Indian National Congress
India's Congress Party Vice President Rahul Gandhi (R) waves to supporters as he arrives onstage with Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee President Ramesh Chennithala (L, in white) for a rally in Thiruvananthapuram on May 18, 2013. Gandhi attended the rally in the southern Indian city following the culmination of the Kerala Yatra, led by Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president Ramesh Chennithala.
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We have been working on the Bill for quite some time. But the opposition does everything that they can do to stall the Bill. It does not matter what they do. The UPA and the Congress are going to give you (people) the right to food to ensure that no single Indian goes to sleep at night hungry
Mamata Banerjee has said she does not want the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance to return to power at the centre. She has predicted it will be defeated. She has also said Trinamool will play a big role in the next general elections. And now her former ally BJP withdraws its candidate from Howrah. The link is clear
Even after thirty years of their 'Garibi Hatao' (Abolish Poverty) slogan, the poor still remain poor. Poverty has actually perpetuated and you are talking of providing food security even thirty years of your slogan, you are not sincere. For the Congress, the poor is just an election slogan. For BJP, it is a commitmentMore quotes »
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India's Congress party wins key state election
the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka. The voting was watched as a possible bellwether for next year's national elections.The election commission said the Congress party had achieved a majority with 118 seats and was leading in three other Read more »
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Indians angry at convicted spy's death in Pakistan
2001 attack on India's Parliament that left 14 people dead. Several rights groups across India and political groups in Indian-controlled Kashmir have said that Guru did not get a fair trial. Pakistan's lower house of Parliament passed a resolution condemning Read more »
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Tanveer Sait's supporter tries to immolate self, arrested
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Angry Congressmen stage protests in districts
other districts were restricted to slogan-shouting , in Yadgir, supporters of senior MLA A B Malaka Reddy ransacked the local Congress office. They set fire to a window in the office and a tyre outside . Reddy had to call the protesters over telephone to restrain 7:20 PM from Times of India Read more »
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Supporters of ministerial aspirants protest
non-inclusion of D.K. Shivakumar, Kagodu Thimmappa, A.B. Maalakaraddy and A. Manju in the Congress Ministry on Saturday triggered protests in their Assembly constituencies. Mr. Shivakumar’s supporters, numbering around 3,000, who came from Kanakapura staged 5:33 PM from The Hindu Read more »
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Nitish is symbol of anti-Congressism,says Shahnawaz
BJP'sBhagalpur MP and national spokesman ShahnawazHussain on Saturday described Bihar CM Nitish Kumar as a "symbol of anti-Congressism", and said that the BJP did not believe in speculation regarding growing proximity between the CM and the Congress. He also 5:32 PM from Times of India Read more »
