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Ms Gandhi said asking questions and communicating are part of the ethos of democracy. New Delhi: Expressing disappointment that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not reply to a letter by Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and, instead, got BJP President JP Nadda to pen an “inferior and aggressive” response, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has said there is…
The guarantees were read out by M Kharge in presence of National Conference president Farooq Abdullah Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday announced five guarantees for the people of Jammu and Kashmir, including five lakh interest-free loan for women entrepreneurs and Rs 25 lakh health insurance per family, if the Congress-NC…
New Delhi: There is no retirement in politics, said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday as the 82-year-old encouraged politicians to work till their last breath in the service of the people and the country. Speaking at the launch of senior Congress leader Sushil Kumar Shinde’s memoir, “Five Decades in Politics”, written with journalist author…
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New Delhi: The Congress’s delight at the introduction of the Unified Pension Scheme — a move they have termed rollback of the BJP-led government “– has drawn a fresh barb from the BJP. Senior party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad today questioned when the Congress will meet its election promises, particularly the one on pension. “I…
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Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge arrived arrived in Srinagar ahead of Jammu and Kashmir polls. Srinagar: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge arrived in Srinagar on Wednesday on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir to take stock of the party’s preparations for the upcoming assembly polls in…
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Mr Kharge said the Congress will do everything possible for the protection of SCs and STs. New Delhi: Asserting that the idea of denying reservation to SCs and STs on account of the creamy layer concept is “condemnable”, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said the government should have brought legislation in Parliament to nullify…
Uddhav Thackeray, sources said, has asked that the INDIA bloc remain united. New Delhi: The strategy session between the Congress and ally Uddhav Thackeray threw up a rough roadmap for the coming assembly election in Maharashtra, which the state’s Opposition alliance is hoping to win. Sources said the issue of seat-sharing, which often turns contentious,…
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New Delhi: Maharashtra leader Uddhav Thackeray is in Delhi on a three-day visit, the highlight of which will be a strategy session with alliance partner Congress ahead of the assembly elections in the state. The meeting with Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and other leaders including Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, is due tomorrow. A few other…
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. File | Photo Credit: PTI Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on August 1 accused the Modi government of indulging in “tokenism” by bringing in “so-called employment-linked incentive schemes”, and said the ‘B’ in the Union Budget stands for “betrayal”. Mr. Kharge alleged that the Modi government’s Budget has mere internships forced upon…
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The INDIA bloc parties, led by the Congress, staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha on July 24, in protest against all States, except two, being “ignored” in the Union Budget, an allegation termed “outrageous” by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who said all the States never found a mention in any of the previous Budgets,…