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09

Mar

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Congress moves suspension notice in RS, LS over West Asia conflict

The reopening of Parliament on Monday was immediately dominated by the crisis in West Asia, as senior Congress MPs Manish Tewari and Randeep Surjewala moved separate motions to suspend normal business in both Houses. The opposition is demanding an urgent, full-scale debate on the regional war and its direct threat to India’s energy security, rather than settling for a unilateral government briefing.   In the Lok Sabha, Manish Tewari called for an transparent evaluation of how the government is protecting national interests. In Rajya Sabha Surjewala’s motion highlighted how precariously positioned Indian’s strategic partnerships are and clarified what happens to…

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08

Mar

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Sorry madam, you have fallen into BJP’s trap: Mamata to President

President Droupadi Murmu’s remarks on the condition of tribal communities in West Bengal on Saturday triggered a sharp political response from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who accused the BJP of attempting to use the President to advance its political agenda in the state.   The President raised concerns about the development and welfare of tribal and Santal communities during her address at the International Santal Conference in Siliguri in North Bengal. She questioned whether tribal communities in the state were receiving government benefits properly and expressed doubts about their overall progress.   Her remarks prompted a response from the West…

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03

Mar

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Sonia targets PM Modi over govt’s silence on Khamenei’s assassination

In a sharply worded intervention on Tuesday, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi criticised the Modi government's response to the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Writing in The Indian Express, the former Congress president argued that New Delhi’s refusal to issue a formal condemnation is not an act of neutrality, but a "troubling departure" from India’s historical foreign policy and a failure of moral leadership.   Gandhi emphasised the fact that the targeted assassination of a head of state while holding office is a "grave rupture" in international relations. She also pointed out the fact that while…

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20

Feb

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India to halt Ravi water flow for Pakistan

Pakistan is currently dealing with a serious water crisis before the onset of summer, and this is expected to worsen with the upcoming completion of the Shahpur Kandi barrage on March 31, after which the surplus water, which used to flow into Pakistan because of the absence of storage facilities in India, will instead be used for irrigation.   The decision to use the water for irrigation was announced by J&K minister Javed Ahmed Rana, who said that the aim is to irrigate the drought-affected Kathua and Samba districts. In response to the effect on Pakistan, Rana mentioned, "Why are…

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16

Feb

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Aiyar’s ‘not a Rahulian’ remark rattles Congress

Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has stirred a fresh political storm within the party after declaring, “I am not a Rahulian,” predicting a third consecutive term for Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, and launching sharp attacks on colleagues ahead of the Assembly polls.   Clarifying his stand, Aiyar said, “I am in the Congress party, I haven’t left it. Mr Rahul Gandhi has forgotten that I am a member of the party. Therefore, I am a Gandhian, I am a Nehruvian, I am a Rajivian, but I am not a Rahulian.”   His remarks have sharpened internal fault lines,…

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13

Feb

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Cong appoints Chennithala chairman, Tharoor co-chair for Kerala poll campaign

In what appears to be an attempt to fortify its ranks for the impending Kerala Legislative Assembly polls, the Congress has named its veteran politician Ramesh Chennithala as the Chairman of its election campaign committee, while Shashi Tharoor, the party’s MP, has been named its Co-Chairman.   Apparently following a series of meetings with party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, Shashi’s elevation seems to have marked a truce between Gandhi and Shashi, who had been up in arms over fears of being passed over by state-level leaders. The apparent resolution of the crisis seems to have augured well for…

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06

Feb

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Rahul Gandhi’s ‘memoir’ remark triggers uproar in Lok Sabha

A statement by the Leader of the Opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi turned into a controversial dispute in the Parliament. Rahul authenticated a copy of an article in the Lok Sabha which cited former army chief M M Naravane's unpublished 'memoir,' but it failed to end the impasse over the matter, leading to a brief adjournment. The Congress leader insisted on raising the issue in the House.   In between all this, Chair Krishna Prasad Tenneti moved on to other Speakers and asked Harish Balayogi of the TDP, an NDA constituent, to speak on the President's address after three…

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29

Jan

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‘On the same page’, says Tharoor after meeting Congress chiefs

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday met party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi to address his grievances, after which he said “all is good” and that the leadership was “on the same page”, signalling a rapprochement ahead of the Kerala Assembly elections. The meeting, held in Kharge’s chamber in the Parliament House complex, lasted over one hour and forty-five minutes and followed weeks of reported disquiet between Tharoor and sections of the party’s Kerala leadership. “We had a discussion with my two party leaders, the LoP and the Congress president. We had…

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17

Jan

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BJP trumps Thackerays in Mumbai, Pawars in Pune

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance made a clean sweep of the municipal corporation elections in Maharashtra on Friday, with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis terming the victory a “landslide mandate” attributed to the party’s “all-encompassing” Hindutva. The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is set to come to power in 25 of the 29 municipal corporations, including Mumbai, where elections were held on January 15, Fadnavis said, addressing jubilant party workers in south Mumbai in the evening. Results of elections in all the 227 wards in Mumbai were declared around midnight. The BJP became the single largest party by winning 89 seats, while…

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10

Jan

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Congress launches 45-day nationwide MGNREGA protest

The Congress on Saturday launched its 45-day nationwide campaign, MGNREGA Bachao Sangram, protesting the repeal of the UPA-era rural employment law and its replacement with the VB-G RAM G Act. Press conferences were held across district headquarters to mark the beginning of the agitation, which will continue until February 25.   The party has demanded the withdrawal of the VB-G RAM G Act and the restoration of MGNREGA as a rights-based law in its original form, including the right to work and the authority of panchayats.   “Today, the Indian National Congress is launching the MGNREGA Bachao Sangram with a…

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