Congress is seeing some of its leaders engage in public spats. Ajay Maken criticised Milind Deora for praising AAP and asked him to “leave” Congress if he wanted.
Morarji Desai, India's first non-Congress PM, was the only Indian who won the Bharat Ratna & Pakistan's highest civilian award — the Nishan-e-Pakistan.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra called on Congress workers to boost the booth level organisation of the party, and warned them against carrying out anti-party activities.
Win-win negotiations are always about give and take, a deft combination of assertion and acquiescence. A mutually acceptable trade deal would do a lot of good to both countries.
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.
Congress has long become a family party with scant concern for developing the same into a vibrant entity. New dynamic leadership & New relevant narrative is need of the time to stem the rot.
“Congress” and “Inner Democracy” are a contradiction in terms. It has been so ever since Indira Gandhi took over the old Congress and branded it as her own.
This is uncharted territory. The party – or at least some of its prominent members – is trying to cast off the yoke of the Gandhi family. Rahul Gandhi will not measure up in a million years. The family’s selfishness is impeding the natural ebb and flow of political fortune in a democracy. Beyond a point, the ruling party should not become complacent because of the inadequacy of the principal opposition party, its inability to put its house in order, to plan inter generational transition.
Congress has long become a family party with scant concern for developing the same into a vibrant entity. New dynamic leadership & New relevant narrative is need of the time to stem the rot.
“Congress” and “Inner Democracy” are a contradiction in terms. It has been so ever since Indira Gandhi took over the old Congress and branded it as her own.
This is uncharted territory. The party – or at least some of its prominent members – is trying to cast off the yoke of the Gandhi family. Rahul Gandhi will not measure up in a million years. The family’s selfishness is impeding the natural ebb and flow of political fortune in a democracy. Beyond a point, the ruling party should not become complacent because of the inadequacy of the principal opposition party, its inability to put its house in order, to plan inter generational transition.