After a series of consultations with Congress leaders on general issues confronting the party, Rahul Gandhi on Monday began his statewise interaction with AICC in-charges, PCC chiefs and CLP leaders to discuss specific problems plaguing the state units of the party. In his meetings with the state leaders from Delhi and Chhattisgarh, he is learnt to have impressed upon them the need to tone up the organisation and put up...
02:40 AM, Mar 12, 2013
"Prove majority or go home" was the message from Congress as the BJP government in Karnataka was mired in a fresh crisis with 13 of its MLAs announcing their decision to quit their Assembly membership. The party slammed the BJP for its "never-ending 'natak' (drama) in Karnataka" saying it "represents the nadir of governance" and claimed that its government was "in shambles" in the southern state for long. ...
05:56 PM, Jan 25, 2013
New Delhi: Two days after Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh said that Rahul Gandhi would assume a bigger role in party affairs after September, he has denied being relieved of his duties as in-charge of Uttar Pradesh and Assam. Digvijaya insists that BK Hariprasad has been given interim charge of Uttar Pradesh and Assam only till the July 19 Presidential poll. The former Madhya Pradesh CM claims that Hariprasad was...
02:52 PM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: As questions were raised over the killing of 20 persons last week in anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh, Congress on Monday treaded cautiously on the issue maintaing tribals should not become "victims in the cross fire" between Naxals and security forces. Downplaying P Chidambaram's reported statement that three Naxals were killed in the encounter, AICC in-charge for Chhattisgarh BK Hariprasad said the Home Minister was merely quoting from the...
08:25 PM, Jul 02, 2012
New Delhi: Congress on Monday downplayed its defeat in Hisar Lok Sabha bypoll saying it had not won the seat even during the last elections and dismissed the contention that the result betrayed the effect of Team Anna's call to people not to vote for its candidate over the Lokpal issue. Party General Secretary in-charge for Haryana BK Hariprasad said the defeat in the constituency was "not unexpected" given the...
03:51 PM, Oct 17, 2011
New Delhi: The double speak within the Congress with regard to Gandhian Anna Hazare continues. Hours after Digvijaya Singh in an open letter attacked Team Anna, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his reply to Anna's letter, not only promised a strong Lokpal Bill, but also other reforms as well. Singh made due note of electoral reforms as well, which is Anna's next big demand. The Prime Minister's letter on Tuesday...
07:37 AM, Oct 12, 2011
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary BK Hariprasad, who hails from Karnataka, on Thursday commented on BJP's decision to ask Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa to resign and said, "It's come late and the way the BJP has delayed the decision shows their hypocrisy." The BJP Parliamentary Board on Thursday asked Yeddyurappa to put in his papers, a day after his severe indictment by the Karnataka Lokayukta in the illegal mining...
11:57 AM, Jul 28, 2011
New Delhi: Congress on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Opposition Leader in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj after visuals showing the top BJP leader dancing at Mahatma Gandhi's samadhi Raj Ghat sparked a controversy. "By dancing at the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi, Sushma Swaraj has not only insulted Gandhiji but all the freedom fighters and the entire countrymen. She should resign from the post of the Leader of the Opposition and...
03:30 PM, Jun 07, 2011
New Delhi: Congress on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Opposition Leader in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj after visuals showing the top BJP leader dancing at Mahatma Gandhi's samadhi Raj Ghat sparked a controversy. "By dancing at the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi, Sushma Swaraj has not only insulted Gandhiji but all the freedom fighters and the entire countrymen. She should resign from the post of the Leader of the Opposition and...
03:30 PM, Jun 07, 2011
Ratlam: After senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh, the Congress General Secretary, in-charge of Madhya Pradesh, BK Hariprasad has also criticised yoga guru Baba Ramdev by calling him a 'dhongi' (fraud) on Monday. "Baba Ramdev is not a saint, but a dhongi and is doing politics in saffron robes," Hariprasad, who arrived Ratlam to take part in a protest against the recent hike in the power tariff and deteriorating law and...
08:48 PM, Jun 06, 2011
BK Hariprasad said Congress is the only party that has taken strong action against corruption and is thus, positive. ...
07:44 PM, Mar 01, 2011
