New Delhi: As the farmers’ agitation entered the 25th day on Sunday, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and general secretary of All India Congress Committee (AICC) Harish Rawat visited one of the protest sites here on the Delhi border, warning the Central government, saying “the one who will fight the farmer, will fight with God”.
Rawat’s comments came during his afternoon visit at Ghazipur on Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border in east Delhi where hundreds of farmers belonging to western Uttar Pradesh have been protesting on the road since November 27. The farmers are supporting thousands of other farmers sitting on the agitation since November 26 at Singhu and Tikri borders between Delhi and Haryana, braving the chilly winter nights under open skies.
Sonia Gandhi holds four-hour-long meeting with Congress rebels
A Congress leader said that the senior leaders wanted to hold a brainstorming session âChintan Shivirâ in the near future.
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Updated: Dec 19, 2020, 07:24 PM IST
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday held an important meeting with the party s senior leaders over dissenting Congress leaders who were disgruntled with the party’s organisation, and wrote a letter months ago seeking an effective, full-time leadership.
The Congress leader Pawan Kumar Bansal said that the discussion was mainly centered around strengthening the party.
Bansal said the process for holding organisational polls, including the party president’s post and the Congress Working Committee (CWC) has already been set in motion and the central election authority (CEA) is working on it.
NSUI in-charge resigns from Congress, alleges delay in party s decisions ANI | Updated: Dec 19, 2020 14:07 IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): Ruchi Gupta, All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary and national in-charge of National Students Union of India (NSUI), have resigned from the Congress, citing delay in important organisational changes.
According to the sources, delay in changes in the party and in other state units is the main reason for her resignation.
Sources said that continuing delays by General Secretary KC Venugopal are damaging the party and the situation has become untenable for Ruchi.
Ruchi Gupta on Saturday confirmed the news and expressed gratitude to Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi after her resignation.
Sonia Gandhi s letter to Uddhav Thackeray exposes rift among a section of party leaders
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Congress President Sonia Gandhi s letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray seeking more attention and funds by the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government for disadvantaged sections is seen as a signal to Maratha leaders and state unit chief Balasaheb Thorat not to neglect such communities in the functioning of the party organisation and in governance.
Gandhi has also conveyed that the dominance of Maratha ministers and such leaders will not be tolerated as the Congress partyâs social agenda lays emphasis on the protection of the weaker sections of the society especially the dalit, Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and other marginalised.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi s letter not a pressure tactic, says Sanjay Raut
Sanjay Raut
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Mumbai: A day after Congress President Sonia Gandhiâs letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray advocating a four-point agenda for the marginalised sections based on common minimum programme, Shiv Sena and NCP have denied any differences among Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) partners. Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut has clarified that there was neither politics nor any pressure tactics in the letter.
âIf the Congress party has brought forward an agenda which is in the interest of people of Maharashtra and the state, then, it should be welcomed. There is no pressure politics,â said Raut.