Priyanka Ascends
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s resounding victory in Wayanad has reaffirmed the Gandhi family’s dominance, effectively sealing the Congress party’s leadership among the siblings for the foreseeable future.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s resounding victory in Wayanad has reaffirmed the Gandhi family’s dominance, effectively sealing the Congress party’s leadership among the siblings for the foreseeable future.
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, on Monday, blamed the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh for the violence in the Sambhal area that has left four youths dead.
The BJP-Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Mahayuti alliance retained power in Maharashtra by sweeping the Assembly elections.
While Priyanka, who made her electoral debut, joins brother Rahul in the Lok Sabha, their mother Sonia is a member of the Rajya Sabha.
Gandhi, who has been demanding Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into alleged irregularities by the Adani Group, also demanded removal of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch accusing her of protecting Adani.
Sunita Viswanath, a United States-based human rights activist. Sunita Viswanath is also a close associate of George Soros, the billionaire investor and philanthropist, who is also known as a persistent critic of the Narendra Modi government.
At Imphal Hotel he will meet civil society organisation leaders, United Naga Council's leaders, 10 like-minded political parties and women leaders.
On a day his cavalcade was stopped on the way to Churachandpur in strife-torn Manipur, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the state, which has been racked by ethnic violence and clashes, needs healing and peace should be the only priority now.
Former Chief Minister of Manipur, Okram Ibobi Singh, expressed his discontent, denouncing what he referred to as a "dictatorship" and questioned the state of democracy after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's convoy was stopped at Churachandpur.
Bharatiya Janata Party national spokesperson Sambit Patra slammed Rahul Gandhi saying that his irresponsible behaviour turned the situation sensitive in Manipur as people began protests after the Congress leader visited the state on Thursday.
