Friday, April 26, 2024

Topic: Congress

Ashok Chavan said to Ramesh Chennithala a day before joining BJP: ‘I have no choice; it’s either BJP or jail,’ reveals Congress MLA

In a startling revelation at an election rally in Kerala, PC Vishnunath, Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly, alleged that Ashok Chavan, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was threatened with imprisonment by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) before his defection, as conveyed by Chavan himself to senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala.

Six former Congress MLAs join BJP in Himachal Pradesh

Amidst the ongoing political unrest in the state, six former MLAs of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly—who were disqualified as Congress members for refusing to obey a party whip—joined the BJP on Saturday.

‘Systematic effort by PM to cripple Congress financially’: Sonia Gandhi on party’s frozen bank accounts

The Congress on Thursday launched a fresh attack against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi saying that the PM was making “a systematic effort to cripple the Congress financially.”

2024 elections: Congress demands removal of Uttarakhand DGP citing his ‘closeness to ruling party’

The Uttarakhand Congress has requested the Election Commission to remove the police chief in the state, Abhinav Kumar, from his post, alleging that his “closeness to the ruling party is well known.”

Karnataka: Congress government scraps ‘fixed quota’ provision of religious minority institutions

The Congress government in Karnataka has decided to remove the fixed quota for students from minority communities in their respective educational institutions established for the welfare of religious minorities.

Congress releases 2nd list of LS candidates, over 76.% are from SC, ST, OBC, minorities

Congress’s second list of candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls this summer announced on Tuesday.