After a deliberation that lasted almost the entire day on Saturday, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) has appointed Sonia Gandhi as interim president of the Congress.
The ex-police officer and former Lok Sabha MP also accused party colleagues in the state of "creating havoc" in elections after they or their kin were denied tickets.
Congress Legislative Party leaders in state assemblies, AICC department heads and all MPs of the party along with frontal organisation heads will meet here on Friday evening and strategise the party's stand on the issue moving forward.
Just a few hours before she collapsed and died, former external affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had tweeted her thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for revoking Article 370 on Jammu and Kashmir. "Thank you Prime Minister. Thank you very much. I was waiting to see this day in my lifetime."
The Twitterverse looked amused with Scindia's support for the Centre's move -- especially considering the tweet that looked more like a message for Rahul Gandhi, rather than India.
Aditi Singh, Congress MLA from Raebareli Sadar, has refused to toe party's line on abrogation of Article 370 that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. With this, differences can be seen wide open in the Congress party over the scrapping of the controversial Article 370.
Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have achieved what Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the first BJP leader to form the government at the Centre, could not.
People's Democratic Party chief and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah have been arrested. Reports suggest that they have been moved to a makeshift jail in a guesthouse.
For months, the Gandhi scions have taken to Twitter to deride the Modi 2.0 government at the Centre. And today -- the historical August 5 -- when senior people from the seniormost party in the nation are required to call out/praise the move, we see NADA.
Mobile internet was snapped in parts of Jammu and Kashmir after prominent leaders like Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti were kept under house arrest. Service providers like Jio, BSNL, Airtel among others have complied with the instructions from the government. Suspension of mobile internet was announced late on Sunday night.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday proposed to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir and said the state would be split into two Union Territories: Jammu and Kashmir with an Assembly and Ladakh without one. Shah's announcement came after days of escalating tension in Jammu and Kashmir, particularly the Kashmir Valley, where panicky residents have been buying up essential goods amid a security build up.
Congress has been a ship without a captain for several months now. Rahul Gandhi stepped down after UPA's disasterous show in Lok Sabha Elections 2019 and has been adamant on his decision ever since. There is a perceptible unease among rank and file of the Congress as percieved lack of leadership has created major confusion. Now, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and former chief of Mumbai Congress Milind Deora have urged Congress highcommand to settle the matter of party leadership.
Rebel Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Alka Lamba on Sunday said she will be resigning from the primary membership of the party over the differences with her colleagues. Lamba also said that she will be contesting the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls as an independent candidate.
Jammu and Kashmir live updates: Former J&K CM Omar Abdullah's midnight tweet has sent shockwaves through the political circle. In his tweet, he has said that he has been kept under house arrest. Mehbooba Mufti has tweeted as well.
Home Minister Amit Shah will introduce the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha tomorrow. The bill aims to implement 10 per cent Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota in Jammu and Kashmir.
On Thursday, Stalin met leaders of the Muslim community at a marriage hall in Ambur without intimating and getting permission from the election officials.
"Mr PM, the economy has derailed and there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel. If your incompetent FM is telling you there is light, trust me it's the train of recession coming at full throttle," he said on Twitter.
Atishi Marlena was responding to Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari who has termed as "poll stunt" Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's announcement that people consuming up to 200 units of electricity won't have to pay power bills.
Talking about the rights of an individual and customs of the society, Jaitley, who himself is a lawyer, said it is long overdue that the courts re-examine whether the rights of a citizen being deprived on the grounds of personal law violate the constitutional guarantees.
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri has been elected unopposed as the speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The development comes after former Karnataka Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar had tendered his resignation from his post, soon after BS Yediyurappa government won floor test in the house.
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