A day after the Congress alleged serious and grave inconsistencies in the data relating to the polling and counting processes for the recently concluded Assembly elections in Maharashtra, the Election Commission (EC) on Saturday assured the party to address all its "legitimate" concerns.
The proposed formula suggests one minister for every five MLAs, resulting in a total of 11 ministers for the 56 MLAs in the alliance.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, who recently took oath as the Wayanad MP, is set to address her constituency for the first time on Saturday after her historic victory in the just-concluded bypolls.
The party’s highest decision-making body has also decided to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the presidency of Mahatma Gandhi in 1924, in Belgaum in December.
Delhi Congress president Devender Yadav on Friday vowed to provide ownership rights to those living in resettlement colonies if the party comes to power in the upcoming Assembly elections.
Accompanying Priyanka Gandhi were Gaurav Gogoi and Bhupen Borah, President of the All Assam Pradesh cONGRESS Committee, alongside other prominent state leaders.
Can the Congress party successfully compel the BJP to confront the daunting realities of price rise and unemployment? While the Congress endeavours to steer the conversation towards these critical issues, it faces an uphill battle against the BJP’s dominant narrative.
The manifesto is blissfully silent about the means of financing the costs of its promises, leaving the only option of high fiscal deficits (FD) and consequent heavy borrowing, though it makes a vague promise, without any roadmap, to double the GDP growth in the next 10 years ~ the underlying assumption being that the growth will find the necessary resources.
Polling for the second phase Lok Sabha elections is scheduled to be held on April 19.
Claiming that the electoral bond scheme was designed to be fully anonymous, Ramesh said, “In other words, Modi wanted to hide the details of where funds have come from (to political parties), and how they are being used.”
