At Raipur plenary, Congress gen secy Randeep Surjewala also announced expansion of party's highest decision-making body CWC, with reservations for SC/ST, minorities, women, youth.
On Wednesday, Mallikarjun Kharge, who won 7,897 votes in the 17 October election, became only the third Dalit to become Congress president in party's 137-year history.
The October polls are historic as the new president would replace interim chief Sonia Gandhi who has spearheaded the party since 1998, barring the two years of Rahul Gandhi’s reign between 2017 and 2019.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed Friday after a one-day break. The 3,500-km march from Kanyakumari to Kashmir will be completed in 150 days and cover as many as 12 states.
AICC members vote to elect the Congress Working Committee (CWC), party’s highest executive authority. If AICC is ‘nominated’, CWC elections would be a mere formality, if conducted.
At 73, Ghulam Nabi would have liked to be ‘Azad’ of such considerations after leaving Congress. But old politicians are like old bankers—they never lose interest.
The party has rechristened its communications dept by making Jairam Ramesh general secretary in-charge. Rohan Gupta, ex-social media head, has been chosen as AICC spokesman.
Surjit Dhiman, considered to be close to Sidhu, removed over ‘anti-party activities’ day after he lashed out at Amarinder Raja Warring, calling him ‘novice’, ‘opportunist’.
As the state heads into assembly polls, the Congress party makes changes to the KPCC. Insiders say it’s to keep varied interests pleased, avert defections, and reward workers.
From day one, Make in India was driven by optics than economics. There were global summits, slick visuals, and media blitzes. But the real machinery never showed up.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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