The Congress party’s move to organise the event ahead of the assembly polls in Bihar indicates that unemployment and migration would dominate the Grand Old Party’s campaign for upcoming Bihar assembly elections.
Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday launched a counter attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over the latter's remarks on India's trade negotiations with the United States, saying that nobody takes the Opposition leader seriously anymore because of the ''negativity'' he consistently spreads.
The issue came to the fore during a programme in Dausa on Friday, where senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot launched a scathing attack on the Bhajan Lal Sharma-led BJP government.
The Congress party in Karnataka is struggling to keep its house in order. Despite public proclamations of unity and reassurances from senior leadership, the party is being buffeted by growing undercurrents of dissent, factional rivalry, and the slow unravelling of a leadership pact that now appears to be more political myth than a roadmap.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday alleged that the Congress party discourages members of the Muslim community from wearing their traditional attire at its public events.
Tapas Roy, the Trinamul Congress MLA, who resigned from the party and the Assembly yesterday, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party this afternoon.
District Congress President Pradeep Singhal returned to Amethi from Delhi on Wednesday after the confirmation of Rahul Gandhi's election from Amethi by Priyanka Gandhi.
The advisory to the Wayanad MP was issued after taking into account certain remarks made by him against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the assembly polls last year, they said.
Rahul Gandhi is likely to announce a 10-point roadmap to tackle unemployment and paper leaks.
The senior BJP leader questioned why "divisive politics is on the rise" when the Lok Sabha elections are around the corner.
