No Kolar as second seat for Siddharamaiah Mysore/Mysuru: The AICC (All India Congress Committee) released its third list of 43 candidates in New Delhi this afternoon, according to which former MLA M.K. Somashekar is the candidate from Krishnaraja (KR) Constituency and K. Harish Gowda is the party candidate from Chamaraja in city. Congress also named…
Kharge sweeps AICC President poll
October 19, 2022Shashi Tharoor gets 1,072 votes out of 9,385 New Delhi: Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge swept the AICC (All India Congress Committee) Presidential polls this morning, paving the way for him to become the Congress’ first non-Gandhi President in over two decades. Kharge will replace interim Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi, who has been occupying the post…
Congress Presidential poll: Voting begins
October 17, 2022Rahul Gandhi votes at special polling booth in Sanganakal near Ballari; Counting on Oct. 19 Mysore/Mysuru: The voting in the poll for electing the next AICC (All India Congress Committee) President began at the KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) headquarters in Bengaluru this morning. The poll is witnessing a direct contest between veteran party leader…
Congress to get non-Gandhi family leader as President
August 22, 2022New Delhi: After nearly three decades of having Sitaram Kesri (from 1996 to 1998), a non-Gandhi family leader, as AICC President, now the grand-old Congress party is all set to have another non-Gandhi family leader as the next AICC Chief, going by the developments inside the party. With Rahul Gandhi showing little interest in heading…
AICC seeks opinion on Congress candidate for Mysuru-Kodagu LS seat
February 11, 2019Mysuru:With the Lok Sabha polls just a couple of months away, AICC leaders on Sunday met Congress leaders of Mysuru to discuss the choice of party candidate from Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha seat. AICC General Secretaries in-charge of Karnataka, Manik Thakur and Vishnunadhan visited the Congress office near the City Railway Station and met party office-bearers,…
Appointed as AICC Spokesperson
January 4, 2019Mysuru: Youth Congress leader Aishwarya Mahadev has been appointed as AICC Spokesperson by Congress President Rahul Gandhi. Daughter of former K.R. Nagar MLA late Manchanahlli Mahadev, Aishwarya was a strong contender for the Congress ticket from K.R. Nagar Assembly segment in the district in the May 2018 Assembly polls. But she was denied the ticket…
Three-day AICC plenary session in New Delhi
March 14, 2018Bengaluru: The three-day AICC plenary session will be held in New Delhi from Mar.16 at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium which will be attended by Congress leaders ranging from Block Presidents to AICC President. This will be the first plenary session after Rahul Gandhi took over as the AICC President. Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, KPCC President Dr.G….
AICC leader calls for strengthening of Congress from booth level
August 8, 2017Mysuru: AICC General Secretary in-charge of Mysuru division Congress P.C. Vishnunath has called upon the party leaders to take up the responsibility of strengthening the party right from the booth level. Addressing Krishnaraja Block and D. Devaraj Urs Block Congress meeting at Chikkamma Niketana Kalyana Mantap at Kuvempunagar here yesterday, Vishnunath stressed on the need…
AICC team in Bengaluru: To elicit views on new KPCC Chief
May 8, 2017Bengaluru: The newly- appointed AICC General Secretary and in-charge of Karnataka K.C. Venugopal and four AICC Secretaries Manickam Tagore, P.C. Vishnunadh, Madhu Goud Yaskhi and Dr. Sake Sailajanath arrived in Bengaluru this morning to hold consultations with the party leaders and workers, on the appointment of new Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President. Venugopal, who is…
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