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Rumblings in Punjab Congress after Manish Tewari’s cryptic post on rejig

Rumblings in Punjab Congress after Manish Tewari’s cryptic post on rejig

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A Punjab Congress reshuffle ahead of state elections next year seems to have widened discontent within the party with some leaders, mostly on condition of anonymity, expressing unease over the manner in which the changes were made. The party claims that as Manish Tewari is a Chandigarh MP, it is part of a different set up and not Punjab’s organisation. (HT Photo/File) While retaining Amarinder Singh Raja Warring as the Punjab Congress president and Partap Singh Bajwa as the Leader of Opposition, the party high command on Wednesday also appointed chairpersons for key election-related committees and named three working presidents. A public reaction came in the form of a cryptic post on X by Lok Sabha lawmaker Manish Tewari, whose name did not figure in any of the appointments. “Wish I had an antidote for the insecurities of individuals and institutions!” Tewari said on Thursday, referring to his critics in the party. “Hai bada koi avgun usme jise koi hunar aave (A person who possesses a skill often has a major flaw),” he added in his …

Manish Tewari pitches direct election of Chandigarh Mayor | Chandigarh News

Manish Tewari pitches direct election of Chandigarh Mayor | Chandigarh News

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2 min readChandigarhJan 29, 2026 01:15 AM IST With Chandigarh set to elect its Mayor, Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor on Wednesday, Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari has called for a fundamental overhaul of the city’s civic governance structure, demanding the direct election of the Mayor for a fixed term of five years. In a statement, Tewari said Chandigarh has seen around 30 Mayors, 30 Senior Deputy Mayors and 30 Deputy Mayors since 1996, amounting to 90 office-bearers in less than three decades. He said the short one-year tenure has rendered these positions largely ineffective, leaving the Municipal Corporation plagued by persistent structural problems, including a chronic resource crunch. Tewari argued that the existing system has failed to deliver stable and accountable civic leadership. He said the only viable solution was to elect the Mayor and deputies directly by the electorate of Chandigarh for a five-year term, along with commensurate executive powers to enable them to discharge their responsibilities meaningfully. The Congress MP said he had already introduced a Private Member’s Bill in the Lok …

Delhi Confidential: Capital Calling | Delhi Confidential News

Delhi Confidential: Capital Calling | Delhi Confidential News

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Senior BJP leader Sanjeev Balyan, who represented Muzaffarnagar twice in the Lok Sabha before his defeat in the 2024 elections, is busy campaigning in Delhi Assembly elections, mainly in areas having substantial Jat and Gujjar population. The party has assigned him the task to concentrate in areas where families from western UP, especially Jats and Gujjars, are concentrated. He had accompanied BJP candidates from Mundka, Badli, Narela and Nangloi Jat segments during the nomination filing, besides addressing a meeting in Ghonda. In Uniform A Delhi Police DCP-rank officer recently shared a picture of himself with poll-duty paramilitary personnel on an official WhatsApp group, where the police chief is also a member. The officer was told by his senior to be in uniform at such events through a text in the group. A few days later, the DCP posted a similar picture on X — and this time, he was in uniform. Meeting Point The wedding reception of Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Manish Tewari’s daughter Ineka in Delhi on Sunday saw a battery …

Jaishankar to Manish Tewari in Lok Sabha – India TV

Jaishankar to Manish Tewari in Lok Sabha – India TV

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Image Source : SANSAD TV S Jaishankar replies to Manish Tewari in Lok Sabha Amid the uproar in the winter session of the parliament, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, in a response to a question posed by Congress Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari on recent disengagement with China, said, “What somebody wrote as a paper is for that somebody to answer for. I can answer for the government.” Earlier, the Congress MP cited a paper written by a ‘senior IPS officer’, which was presented to the conference of Director Generals and Inspector Generals of police. Tewari quoted the paper which points out that “26 out of the 65 patrolling points from Karakoram Pass to Chumar were inaccessible to Indian security forces as a consequence of Chinese transgressions.” Manish Tewari attacks government The Congress MP attacked the government saying, “This fact was never officially controverted by the government at any level”. He further asked whether the Minister could confirm to the house that after the recent disengagement, all those 26 patrolling points, which were “ostensibly inaccessible …

No plans to revise old rules governing Chandigarh, says Centre | Chandigarh News

No plans to revise old rules governing Chandigarh, says Centre | Chandigarh News

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The Union Government has clarified in Parliament that there are no proposals to amend laws such as the Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control Act, 1952. Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, made the statement in response to a question by Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari, who had asked whether these laws would be updated to address contemporary urban challenges. Tewari also questioned the relevance of applying Lal Dora regulations to 22 villages of Union Territory (UT) Chandigarh, which now fall under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh. He sought clarity on how the concept of Lal Dora aligns with Chandigarh’s urban planning and the objectives outlined in the city’s Master Plan 2031. The MP further inquired about steps being taken to ensure equitable infrastructure development across the city and prevent gaps in water and sanitation services in Lal Dora areas. Expressing concern over recent disconnections of water connections in residential areas outside Lal Dora, Tewari accused the Union Government of evading his questions. He argued that the distinction between areas within and …

Chandigarh Election Officer Issues Notice To Congress’ Manish Tewari

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The notice was also issued to the party’s Chandigarh unit chief HS Lucky. Chandigarh: The Chandigarh district election officer has issued notices to Congress party’s Chandigarh candidate Manish Tewari and the party’s state unit chief HS Lucky for the alleged violation of the Election Commission of India’s instructions. According to an official statement, the DEO-cum-returning officer issued the notice to Mr Tewari and the state president of the Congress based on multiple complaints that “the Congress workers were engaged in the making and distribution of Congress Guarantee Cards in different areas like Maloya, Daria, Kishangarh, Manimajra, Bapu Dham Colony, EWS Flats Dhanas, whereby important details of voters were being collected by inducing them to vote in favour of Congress in lieu of promised guarantees in guarantee cards”. Field reports which were obtained from flying squads in this regard by assistant returning officers reported that some of the residents had been made to fill such forms in which their details like name, address and phone number by the Congress party workers, it said. “Following the examination …

‘Haath has picked up the jhadu’: Manish Tewari makes a Congress-AAP pitch for Chandigarh | Political Pulse News

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Dressed in a white T-shirt and tracksuit, Manish Tewari briskly walks along Chandigarh’s Sukhna Lake at 6.45 am, greeting people out on their morning walk with a firm handshake. “How are you, sir? I am Manish Tewari, please support us. I am the joint candidate of the Congress and the AAP (Aam Aadmi Party),” the 58-year-old Congress leader tells a middle-aged man, who promptly responds, “I know you, I was your junior at St John’s (school).” After a brief conversation, Tewari moves on to the person sweeping the walkway. “My name is Manish Tewari, what is your name? Is everything alright at home? I am the joint candidate of the Congress-AAP alliance,” he says in Hindi. As the Lok Sabha election campaign in Chandigarh, which votes in the last phase on June 1, gains pace, Tewari is not only going across the city addressing public meetings, he is also making his presence felt at popular spots such as Sukhna Lake, Tagore Theatre, and the Leisure Valley park area, a packet of chocolates and candies always …

MP Report Card: Manish Tewari from Anandpur Sahib | Chandigarh News

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MP profile A former Union minister, Manish Tewari (58) is a two-time Lok Sabha MP. He was first elected on Congress ticket from Ludhiana in 2009 and from Anandpur Sahib in 2019 on Congress ticket. An advocate by profession who practices in the Supreme Court, Tewari is also an author and a regular guest columnist, writing for various publications. He started his political career at DAV College, Chandigarh, as president of National Student Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of Congress in 1981-82 and leading NSUI as national president from 1988 to 1993. He served as Indian Youth Congress (IYC) national president between 1998 and 2000 and was appointed national spokesperson of INC in 2008. In his two-terms as MP, he was a member of different committees of Lok Sabha. A resident of Chandigarh, Tewari was born in Ludhiana and brought up in Chandigarh. His father V N Tewari, a professor at Panjab University Chandigarh was killed by militants in 1984 in Chandigarh during a morning walk. Tewari’s mother Amrit Tewari was a dentist. …

Electoral bonds scheme | Modi government trying to use SBI to bulldoze Supreme Court judgment, says Mallikarjun Kharge

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“Modi government is using the largest bank of our country as a shield to hide its dubious dealings through Electoral Bonds,” Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Congress on March 5 attacked the Centre over the State Bank of India (SBI) moving the Supreme Court to seek more time to disclose electoral bond details, alleging that the Modi government is using the largest bank of the country as a shield to hide its “dubious dealings”. The SBI on March 4 moved the Supreme Court seeking an extension till June 30 to disclose details of each electoral bond encashed by political parties. In its verdict last month, the top court directed the SBI to furnish the details to the poll panel by March 6. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the Congress’ position on the electoral bonds scheme is that it is “opaque, undemocratic and destroyed the level playing field”. “Modi government is using the largest bank of our country as a shield to hide its dubious dealings through Electoral Bonds,” he …

‘Burnt bodies tell no tales’: Congress MP on cremation of dead Russian tourists | Latest News India

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Former Union minister and Congress MP Manish Tewari on Thursday questioned the cremation of the two Russian tourists who died under mysterious circumstances in a hotel in Odisha last week. Wondering why the bodies of the Russian tourists were cremated and not buried as per Christian practices, Tewari wrote on Twitter, “Hercule Poirot says burnt bodies tell no tales.” Hercule Poirot is a fictional Belgian detective created by British writer Agatha Christie. Pavel Antov (65), a Russian MP and multi-millionaire businessman, died after allegedly falling from the hotel’s third floor on December 24. Vladimir Bidenov, his fellow traveller and hotel roommate, was also found dead in his room on December 22. The case piqued global interest because Antov was critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year. Tewari had earlier posted a video on Twitter highlighting the mysterious circumstances under which the two Russian tourists were found dead. “A Russian Oligarch ..a war Critic..an offbeat hotel..a colleague who dies under mysterious circumstances…a convenient window..another death..a cremation in India of two Christians …