In a development that has shaken the Congress party’s electoral prospects in Assam, veteran politician and Nagaon Lok Sabha MP Pradyut Bordoloi formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday, a day after submitting his resignation from the grand old party. “I have taken this decision with a heavy heart”, said Pradyut Bordoloi to reporters…
Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi has declared assets with a combined current market value of approximately ₹2,558 crore in the election affidavit filed along with his nomination for the Rajya Sabha polls from Telangana. Singhvi, a senior advocate at the Supreme Court, has been nominated by the Congress party as a Rajya Sabha candidate from…
Women’s Day 2026: Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had once said that she considered it an insult to be called a ‘man’. A video of Indira Gandhi’s comments, way back in 1975, is being shared extensively on social media on International Women’s Day In a 1975 interview with the BBC, a reporter mentioned the common,…
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India]March 4 (ANI): Following the second round of seat-sharing talks ahead of the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections on Wednesday, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Congress Party agreed that Congress will contest 28 Assembly constituencies and will be allocated one seat in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. In a statement,…
The Congress party on Tuesday released the first list of candidates for the Assam Assembly Elections, scheduled for later this year. Gaurav Gogoi, who is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and a Member of Parliament for Jorhat Lok Sabha Constituency, will contest the assembly polls from Jorhat. Legislative Assembly elections…
As the conflict in the Middle East escalates after US-Israel strikes on Iran, the opposition in India has questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his ‘silence’ over the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. On Monday, speaking alongside Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in New Delhi, PM Modi expressed concern over the escalating…
Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has suggested that West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee should lead the opposition INDIA bloc, saying that without her, the “alliance will be gone”. “Mamata Banerjee is the leader of this alliance. Along with her, there are two or four others who can achieve this position,” Aiyar was quoted…
Can the leadership of INDIA alliance move away from Congress and go to some other opposition party? This new political debate has arisen not from anywhere else but from within the Congress itself. Mani Shankar Iyer, who is in the headlines due to his controversial statements on many issues, has given this statement. He has…
Vinod Jakhar was on Friday appointed as the National President of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of the Congress party. Vinod Jakhar replaces Varun Choudhary. His appointment was approved by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge following a selection process involving interviews with senior leadership, including Rahul Gandhi. 1- Vinod Jakhar’s appointment…
Assam Elections 2026: Bhupen Borah, 55, a former president of the Congress party in Assam, will join the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on 22 February, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday after meeting him. This comes as a major jolt to the opposition Congress in Assam ahead of the assembly polls, where it…
