Congress Party

Congress is set to stake a claim for a Rajya Sabha berth from Jharkhand as Chief Minister Hemant Soren is likely to meet party interim president Sonia Gandhi and hold a discussion over upper house elections.

Gujarat Patidar leader Hardik Patel who recently quit the Congress on Tuesday hit out at the party leadership for their derogatory and hateful remarks against "Hindus and Lord Ram".

Prashant Kishor's collaboration with the Congress was a non-starter but his former associate Sunil Kanugolu has been picked for the party's election management.

Congress on Monday brought back its old war horse Sarat Pattnayak appointing him the new Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president replacing Niranjan Patnaik ending long drawn speculations and uncertainties in the grand old party.

Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh, reacting to a party leader returning to the Trinamool Congress, made a hugely controversial statement today, appearing to trivialise political violence.

Arjun Singh, West Bengal BJP vice-president, quit the party today and joined the Trinamool Congress. The move comes days after he slammed the party's state leadership for not allowing him to work properly.

Daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, Ms Kavitha launched a fresh attack on the BJP and the Congress while addressing a party meeting in Telangana's Korutla constituency.

The Congress has no enmity with the BJP or Prime Minister Narendra Modi but its fight is of ideology, said Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot as he urged people to back his party in the next Assembly polls.

India observes Anti-Terrorism Day on May 21. It was on this day in 1991 the seventh Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by LTTE terrorists while campaigning for the Congress party at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party government for promoting a private-sector monopoly in the country and through this concentration of capital, also controlling the media.

Prashant Kishor today posted a savage review for the Congress, the party he almost joined weeks ago, calling its recent "Chintan Shivir" or brainstorming session on a revival plan a "failure".

Ahead of Karnataka Assembly elections, State Congress President D K Shivakumar said the party wants Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to "concentrate" on the South.

A few Congress leaders and supporters this morning turned up at the residence of the party's former Punjab unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu who has been sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court in a 1988 road-rage case.

Days after Hardik Patel quitting the Congress, Gujarat party chief Jagdish Thakor has claimed that the he took the step as he was afraid that he might have to go to jail in sedition cases filed against him.

The Congress will reach out to civil society members and like-minded political groups for the 'Bharat Jodo' yatra from October 2 for rallying support to combat polarisation and protect Constitution and democracy senior party leader said.

Congress is set to stake a claim for a Rajya Sabha berth from Jharkhand as Chief Minister Hemant Soren is likely to meet party interim president Sonia Gandhi and hold a discussion over upper house elections.

Gujarat Patidar leader Hardik Patel who recently quit the Congress on Tuesday hit out at the party leadership for their derogatory and hateful remarks against "Hindus and Lord Ram".

Prashant Kishor's collaboration with the Congress was a non-starter but his former associate Sunil Kanugolu has been picked for the party's election management.

Congress on Monday brought back its old war horse Sarat Pattnayak appointing him the new Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president replacing Niranjan Patnaik ending long drawn speculations and uncertainties in the grand old party.

Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh, reacting to a party leader returning to the Trinamool Congress, made a hugely controversial statement today, appearing to trivialise political violence.

Arjun Singh, West Bengal BJP vice-president, quit the party today and joined the Trinamool Congress. The move comes days after he slammed the party's state leadership for not allowing him to work properly.

Daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, Ms Kavitha launched a fresh attack on the BJP and the Congress while addressing a party meeting in Telangana's Korutla constituency.

The Congress has no enmity with the BJP or Prime Minister Narendra Modi but its fight is of ideology, said Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot as he urged people to back his party in the next Assembly polls.

India observes Anti-Terrorism Day on May 21. It was on this day in 1991 the seventh Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by LTTE terrorists while campaigning for the Congress party at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party government for promoting a private-sector monopoly in the country and through this concentration of capital, also controlling the media.

Prashant Kishor today posted a savage review for the Congress, the party he almost joined weeks ago, calling its recent "Chintan Shivir" or brainstorming session on a revival plan a "failure".

Ahead of Karnataka Assembly elections, State Congress President D K Shivakumar said the party wants Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to "concentrate" on the South.

A few Congress leaders and supporters this morning turned up at the residence of the party's former Punjab unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu who has been sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court in a 1988 road-rage case.

Days after Hardik Patel quitting the Congress, Gujarat party chief Jagdish Thakor has claimed that the he took the step as he was afraid that he might have to go to jail in sedition cases filed against him.

The Congress will reach out to civil society members and like-minded political groups for the 'Bharat Jodo' yatra from October 2 for rallying support to combat polarisation and protect Constitution and democracy senior party leader said.