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Congress kept out of UP alliance to correct poll arithmetic
Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav has stated that despite his “immense respect” for Congress President Rahul Gandhi, the grand old party was kept out of the SP-BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh to correct “poll arithmetic” in order to defeat the BJP. Without ruling out the possibility of serving with the Congress after polls, Akhilesh said …
PM Modi Calls Congress A “Lollipop Company”, Attacks Loan Waiver Promises
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Congress of misleading farmers on loan waiver promises, stating them lollipops. On a day’s visit to the Purvanchal region, his second trip to Uttar Pradesh this month, PM Modi stated the JD(S)-Congress coalition government which came to power in Karnataka recently had waived only 800 farm loans. …
Congress launches toll-free number to take manifesto suggestions
The Congress in Rajasthan on Friday commenced its ‘Jan Ghoshna Patra’ campaign, under which a tollfree number has been launched with the objective of getting suggestions from the public for its election manifesto. Senior Congress leader and president of the manifesto committee Harish Choudhary said that this initiative has been taken up to increase the …
P. Chidambram
Palaniappan Chidambaram was born on 16 September 1945, is an Indian politician and attorney who presently serves as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha and formerly served as the Union Minister of Finance of India. Chidambaram is a corporate lawyer and a prominent member of the last Congress-led government. He has been the Finance Minister since …