Indian National Congress

What the Prashant Kishor-Congress episode tells us

April 30, 2022 11:43 pm

Suhas Palshikar writes: It is symbolic of the party's abdication of centrist, non-sectarian politics. It also raises fundamental questions about nature of party politics

Congress adds 2.6 crore new members in digital drive

April 16, 2022 8:56 am

Unlike previous years, this time the Congress had decided to roll out a digital membership drive in addition to the standard paper membership process.

Hemant Soren’s twin worries: A Congress unhappy playing second fiddle & two defiant MLAs

April 06, 2022 4:28 pm

Congress leaders say the party has become more assertive in Jharkhand since RPN Singh quit to join the BJP.

Indulging dissenters too much will encourage more dissent: Jakhar on Sonia's meet with G-23 leaders

March 23, 2022 4:28 pm

The Congress president is likely to meet more leaders of the group in the coming days.

Tharoor, Thomas on invite list, Congress bans its leaders from attending CPM event

March 21, 2022 7:04 am

Congress state chief K Sudhakaran said the party has given a direction to all its leaders, including MPs, against participating in the seminars. “If any leader takes part in the CPI(M) seminars, they would face action,” he said.

Ghulam Nabi Azad meets Sonia Gandhi, says no questions over Congress chief

March 19, 2022 8:02 am

During the hour-long meeting, Azad is learnt to have put forward a set of proposals calling for elections to the CWC, making the Central Election Committee an elected body and reviving the defunct Parliamentary Board to ensure that decision-making is collective.

Regional voices see a revival in Manipur, Goa as national parties are perceived to be ignoring local aspirations

February 26, 2022 10:16 am

Parties like the NPP and KPA have indicated that as regional voices they are better placed to highlight local concerns than the national parties, which prefer to subsume them under the rubric of national security etc.

Respect despite the discord: Subhas Chandra Bose’s relationship with Nehru, Gandhi and the Congress

January 24, 2022 8:07 am

The Bose-Gandhi rivalry is frequently understood as the biggest dichotomy of the Indian nationalist movement, its narrative often picked up by parties now to futher their own agenda.

11 AMC Congress corporators resign on differences over choice of LoP

January 09, 2022 11:27 pm

The eleven corporators submitted their resignations to the state Congress president Jagdish Thakor after the death anniversary condolence meeting of late Gujarat Chief Minister Madhavsinh Solanki at Rajiv Bhawan.

Will not allow BJP govt to pass anti-conversion bill in Karnataka Assembly: Cong leader Siddaramaiah

December 17, 2021 7:19 pm

Siddaramaiah alleged that the government was making attempts such as bringing in anti-conversion law to divert the attention of the people from real issues.

Congress wins Gurdaspur bypoll 2017: Here's how party celebrated Sunil Jhakar's succes

October 16, 2017 8:22 am

Punjab Congress candidate Sunil Jakhar has won the Gurdaspur by-election with huge margin of 1,93,219 votes defeating Bhartiya Janta Party candidate Sawarn Singh Salaria.

Fali S Nariman Interview: Congress' charges for impeachment of Chief Justice Dipak Misra are frivolous

June 22, 2020 6:25 pm

In an interview to The Indian Express, senior jurist Fali S Nariman rubbished the charges leveled by the Congress party on the issue of impeaching the Chief Justice of India. This is what he said. 

Delay In Elevation of Rahul Gandhi As Congress Party Chief, Sonia Gandhi To Continue: Here Is Why?

September 09, 2015 12:49 pm