Politics

“Scindia is young, impartial in the party and has his own youthful charm,” Congress minister Pradyumn Singh Tomar said

Aspirational sentiment is clearly going to be the poll plank of the party as it prepares for poll battles in Haryana, Jharkhand and Maharashtra this year, and Delhi, Puducherry and the crucial state of Bihar next year.

Senior leaders Motilal Vora, Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma reportedly met at the office of the Leader of Opposition at the Parliament complex and deliberated on the future course of action.

Expressing displeasure, V Hanumantha Rao accused Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy of resorting to 'vendetta politics' and trying to raze down the structures built for a cause.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi told reporters that PM Modi likened Parliament to a university for MPs, saying it provides them biggest opportunity to learn and learning is something that never ends.

Sources said Hanif Khan, a local leader, claimed he would "commit suicide by hanging from a tree" if Gandhi did not take back his decision to resign as party chief.

The meeting of Congress leaders on Monday assumed particular significance in the wake of many rumours that the resignations of three or four more MLAs would soon follow.

Revanth Reddy said Rahul Gandhi's message was 'loud and clear' that he wanted accountability from leaders.

After Congress president Rahul Gandhi announced his decision to quit in the wake of the party's dismal performance in Lok Sabha polls, many leaders of state units have followed suit.

PC Chacko, All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of Delhi unit, "stayed" dissolution of block committees and forwarded copies of his order to Congress president Rahul Gandhi as well as Dikshit, party sources said.

The government on Friday reduced the interest rate on small savings schemes, including NSC and PPF, by 0.1 per cent for the July-September quarter.

While he was lodged in district jail in Azad Nagar here, a police team `officially' arrested him for a protest on June 4 over power cuts.

In a terse response to Banerjee’s overtures, senior CPM leader and former MP Mohd Salim said the TMC has lost the moral right to give a call for collective fight.

Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury claimed that his party scored a 'great victory' as the PM, who was previously 'reluctant' to quote any Congress leader, was 'compelled' to repeat Nehru's words at the fag end of his speech.

The Congress had blocked the Triple Talaq Bill in Parliament when it was introduced the last time and the Bill is an attempt by the BJP government to interfere in the Muslim Personal Law, Sahik Abdullah Sohail said,

Prime Minister while speaking on the motion in support of President’s address also spelt out some priorities of his government in this second term.