Posts Tagged ‘Sonia Gandhi’
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 [...]
Team Anna supporters lathicharged for attempt to stop Sonia’s convoy
Team Anna supporters, who were protesting near the venue where Congress President Sonia Gandhi was laying the foundation of a road project, were lathicharged in Rae Bareli after they tried to stop her motorcade Mrs Gandhi had stepped out of the car to meet some locals when some members of Team Anna, who were sitting on a dharna in solidarity with [...]
Congress, NCP to set up coordination committee
The Congress and the NCP on Wednesday managed to resolve the ongoing standoff, with an agreement on setting up coordination committees at the Centre and in Mumbai The resolution came ahead of NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at 7, RCR later this evening A formal [...]
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 [...]
PM Manmohan Singh announces Rs.500 crore relief fund for flood-hit Assam
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday reached the flood-hit Assam to review the situation9 lakh people have been affected6 teams comprising of 640 men along with 71 boats and flood rescue equipments0,000 quintals of food items lakh to the next-of-kin of the deceased has been announced While the Central Government [...]
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 [...]
Presidential poll: UPA names Pranab as its candidate
Congress president Sonia Gandhi announced the name of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s as United Progressive Alliance UPA presidential candidate on Friday Announcing the decision taken after a meeting of the UPA allies at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s official residence 7 Race Course Road - attended by all UPA partners except Trinamool [...]
Bengal Congress wants to part ways with TMC
The West Bengal Congress wants to part ways with the Trinamool Congress West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee on Friday decided to write a letter to party President Sonia Gandhi urging her to permit the state unit to quit the West Bengal Cabinet The West Bengal Congress Legislative Party resolved that the party is finding it uncomfortable to be [...]
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 [...]
Congress authorises Sonia to decide Presidential candidate
Congress president Sonia Gandhi was on Monday authorised by her party to select candidates for the upcoming presidential and vice-presidential elections A resolution moved by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee at the Congress Working Committee CWC meeting in Delhi left the decision to Gandhi Political parties have been suggesting names for the [...]
PM says ‘canards and falsehood’ being spread by ‘desparate’ elements
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hit out at those making allegations against him saying 'canards' were being spread about the Congress and the government4 "And for this, the most important thing is that we all work unitedly," she said [subscribe2]
Sonia Gandhi says no to red beacon lights for MPs’ vehicles
Congress President Sonia Gandhi is against MPs' demand to sport red beacons atop their cars in Delhi In a meeting of Congress Parliamentary Party Executive, Sonia made it clear that more red beacons in Delhi would create problems However, she said it should be left to states to take a decision on the issue in their jurisdiction The [...]
Drop factionalism, hard work ahead: Sonia Gandhi to Congress MPs
Asking partymen to draw lessons from the previous polls, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said that leaders must shed factional behaviour and fight as one disciplined team as the party braces to face a series of state elections in the coming months44
Former SPG chief Wanchoo new Goa Governor
Former SPG chief BV Wanchoo was named as the new Governor of Goa, while ESL Narasimhan and K Sankaranarayanan will get fresh terms as Governors of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra respectively,The Congress core group on Saturday cleared the new appointments in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia [...]
Clear statement on Telangana issue in the budget session of Parliament?
The Congress high command hints it's Telangana MPs that the Union government would make a clear statement on Telangana issue in the budget session of Parliament which will be resumed on April 24 after holidays8 Assembly segments in the state, he spoke on the Telangana issue at length to April 24 and during these days the party leadership would [...]
AP Minister DL Ravindra Reddy sends resignation to Sonia over by-poll debacle
The by-poll debacle in Andhra Pradesh has claimed its Health Minister, DL Ravindra Reddy, who has sent his resignation to the party high command Sonia Gandhi The minister cited the dismal performance of the party as reason behind the resignation and owed the moral responsibility for the by-poll drubbing In Andhra Pradesh, the Congress was [...]
