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Dissent letter row: Amarinder backing Rahul may help him lead Cong again

Amarinder strongly backing Rahul in the dissent letter row may help him lead the Congress again in the 2022 Assembly elections

The man who could be CM: What makes K C Venugopal so important in Congress

Who is K C Venugopal, where did he come from, and where is he going?

KC Venugopal: What makes the leader from Kerala important in the Congress

Valued by both Rahul and Sonia Gandhi, his sights are set on the chief minister's job in Kerala and he may make it there eventually

Those who still have a grudge are free to talk to Sonia Gandhi: Congress

More than a week after the letter stoked a controversy in the CWC meeting, where the dissenters were cornered by the loyalists, the issue has not died down as the dissenters are now speaking publicly

No urgency to have an elected Congress president: Salman Khurshid

Khurshid said the leaders who have written to Sonia Gandhi always had access to her and could have approached her rather than writing to her

Not one concern raised in our letter addressed in CWC meeting: Kapil Sibal

The signatories of the letter have been at loggerheads and termed dissenters within the party by Gandhi family loyalists

Freedom of expression under threat, democracy being destroyed: Sonia Gandhi

Speaking at the foundation laying ceremony of new Assembly building of Chhattisgarh, Gandhi alleged that "powers" that want people to fight are spreading poison of hatred in the country

Congress must 'target the BJP with surgical strikes', not its own: Sibal

Former union minister Jitin Prasada called a 'traitor' by party colleague in UP district

Shiv Sena hits out at Cong leaders who wrote letter to Sonia Gandhi

Shiv Sena alleged that the letter written by 23 senior Congress leaders to Sonia Gandhi over their demand for a "full time" party president was a "conspiracy to finish off Rahul Gandhi's leadership"

Sonia musters seven CMs' support against Centre over NEET, JEE exams

The chief ministers may file review petition against SC order on the exams, accuse Centre of being oblivious to the health crisis holding them could cause

Refusal of GST compensation to states is Centre's betrayal: Sonia Gandhi

Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi hit out at the Centre and said that refusal to pay GST compensation to States is nothing short of betrayal on the part of the Narendra Modi government.

Sonia to chair meeting with Congress CMs, Mamata Banerjee, Uddhav Thackeray

Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi will speak to the CMs to discuss the pending GST share, and the NEET and JEE examination issue.

Sonia reaches out to Mamata, Uddhav, Soren on issue of GST compensation

Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday reached out to the chief ministers of West Bengal, Maharashtra and Jharkhand on the issue of compensation to states

Sorry if we hurt Sonia's feelings; never questioned her leadership: Moily

"If we have hurt her (Sonia Gandhi's) feelings, we are sorry for it," M Veerappa Moily, one of the leaders who sought organisational reforms, said asserting they never questioned her leadership

Best of BS Opinion: Education for the future, restoration of trust & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Point of no return

Congress caught between the family and the hard place

Sonia to continue as interim Congress president, 'rebels' fall in line

CWC passes resolution saying the need is to strengthen the hands of the Sonia and Rahul Gandhi

Cong says Sonia will remain interim chief, make organisational changes

Party says its top committee unanimously resolved to strengthen the hands of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi

Cong leaders close ranks behind Sonia Gandhi at nearly 7-hour CWC meeting

The Congress Working Committee on Monday appeared set to close ranks behind Sonia Gandhi, urging her to stay on as party chief after she offered to step down as interim president

Rahul Gandhi questions timing of letter to Sonia, insinuates it helped BJP

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi questioned the timing of the letter by a section of the party and attacked them for going public against the leadership