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Mallikarjun Kharge takes Rajya Sabha oath, reaffirms commitment to raise public issues

Mallikarjun Kharge takes Rajya Sabha oath, reaffirms commitment to raise public issues

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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday took the oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha after being re-elected to the Upper House from Karnataka, reaffirming his commitment to raising public issues and holding the government accountable in Parliament. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Cadre sentiment, IUML pressure forced Congress hand

Cadre sentiment, IUML pressure forced Congress hand

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“The Congress Legislature Party had met in Thiruvananthapuram on May 7 and had unanimously resolved to authorise the Congress president to appoint the new leader of the CLP in the state of Keralam. Accordingly, the Congress president has held extensive discussions … Based on all these discussions, it has been decided that V D Satheesan be appointed as the leader of the CLP,” AICC’s Kerala in-charge Deepa Dasmunsi announced here, flanked by central observers Ajay Maken and Mukul Wasnik and Congress communications head Jairam Ramesh. From tacitly allowing Venugopal a week ago to enter the CM race to picking Satheesan for the post, the Congress high command’s 360-degree turn is unprecedented in its recent political history. And the unusual turn of events does not end there. Breaking the long-held tradition of giving weightage to the views of the MLAs, which complicated matters, giving in to pressure from allies in picking its CLP leader, and heeding perceived public sentiment, there were many twists that the leadership had not encountered in the past. Twists and turns The …

Priyanka Gandhi calls women’s bill failure a win for Constitution| India News

Priyanka Gandhi calls women’s bill failure a win for Constitution| India News

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New Delhi : Calling the defeat of the amendments to the Nari Shakti Vandhan Adhiniyam as a “victory of democracy”, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday accused the Centre of conspiring to change the federal structure of the country in the garb of women’s reservation. New Delhi, India – April 18, 2026: MP and AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra speaks during a press conference at the AICC office in New Delhi, India, on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by RAJ K RAJ / Hindustan Times) (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO) She also hailed Opposition unity and said, “It was a victory for the Constitution, the country and the unity of the opposition. This was clearly visible on the faces of leaders from the ruling side,” she said. Addressing a press conference in the capital, a day after the bill failed to pass in the Lok Sabha, Priyanka Gandhi emphasised that the Opposition was not against reservation for women. “Opposition not against reservation but the sole aim of the government behind bringing the Constitution …

Priyanka Gandhi exposes BJP’s ‘delimitation conspiracy’ as Women’s Bill fails in Lok Sabha

Priyanka Gandhi exposes BJP’s ‘delimitation conspiracy’ as Women’s Bill fails in Lok Sabha

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Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday said the BJP government at the Centre had lost the trust of the public. “It’s a Black Day for them (Centre) because they’ve felt a shock for the first time, which they deserved,” she said. #WATCH | Delhi: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi says, “It’s a Black Day for them (centre) because they’ve felt a shock for the first time, which they deserved. The problems of women today are growing exponentially. The struggle is growing. Women aren’t fools. They see everything.… pic.twitter.com/Q9mAXYZ6i8 — ANI (@ANI) April 18, 2026 Vadra also said the government’s failure to pass the women’s reservation and delimitation Bills reflected the “loss of trust”. She said the BJP wanted to attach more weight to the bigger states, especially those in the North, than those in the South, using the delimitation bill. “If they are able to do this, it will create a major crisis in India… We want status quo to be maintained… seats should be proportionate,” she said. Vadra further said there was no reason …

What Priyanka Gandhi ‘achieved in 5 minutes’ versus Rahul’s 20 years, he explains| India News

What Priyanka Gandhi ‘achieved in 5 minutes’ versus Rahul’s 20 years, he explains| India News

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“Everyone in this room has been influenced, taught, learnt a lot from women in their lives,” Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition, said in the Lok Sabha on Friday, as he praised his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in particular. Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi speaks in the House during the special session of Parliament in New Delhi on Friday. Also behind him is Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. (PTI Photo) “Yesterday I was watching my sister (Priyanka, who spoke in Lok Sabha on Thursday) achieve something in five minutes that I have not been able to in, maybe, 20 years of our political career, which was to make (home minister) Amit Shah ji smile,” he said. Both Priyanka Gandhi and Amit Shah were not present, but it led to laughter across party lines. Priyanka came in later. He said he would also want to learn that from her. “I was feeling very proud as her older brother,” he added, as he also went on to recount a story from their grandmother, …

PM’s policies pushing country deeper into crisis, says Priyanka

PM’s policies pushing country deeper into crisis, says Priyanka

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Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during a rally in support of the Assam Jatiya Parishad president and candidate, Lurinjyoti Gogoi, ahead of the Assam Assembly elections, in Dibrugarh, on April 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been pushing the country deeper into crisis by becoming a slave of the United States. Addressing rallies for the candidates of the Congress and ally Assam Jatiya Parishad in eastern Assam on Wednesday (April 1, 2026), she also said the people of the State were tired of the “mafia and syndicate rule” of the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government. Assembly elections: Follow major developments on April 1, 2026 Ms. Vadra said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was running a “double-slavery government” instead of the much-vaunted double-engine government. “Modiji has become America’s slave, and the country is in a crisis because of his policies. And Himantaji is Modiji’s slave,” she said. She said the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister show that they work for the people only when they …

Rijiju mocks Rahul for 2018 hug & wink in Lok Sabha, gets Priyanka’s retort| India News

Rijiju mocks Rahul for 2018 hug & wink in Lok Sabha, gets Priyanka’s retort| India News

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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s hug and wink made it into the debate in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday as parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju mentioned past instances to claim the Leader of Opposition is “not serious” in his conduct. Union minister Kiren Rijiju speaks in the Lok Sabha during on the motion of no-confidence against Speaker Om Birla, on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (Sansad TV) “I have never seen such a leader, who comes and hugs the prime minister, then goes back to his seat and winks at fellow party MPs (‘aankh maarta hai‘),” Rijiju said, speaking in Hindi. Rahul was not present, nor was PM Narendra Modi. Rijiju was speaking against the motion of no-confidence brought in by the Congress-led Opposition against Speaker Om Birla for his allegedly biased conduct. The hug-and-wink instance he mentioned is from 2018, when Rahul Gandhi said he intended to “clean your hearts of hatred, and ignite love instead”, as he pitched the Congress as a “party for every Indian” and the BJP as a “divisive force”. At the …

Priyanka Gandhi slams Himanta for targeting Gogoi family over alleged Pak links| India News

Priyanka Gandhi slams Himanta for targeting Gogoi family over alleged Pak links| India News

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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said that targeting the family and children of the party’s state unit president, Gaurav Gogoi, over his alleged Pakistan link by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was “wrong politics”. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is the Congress screening committee chairperson for the coming Assembly polls in Assam. (X/@priyankagandhi) Vadra, who is the Congress screening committee chairperson for the coming Assembly polls in Assam and is on a two-day visit to the state, said that Gogoi, who is also a Lok Sabha MP, is being targeted as he practices “positive politics”. Earlier this month, CM Sarma, while disclosing details of a special investigation team (SIT) probe into Gogoi’s alleged links with Pakistan, had named the MP’s British wife and the couple’s two minor children, citing their passport details and religious affiliations. Gogoi, who is the son of former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, has denied any links with the Pakistani establishment but admitted that he had visited the country in 2013, prior to becoming an MP for the first …

Priyanka Gandhi releases 20-point ‘people’s chargesheet’ against Himanta government ahead of Assam polls | India News

Priyanka Gandhi releases 20-point ‘people’s chargesheet’ against Himanta government ahead of Assam polls | India News

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2 min readGuwahatiFeb 20, 2026 05:30 AM IST Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrived in Assam on Thursday for a two-day visit and released a 20-point “People’s Chargesheet” — with charges ranging from “institutionalised corruption” to “human rights violations” — against the ruling BJP-led government in the state. Vadra, who is the chairperson of the Screening Committee of the Assam Congress to select candidates for the upcoming election, will attend meetings with district presidents, MLAs and aspirants over the two days. She arrived in Guwahati with D K Shivakumar, Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka and Assam election observer, and Bhupesh Baghel, former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. At a programme in Guwahati, she released the ‘People’s Chargesheet’ against the ruling government, which alleged that Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his ministers have “instituted a corruption-driven parallel economy” and “patronised and protected multifarious illegal activities”, including illegal rat-hole mining and the illegal transportation of Burmese supari and drugs. It also alleges that they and their families have “generated huge amounts of unaccounted and illegal money.” The …

Delhi Confidential: Can’t Take It EC | Delhi Confidential News

Delhi Confidential: Can’t Take It EC | Delhi Confidential News

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A delegation of the Trinamool Congress, led by party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, is scheduled to meet Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Wednesday at Nirvachan Sadan. Members travelling from West Bengal have made elaborate arrangements to tackle two challenges in the national capital—the biting cold and the air quality. The delegation, which comprises some state ministers and leaders, reached Delhi on Tuesday wrapped in multiple layers of warm clothes and carrying bags full of woolens and anti-pollution masks, said a member. Study Tour The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change recently travelled to Nagpur and Chandrapur for a tour to National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) and Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve respectively, it is learnt. At NEERI, the members were briefed on research work undertaken on environme­ntal issues, including air quality. At Tadoba, the forest officers briefed the MPs on efforts to curtail human-wildlife conflict. Family Time Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s son Raihan Vadra is set to get engaged to Delhi-based photogra­pher Aviva Baig on Wednesday. A …