Congress politician Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s political debut is expected to begin on Thursday, November 28, when she will take her oath as a member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha with party leader Ravindra Vasantrao Chavan. Priyanka Gandhi’s victory means that for the first time in decades, all three members of the Nehru-Gandhi family—Sonia, Rahul, … Read more
The counting of votes for byelections has started. 48 assembly seats in 14 states—Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal—were up for by-election in recent weeks. Two Lok Sabha seats, Wayanad in Kerala and Nanded in Maharashtra, were also up for election. In Wayanad, … Read more
Congress politician Priyanka Gandhi Vadra launched a stinging assault on Narendra Modi on Saturday, claiming that the prime minister had “destroyed” the dignity of the country’s highest office by continually making “hollow promises” to 140 crore Indians. She further stated that instead of worrying about the Congress, Modi should focus on “restoring the dignity of … Read more
The Communist Party of India (CPI) announced on Thursday that senior leader Sathyan Mokeri will be the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate in the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll, where he will fight Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi. The constituency will go to the elections on November 13, after the necessity for a by-election after Congress leader … Read more
The Congress party has named Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as its candidate for the upcoming Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election on November 13. This is her first foray into electoral politics following years of involvement in the party’s organizational operations. The decision was made public on Tuesday evening, establishing Priyanka as the party’s leading contender for the … Read more
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla chided Congress member Deepender Hooda over certain remarks as Shashi Tharoor chanted ‘Jai Hind, Jai Samvidhan (constitution)’ after taking oath as a member of the House. “He is already taking oath on the Constitution,” Mr Birla commented when opposition members chanted ‘Jai Samvidhan’ as Mr Tharoor took oath as Lok … Read more
In Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, a FIR has been filed against Congress national secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, former chief minister Kamal Nath, and former Union minister Arun Yadav’s social media handlers for a social media post accusing the BJP government of corruption. The FIR follows a series of warnings issued by senior BJP leaders in Madhya … Read more
New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her family members joined her brother Rahul Gandhi this morning as the Bharat Jodo Yatra moved through Madhya Pradesh. This is the first time Priyanka Gandhi, the general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, will be participating in the yatra, set out for Kashmir from Kanyakumari in Tamil … Read more