Nadda, Sonia among leaders with diverse political ideologies pay homage to Sitaram Yechury
Nadda paid floral tributes to the mortal remains of the former Rajya Sabha MP Yechury, who passed away at the age of 72 on Thursday, at his residence.
Nadda paid floral tributes to the mortal remains of the former Rajya Sabha MP Yechury, who passed away at the age of 72 on Thursday, at his residence.
Sitaram Yechury passed away on 12th September at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Expressing grief over the demise of the CPM leader, she said, “I am very saddened by the passing away of Sitaram Yechury ji. We had worked closely together during 2004-08 to begin with and the friendship that had been established then continued till his very end.”
Some leaders emerge during elections, such as Lok Sabha or Assembly polls. One such person is 59-year-old Sunita, the wife of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. She has become a crucial link between her jailed husband and the party.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary on Tuesday.
Nomination forms for the post of Congress president poll have been collected by Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor and AICC treasurer Pawan Bansal, but Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has not done so yet, and the party's central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry said on Tuesday.
Congress treasurer Pawan Kumar Bansal has taken a nomination form from the party's Central Election Authority, sources said on Tuesday, however, it was not clear whether he will file the nomination or not.
Reacting to the Rajasthan crisis, Congress leader Girija Vyas on Tuesday said that everyone should follow the orders of the "high command".
Senior Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor will file a nomination for the post of party President on September 30, as per sources.
Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad will meet Sonia Gandhi at 6 pm in Delhi and holds much more important than it seems, the sources claimed.
