Tag: Congress Chief

New Delhi: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of removing CBI Director Alok Verma in a bid to stop him from investigating the Rafale “scam”. He also alleged that the prime minister “broke the law” and “bypassed” the Chief Justice of India and the Leader of Opposition, who were part of the […]

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a notice to Congress President Rahul Gandhi to clarify his nationality within a fortnight after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Subramanian Swamy alleged that he is a British national. The MHA in a letter dated April 29, said that Gandhi has declared his nationality as […]

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that he will not participate in the process of electing a new chief for the country’s oldest political party. Speaking to media persons in Parliament, Gandhi said: “I will not participate in the process of electing the new President as it will make things more complicated.” […]

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi was set to meet on Monday Chief Ministers of five Congress-ruled states for the first time after the Lok Sabha election defeat and made it clear he was firm on giving up the party’s leadership. Shortly after Rajasthan’s Ashok Gehlot said that Gandhi should remain at the party’s helm, […]

New Delhi: The leadership crisis in the Congress after party chief Rahul Gandhi offered to step down following the Lok Sabha drubbing may end soon as the party is all set to call a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting to decide on the new President. Senior party sources told IANS that the meeting of the […]

New Delhi: Soon after Rahul Gandhi said that he was no longer the Congress chief, party leaders said he would continue as the party President till the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meets and accepts his resignation. The CWC is the party’s top decision-making body, is authrized to start the process of electing Gandhi’s successor. A […]

Patna: Actor-turned-politician and Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha on Monday backed Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s name for leading the party. “It’s my humble appeal that she would be apt as the party president to lead ahead. It will be a shot in the arm,” Sinha tweeted. Sinha said Priyanka’s leadership will be a boost for the Congress […]

New Delhi: Despite the names of veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge and Mukul Wasnik being thrown up as possible successor to the Congress President’s post, when the state party leaders finally sat down to confabulate and propose the names for the post — it came as no surprise — Rahul Gandhi again! For the grand old […]

New Delhi: Former Haryana Congress chief Ashok Tanwar, who was replaced by former Union minister Kumari Selja ahead of the Assembly polls in the state, is being considered as the next Delhi Congress chief, a post lying vacant since the death of former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, party sources said on Monday. A highly-placed […]