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The Congress’s weak organisational machinery is hurting it even in states that it won less than three months ago. When the Congress dethroned the Bharatiya Janata Party-led governments in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh…

The party has been working on its manifesto to demonstrate that it actually has a credible plan. Even before finance minister Piyush Goyal presented the 2019 interim budget in the Lok Sabha on Friday, enthusiastic Bharatiya Janata Party…

A day after the Congress declared that the Bharat Bandh it had called on Monday enjoyed the support of 21 opposition parties, the Bahujan Samaj Party struck a sour note, indicating that the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition being…

First, it was former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh who proceeded on a six-month, ostensibly non-political, Narmada padyatra. The yatra concluded on April 9. Then, on April 13, Congress MP from…

Ever since he completed his term as Punjab governor in 2015, Shivraj Patil has been leading a quiet life. He is barely seen or heard though he is spotted occasionally at Delhi’s India International Centre. But he was pulled out of…

Delivering the valedictory speech at the plenary session of the Congress last week, an impassioned party president Rahul Gandhi declared that his first task was to break the “two walls” in Indian politics — the wall between party workers…

As it became clear that the Samajwadi Party was heading to victory in the bye-elections in Uttar Pradesh and the Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar, Congress president Rahul Gandhi tweeted to congratulate the winners, claiming the result showed…