'Will field candidate against Navjot Sidhu in upcoming polls': Amarinder Singh
Chandigarh/IBNS: Amarinder Singh, who recently resigned as the chief minister of Punjab amid pressure from Congress leadership over infighting, has dropped hints in various interviews to media, that he will field a candidate against party's state chief Navjot Singh Sidhu in the upcoming Assembly election.
Navjot Sidhu was not the ultimate choice of Congress leadership as Punjab CM
Chandigarh/UNI: Punjab Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting scheduled to be held for the second consecutive day on Sunday to elect a new leader of the CLP was deferred till further instructions from the party leadership.
Anguished at political events of last 5 months, Amarinder wrote to Sonia before quitting
Chandigarh/UNI: Hours before he formally submitted his resignation on Saturday to the Governor, Capt Amarinder Singh had written to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, apprising her of his decision, while expressing anguish at the political events of the last about five months, which, he said, were clearly “not based on full understanding of the national imperatives of Punjab and its key concerns.”
'Time has come to rise above our compulsions': Sonia Gandhi tells oppositions to unite
New Delhi/IBNS: Time has come when the interests of the nation demand that all parties rise above "our compulsions", Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi said as she called out to opposition leaders to unite before the 2024 elections at a virtual meeting on Friday.
19 Opposition parties attend Sonia Gandhi's virtual meet
New Delhi/UNI: A virtual meeting called by Congress' interim president Sonia Gandhi was attended by 19 Opposition parties including the Trinamool Congress Party, sources said.
Sonia Gandhi to hold Opposition meeting today
New Delhi/UNI: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi will hold a virtual meeting with leaders of several top Opposition parties on Friday, and discuss the strategy to counter the BJP government after the Monsoon Session of Parliament saw a united Opposition cornering the government.
Sonia Gandhi to meet opposition leaders including Mamata Banerjee virtually tomorrow
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress President Sonia Gandhi is all set to meet opposition leaders including Mamata Banerjee and Uddhav Thackeray virtually on Friday.
Joined TMC without conditions, no grievance against Sonia-Rahul: Sushmita Dev
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress-turned Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sushmita Dev Tuesday said she joined the grand old party's offshoot without any condition.
Former Congress MP Sushmita Dev quits party, likely to join TMC
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Congress MP from Assam's Silchar Sushmita Dev resigned as her party member, triggering speculations over her next political destination.
PM Modi, Sonia Gandhi attend Speaker Om Birla's meeting after Lok Sabha session ends abruptly
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Sonia Gandhi were on Wednesday present at a meeting of all political parties' leaders called by Speaker Om Birla at his room in Parliament after the monsoon session ended this morning, two days early.
'Navjot Singh Sidhu's criticisms don't augur well': Amarinder Singh tells Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi/IBNS: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday complained to Congress President Sonia Gandhi that Navjot Singh Sidhu's criticisms of his government "does not augur well for the smooth functioning".
'Cadre' Mamata drafts in Congress with other Opposition to challenge BJP in 2024
Trashing her pre-2019 dream to build a federal front to challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi politically, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who runs powerful regional satrap Trinamool Congress (TMC), preferred to keep herself low profile in her recently-concluded Delhi trip, where she met a number of Congress leaders besides two regional politicians with an aim to oust the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2024 General Elections.
I am nobody alone, Opposition should unite to defeat Modi: Mamata after meeting Sonia, Rahul
New Delhi/IBNS: Snubbing her national political ambition, if at all any, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday once again appealed to all opposition forces to unite to oust the Modi government in 2024 polls, meeting Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi and top leader Rahul Gandhi here.
Mamata Banerjee to meet Sonia Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi today
New Delhi/IBNS: In a bid to give fuel to the Opposition unity to take on Modi in 2024 polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will Wednesday hold meetings with Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal separately in the national capital.
Amarinder Singh won't meet Navjot Singh Sidhu without apology, says CM's media strategist
New Delhi/IBNS: Amarinder Singh will not meet his bitter rival Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is now the new Congress chief in Punjab until the latter apologises for his social media attacks on the Punjab Chief Minister.