Congress Crisis

JD(U)'s Nitish Kumar spoke with Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and expressed his gratitude to them for supporting him after he broke ties with the BJP, Congress sources said on Tuesday.

Nitish Kumar will take oath as Chief Minister of Bihar today at 2 pm, after he ditched the BJP on Tuesday and announced a new "Grand Alliance" which includes Tejashwi Yadav and other Opposition parties.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today resigned as the chief minister, hours after ending his alliance with BJP in the state.

Former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat was removed as a permanent invitee to the Congress Working Committee with immediate effect, this comes after his alleged role in recent political crisis in Goa Congress.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said the BJP has nothing to do with the "rebellion" in the state Congress Legislature Party.

The Congress appears to have staved off a Shiv Sena-style revolt in Goa for now, but sources say possible defectors are in touch with the state's ruling BJP, a sign that the plan has not been junked.

Congress accuses Michael Lobo and Digambar Kamat of a conspiracy in "total coordination" with the BJP

Congress's Goa desk in charge Dinesh Gundu Rao had alleged that "Lobo and Kamat were hatching a conspiracy by hobnobbing with the BJP to engineer a split in the Congress."

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday asked senior party leader Mukul Wasnik to rush to Goa to "oversee latest political developments" in the state.

BJP slammed Trinamool Congress MLA Idris Ali for remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid Sri Lanka crisis, he said, "Whatever happened with the President of Sri Lanka, will happen with Prime Minister Narendra Modi here..."

The Congress on Thursday accused the BJP government of capturing power "unethically" by use of money and muscle power, and condemned it for destablising democratically elected governments.

As the MVA folds up, the biggest loss in this saga is for the Congress. Three Congress MLAs cross-voted in the Legislative Council elections and the party does not have a clue about who they are.

The BJP is indulging in horse-trading in Maharashtra as it did in Madhya Pradesh and in Rajasthan, Congress leader and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Saturday alleged.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, reduced to a minority within his party after a rebellion by his minister Eknath Shinde, today said "we have been stabbed in the back by our own" even though the Congress and NCP are supporting the Sena.

Maharashtra Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday alleged that the BJP is behind the political instability in the state and said the alliance is extending its support to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

JD(U)'s Nitish Kumar spoke with Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and expressed his gratitude to them for supporting him after he broke ties with the BJP, Congress sources said on Tuesday.

Nitish Kumar will take oath as Chief Minister of Bihar today at 2 pm, after he ditched the BJP on Tuesday and announced a new "Grand Alliance" which includes Tejashwi Yadav and other Opposition parties.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today resigned as the chief minister, hours after ending his alliance with BJP in the state.

Former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat was removed as a permanent invitee to the Congress Working Committee with immediate effect, this comes after his alleged role in recent political crisis in Goa Congress.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said the BJP has nothing to do with the "rebellion" in the state Congress Legislature Party.

The Congress appears to have staved off a Shiv Sena-style revolt in Goa for now, but sources say possible defectors are in touch with the state's ruling BJP, a sign that the plan has not been junked.

Congress accuses Michael Lobo and Digambar Kamat of a conspiracy in "total coordination" with the BJP

Congress's Goa desk in charge Dinesh Gundu Rao had alleged that "Lobo and Kamat were hatching a conspiracy by hobnobbing with the BJP to engineer a split in the Congress."

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday asked senior party leader Mukul Wasnik to rush to Goa to "oversee latest political developments" in the state.

BJP slammed Trinamool Congress MLA Idris Ali for remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid Sri Lanka crisis, he said, "Whatever happened with the President of Sri Lanka, will happen with Prime Minister Narendra Modi here..."

The Congress on Thursday accused the BJP government of capturing power "unethically" by use of money and muscle power, and condemned it for destablising democratically elected governments.

As the MVA folds up, the biggest loss in this saga is for the Congress. Three Congress MLAs cross-voted in the Legislative Council elections and the party does not have a clue about who they are.

The BJP is indulging in horse-trading in Maharashtra as it did in Madhya Pradesh and in Rajasthan, Congress leader and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Saturday alleged.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, reduced to a minority within his party after a rebellion by his minister Eknath Shinde, today said "we have been stabbed in the back by our own" even though the Congress and NCP are supporting the Sena.

Maharashtra Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday alleged that the BJP is behind the political instability in the state and said the alliance is extending its support to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.