Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre has cheated Maa Ganga in the name of cleaning the river under Namami Gange Programme.
Senior Congress leader and erstwhile Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has urged today railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to introduce special trains on the Malda, Murshidabad, and Dinajpur (North and South) routes ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr to accommodate the surge in passenger traffic during the festive season.
The all-party meeting convened by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to discuss issues related to the delimitation of constituencies will take place on Wednesday at the secretariat here. The BJP, NTK and the Tamil Maanila Congress have decided to boycott the meet.
The Opposition BJP and Janata Dal (S) leaders have strongly criticized the Congress government in Karnataka for proposing a significant pay hike for legislators and spending large sums on luxury amenities in the assembly premises, including recliners and massagers.
The ongoing agitation by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) workers for fair remuneration, now in its 24th day, led to a major disruption in the Kerala Assembly on Tuesday.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday convened a meeting with senior leaders from the party’s Kerala unit to discuss strategy for the 2026 Assembly polls in the state.
Leader of the Opposition and former chief minister Jai Ram Thakur, accusing Congress government of asking for money from state-run temples to fund flagship government schemes, said the BJP won’t allow such a loot.
Claiming that two key posts of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes have been lying vacant since last one year, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that this is another proof of “anti-Dalit mindset” of the BJP-led government at the Centre.
The opposition Congress remained absent in the Rajasthan Assembly on Thursday over the deadlock following satirical reference on former prime minister late Indira Gandhi by a minister and subsequent suspension of six MLAs last week.
Amid speculation that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal might seek a Rajya Sabha seat, Congress leader Udit Raj said that this move would not protect him from allegations and claimed that he was "destined" to go to Tihar jail.
