‘Couldn’t speak against BJP in MP, asked Cong to raise issues,’ admits Sumitra Mahajan
Her admission drew praise from MP Health Minister Tulsiram Silawat.
Her admission drew praise from MP Health Minister Tulsiram Silawat.
The BJP and its allies had nearly 30 of these assembly seats, while the Congress had won 12 and the rest were with regional parties.
The Bollywood actor had on March 27 joined the Congress after meeting then party chief Rahul Gandhi at his residence.
Kamal Nath has offered to step down as the state unit chief following Congress' drubbing in the Lok Sabha elections.
Rahul Gandhi went public with a formal assertion that he has resigned as the Congress president earlier this month.
After the Lok Sabha poll debacle, this is for the first time that the newly-elected MPs of the Congress had met to elect the new leader of the parliamentary party.
The war of words intensified when Singh blamed Sidhu for party's poor performance in the state's urban areas and said his actions during the elections had not only harmed him but also Rahul Gandhi.
Former foreign secretary Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has been appointed the External Affairs Minister, a post that was held by Sushma Swaraj in the previous government.
A total of 57 leaders from the BJP and NDA allies took oath as the new union council of ministers on Thursday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
In the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, the Congress could not win even a single seat out of the total 25 seats in Rajasthan.
