The speculations of a leadership change were sparked after former deputy CM Sachin Pilot met with Congress President Sonia Gandhi a couple of days ago.
Rajasthan's former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot met interim Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi on Thursday. The two senior Congress leaders discussed how to take the party forward to win 2023 polls.
The poll strategist, who has planned the electoral strategies of various parties, including the Trinamool Congress, AAP and DMK, wants to come into the Congress and help it
While Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka both were present in the previous meeting but in today's meet, only Priyanka Gandhi was there.
Mufti spent some time with Gandhi and is learnt to have discussed the current political situation in the country with the Congress president.
Taking a political jibe at the opposition leaders, Anurag Thakur said that the opposition was busy in baseless accusations.
Sonia Gandhi also hit out at the BJP, saying the ruling party's "divisive agenda" has become a regular feature of political discourse.
The G-23 leaders, who are seeking organisational reforms, had held meetings earlier this month following Congress’s dismal performance in the Assembly elections in five states.
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday urged the Central government to ensure proper budget allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) while also making payment of wages to labourers within 15 days of work.
Sonia Gandhi charged that the lesser allocation to the flagship scheme amounted to the weakening of the legal guarantee of timely payment and jobs.
NCP had earlier also pressed for Sharad Pawar to replace Sonia Gandhi as the UPA chairperson. NCP's ally Shiv Sena too has favoured Pawar to head the alliance on many occasions.
Sanyam Lodha is one of the advisors to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. He represents the Sirohi seat in the Legislative Assembly.
Leaving the grand old party, Vikramaditya Singh said that his position on Jammu and Kashmir does not align with that of the Congress.
The leaders who Sonia Gandhi met today included Deputy Leader of the party in the Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma and Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari.
G-23 leader Ghulam Nabi Azad met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday and said he conveyed suggestions to strengthen the party, a day after members of the dissenting group held a flurry of meetings over measures to revamp the organisation. Watch aaj ki baat to know the complete details of meeting.
G-23 leader Ghulam Nabi Azad met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday, while members of the dissenting group in the Congress Thursday held a flurry of meetings.
Kapil Sibal said the Gandhis -- Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra - should step aside and give some other leader a chance to lead the party.
Sources said Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will also be present at meeting. Azad's meeting with the Gandhis carries much significance amid dissatisfaction of G-23 leaders over the working style of the Congress leadership.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, speaking in Lok Sabha today, said global social media companies like Facebook are being abused to hack India's democracy. She urged the government to put an end to their "systematic influence and interference" in electoral politics.
Rahul Gandhi referred to a foreign media report to attack the government. The report had claimed that Facebook offered BJP cheaper deals for election advertisements as compared to other political parties.
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