance posture and warmed up to the CPM, the Congress leadership is exploring ways to assuage the ruffled feelings of the influential body. "If there are any lapses on the part of the Congress with regard to the ties with the NSS, the party will definitely address them," AICC general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal told the TNIE. Resentment is brewing within the Congress over Leader of Opposit ...Read More >
In her first rally in poll-bound Bihar, Congress general secretary and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday (September 26, 2025) urged the women of Bihar to take ₹10,000 given by the Nitish Kumar-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government but not to vote for the alliance. In Motihari, she started her speech in Bhojpuri, asking the crowd Ka haal ba (how are you). Asserting that the time has come to change the condition in Bihar, she targeted the ruling coalition. In Bihar, no one's ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: Congress on Friday termed the arrest of climate activist Soman Wangchuk as "unwarranted" and blamed the administration of the Union territory for "mishandling" the situation. "His arrest is unwarranted. There was no need to take this step; he is the most respectable person, who has always believed in Gandhian ideology. He dedicated himself for the interests of Ladakh," All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir told reporters in Anantnag. Mir said the Lada ...Read More >
SRINAGAR, Sept 26: Terming the arrest of activist Sonam Wangchuk "unnecessary", senior Congress leader and AICC General Secretary G.A. Mir today accused the Centre of "mishandling" the situation in Ladakh. Click here to watch video Speaking to reporters in Anantnag, Mir said Wangchuk had earlier been granted permission for foreign funding by the NDA Government and the Union Home Ministry. "First, permission was given, and now it has been cancelled, creating the impression that the previous Go ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana Congress president B Mahesh Kumar Goud, BC welfare association national president R Krishnaiah, along with other BC organisations, described the development as a victory for the decades-long struggle of the BC community for their rightful share of reservations. They urged all political parties to cooperate and ensure that panchayat polls are conducted with a 42% quota for the BC community.Mahesh Goud stated that the Congress had once again set an example for the country by l ...Read More >
PATNA: Congress announced on Thursday that it would lead INDIA bloc's Bihar assembly elections campaign and take full responsibility for running the next govt, a dramatic shift that sidelines long-time ally RJD.The move comes a day after Congress Working Committee met in Patna. Until now, Lalu Prasad-led RJD had fronted the opposition's poll battle. RJD functionaries declined to comment.Addressing reporters at the party office, AICC general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Syed Naseer Hussain allege ...Read More >
KALPETTA: In a major political development in the Congress party in Wayanad, DCC president N D Appachan tendered his resignation on Thursday, a move that comes just two days after MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra concluded her week-long visit to the constituency. While AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi was criticised for keeping silent on the questions regarding the turmoil in the party's Wayanad unit, and highlighting her meeting with notable persons from the socio-cultural fields and posting the ...Read More >
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday reached out to the numerically powerful extremely backward classes (EBCs) of Bihar, promising, among other things, a law for protection against atrocities, on the lines of the SC/ST Act, if the INDIA bloc came to power in the state. The leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha addressed the 'Ati Pichhda Nyay Sankalp' (pledge for justice to extremely backward classes) symposium, shortly after the Congress Working Committee meeting in the city. He was j ...Read More >
Family members of Vijayan had earlier threatened to go on hunger strike if the loan liability was not cleared, claiming that he had incurred them to help the party. It was alleged that even the land documents of their house had been pledged to the bank The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has reportedly cleared the loan liability of around ₹60 lakh owed by former Wayanad District Congress Committee (DCC) treasurer N.M. Vijayan in an urban cooperative bank at Sulthan Bathery, more than ...Read More >
Rahul Gandhi reached Patna to participate in the Congress Working Committee meeting. The CWC meeting will occur at Sadaqat Ashram. Rajesh Kumar and other Congress leaders welcomed Gandhi at the airport. The meeting gains importance before the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar. Discussions on national and international issues are expected during the CWC meeting. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived in Bihar's Patna to attend the CWC meeting in Patna on Wednesday. The Congress Working Committ ...Read More >
The declaration comes at a politically sensitive moment. While Congress leader Rahul Gandhi recently sidestepped questions on the Mahagathbandhan's chief ministerial face, Yadav's statement signals his bid to project himself as the coalition's natural leader. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav has announced that his party will contest all 243 assembly seats in Bihar, intensifying uncertainty within the Mahagathbandhan over seat-sharing. Speaking at a workers' rally in Kant ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Congress has signalled its intent to go solo in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, but only if the state unit assures the party high command that it has the muscle to stand on its own feet. In a decisive message to the Bengal leadership, the Congress high command has asked the state unit to demonstrate real organisational strength before it can chart an independent path. This directive came during a recent visit by AICC general secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal, who met ...Read More >
PATNA: The internal discord within Bihar's opposition Mahagathbandhan alliance has escalated into open friction between the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress, with recent events highlighting deepening rifts over seat-sharing arrangements and the projection of a chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming assembly elections slated for October-November. The tensions, fueled by stalled negotiations and conflicting leadership ambitions, have raised questions about the coalition's unity a ...Read More >
Opposition leader, KSU State president deem the act as police vengeance; court questions the police A major controversy erupted after police in Wadakkanchery produced three Kerala Students Union (KSU) leaders in court on Friday with their heads wrapped in black cloth and their hands chained, drawing strong criticism from the judiciary and political leaders alike. The court took serious note of the incident and questioned the act of the police. It asked the Thrissur city police commissioner to ...Read More >
Kolkata: Questioning the timing of SIR in Bihar just ahead of the assembly elections and calling it "an exercise of deleting the targeted groups", Congress general secretary K C Venugopal claimed on Thursday in Kolkata that the "SIR is planned by the Election Commission of India, specially what is witnessed in Bihar, is an exercise of deleting some targeted group-SC, ST, OBC, minority community and poor people of the country." Venugopal alleged that ECI has lost its impartiality and said that " ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The ruling Congress on Sunday challenged BRS working president K T Rama Rao to prove allegations that the ruling party has sold away Group-1 seats. AICC secretary and former MLA Sampath Kumar asked KTR to show evidence that the Chief Minister or any of the Ministers were engaged in such misconduct. Bhongir MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy alleged that KTR was attempting to prevent the Congress government from providing jobs through Group-I examinations. In a media statement, the former ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: General secretary of All India Congress Committee (AICC) KC Venugopal on Sunday said that the BJP, which talks about patriotism, must answer why it allowed the cricket match between India and Pakistan in the Asia Cup to take place. Venugopal, who is on a three-day visit to the state, criticised the BJP's "double standards" and said, "Whenever the leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi raises issues about China in the Parliament, they brand him as China's man. But when Prime Minister ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday directed the partymen to ensure complete coordination from grassroot workers to party's State leadership for achieving victory in the Jubilee Hills bypoll. He said that he would keep tabs over the performance of the incharges in mobilising public support in favour of Congress and engagement in field work in the crucial poll. During a review meeting with local leadership and incharges of the upcoming bypoll, the Chief Minister said that every p ...Read More >
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy addressing a meeting with division in-charges of the Jubilee Hills constituency on Sunday. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said that winning the Jubilee Hills by-election is the party's top priority while clarifying that the final decision on candidate selection will rest with the AICC. He urged every leader to take responsibility for strengthening the Congress campaign at the grassroots. "We must ensure that welfare schemes and development works of the governmen ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday provided a roadmap to ministers, TPCC president, various corporations chairmen and others in charge of the bypoll-bound Jubilee constituency, instructing them to work towards securing a huge majority in the by-election, as it would impact the GHMC elections scheduled for December/January.A review meeting was held at his residence with ministers G Vivek, Ponnam Prabhakar, Ponguleti, Tummala Nageswara Rao, TPCC chief B Mahesh Goud and others, whe ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Congress party is actively positioning itself as the principal opposition in Odisha, asserted AICC General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal on Sunday. Speaking to the media, Venugopal emphasised the party's commitment to challenging the BJP government both at the Centre and in the state. "We are deeply engaged in the fight against the BJP government at both levels. Our priority is to function as a genuine opposition party in Odisha," he said. Venugopal also highlighted t ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sep 14 AICC General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal claimed on Sunday that Congress is playing the role ... Bhubaneswar, Sep 14 AICC General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal claimed on Sunday that Congress is playing the role of the opposition party in Odisha. Speaking to media persons here on Sunday, Venugopal said, "We are very much into the fight against the BJP government in Central and at the state. Today, we also emphasised that our duty is to work as a real o ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sep 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) AICC General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal claimed on Sunday that Congress is playing the role of the opposition party in Odisha. Speaking to media persons here on Sunday, Venugopal said, "We are very much into the fight against the BJP government in Central and at the state. Today, we also emphasised that our duty is to work as a real opposition party in Odisha." He said, along with the 'Vote Chori' issue, the party will also take up the issues re ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy has made it clear that the party's candidate for the Jubilee Hills bypoll will be finalised by the All India Congress Committee (AICC). On Sunday, September 14, Revanth Reddy held a meeting with key Congress leaders in Hyderabad, where the party's strategies for the bypoll were discussed. Revanth Reddy said that he will take information from the ground on the efforts being made by the Congress leaders in the run-up to the election that got necessitated ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana Congress president and MLC B Mahesh Kumar Goud on Saturday accused BRS working president KT Rama Rao of attacking Rahul Gandhi merely to appease BJP leaders in Delhi, aiming to shield his party's top brass from a CBI probe in the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project case."KTR doesn't have the stature to question Rahul Gandhi. How can he involve AICC leaders in the turncoat MLAs issue when the Speaker decides the matter? BRS's secret deal with the BJP is clear after they refus ...Read More >
Amidst growing unrest in Nepal, Congress leader Krishna Allavaru voiced concerns over unresolved public issues, warning of escalating anger. He alleged "vote theft" in India, questioning PM Modi's Varanasi victory and citing irregularities in electoral processes. Allavaru criticized changes in Election Commissioner appointments and discrepancies in voter rolls, further alleging the SIR process in Bihar lacked genuine intent. Patna: Amid growing unrest in Nepal, Congress' Bihar in charge Krishna ...Read More >
New Delhi: Shiv Sena MP Milind Deora on Tuesday came down heavily on Congress for alleging "vote theft" and irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, saying the party should first address its own lack of internal democracy. In an interview with ANI, Deora said the Congress should first put its own house in order before commenting on India's electoral system. He also dismissed Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's allegations of "vote chori". "In 2014, when Congress got it ...Read More >
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