Arun Jaitley On Congress Leadership

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday took a dig at the Congress leadership saying that the dynastic parties succeed on the strength of some generations but sink with the others and wondered whether the grand old party was paying the cost of its dynastic character.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the personal ambitions of the Congress leadership had led to the "degeneration of its ideology" and that its dynastic tendencies would have turned India into a kingdom rather than even a dynastic democracy had it not been for the BJP.

Ahead of his US visit, Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the Congress party is unlikely to substantially expand itself unless it "selects its leaders based on calibre and potential", and goes back to its original centrist position.

With the winter session of Parliament headed for a wash out, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has invoked Jawaharlal Nehru's legacy to remind the Congress leadership of the responsibility that come with being lawmakers.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today hit back at the Congress for its aggression in the Parliament and outside, saying that the party leadership lacks legislative literacy and needs to "directly read" the fine print instead of depending on others.

As the UPA II government completes four years in office, the Opposition launched a scathing attack on the Centre and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today on its performance. While the BJP raised question over the leadership quality of the PM, the Congress hit back at the opposition for playing negative politics. Here are some of the political react...

The BJP's Arun Jaitley did not refer to the day's other big speaker Rahul Gandhi in his speech at the CII's star-studded summit today, taking on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh instead. The PM's tragedy, he said, was that he was "running a three-legged race".

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday took a dig at the Congress leadership saying that the dynastic parties succeed on the strength of some generations but sink with the others and wondered whether the grand old party was paying the cost of its dynastic character.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the personal ambitions of the Congress leadership had led to the "degeneration of its ideology" and that its dynastic tendencies would have turned India into a kingdom rather than even a dynastic democracy had it not been for the BJP.

Ahead of his US visit, Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the Congress party is unlikely to substantially expand itself unless it "selects its leaders based on calibre and potential", and goes back to its original centrist position.

With the winter session of Parliament headed for a wash out, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has invoked Jawaharlal Nehru's legacy to remind the Congress leadership of the responsibility that come with being lawmakers.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today hit back at the Congress for its aggression in the Parliament and outside, saying that the party leadership lacks legislative literacy and needs to "directly read" the fine print instead of depending on others.

As the UPA II government completes four years in office, the Opposition launched a scathing attack on the Centre and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today on its performance. While the BJP raised question over the leadership quality of the PM, the Congress hit back at the opposition for playing negative politics. Here are some of the political react...

The BJP's Arun Jaitley did not refer to the day's other big speaker Rahul Gandhi in his speech at the CII's star-studded summit today, taking on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh instead. The PM's tragedy, he said, was that he was "running a three-legged race".