New Delhi: Setting at rest all speculations, the Congress on Sunday said that the polls to elect the new AICC (All India Congress Committee) President will take place on Oct. 17. The counting of votes will take place on Oct. 19, following which the new AICC President will be announced. The party’s Election Committee will…
40% Commission, 100% NO Prosecution
August 27, 2022Come elections, and along come allegations. And so, it continues, the politics of allegation never leading to prosecution. Rarely are allegations by an Opposition party taken to their logical end. The Opposition party will kick and scream. They will organise yatras, sit for dharnas and declare bandhs against the ruling party’s corruption. But when they…
Ghulam Nabi Azad resigns from all Congress posts
August 26, 2022Quits with ‘coterie of inexperienced sycophants’ ‘immature, childish’ Rahul Gandhi barbs New Delhi: In probably one of the biggest blows to the Congress ahead of the 2024 elections, Ghulam Nabi Azad, a party veteran and former Union Minister, quit Congress after more than five decades of association this morning. He resigned from all party posts…
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…
Echo of ‘go back Siddharamaiah’ campaign in Kodagu: Protests erupt in Mysuru; egg-throwing denounced
August 19, 2022Madikeri/Mysuru: Protests erupted in several parts of Mysuru, the hometown of Congress Legislature Party leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, where groups flayed the incident of egg-throwing at Siddharamaiah’s convoy in parts of Kodagu yesterday. Siddharamaiah faced stiff resistance from BJP workers during his visit to Kodagu to ascertain the damage in flood-affected areas. As…
Egg attack: Congress to take out Kodagu Chalo on Aug. 26
August 19, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: KPCC Working President R. Dhruvanarayan has said that the Congress party will take out ‘Kodagu Chalo’ on Aug. 26 to protest the egg attack and other disturbances during the visit of former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah to Kodagu yesterday. Addressing a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan this morning, he said “When former CM Siddharamaiah was…
Congress takes out Freedom March in K.R. Assembly segment
August 12, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: As part of 75th year of Independence, the Congress, led by former MLA M.K. Somashekar took out a Freedom March (Swatantrya Nadige) in K.R. Assembly segment on Wednesday. The march was launched from Vivekananda Circle, where the statue of Swami Vivekananda was garlanded. It passed through KSRTC Depot Circle, Shantisagar complex, Nrupatunga Road, Gnanaganga…
Siddu questions BJP’s contribution for country’s independence
August 9, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that it was the Congress which fought for the country’s freedom, Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamiah questioned the BJP’s contribution in the freedom struggle. He was speaking after launching the Congress padayatra marking the 75th year of independence at Yelwal in the outskirts of the city on Sunday. Pointing out that…
Lakhs attend ‘Siddharamotsava’
August 3, 2022Siddu’s 75th birthday bash at Davanagere attracts bigwigs from New Delhi Fans prepare 3,000-metre-long pictorial biography in praise of the former CM Davanagere: Amidst a palpable worry within the Congress party circles about a virtual division getting created between the camps of KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar and former CM Siddharamaiah, the 75th birthday bash of…
Siddharamaiah’s 75th birthday celebrations at Davangere
July 22, 2022Party workers meeting held in city Mysore/Mysuru: The 75th birthday celebrations of Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah to take place at Davangere on Aug.3 will see a huge number of Congress party workers from Mysuru in attendance. Addressing a preparatory meeting regarding the birthday celebrations at the Congress Bhavan near the City Railway…














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