Tag: Congress Legislature Party

Bhubaneswar: The rift in Odisha Congress Legislature Party (CLP) seems to be widening further as three legislators of the party have reportedly backed senior leader Bhakta Das for the post of Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief. In a written memorandum to the AICC observers’ team, all the three MLAs have pledged their support to Das, […]

Raipur: State Congress President Bhupesh Baghel was on Sunday picked the new Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, where the party crushed the BJP in Assembly elections to end its 15-year rule, and will take oath on Monday evening. Shortly after he was elected the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader by the MLAs at the party office […]

Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP president B S Yeddyurappa has said some Congress MLAs skipping the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting and the deep differences between the ruling coalition partners are an indication that a volcano may erupt in the coming days. His remarks came after four dissident Congress MLAs on Friday skipped the CLP meeting here […]

By Sandeep Sahu ‘The party with a difference’ has proved that when it comes to grabbing power, it is no different than any other party. The way it ‘manufactured’ a majority in Manipur and Goa after the election results were announced proved, if any proof was required at all, that it has no qualms about […]

By Sandeep Sahu It is clear that AICC general secretary in charge of Odisha BK Hariprasad was engaged in a desperate exercise in damage control when he said that Lalatendu Biduyadhar Mohapatra – Lulubhai to his legion of supporters – was offered the post of PCC president, but declined on ‘health grounds’. Having seen the […]

Bengaluru: The political crisis in Karnataka entered a new phase on Thursday, with Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar showing no mood to take an early decision on the resignation of 16 MLAs of the ruling Congress and JD-S on the eve of the Assembly session where a showdown could be expected. Kumar, who met 13 rebel […]

Bhubaneswar: Congress Legislature Party leader Narasingha Mishra on Wednesday said in the Odisha Assembly that most of the people’s representatives are not wearing dhoti. Mishra said young generation leaders have not only forgotten the state’s traditional men’s wear – dhoti -, but also veteran leaders who earlier used to wear dhoti. “We have forgotten Mahatma […]