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Congress says exclusion from BJP Parliamentary Board shows party "not in mood to keep him in key positions" ahead of 2023 state polls; BJP says "no worry"

The Nationalist Congress Party Wednesday took a dig at the BJP over Union minister Nitin Gadkari's ouster from its parliamentary board, saying the party removed him from the panel due to his rising stature as an "astute politician".

The Congress Working Committee has approved the one-man-one post rule with expected rider following its Chintan Shivir in Rajasthan. But the proposal for a Parliamentary Board -- a key demand of rebels -- has been shot down.

Congress dissenters' demand to revive the party's parliamentary board has made it to the list of suggestions to be examined by the Congress Working Committee (CWC), but is unlikely to be accepted, sources said.

A key demand of the dissenters in the party to constitute the congress parliamentary board has been accepted as a suggestion at the party's big meet in Rajasthan. The suggestion now needs the approval of the Congress Working Committee.

The Gujarat Congress Monday alleged the BJP has violated the model code of conduct by holding a meeting of the party's State Parliamentary Board at Chief Minister Vijay Rupani's official residence, prompting the poll panel to order a probe.

India will send a "bad signal" to the global markets if the chief of the central bank, Urjit Patel, resigned over alleged attempts by the government to change rules for tighter control of the RBI, said Congress leader Veerappa Moily, who is also the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on finance.

Four days before Gujarat votes and exactly 25 years after the Babri masjid was razed in Ayodhya, the Ram temple issue has stormed back into a centre of a row, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi making a sharp attack on Wednesday on the Congress over its leader Kapil Sibal's plea in the Supreme Court to defer hearing in the Ayodhya case till after th...

The Congress today reacted with sarcasm and derision to BJP's decision to drop its founder leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi from the Parliamentary Board, saying they have been put in an "old age home" and their 'Margdarshak Mandal' will only be a 'mookdarshak' (mute spectator).

Putting pressure on Congress, RJD chief Lalu Prasad today offered 11 seats to Congress and asked the party to give its acceptance by tomorrow when his party's Parliamentary Board will meet on Patna.

Senior party leader Ananth Kumar said after the meeting of the BJP's parliamentary board that the main opposition party is battle-ready for snap polls and will fight the Congress-led UPA government on corruption and price rise.

Under sharp attack from the BJP on the fourth anniversary of the UPA 2 government it leads, the Congress can draw some solace from the fact that the main opposition party too is struggling with a leadership battle now playing out for all to see.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today sought to paint a dismal picture of UPA-II holding it responsible for the economic gloom and failure to give the country leadership while accusing it of diminishing the role of the Prime Minister.

At a massive show of strength attended by an estimated one lakh supporters on his home turf, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today countered Rahul Gandhi's idea of India as "beehive buzzing with the energy and aspirations of a billion people", saying that for the BJP the "country was our mother".

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh on Saturday avoided a direct reply on whether Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi would be the party's prime ministerial candidate in the 2014 Lok Sabha poll, saying the parliamentary board will decide on that.

Congress says exclusion from BJP Parliamentary Board shows party "not in mood to keep him in key positions" ahead of 2023 state polls; BJP says "no worry"

The Nationalist Congress Party Wednesday took a dig at the BJP over Union minister Nitin Gadkari's ouster from its parliamentary board, saying the party removed him from the panel due to his rising stature as an "astute politician".

The Congress Working Committee has approved the one-man-one post rule with expected rider following its Chintan Shivir in Rajasthan. But the proposal for a Parliamentary Board -- a key demand of rebels -- has been shot down.

Congress dissenters' demand to revive the party's parliamentary board has made it to the list of suggestions to be examined by the Congress Working Committee (CWC), but is unlikely to be accepted, sources said.

A key demand of the dissenters in the party to constitute the congress parliamentary board has been accepted as a suggestion at the party's big meet in Rajasthan. The suggestion now needs the approval of the Congress Working Committee.

The Gujarat Congress Monday alleged the BJP has violated the model code of conduct by holding a meeting of the party's State Parliamentary Board at Chief Minister Vijay Rupani's official residence, prompting the poll panel to order a probe.

India will send a "bad signal" to the global markets if the chief of the central bank, Urjit Patel, resigned over alleged attempts by the government to change rules for tighter control of the RBI, said Congress leader Veerappa Moily, who is also the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on finance.

Four days before Gujarat votes and exactly 25 years after the Babri masjid was razed in Ayodhya, the Ram temple issue has stormed back into a centre of a row, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi making a sharp attack on Wednesday on the Congress over its leader Kapil Sibal's plea in the Supreme Court to defer hearing in the Ayodhya case till after th...

The Congress today reacted with sarcasm and derision to BJP's decision to drop its founder leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi from the Parliamentary Board, saying they have been put in an "old age home" and their 'Margdarshak Mandal' will only be a 'mookdarshak' (mute spectator).

Putting pressure on Congress, RJD chief Lalu Prasad today offered 11 seats to Congress and asked the party to give its acceptance by tomorrow when his party's Parliamentary Board will meet on Patna.

Senior party leader Ananth Kumar said after the meeting of the BJP's parliamentary board that the main opposition party is battle-ready for snap polls and will fight the Congress-led UPA government on corruption and price rise.

Under sharp attack from the BJP on the fourth anniversary of the UPA 2 government it leads, the Congress can draw some solace from the fact that the main opposition party too is struggling with a leadership battle now playing out for all to see.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today sought to paint a dismal picture of UPA-II holding it responsible for the economic gloom and failure to give the country leadership while accusing it of diminishing the role of the Prime Minister.

At a massive show of strength attended by an estimated one lakh supporters on his home turf, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today countered Rahul Gandhi's idea of India as "beehive buzzing with the energy and aspirations of a billion people", saying that for the BJP the "country was our mother".

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh on Saturday avoided a direct reply on whether Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi would be the party's prime ministerial candidate in the 2014 Lok Sabha poll, saying the parliamentary board will decide on that.