The nation is paying a heavy price for the prime minister's "clean chit" to China, he charged
09 June,2023 11:51 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Seat-sharing is one of the biggest challenges facing the MVA while preparing for the 2024 polls, as this is the first time the three parties have come together to fight a grand electoral battle
07 June,2023 10:25 AM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Cong chief questions rationale behind demand for CBI probe into Odisha’s train crash; says govt has ‘no intent to address systemic safety failure’
06 June,2023 08:08 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the Odisha train accident and said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), or any other law enforcement agency, cannot fix accountability for technical, institutional and political failures
05 June,2023 04:25 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
The Congress on Tuesday alleged there has been "a serious deficit" in the efforts of the BJP government in Manipur to contain "arson and violence" and sought a high-level inquiry commission headed by a serving or retired judge of the Supreme Court into the ethnic violence in the state. Photos: ANI/PTI
30 May,2023 03:55 PM IST | Editor
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi here on Monday, the second such meeting in the last one and a half months amid efforts to strengthen Opposition unity to take on the BJP in the 2024 general elections. PTI Photo
22 May,2023 05:47 PM IST | Editor
Congress leaders including the party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Gandhi family on Sunday paid homage to the youngest Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, on his death anniversary. Photo/ANI, PTI
21 May,2023 06:29 PM IST | Editor
Amid a race for the Karnataka chief minister's post, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met party president Mallikarjun Kharge and is reported to have held discussions over government formation in the southern state. PTI Photo
16 May,2023 06:20 PM IST | Editor
The political deadlock for Karnataka's Chief Minister post has been broken. Siddaramaiah will be the chief minister of Karnataka for the next 2.5 years and DK Shivakumar will be operating as his deputy. DK Shivakumar will be undertaking the CM post after 2.5 years. The Congress party has decided on a rotational formula for the post of Karnataka CM. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge worked late into the night on Wednesday to break the political deadlock over the next CM in Karnataka and reached a consensus for government formation.
18 May,2023 12:07 PM IST
A Punjab court on Monday summoned Congress party chief Mallikarjun Kharge in a ₹ 100 core defamation case over the party equating the banned Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) with Bajrang Dal in its Karnataka Assembly election manifesto. The complainant said the Congress in its manifesto compared Bajrang Dal with "anti-national organisations like SIMI and Al-Qaeda" during the recently-concluded state polls. Politicians from various parties reacted to the summon, calling it a strategy to silence the opposition, especially after the Congress’ victory in Karnataka.
16 May,2023 04:26 PM IST | Mumbai
The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) has unanimously decided to leave the selection of the new Karnataka Chief Minister to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge. Speaking to the media after the meeting, Congress’ National Spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Surjewala said, “Two resolutions were passed in the CLP meeting today. One resolution was presented by DK Shivakumar thanking Karnataka people and other Congress leaders for their support in the stellar performance in Karnataka Assembly elections. The other was presented by Siddaramaiah which asked the CLP to leave the selection of the new Karnataka Chief Minister to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge which was endorsed by everybody.”
15 May,2023 01:33 PM IST | Mumbai
After Congress emerged as a big winner in Karnataka assembly elections, the race for the state’s next chief minister has caught pace. Informing about the procedure for the election of Karnataka’s CM, Kharge revealed that three observers have been appointed in Karnataka ahead of the Congress legislative party meeting. These observers will be presenting a report in the meeting and the final decision will be taken by the party’s high command on who will be appointed as Karnataka’s chief minister.
14 May,2023 07:03 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT