Posts Tagged ‘Congress’
Virbhadra Singh quits party posts
Former Union minister and Congress leader Virbhadra Singh has resigned from all key party posts Ahead of the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections, Virbhadra Singh sent his resignation to Congress president Sonia Gandhi yesterday, but it has not yet been accepted Singh is apparently upset as he was not consulted before naming Sheila Dikshit as [...]
Make Rahul Leader of Lok Sabha: Congress MPs to Sonia Gandhi
A group of Congress MPs has urged party president Sonia Gandhi to make general secretary Rahul Gandhi the Leader of the Lok Sabha0 MPs wrote to the Congress chief suggesting Rahul's appointment as the Leader of the House, saying it was the 'need of the hour' The party's Lok Sabha Leader's position has been vacant after then finance minister [...]
NCP ups the ante, threatens pullout if demands not met
The Nationalist Congress Party NCP chief, Sharad Pawar, on Tuesday set a one-day deadline for Congress president Sonia Gandhi to settle the issue of forming a coordination committee for the ruling coalition in Maharashtra As per sources Pawar wants the issue to be resolved by Wednesday In his strongest threat so far, the Union agriculture [...]
Staying with UPA but won’t attend govt functions: NCP
Postponing the decision on its alliance with the UPA-II, the Nationalist Congress Party on Monday announced that that the final decision of the party will be taken in a day or two4 general elections The key partner of the Congress would provide external support to the ruling coalition but would not take part in government [...]
Trinamool to vote for Pranab Mukherjee in Presidential poll
Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced she would vote for Pranab Mukherjee in the Presidential polls ending weeks of political debate which way she would move "We are taking the decision with a heavy heart," she remarked at the state secretariat on Tuesday afternoon "It is misfortune that we could [...]
Bigger role for Rahul Gandhi soon, Digvijaya Singh hints
Rahul Gandhi seems to have finally agreed to play a larger role in Congress affairs in what can resolve the uncertainty over the party's leadership in the lead-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections2 and everything will be clear," Singh said in an interview to Rahul Kanwal on Aaj Tak's Seedhi Baat "I am absolutely sure that Rahul will play a much [...]
Khurshid doesn’t deny Rahul remarks, but says they were misinterpreted
Union law minister Salman Khurshid, who was yet again under fire over his remarks on party general secretary Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday said that he was misqu"My comments were misinterpreted wrongly They were taken out of context," said Khurshid in his defence over his remarks following which he was in the eye of political storm Khurshid apparently [...]
Congress wants Hamid Ansari as Vice President again
The Congress wants Vice President Hamid Ansari to continue on his post for a second term, according to a media report Though it was known in the Congress circles that Ansari was the front-runner, the first official indication of the candidature of the former diplomat and scholar came when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently called on Janata [...]
I don’t regret not being the PM: Pranab Mukherjee
Former Finance Minister and UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee expressed no qualms on missing out on becoming Prime Minister Commending Manmohan Singh as the best man for the job, Pranab said "I don't regret not being the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is worthy of being PM He will be the second man who'll complete two terms" In an [...]
Pranab Mukherjee turns emotional as Congress bids farewell to party veteran
The Congress on Monday bid a warm farewell to finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, poised to become the country's President, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying that the veteran leader will be missed9 Presidential election with a huge margin978 and has been a key player in the top decision making body of the party Sweets, including popular [...]
NDA gets another jolt, JD(U) to support Pranab in Prez poll
Sharad Yadav of the JD9 contest Talking to reporters, Sangma said he is grateful to the BJP for its support and will talk to Mamata Banerjee to back his candidature According to sources, now that Kalam is out of the race, the West Bengal Chief Minister has "agreed to endorse Sangma in the Presidential election" "She has not categorically [...]
PA Sangma quits NCP to contest presidential election
PA Sangma is finally emerging as the rival candidate to Pranab Mukherjee in the Presidential race After refusing to stand down despite warning from his party chief Sharad Pawar of the NCP, Sangma on Wednesday quit the party and chose instead to contest against Mukjerjee Subramanium Swamy of Janata Dal, who met Sangma at his daughter’s residence [...]
Andhra bypolls: YSR Congress wins 15 out of 18 seats
Riding high on a sympathy wave triggered by party chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy's arrest The YSR Congress has won 15 out of the 18 Assembly seats, the Congress retained two seats while the TRS won the Parakala seat by a narrow margin of 1562 votes in the byelections in Andhra Pradesh5 seats, many of them with very wide margins majority votes over the [...]
Congress wins Neyyattinkara seat in Kerala
Congress-led ruling UDF combine in Kerala scored a major political victory on Friday with its nominee R Selvaraj defeating the CPM candidate F Lawrence with a massive majority of over 6300 votes in the bypoll to the Neyyattinkara assembly seat94 votes The BJP nominee O Rajagopal came third by polling 30507 votes The bypoll was necessitated [...]
TMC will field Kalam if Congress opts for Pranab
Trinamool Congress 4 elections" Congress for the first time blamed the West Bengal Cheif Minister for flouting the norms Later in the day, IMB Minister and Congress Leader slammed Mamata for suggesting Manmohan's name for President candidate "Naming PM as presidential candidate is unethical, undignified It was lack of courtesy by Mamata in [...]
Manmohan will remain PM till 2014: Congress
Senior Congress leader Ambika Soni on Thursday said that Mamata Banerjee's move of naming PM Manmohan Singh as presidential candidate is unethical and undignified She said Mamata has showed lack of courtsey in disclosing presidential candidates name Lashing Mamata for naming sitting PM as presidential candidate, she said nobody was consulted [...]
Mamata to skip UPA meet over presidential poll tomorrow
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has now decided to boycott UPA meeting for discussion on its presidential candidate on Friday, sources said As per sources, TMC chief has been looking to build pressure on the Congress to withdraw both its choices - Pranabh Mukherjee and Vice President Hamid Ansari - from the contention Sources said that [...]
Mamata & Mulayam President candidates: PM, Kalam and Somnath
Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mamata Banerjee today proposed the names of former President APJ Abdul Kalam, current Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee as candidates for President stunning the Congress party0 Janpath Talking to reporters after the meeting, Mamata claimed Sonia presented two names before [...]
Pranab for President? Mamata to meet Sonia to finalise candidate
The Election Commission is likely to announce the schedule for presidential polls later on Tuesday456 If the Congress fails to announce the name by then, it would have to wait till June 24 when the Prime Minister returns Among other UPA allies, the Samajwadi Party, whose support would be crucial for election of the next President, has so far [...]
Akhilesh’s wife Dimple Yadav to be elected unopposed from Kannuj
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's wife, Dimple Yadav is all set to get elected unopposed from the Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, as two candidates withdraw from the fray After mainstream political parties, including Congress and BSP did not field any candidate against Dimple Yadav, two independent candidates have also withdrawn [...]
