With the Taliban taking over Afghanistan, the Congress on Monday asked the Modi government to wake up from its slumber and protect Indians in the strife-torn country. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the situation in Afghanistan is extremely alarming and India's strategic interests are at stake, but the government has not put in place any plan to evacuate its
Former Congress leader Sushmita Dev, who joined the TMC on Monday, said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has an "excellent vision" for the party's future and hoped that she would be helpful in that regard. Dev, who was the chief of the women's wing of the Congress, joined the TMC in the presence of senior party leaders Abhishek Banerjee and Derek O'Brien in Kolkata.
As India enters the 75th year of independence, the Congress Monday said party chief Sonia Gandhi has urged people to introspect what freedom means and told them it is a "sin" to remain silent when fundamental rights and the Constitution are "trampled upon". She also said the country's democracy needs repairing. "When fundamental rights of people, guaranteed by the founding
The Opposition on Sunday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day address as full of "rhetoric and empty slogans" and alleged that the "same speech" was delivered for years with several announcements that are not meant for implementation. Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said the country has been listening to the "same speeches" by the Prime Minister
The Trinamool Congress on Sunday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has scant knowledge of history and demanded an apology from him for incorrectly saying that freedom fighter from West Bengal, Matangini Hazra, hailed from Assam. The BJP said that the TMC was unnecessarily creating a controversy over the gaffe made during the prime minister's Independence Day speech,