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Read more about Congress needs to undergo major surgery: Moily on Jitin Prasadas exit on Business Standard. The remark comes a day after Jitin Prasada switched to the BJP

Read more about Sibal slams Jitin for switching to BJP, says its politics of prasada on Business Standard. Kapil Sibal is a prominent member of the Congress group of 23 leaders who wrote to party chief Sonia Gandhi seeking organisational overhaul last year

Read more about AICC panel submits report to Sonia Gandhi on factionalism in Punjab on Business Standard. A three-member panel was set up to end factionalism in Punjab Congress

Read more about Congress must reclaim position as Indias big tent party: Milind Deora on Business Standard. Soon after his Congress colleague Jitin Prasada quit the party to join the BJP, Milind Deora on Wednesday said the Congress must reclaim its position as Indias big tent party and asserted that it still has a strong bench which, if empowered and

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh appeared before a three-member Congress panel here on Friday, reportedly formed by the party high command to sort out the problems in its state unit. The meeting lasted for more than three hours. The panel is headed by the leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, and also comprises Congress Punjab in-charge Harish Rawat and former MP J.P. Aggarwal. Speaking to the reporters, Amarinder Singh said, "The meeting was to discuss the pre...

Read more about Infighting, alliance key to Congress defeat in recent elections: Panel on Business Standard. The committee was headed by Ashok Chavan and has members like Salman Khurshid, Manish Tewari, Vincent Pala and Jothi Mani.

The Congress in Maharashtra on Saturday accused the Centre of short-changing the Maharashtra government by withholding its "rightful dues" to tide over the COVID-19 pandemic and other disasters like cyclones and heavy rains that had hit the state last year. State Congress president Nana Patole also accused the BJP of acting irresponsibly amidst the pandemic, a day after Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis said that Maharashtra was the only state in the country that didnt provide any assist...

Following a controversy over a polling team in Assam carrying an EVM in the vehicle belonging to the wife of a BJP candidate, the Congress on Saturday held a protest against the incident and alleged that the ruling party in the state is indulging in electoral manipulation. Amid slogan-shouting by the party workers, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Ripun Bora urged the Election Commission to take strict action against the BJP leaders who carry out illegal activities that hamper the p...

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that university campuses, in the last few years, have no longer remained inclusive spaces that safeguard freedom of expression and individual liberties, and stressed on the need to replace narrow-minded identities with a willingness to embrace differences. Initiating the discussion on demands for grants of the Education Ministry in Lok Sabha, he said the budget for the ministry is characterised by a "bizarre series of cuts" and any hope for posit...

Read more about People have faith in Gandhis, Cong united under Sonia: Gehlot on Business Standard. Gehlot on Tuesday said the Congress is united and vibrant under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi