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  I am full-time, hands-on Congress President: Sonia counters G23 at CWC meet

  India | October 16, 2021 14:13 IST

  In her opening remark at CWC meet chaired by her, the interim Congress president said she had been wanting for the meeting ever since Parliament adjourned."Now that all of us are doubly vaccinated, I decided we could meet physically with our masks on," Sonia Gandhi said.

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  Top Congress leaders meet for CWC meet; word on elections for new party chief likely

  India | October 16, 2021 11:49 IST

  Earlier, in a CWC meet on January 22, the party had decided the Congress would have an elected president by June 2021, but the same was deferred at the May 10 CWC meet in the wake of the COVID-19 situation.

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  CWC likely to give nod to elections for new party president

  India | October 10, 2021 11:34 IST

  Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal had launched an attack on the party leadership, asking who was taking decisions in the party. 

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  CWC meet: Senior Congress leaders voice discontent over alliance with Ajmal's party in Assam

  India | May 11, 2021 0:01 IST

  The Congress, which headed the Assam Grand Alliance, managed to win just 29 seats in the 126-seat Assam Assembly.

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  Fireworks during CWC! Congress leaders Ashok Gehlot, Anand Sharma engage in verbal spat

  Politics | January 22, 2021 17:06 IST

  According to sources, during the meeting Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, without naming anyone, said that there are other issues in the country, however for few leaders only organisational election matters. 

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  CWC meeting today: Top Congress leaders to finalise schedule for Congress president's election

  India | January 22, 2021 8:42 IST

  Several Congress leaders are demanding a full-time and active party president and an organisational overhaul since the paty's loss in 2019 general elections.   

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  Congress will continue to sit in opposition for next 50 years if...: Ghulam Nabi Azad

  India | August 28, 2020 17:44 IST

  Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, one of the signatories to the dissenters' letter, has said "Congress will continue to sit in the opposition for the next 50 years" if it did not conduct elections to the Congress Working Committee (CWC) and other key organisational posts within the party.

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  Some colleagues, not Rahul Gandhi, accused us of collusion with BJP: Ghulam Nabi Azad

  India | August 24, 2020 16:51 IST

  Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad clarified on Monday that Rahul Gandhi had never stated that those who wrote the letter to party chief Sonia Gandhi were colluding with or doing so at the behest of the BJP.

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  CWC Meet: Sonia Gandhi agrees to continue as Congress chief for next 6 months | Highlights

  Politics | August 24, 2020 19:22 IST

  CWC meeting held on Monday discussed future leadership of the party after a section of leaders demanded "collective" leadership and another reposing faith in the Gandhi family. During the day-long proceedings, Congress leaders requested Sonia Gandhi to continue as party chief for next 6 months.

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  Sonia Gandhi wants to resign as Congress President, asks party leaders to find new chief

  India | August 24, 2020 7:30 IST

  Congress Working president Sonia Gandhi has told a senior Congress leader that she does not want to continue as the chief and has asked to start the process to find a new president, sources said. Sonia Gandhi has asked party leaders to start the process of finding a new president.

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  12 crore jobs lost in first phase of lockdown: Sonia Gandhi

  India | April 23, 2020 12:20 IST

  Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said that 12 crore jobs have been lost in the first phase of the lockdown asking the government to provide at least Rs 7,500 to each family to tide over this crisis.

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  How Sonia was approached as non-Gandhi names failed to get votes

  Politics | August 11, 2019 9:23 IST

  When the names of Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Mukul Wasnik and Jyotiraditya Scindia were proposed at the sub-group discussions, very few hands came up in agreement. Worried at the prospect of a split in the party ranks, the Congress fell back on Sonia Gandhi to lead the party.

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  Rahul Gandhi to continue as Congress president till appointment of new chief, say party sources

  India | July 04, 2019 0:00 IST

  Rahul Gandhi had posted his letter of resignation on Twitter on Wednesday, in which he said he was honoured to serve the Congress party. Meanwhile, there were speculations that Motilal Vora would be appointed as interim party president. Denying any such development, the Congress party sources said any decision on the party chief will be taken collectively.

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  Will Congress see a new chief? Here's how Saturday's CWC meeting went

  India | May 26, 2019 16:36 IST

  "We have to continue our fight. I am and will remain a disciplined soldier of the Congress and continue to fight fearlessly. But I do not want to remain the party president," Rahul Gandhi said.

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  CWC rejects Rahul Gandhi's offer to quit as Congress chief

  India | May 25, 2019 13:07 IST

  He made the offer at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meet held here to discuss the reasons for the party's abysmal performance in the elections. The CWC members, however, rejected Rahul Gandhi's offer.

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  Lok Sabha election 2019 results | As it happened, May 25

  India | May 25, 2019 23:59 IST

  PM Narendra Modi has staked claim to form a new government at the Centre.

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  Congress Working Committee meet tomorrow, Rahul Gandhi likely to resign as party chief

  India | May 24, 2019 12:31 IST

  Top party leaders, including UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, are expected to attend the meeting.

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  At CWC meet, Congress resolves to defeat RSS and BJP's ideology of fascism, hatred and divisiveness

  India | March 13, 2019 7:42 IST

  "The Prime Minister has betrayed the public and he has failed. We will not allow the PM to mislead and fool the people of India," said Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma.

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  Priyanka Gandhi's first election address | Watch full speech

  March 12, 2019 17:21 IST

  Priyanka said the Modi government did not fulfil its promises of providing jobs to crores of people in the country.

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  Priyanka Gandhi, in her first speech, asks where is promised money

  March 12, 2019 17:28 IST

  Giving her first speech since assuming charge as Congress general secretary, Priyanka on Tuesday attacked Modi government and claimed that while hatred was being spread in the country, the government has failed to fulfill its promises about money and jobs.