New Delhi: Striking an emotive note, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday remembered her “life partner” Rajiv Gandhi while speaking on the women’s reservation bill and said his dream would be fulfilled with the passage of this legislation. Extending her party’s support to the women’s reservation bill, the Congress parliamentary party chief demanded that […]
It will be taken up for discussion today at 11:00 am. New Delhi: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi will be the lead speaker from her party for the debate when the Lok Sabha takes up the Women’s Reservation Bill for discussion today. The Women’s Reservation Bill, which proposes to reserve 33% of seats in the Lok […]
The Bill will be taken up for discussion today when the House meets at 11 am. New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will lead the party’s debate on the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha today. The government yesterday introduced the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, reserving 33% of seats for women in […]
The Union Cabinet on Monday approved the Women Reservation Bill. (File) New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will be the lead speaker from her party for the debate when the Lok Sabha will take up the Women’s Reservation Bill for the discussion today. The Women’s Reservation Bill that seeks to provide a 33 […]
Hyderabad: The Congress has announced six guarantees if it comes to power in Telangana in what now is becoming an increasingly familiar strategy. Buoyed by its massive victory in next-door Karnataka earlier this year, the Congress has announced provisions for all — women, farmers, youth, statehood activists the elderly population and the homeless. “I, along […]
New Delhi: Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi used the first meeting of the reconstituted top decision-making body of the party to send out a strong signal of unity to the 28-member opposition INDIA alliance on Saturday. Mrs Gandhi told the members of the Congress Working Committee that the party has to fight unitedly with INDIA […]
Ravi Shankar Prasad also sought to explain Sanatan Dharma by quoting the Rig Veda. New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad today questioned why was Congress leader Sonia Gandhi “silent” on the controversy surrounding remarks on ‘Sanatan Dharma’. Calling her alleged silence “an indication of approval” to what is being said by some Opposition […]
Pralhad Joshi has responded to Sonia Gandhi’s allegations on parliament session New Delhi: Former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s nine-point letter on the special session of parliament has drawn an acerbic response from the government. Mrs Gandhi is perhaps “not aware of traditions,” wrote parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi, asserting that the government discusses the agenda […]
The buzz about the change of the country’s name from “India” to “Bharat” has started a flurry of meetings in the Opposition camp. A meeting of Congress’s parliamentary leaders is in progress at the house of Sonia Gandhi. It will be followed by a meet of opposition bloc INDIA leaders at the residence of party […]
New Delhi: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi was admitted to Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital last evening after she complained of a chest infection. The hospital has said she had been complaining about a chest infection for a while and was hospitalised for a routine check-up. This comes days after the 76-year-old Congress leader and MP […]
