Amethi has been a stronghold of the Congress party for decades. The seat is also known as the Gandhi family bastion until being won by Smriti Irani in 2019 against Rahul Gandhi.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has reacted sharply to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's controversial remarks on Lord Shiva and Ram. The Congress chief made his remarks during the election campaign in Chhattisgarh on April 30.
Former DPCC chief Anil Chaudhary urged Mallikarjun Kharge to expel Arvinder Singh Lovely from the party following his resignation. Chaudhary accused Lovely of colluding with the BJP, drawing parallels with an alleged incident involving a Congress candidate in Surat.
Maharashtra Congress working president Naseem Khan on Friday wrote to Mallikarjun Kharge over the party not giving tickets to any Muslim in the state for the Lok Sabha Elections.
At three election rallies at Agra, Bareilly and Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, PM Modi alleged that both Congress and SP are promoting appeasement politics and they want to reduce the quota of backward castes in order to give reservation to Muslims.
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress party of planning wealth redistribution, political strife between the BJP and the Congress has heightened with the ruling party releasing an old video of former PM Manmohan Singh.
The latter comes after the Prime Minister recently took a dig at the Congress party, criticising its manifesto for what he sees its as a plan to redistribute wealth to "infiltrators" rather than benefiting the people. PM Modi also accused the Congress of depriving women of their "mangalsutra".
Lok Sabha elections 2024: Congress president attacked PM Modi for calling Congress manifesto an imprint of the pre-independence Muslim league. He sought to know whether it was Muslim league when Congress promised to offer 30 lakh jobs to youths, minimum support price to farmers etc.
After a short health break, Rahul Gandhi, former Congress president, is set to resume campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections. He will hold public meetings in Maharashtra's Amravati and Solapur on Wednesday.
Ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, India TV-CNX conducted the final opinion poll to gauge the mood of people in the country. The seven-phase general election will kick off on April 19 with the counting of votes set to take place on June 4.
In a two-page letter to the President, Mallikarjun Kharge said Indian democracy has conventionally kept armed forces away from any partisan politics, but the central government has "broken" this well-enshrined convention.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, while referring PM Modi's speech at Rajasthan rally in which he mentioned the abrogation of Article 370, mistakenly called 'Article 371' and said it was not the issue of Rajasthan but Jammu and Kashmir.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress party released its manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections in Delhi on April 05. Party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Former party chief Sonia Gandhi and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi were also present at the event.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: Dubbed ‘Paanch Nyay’ or five pillars of justice, the manifesto prioritises ‘Yuva Nyay’, ‘Naari Nyay’, ‘Kisaan Nyay’, ‘Shramik Nyay’, and ‘Hissedari Nyay’, along with the party’s assurances to the electorate.
Sanjay Nirupam, facing a six-year expulsion from the Congress, alleged on Thursday that the party swiftly took action to oust him immediately after receiving his resignation letter.
Of late, the Congress veteran has not been keeping good health and has often been seen attending the Rajya Sabha proceedings, especially during crucial voting, on a wheelchair.
The seven-phase Lok Sabha polls, the world’s biggest election exercise, will kick off on April 19 with the counting of votes set to take place on June 4. The Congress party is also slated to release its manifesto for the general elections on April 5.
The Opposition had held a 'Maha Rally' at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on Sunday and attacked the Centre over the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal. Kharge had a major slip of tongue during his speech. WATCH
The Delhi High Court on Thursday (March 28) rejected petitions by the Congress challenging the initiation of tax reassessment proceedings against it for a period of four years by tax authorities.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The elections for the 18th Lok Sabha will begin on April 19 (Friday) followed by subsequent phases on April 26, May 7, May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1. The entire election process, from the announcement of polls to the declaration of results, lasts 82 days.
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