Amit Agnihotri
Akhilesh Yadav supports Rahul's demand for JPC probe in Rafale deal
After Mayawati's recent shocker over poll alliances, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi got a shot in the arm with his SP counterpart Akhilesh Yadav coming out in support of his Rafale JPC demand.
24 Sep 2018
Congress to play up Rafale before 2019 polls
Go to the people and build up momentum against the Modi government, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi told senior party leaders during a brainstorming session.
19 Aug 2018
Congress shifts stand, asserts NRC has origin in 1985 Assam accord
In a clear shift of stand over the National Register of Citizenship issue, the Congress on Saturday said it “supports the NRC process” as it flowed from the 1985 Assam accord signed by Rajiv Gandhi.
05 Aug 2018
Assam NRC: Congress to hold hand of affected people
Congress MP Sushmita Dev alleged that the move to exclude 40 lakh people from the NRC draft reflected a frenzy to identify foreigners in Assam while genuine citizens were being left out.
31 Jul 2018
Congress using GST, Demonetisation as weapons to win back urban voters
Within a year, the AIPC, headed by Shashi Tharoor, has grown into 50 chapters across the country with around 5,000 members.
29 Jul 2018
No-confidence motion: Unfulfilled promises more important than numbers, says Opposition
The no-trust motion, a first in 15 years, comes in the backdrop of unprecedented mud-slinging between the BJP and its political rivals over the past few months.
20 Jul 2018
Dangerous trend, says Professor Irfan Habib as BJP brands Congress pro-Muslim
"I am surprised as such a thing was neither said by any of the guests nor by Rahul Gandhi during the interaction," Prof Habib told TNIE.
14 Jul 2018
Rahul Gandhi meets Muslim intellectuals
Sources in the party said the outreach was organised at the behest of newly appointed minority department chairman Nadeem Javed and was attended by former union minister Salman Khurshid.
11 Jul 2018
MSP hike misleading, a ploy for 2019 Lok Sabha polls: Congress
Congress communications chief Randeep Surjewala said the MSP hike was misleading as it was less than the promised input cost plus 50 percent by PM Modi in 2014.
04 Jul 2018
Congress to target Centre over black money, corruption issues in Parliament's monsoon session
The Congress stance came after a recent report said deposits of Indians in Swiss Banks grew by 50 percent last year.
29 Jun 2018
Congress slams Modi government for letting Nirav Modi escape
Questioning the timing of Nirav's travels, the Congress said all his dummy directors in the Gitanjali group travelled conveniently from Hong Kong to UK to seek political asylum.
15 Jun 2018
2019 polls: Congress to go with RJD in Bihar but wants better deal
"We need to negotiate from a position of strength and for that we need a strong organisation. That is the priority and we are working to achieve it," AICC in-charge of Bihar said.
05 Jun 2018
Bypoll results: Repeat jolts to BJP speeds up Opposition unity plan
Talks about Opposition unity ahead of the 2019 national polls got a leg up after the Congress and its allies scored over the BJP in the four Lok Sabha and 10 Assembly bypolls across the country.
01 Jun 2018
Unease in Congress over RSS invite to Pranab Mukherjee
While what Mukherjee does with the RSS invite remains to be seen, sources said the former president was a wily politician.
30 May 2018
Salman Khurshid's book slams Arvind Kejriwal for maligning Congress to gain power in 2013
Kejriwal became oracle who wielded a brush that relentlessly tarred many a reputation, says Khurshid in book on 2G spectrum scam.
29 May 2018
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