Sonia Gandhi

Sonia: The woman who would not be queen

New Delhi - Muslimchronicle

Sonia Gandhi, who handed over the reins of the Congress to her son, Rahul Gandhi, was once seen as an unlikely heir to the Gandhi political legacy, but crowned her innings by becoming the longest serving president of India’s grand old party. Her exit was as subdued as her entry was spirited. “I am going to retire,” the 71-year-oldRead more

Rahul Gandhi extends family grip on India's Congress party

New Delhi - Muslimchronicle

India's Rahul Gandhi took over Saturday as president of the main opposition Congress, becoming the sixth member of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty to head the party that has ruled the country for much of its independent history. Fireworks erupted over the party headquarters in New Delhi drowning out the voice of his mother Sonia Gandhi as she handed over the reinsRead more

India's Rahul Gandhi takes over as president of Congress party

New Delhi - Muslimchronicle

India's Rahul Gandhi took over Saturday as president of the main opposition Congress party after years of speculation about the scion of the dynasty that has ruled the country for much of its independent history. Gandhi was handed a certificate of election in front of his mother Sonia Gandhi, becoming the sixth member of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty to become Congress president. source:Read more

India's Rahul Gandhi takes over as president of Congress party

New Delhi - Muslimchronicle

Opposition carrying out disinformation campaign against government: Naidu

New Delhi - Arab today

Opposition parties have launched a disinformation campaign, including questioning the reliability of EVMs, because they are unable to digest defeat in elections, the government said on Wednesday. Referring to the opposition petition to the president on Wednesday, Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said that after its defeat in polls, the opposition parties have started a disinformation campaign against the government.Read more

‘Hormonal’ women need protecting

New Delhi - Arab Today

Female students need curfews to protect them from their own “hormonal outbursts”, India’s women’s minister has said, sparking ridicule on social media. Many Indian universities inflict curfews on women while allowing their male students freedom to stay out at night, a policy that critics say is prejudiced and outdated. Asked about the practice on a television talk show, Manekha GandhiRead more

Decks ready for phase-IV polls in 53 Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats

Lucknow - Arab Today

The fourth phase polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held on Thursday in 53 Assembly constituencies spread over 12 districts, including the backward Bundelkhand region and the Nehru-Gandhi pocket borough of Rae Bareli. Assembly segments in Congress President Sonia Gandhi's Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency will be among the seats where the electoral exercise will take place. However, in aRead more

Sonia reaches out to Uttar Pradesh voters through letter

New Delhi - Arab Today

Away from the campaign trail this poll season, Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday made an emotional appeal to the voters in Uttar Pradesh asking them to defeat the "forces" that deprived them of the benefits of welfare schemes and "snatched away" everything from them. In a letter to the voters of Rae Bareli and Amethi, the Nehru-Gandhi family pocket boroughs, aheadRead more

After quitting Congress, Krishna takes potshots at leadership

Bengaluru - Arab Today

Taking potshots at Congress leadership a day after his exit from the party, former Karnataka chief minister and veteran leader S. M. Krishna on Sunday said it did not need "mass leaders" but only wanted "managers" as he complained of being sidelined due to his age. "With pain and anguish, I have decided to quit Congress," he stated, adding thatRead more

Priyanka in Congress list of star campaigners for Uttar Pradesh

New Delhi - Arab Today

Priyanka Gandhi, being credited by Congress for playing an active role in stitching an alliance with Samajwadi Party, will be her party's star campaigner along with Rahul Gandhi in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Her name figures among the 40 star campaigners that the Congress has finalised and forwarded to the Election Commission on Tuesday for the firstRead more