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NEW DELHI: The high-voltage campaign in Assam, Kerala and Puducherry ended on Tuesday evening, with all political parties going all out for the final show of strength ahead of voting on April 9.For 299 seats across two states and a union territory, the Bharatiya Janata Party roped in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Amit…
NEW DELHI: Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that “standards should not be lowered” as the Bharatiya Janata Party latched on to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge‘s recent ‘people illiterate in Gujarat’ remark. The Congress chief on Sunday had stirred row after saying that voters in Kerala were “educated and clever” and could not be…
Ramesh Chennithala (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Congress leader and Haripad assembly candidate Ramesh Chennithala on Friday said that the party leadership would take the final call on projecting him as the chief minister face for the 2026 Kerala assembly elections. Referring to his 50-year relationship with veteran leader Sonia Gandhi and the Nehru family, Chennithala…
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday strongly backed greater women’s representation in elections when asked about fellow colleague Shama Mohamed complaining about the low number of tickets allotted to women candidates for the Kerala Assembly polls.Acknowledging the dearth of women’s representation in proportion to the population, the…
NEW DELHI: Mani Shankar Aiyar on Monday invoked BR Ambedkar after Congress distanced itself from the former Union minister’s praise of the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government in Kerala ahead of the assembly polls.Speaking to news agency ANI, Aiyar took a sharp jibe at Rahul Gandhi, saying he is a Gandhian but not a “Rahulian.” Congress In…
NEW DELHI: After weeks of visible discomfort, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi finally met the senior leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday.The PTI sources described it as a detailed “redressal” meeting ahead of the crucial Kerala assembly polls.The meeting, held in Kharge’s chamber in the Parliament House complex, lasted…
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday met Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge in Parliament and sought to put to rest speculation of a rift, affirming on a positive note that “we are on the same page” after a “warm and constructive discussion” with…
Shashi Tharoor (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday clarified that he has never violated the party line in Parliament, asserting that his only public disagreement in principle was over Operation Sindoor, when he led India’s delegation to countries in the Americas to present New Delhi’s position on counterterrorism and Pakistan’s role…
