The CWC is meeting tomorrow and is likely to select a provisional chief to replace Rahul Gandhi, who is firm on his decision to quit. New Delhi: Ahead of the crucial Congress Working Committee meeting, party leader Abhishek Singhvi said on Friday that any further delay in the selection of the new chief is not an option. The CWC is meeting tomorrow and is likely to select a provisional chief to replace Rahul Gandhi, who is firm on his decision to quit. The CWC may also form a panel ofRead More

Shatrughan Sinha’s name is doing the rounds in Congress circles as the successor to the party’s veteran leader Sheila Dikshit, who died recently. Patna: As Congress circles are abuzz with speculation about his appointment as the next chief of the party’s Delhi unit, actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha said on Wednesday he is willing to shoulder the responsibility with sincerity but “personally I have no demands”. Sinha had switched over to the Congress from the BJP on the eve of the 2019 general elections. “Personally I have no demand, command or expectationsRead More

Not only did the Congress fail to mobilise opposition on the Kashmir issue, but even many of its MPs did not know the party line on Article 370. The Gandhi family appears to be losing its grip on the party with the continuing delay in choosing a successor to Rahul Gandhi. The party has been headless for more than two-and-a-half months. In the meantime though, the Congress Working Committee, the highest policy-making body of the party met twice — once to finalise about Rajiv Gandhi’s 75th birth anniversary celebrations andRead More

Moving resolution on Kashmir in Rajya Sabha, Home minister Amit Shah on Monday said that he was sure that abrogation of Article 370 would end the ‘bloody war’ in Kashmir. New Delhi: Former BJP leader and a vocal critic of the Narendra Modi government, Yashwant Sinha, on Monday called the Centre’s decision to revoke Article 370 “a pure political step” and said the move would help the BJP achieve an even bigger electoral win than what Rajiv Gandhi achieved after the assassination of his mother, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, in 1984.Read More

Senior Congress leader Natwar Singh said the Gandhi family will now have to reverse the decision of having someone from outside the family as the party chief. New Delhi: With the Congress suffering a major leadership crisis after the resignation of Rahul Gandhi, senior party leader Natwar Singh on Sunday became the latest to back Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for the post of party president. Praising Priyanka for visiting Sonbhadra where 10 people were gunned down last week, Singh told news agency ANI: “You must have witnessed what she (Priyanka Gandhi) didRead More