Congress president Sonia Gandhi urged the government to put an end to the alleged "systematic interference" of Facebook and other social media giants in India's electoral politics.
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday said he has resigned as the party's Punjab chief
Not willing to step back, Congress dissenters G-23 will meet today over dinner at senior leader Kapil Sibal's residence to devise the further strategy after the CWC endorsed Sonia Gandhi's leadership
The development comes two days after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) discussed threadbare the reasons for the party's debacle in these Assembly polls.
The knives are out between the loyalists and dissenters in the Congress as the rebel G-23 group has stepped up its attack on the Gandhi family.
Days after the Congress working committee meeting, party's senior leader Kapil Sibal urged that the 'Gandhis should step aside from leadership role and give a chance to someone else to lead the party'
Gandhi listened to all leaders at the CWC meet and said she is willing to make required changes to strengthen the party, sources said
The Congress Working Committee, during its nearly five-hour meeting, reposed full faith in her leadership, urging her to effect immediate corrective changes to strengthen the party
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh did not attend the meeting, in which Congress dissidents were reported to have been grossly outnumbered by Gandhi family loyalists.
The CWC will meet at 4PM on Sunday to discuss the outcome of the assembly elections.
Sunday's CWC meeting is likely to see some fireworks as the G-23 dissident leaders, who have pressed for organisation overhaul, have indicated that these issues will be raised again
Gandhi hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, accusing them of mismanagement during the COVID-19 pandemic
Assembly elections were held in Uttarakhand on February 14, 2022, to elect 70 members of the Uttarakhand Assembly. The votes will be counted on March 10.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi does not figure among the party's star campaigners for the sixth phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh on March 3
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former chief Rahul Gandhi and Jairam Ramesh are among the 30 star campaigners for the Manipur assembly elections, according to the list released by the party on Monday
Substituting shrillness of tone for substantive arguments, personal attacks rather than promoting policy critique go counter to promoting civility in public life
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who represents the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat, does not figure among the party's star campaigners for the fourth phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh
Mangeshkar is admitted in a hospital in Mumbai and is said to be critical.
The Congress party on Monday released a list of 30-star campaigners for the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
The Congress on Tuesday formed a manifesto committee headed by party MP Partap Singh Bajwa and a Sunil Jakhar-led campaign panel for the February 14 Punjab assembly polls.