New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi took over as the President of All India Congress Committee (AICC) this morning from his mother Sonia Gandhi, who led India’s oldest party for 19 years. The 47-year-old, who has for years been seen as a reluctant politician, took charge in a ceremony on the lawns of the party’s 24 Akbar…
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi broke silence on her role within the party a day ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s anointment as AICC President. Speaking to mediapersons, the veteran Congress leader said that her role is to retire now. Rahul was declared elected as the new President of the Congress party on Dec. 11. The…
New Delhi: As expected, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi was elected unopposed as President of the Indian National Congress yesterday. He will formally take over the position from his mother Sonia Gandhi on Dec.16. The announcement, made by the party’s Central Election Authority Chief Mullapally Ramachandran, came at the end of an internal poll process in…
By TJS George No harm would have come to the Congress Party if Rahul Gandhi was named President one fine morning. Much harm was done to its image by staging a charade of an election. As many as 89 sets of nomination papers filed for Shri Gandhi. Not even one nam-ke-wastay opponent. (Dissidents? What dissidents?)…
New Delhi: By end of today, Rahul Gandhi’s elevation as the Congress’ next President in place of his mother Sonia Gandhi is expected to be official. Today is the last day for filing nominations and the last chance for anyone in the party to challenge Gandhi to an election for the post. That is not…
India deserves to get back to a state of equilibrium where the faiths that sustain people are not misused for petty political purposes. By TJS George Circumstances have brought about a change in Rahul Gandhi. More complex circumstances are forcing the Congress Party to change. Gujarat elections are the first of a three-stage test that…
‘Chhota Udaipur (Gujarat): AICC Vice-President Rahul Gandhi is creating ripples all across Gujarat with his witty one-liners criticising the Modi-Government. His campaign was free of his infamous gaffes until today, when he accidentally entered a ladies’ toilet in Chhota Udaipur district. Rahul was in the district for his ‘Samvad’ event to interact with young people….
By TJS George The Congress Party published full-page advertisements in New York to announce a Rahul Gandhi meeting there. It made history by including, alongside the pictures of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira, Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi, those of Lal Bahadur Shastri and P.V. Narasimha Rao. Shastri was never recognised during the Sonia years while Narasimha Rao…
By T.J.S. George Three weeks have gone by since the Gujarat Rajya Sabha election saw Ahmed Patel scoring a sensational victory over the formidable forces of Amit Shah. More than a humbling of the BJP, it was a life-giving boost to the Congress. Everyone expected the Congress to regroup with new found confidence and emerge…
Bengaluru: AICC Vice-President Rahul Gandhi inaugurated ‘Indira Canteen,’ the controversial but ambitious programme of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, at Kanakanapalya, near Ashoka Pillar in Jayanagar, here this morning. Briefly addressing the gathering and lauding the efforts of the State Government, Rahul Gandhi said that this unique initiative of the Congress government in Karnataka to serve affordable…
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