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Friday, August 15, 2025
TopicCongress leadership

Topic: Congress leadership

‘Butter knives’ at Congress meeting and Rahul Gandhi’s ‘exam’ postponed

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Congress leadership crisis rules prime time, Times Now asks if dynasty is above democracy

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

Convince Rahul to be chief if your health doesn’t permit it, Siddaramaiah asks Sonia Gandhi

Around 20 party leaders had written to Sonia Gandhi demanding a full-time, visible president and overhauling of the organisational structure of the Congress.

Sonia Gandhi steps down as Congress chief, informs leaders in internal party communication

Sonia Gandhi's decision comes in the wake of a letter several prominent leaders have written to her demanding a ‘full time and effective leadership’.

No cure yet for Covid, or Congress crisis. Rahul Gandhi continuously fails to win India

The Congress party needs to learn from BJP how to manage factions and ambitions within the party.

Congress, Gandhis targets on Times Now, Republic, Bihar’s Covid crisis on India Today

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

Mayawati, Mamata skip CAA meet: Can Congress-led opposition give protests political shape?

BSP, TMC, AAP, DMK and Shiv Sena skipped the Congress-led opposition meet Monday for a joint strategy against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens.

In Pictures: Sonia, Manmohan pay tribute to Indira Gandhi on her 35th death anniversary

Congress leaders and party workers attend a remembrance ceremony to commemorate the former prime minister at Shakti Sthal in New Delhi.

Gandhi never celebrated his birthdays, but made an exception on his 75th. For Kasturba

When a reporter asked Gandhi for his message on the ‘auspicious day’, he declined saying, ‘I am not accustomed to giving messages on such occasions.’

Most Congress sub-committees likely to suggest Rahul Gandhi as party president, again

At least three of the five sub-committees formed to name Rahul Gandhi’s successor are likely to suggest his name to make him reconsider his resignation as party chief.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

Be ‘atmanirbhar’ and go ‘swadeshi’: PM Modi’s clarion call to nation on 79th Independence Day

New Delhi: 'Atmanirbharta' and a call for 'swadeshi' were the mainstay of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s longest Independence Day address Friday, at a time...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.