Anand Sharma Congress

A lawyer by profession, Anand Sharma was first elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1984 

After Congress old-timer and a sitting member of its working committee, Anand Sharma, wrote to party president Mallikarjun Kharge questioning its campaign pitch around the promise of a nationwide caste census, the BJP accused the grand old party of '

Congress faces opposition to its flagship caste census demand at a national level with a senior leader claiming the party has never engaged or endorsed identity politics.

The Lok Sabha ethics committee has called BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and advocate Jai Anand Dehadrai for a hearing on October 26 in connection with their "cash for query" allegations against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra.

Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met the porters at Delhi's Anand Vihar Railway Station and wore the red "coolie" shirt along with a badge as he carried luggage on his head.

Congress Working Committee: The Congress has reconstituted its key decision-making body, the Congress Working Committee, and made some surprise additions with an eye on the upcoming political contests.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor responded to the same and said that that the speaker (Mr Gopinath) is "retired & living in undeserved anonymity."

Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Anand Sharma on Thursday said the Congress' victory in Himachal Pradesh will have resonance and a ripple effect on states where elections are scheduled for next year.

Congress leader Anand Sharma on Saturday said that the people of Himachal Pradesh were in a mood to change the government in the state by ruling out the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state assembly election.

Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Thursday said the party's campaign planning for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls could have been "much better" with the deployment of senior leaders, and rued that his services were not fully utilised.

Former union minister Anand Sharma added, however, that Priyanka Gandhi led a spirited campaign and Congress will get a "stable majority" in Himachal

Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit the Congress on Friday, met with three leaders of the party who were part of the "G-23" or group of dissenters - Anand Sharma, Prithviraj Chavan and Bhupinder Hooda.

Anand Sharma had a week ago resigned from the chairmanship of the party's steering committee for Himachal Pradesh, saying he was left with no choice after the "continuing exclusion and insults".

With yet another high-profile exit from the Congress party, there is speculation that more dissident leaders will follow

Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Thursday said the G23 grouping is working to strengthen the party, which will put up a united face in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls.

A lawyer by profession, Anand Sharma was first elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1984 

After Congress old-timer and a sitting member of its working committee, Anand Sharma, wrote to party president Mallikarjun Kharge questioning its campaign pitch around the promise of a nationwide caste census, the BJP accused the grand old party of '

Congress faces opposition to its flagship caste census demand at a national level with a senior leader claiming the party has never engaged or endorsed identity politics.

The Lok Sabha ethics committee has called BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and advocate Jai Anand Dehadrai for a hearing on October 26 in connection with their "cash for query" allegations against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra.

Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met the porters at Delhi's Anand Vihar Railway Station and wore the red "coolie" shirt along with a badge as he carried luggage on his head.

Congress Working Committee: The Congress has reconstituted its key decision-making body, the Congress Working Committee, and made some surprise additions with an eye on the upcoming political contests.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor responded to the same and said that that the speaker (Mr Gopinath) is "retired & living in undeserved anonymity."

Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Anand Sharma on Thursday said the Congress' victory in Himachal Pradesh will have resonance and a ripple effect on states where elections are scheduled for next year.

Congress leader Anand Sharma on Saturday said that the people of Himachal Pradesh were in a mood to change the government in the state by ruling out the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state assembly election.

Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Thursday said the party's campaign planning for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls could have been "much better" with the deployment of senior leaders, and rued that his services were not fully utilised.

Former union minister Anand Sharma added, however, that Priyanka Gandhi led a spirited campaign and Congress will get a "stable majority" in Himachal

Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit the Congress on Friday, met with three leaders of the party who were part of the "G-23" or group of dissenters - Anand Sharma, Prithviraj Chavan and Bhupinder Hooda.

Anand Sharma had a week ago resigned from the chairmanship of the party's steering committee for Himachal Pradesh, saying he was left with no choice after the "continuing exclusion and insults".

With yet another high-profile exit from the Congress party, there is speculation that more dissident leaders will follow

Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Thursday said the G23 grouping is working to strengthen the party, which will put up a united face in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls.