All Party Meet

Former Union Minister Babul Supriyo, who resigned from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and joined Trinamool Congress (TMC), would meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday (October 19) to submit his resignation as the BJP MP.

Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has written to party president Sonia Gandhi, seeking a meeting to present a 13-point agenda for the party's campaign for the Assembly polls due next year.

The BJP on Saturday mocked the Congress Working Committee meeting as "parivar bachao working committee" and alleged that it offered no answers to the issues of the party's internal rift and its leadership's failures

Rahul Gandhi "will consider" returning as Congress chief, sources said Saturday after party leaders urged the Lok Sabha MP to rescind his resignation of two years.

Sonia Gandhi on Saturday underlined her position as a "full-time and hands-on Congress President" as she hit back at critics within the party - specifically the 'G-23' - who have been pushing, for over a year now, for an overhaul and internal polls.

Elections for a full-time Congress President and a team of new office-bearers will be held in August-September next year, the party said Saturday after a meeting of the Congress Working Committee.

Organisational elections, forthcoming assembly polls and current political situation, including Lakhimpur Kheri incident, will be on top of the agenda as the top Congress brass gathers here on Saturday for a meeting of the party's working committee.

The highest decision-making body of the Congress is expected to give the go-ahead for an organisational election for a full-term chief rather than an interim poll for the post of president in the party's Working Committee meeting today, sources said

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu met party leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday and withdrew his exit notice, a day after signalling an apparent climbdown. "I shared all my concerns with Rahul Gandhi. Everything has been sorted out," he said.

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Sidhu is in Delhi today to meet with party general secretaries KC Venugopal and Harish Rawat amid continued turmoil in the state Congress. The Cricketer-turned politician and Mr Rawat were seen arriving at the AICC office

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met one of the oldest BJP workers, Bhulai Bhai - who was witness to the transformation of Jana Sangha into Bharatiya Janata Party - at the Uttar Pradesh Bhavan in Delhi today.

Uttar Pradesh Law Minister Brajesh Pathak today met the families of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker Shubham Mishra and car driver Hari Om who were killed in the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3.

Ahead of the Congress Working Committee meeting this week, support seems to be growing for Rahul Gandhi to take over as Congress president, the party's Karnataka unit chief DK Shivakumar said today.

A delegation of Congress leaders, including former party president Rahul Gandhi, will meet President Ram Nath Kovind tomorrow and present a memorandum of facts on the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, party sources said.

The Congress's top body will meet on October 16 to hold talks over new chief, "current political situation", and state elections next year, the party said this afternoon in a statement.

Former Union Minister Babul Supriyo, who resigned from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and joined Trinamool Congress (TMC), would meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday (October 19) to submit his resignation as the BJP MP.

Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has written to party president Sonia Gandhi, seeking a meeting to present a 13-point agenda for the party's campaign for the Assembly polls due next year.

The BJP on Saturday mocked the Congress Working Committee meeting as "parivar bachao working committee" and alleged that it offered no answers to the issues of the party's internal rift and its leadership's failures

Rahul Gandhi "will consider" returning as Congress chief, sources said Saturday after party leaders urged the Lok Sabha MP to rescind his resignation of two years.

Sonia Gandhi on Saturday underlined her position as a "full-time and hands-on Congress President" as she hit back at critics within the party - specifically the 'G-23' - who have been pushing, for over a year now, for an overhaul and internal polls.

Elections for a full-time Congress President and a team of new office-bearers will be held in August-September next year, the party said Saturday after a meeting of the Congress Working Committee.

Organisational elections, forthcoming assembly polls and current political situation, including Lakhimpur Kheri incident, will be on top of the agenda as the top Congress brass gathers here on Saturday for a meeting of the party's working committee.

The highest decision-making body of the Congress is expected to give the go-ahead for an organisational election for a full-term chief rather than an interim poll for the post of president in the party's Working Committee meeting today, sources said

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu met party leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday and withdrew his exit notice, a day after signalling an apparent climbdown. "I shared all my concerns with Rahul Gandhi. Everything has been sorted out," he said.

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Sidhu is in Delhi today to meet with party general secretaries KC Venugopal and Harish Rawat amid continued turmoil in the state Congress. The Cricketer-turned politician and Mr Rawat were seen arriving at the AICC office

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met one of the oldest BJP workers, Bhulai Bhai - who was witness to the transformation of Jana Sangha into Bharatiya Janata Party - at the Uttar Pradesh Bhavan in Delhi today.

Uttar Pradesh Law Minister Brajesh Pathak today met the families of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker Shubham Mishra and car driver Hari Om who were killed in the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3.

Ahead of the Congress Working Committee meeting this week, support seems to be growing for Rahul Gandhi to take over as Congress president, the party's Karnataka unit chief DK Shivakumar said today.

A delegation of Congress leaders, including former party president Rahul Gandhi, will meet President Ram Nath Kovind tomorrow and present a memorandum of facts on the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, party sources said.

The Congress's top body will meet on October 16 to hold talks over new chief, "current political situation", and state elections next year, the party said this afternoon in a statement.