Read more about Congress must reclaim position as India s big tent party: Milind Deora on Business Standard. Soon after his Congress colleague Jitin Prasada quit the party to join the BJP, Milind Deora on Wednesday said the Congress must reclaim its position as India s big tent party and asserted that it still has a strong bench which, if empowered and
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh appeared before a three-member Congress panel here on Friday, reportedly formed by the party high command to sort out the problems in its state unit. The meeting lasted for more than three hours. The panel is headed by the leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, and also comprises Congress Punjab in-charge Harish Rawat and former MP J.P. Aggarwal. Speaking to the reporters, Amarinder Singh said, The meeting was to discuss the preparations for the Assembly elections scheduled early next year. These are our inner party discussions and I don t propose to share them with you.
Read more about Infighting, alliance key to Congress defeat in recent elections: Panel on Business Standard. The committee was headed by Ashok Chavan and has members like Salman Khurshid, Manish Tewari, Vincent Pala and Jothi Mani.
The Congress in Maharashtra on Saturday accused the Centre of short-changing the Maharashtra government by withholding its rightful dues to tide over the COVID-19 pandemic and other disasters like cyclones and heavy rains that had hit the state last year. State Congress president Nana Patole also accused the BJP of acting irresponsibly amidst the pandemic, a day after Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis said that Maharashtra was the only state in the country that didn t provide any assistance to the people during the crisis. In his Facebook address on Friday night, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had referred to the stringent measures adopted by various countries to check the spread of coronavirus. He had also hinted that a lockdown was inevitable if new cases continue to go up.
Following a controversy over a polling team in Assam carrying an EVM in the vehicle belonging to the wife of a BJP candidate, the Congress on Saturday held a protest against the incident and alleged that the ruling party in the state is indulging in electoral manipulation. Amid slogan-shouting by the party workers, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Ripun Bora urged the Election Commission to take strict action against the BJP leaders who carry out illegal activities that hamper the polling process. The protest rally was not allowed to move forward on the busy arterial G S Road and stopped at the gate of the state Congress headquarters Rajiv Bhawan .