Tag: Congress
Congress President Rahul Gandhi has been given a fourth row seat to witness the Republic Day parade here on Friday, sparking furious reaction from the party which said it was done in breach of protocol and to "demean" the party and its President.....
The Congress on Thursday led over the ruling BJP in the two Lok Sabha constituencies of Ajmer and Alwar in Rajasthan as officials counted the tens of thousands of votes polled in by-elections held on Monday.....
BJP chief Amit Shah on Friday described Congress President Rahul Gandhi's style of politics in Parliament as "undemocratic" after the opposition party created a ruckus during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech.....
Leaders of the Congress and 14 other opposition parties on Friday sought President Ram Nath Kovind's intervention for a Supreme Court-monitored investigation by an independent agency into the "suspicious" death of Judge B.H. Loya.....
Countering Congress charge that multi-crore bank fraud took place under the BJP government, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Rahul Gandhi was present at a promotional event of Gitanjali Jewels and that the fraud took place during the UPA regime.....
The Congress on Saturday said it will raise the PNB scam in Parliament "vociferously" and speak to various opposition parties to put pressure on the government to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe the matter.....
The Congress on Monday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi on as to who facilitated the escape aboard of Punjab National Bank fraud accused Mehul Choksi, who was purportedly declared a proclaimed offender by a Chandigarh court.....
Nearly 30 per cent of electors cast their votes in the first three hours of polling on Saturday in byelections to Mungaoli and Kolaras assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh -- seen as a battle royale between the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress.....
Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has declined the invitation to attend a meeting of the Lokpal selection committee as a "special invitee", saying he was doing so to protect the "inviolability" of the Lokpal Act as the "sacred procedure" had been reduced to a "political pretence".....
A special court on Thursday gave the CBI custody of Karti Chidambaram, son of Congress leader P. Chidambaram, for questioning till March 6 in the INX Media alleged bribery case, saying the matter is at an initial and very crucial stage that requires further investigation.....