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'Spoke to Mallikarjun Kharge thrice': Rajnath Singh on building consensus for Lok Sabha Speaker's post

Jun 25, 2024, at 06:18 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Defence Minister and BJP veteran Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said he spoke to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge thrice to build a consensus on the Lok Sabha Speaker's post.

Gandhi loyalist Mallikarjun Kharge takes charge as Congress president, succeeds Sonia

Oct 26, 2022, at 05:10 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress Rajya Sabha MP Mallikarjun Kharge Wednesday took charge as the 98th Congress president succeeding the longest serving party chief Sonia Gandhi, in a formal materialising of the overhaul in the biggest opposition unit of the country.

Congress' love for Dalits a deception: Mayawati over Kharge's new role

Oct 20, 2022, at 10:11 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati Thursday took a jibe at the election of Mallikarjun Kharge, a Dalit, as the Congress president and said the Congress love for Dalits is a deception.

Gandhi loyalist Mallikarjun Kharge new non-Gandhi Congress chief after rare presidential polls

Oct 20, 2022, at 04:29 am

For the first time in 24 years, the country's primary opposition party Congress found its non-Gandhi president in the form of 80-year-old Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka, Mallikarjun Kharge, who won the inner-party elections for the top post Wednesday.

May he have a fruitful tenure ahead: Modi wishes newly elected Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge

Oct 19, 2022, at 11:35 pm

New Delhi: Indian PM and country's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's top leader Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted Mallikarjun Kharge on being elected as Congress president and wished he has a 'fruitful tenure' ahead.

Mallikarjun Kharge set to become new Congress president

Oct 19, 2022, at 07:21 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: For the first time in 24 years, the country's primary opposition party Congress is set to get its non-Gandhi president in the form of 80-year-old Rajya Sabha MP, Mallikarjun Kharge.

Mallikarjun Kharge becomes new Congress president

Oct 19, 2022, at 07:17 pm

New Delhi:  Mallikarjun Kharge has won the poll to become the new president of the Congress party.

Congress presidential poll results today

Oct 19, 2022, at 04:20 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress, the country's oldest and primary opposition party, will get its first non-Gandhi president after 24 years as the counting of the presidential polls will be held Wednesday.

Congress presidential polls between two non-Gandhis underway; Sonia, Rahul, Priyanka cast votes

Oct 17, 2022, at 06:10 pm

New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: The Congress presidential elections between two senior MPs outside the Gandhi family, Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor, are underway Monday as the country's oldest and prime opposition party is aiming to refurbish its organisation, eight years after being uprooted from power by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Congress presidential poll candidate Mallikarjun Kharge resigns as Rajya Sabha LoP

Oct 01, 2022, at 08:34 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress presidential poll candidate Mallikarjun Kharge resigned as the party's Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Rajya Sabha Saturday, media reports said.

Congress presidential elections: Mallikarjun Kharge joins race, Digvijaya Singh backs out

Sep 30, 2022, at 06:35 pm

In a new twist to the upcoming presidential elections in the country's primary opposition party Congress, senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge Friday joined the high-voltage race which was signed out by former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh.

Rahul Gandhi told me Congress chief should be non-Gandhi: Ashok Gehlot

Sep 23, 2022, at 06:04 pm

Rajasthan Chief Minister and the frontrunner to become the next Congress president, Ashok Gehlot, has revealed top leader Rahul Gandhi's wish to have a non-Gandhi as the party boss.

Congress presidential elections: Notification issued amid buzz over Gehlot-Tharoor fight

Sep 22, 2022, at 07:24 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The notification for the election of the Congress president was issued Thursday, with a contest between two leaders likely after a gap of 22 years.

Congress presidential election: Ashok Gehlot calls meeting of party MLAs in Rajasthan tonight

Sep 21, 2022, at 02:31 am

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister and Gandhi family loyalist Ashok Gehlot, who will contest the Congress presidential election against another party veteran Shashi Tharoor, has called a meeting of party MLAs tonight at a time when his rival Sachin Pilot is away from town, said media reports.

7 Congress state units pass resolution seeking Rahul Gandhi's return as party chief

Sep 20, 2022, at 02:59 am

More state units of Congress are passing resolutions amplifying the chorus for Rahul Gandhi to return as the Congress president with the Rajasthan Congres unit leading the states in favour of the former party president.

We will pursue Rahul Gandhi, force him to return as Congress prez: Mallikarjun Kharge

Aug 27, 2022, at 10:37 pm

Bengaluru: Rahul Gandhi, who has turned down the offer to be the Congress president, will be pursued to lead as he is the only party leader who has a national presence, senior Congress leader M Mallikarjun Kharge has said, media reported.

Sonia Gandhi being treated for fungal infection in respiratory tract: Congress

Jun 17, 2022, at 07:19 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who is admitted in Sir Ganga Ram hospital due to Covid related issues, has contracted a fungal infection in her lower respiratory tract and is being treated for it, senior party leader Jairam Ramesh said Friday.

Mamata Banerjee prays for 'early recovery' of hospitalised Covid-19 infected Sonia Gandhi

Jun 13, 2022, at 01:11 am

Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has prayed for an "early recovery" of Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, who was Sunday hospitalised with Covid-19 complications.

PM Modi wishes Covid-19 infected Sonia Gandhi speedy recovery

Jun 02, 2022, at 11:06 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has wished a speedy recovery of Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, who has contracted Covid-19.

CWC: Sonia Gandhi to continue as Congress president, organisational elections in Aug-Sep next year

Oct 17, 2021, at 12:07 am

New Delhi/UNI: Senior leader Sonia Gandhi will continue on the post of Congress president for another year at least as the party goes through the process of electing a new chief.

I am a full time, hands-on Congress president: Sonia Gandhi

Oct 16, 2021, at 06:56 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi Saturday hit back at her critics within the party and outside as she emphasised being a "full time" and "hands-on" president of the political outfit, saying revival of the party requires "self-control and discipline".

Sonia Gandhi demands revocation of EIA 2020

Aug 13, 2020, at 07:17 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Terming the Draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), 2020 a 'disastrous ' law that will unleash 'unprecedented devastation on the environment', Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said that the government must stop dismantling India’s environmental regulations and demanded withdrawal of its notification.

No alternative to constant testing to combat COVID-19: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi

Apr 02, 2020, at 03:07 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Expressing concern over the rapid spread of Coronavirus in the country as well as across the world, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday stressed that there was no alternative to constant testing to combat the deadly virus.

Sonia Gandhi slams BJP leader Kapil Mishra over Delhi violence

Feb 26, 2020, at 01:23 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kapil Mishra over the Delhi violence which has claimed 20 lives, media reports said.

BJP releases video showing Sonia Gandhi getting enumerated in 2011 under NPR

Dec 25, 2019, at 01:19 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released a video footage showing Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi enumerating for the population census in 2011 under the National Population Register (NPR) norms.

We will fight every battle with grit and determination, collectively turn the tide: Sonia Gandhi

Nov 28, 2019, at 01:19 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Launching a sharp attack against the Narendra Modi Government, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday charged it of complete mismanagement of the Economy and indulging in a 'shameless attempt to subvert democracy in Maharashtra'.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi meets DK Shivakumar in Tihar jail

Oct 23, 2019, at 01:49 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday met his party leader DK Shivakumar, who is lodged in Tihar jail after getting arrested in connection with a money laundering case, media reports said.

BJP mocks Congress for selecting Sonia Gandhi as party president

Aug 11, 2019, at 10:37 am

New Delhi, Aug 11 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has mocked the Congress Working Committee's decision to appoint UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi as the interim chief stating that the party would never come out of the mother-son slavery.

Sonia Gandhi to be next Congress President

Aug 10, 2019, at 11:18 pm

New Delhi, Aug 10 (IBNS): After a marathon meeting of the Working Committee, Sonia Gandhi has been once again chosen as the new Congress president on Saturday.

Congress may name its new party president today

Aug 10, 2019, at 06:31 pm

New Delhi, Aug 10 (IBNS): The Congress Working Committe is expected to name its new president on Saturday, ending all specualtions on who will take charge of the grand old party of India which suffered a massive jolt in the Lok Sabha polls this year.