The main Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday brushed away Rahul Gandhi's elevation to Congress's vice president post as "Congress's internal matter". "There is nothing big in it. Rahul Gandhi was always number two after Sonia Gandhi. Elevation of Rahul Gandhi to number two will not change anything," BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said. ...
09:00 PM, Jan 19, 2013
New Delhi: At the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Tuesday, party president Sonia Gandhi adopted an aggressive stance and sent a strong message while backing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent economic policy decisions that allowed 51 per cent foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail, apart from putting a cap on subsidised LPG cylinders and hiking diesel price to narrow down India's gaping fiscal deficit. A combative Sonia said that...
02:23 PM, Sep 25, 2012
The Congress at its Congress Working Committee meet on Tuesday gave a firm backing to the Manmohan Singh government's recent economic policy decisions. ...
01:18 PM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: The principal Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in no mood to back down after the Congress Working Committee, that met on Tuesday morning, endorsed the recent economic policy decisions taken by the government and also slammed the Opposition for playing "negative politics". BJP leader Rajnath Singh said that it was their party that was standing guard over the country's treasure as the Congress tried to turn the...
12:48 PM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee on Tuesday did not discuss the demand for a separate state of Telangana in its meet, that was largely dominated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's economic reforms. Telangana was not discussed even as Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chadrashekhar Rao has been camping in Delhi hoping for a formal announcement from the Centre on Telangana. Earlier, sources had also indicated that a Congress-TRS...
11:52 AM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee on Tuesday endorsed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's big bang reforms including FDI in multi-brand retail with party President Sonia Gandhi coming out strongly in support of the measures and blaming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of playing negative politics on the issue. The meeting also backed the government's move to reduce fuel subsidy by hiking diesel prices and capping subsidised LPG cylinders. Sonia Gandhi...
11:44 AM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: 12.20 pm: PM's economic reforms anti-common man, says BJP leader Rajnath Singh. He compares the UPA to East India Company saying its policies were similar to the British company that exploited the poor. 11.47 am: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Prakash Javadekar takes on Sonia Gandhi and the Congress and says that the government has introduced anti-people reforms. "We don't want these types of reforms. Those are not...
09:32 AM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee will meet on Tuesday to take stock of the present political scenario, following the exit of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress from the UPA. While there will be a discussion on the road ahead for the Congress, the CWC chaired by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, will also look at solving the long-standing demand of the creation of separate state of Telangana. TRS chief K Chadrashekhar...
07:39 AM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Ganhdi has finally agreed to play a more proactive role in the party and government. Congress sources say he could be elevated to the working president's post and made a core group member but Rahul may shy away from joining the government just as yet. After playing hide and seek after the UP poll debacle, the Yuvraj of Congress says he is ready to play...
09:23 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Guna: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh, who was recently snubbed by the party for his remarks against Mamata Banerjee, on Monday said he never claimed to be the party spokesperson and statements given by him so far were his "personal" views. "I never claimed to be a spokesman of the party (Congress) and whatever statements I used to give on various issues were based on my personal opinion," he said....
03:01 AM, Jun 26, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday bid a warm farewell to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, poised to become the country's President, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying that the veteran leader will be missed. At a special meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), party chief Sonia Gandhi personally bid farewell to the chief troubleshooter of the party and the UPA and expressed confidence that he would win the July...
03:25 PM, Jun 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) met at the residence of party President Sonia Gandhi to congratulate Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee as the party is confident that he would become the next President of India. The primary agenda of the CWC meet was to give a farewell to Mukherjee. CWC sources told CNN-IBN that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi paid compliments to Pranab and distributed sweets. Pranab...
12:21 PM, Jun 25, 2012
New Delhi: It is UPA Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee's last day in office as Finance Minister on Monday and he is expected to announce measures to boost the economy and shore up the falling rupee. Sources have told CNN-IBN that there could be a rise in the interest rates for NRI deposits and efforts will be made to cut down wasteful expenditure. Also, short term bonds may be issued to...
07:45 AM, Jun 25, 2012
New Delhi: UPA's Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee, the senior-most member of Congress Working Committee, will be given a farewell by the party's top brass on Monday including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi. A meeting of Congress Working Committee has been specially convened on June 25 to give a send off to the UPA's chief troubleshooter. The meeting is also expected to discuss the Presidential poll in...
01:40 AM, Jun 24, 2012
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday admitting the current economic condition in the country was "difficult" but rejected any comparison with the situation of 1990 when India had faced an external debt crisis. During the CWC meeting, Mukherjee said that the current economic situation was also discussed. "I explained that an attempt is being made to make a comparison between 1990 and 2012. I think that comparison is...
01:10 AM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: Allies Trinamool Congress and NCP came under attack at the meeting of Congress Working Committee with leaders from West Bengal and Maharashtra resenting the "oneupmanship" by Mamata Banerjee and Sharad Pawar. The day-long deliberations also saw some leaders underlining the need for a strategy to fight regional parties contending they formed the main threat to Congress than BJP, which was a divided House. Maharashtra PCC President Manikrao Thakre...
12:50 AM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: Mincing no words, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday asked partymen to stop wasting their energy on factionalism and petty issues and prepare themselves unitedly for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The Congress chief's firm message came at the day-long meeting of the CWC that saw Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda calling for a Kamraj Plan to revive the party ahead of the coming electoral challenges. While...
12:33 AM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC), in a crucial meeting held on Monday, asked the government to make firm decisions and stick to them, with the members asserting that they do not want the Congress to be seen as coming under pressure from allies and others. According to sources, the party's highest decision making body also authorised party president Sonia Gandhi to choose the President and the Vice President....
05:40 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party's highest decision making body, will meet on Monday after a gap of one year in the middle of a worsening economic slowdown and grave corruption charges. Congress President Sonia Gandhi is expected to discuss the Antony Committee report on the recent poll debacle and also outline the road ahead for 2014 Assembly Election. The Committee is also likely to decide the...
06:39 AM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: With the Lokpal issue generating much heat, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Friday is expected to take a tough line on the 'so- called representatives' of the civil society, a party euphemism for Team Anna Hazare. This will be the first formal meeting of the apex policy making body to take stock of the political situation after the CWC was reconstituted in March. Deliberations of the...
08:33 PM, Jun 23, 2011
