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Keep 'guarantee cards' safe, claim 6 benefits in 100 days: Telangana Cong

The party has established a "war room" at Gandhi Bhavan to ensure that these guarantee cards are distributed to every household in each assembly constituency

Caste census to delimitation: Highlights on Women Reservation Bill debate

Sonia Gandhi leads the debate, parties try to claim credit for Bill, MPs call for caste census and question role of delimitation

Parliament LIVE: Lok Sabha unanimously passes Women's Reservation Bill 2023

Catch all the latest LIVE updates related to the Parliament's special session here

Congress demands immediate implementation of women's quota bill: Sonia

Congress parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday extended her party's support for the women's reservation bill and demanded its immediate implementation along with the provision for the representation of SCs, STs and OBCs. Initiating the debate from the opposition's side in the Lok Sabha, Gandhi said, "I stand here in support of Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam." She said any delay in implementing women's reservation bill will be gross injustice to Indian women. "The immediate implementation of the women's reservation bill by removing all obstacles not only necessary but also possible," Gandhi said.

Smriti Irani's portfolio to abuse Cong, Gandhi family, says KC Venugopal

The Congress' parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said the women's reservation bill "is ours", as the bill was about to be tabled in Parliament

Sonia Gandhi likely to be lead Cong's discussion on women's quota Bill

Sonia Gandhi will be the lead speaker from her party for the debate when the Lok Sabha will take up the Women's Reservation Bill for the discussion on Wednesday, the sources said

Like Telangana statehood promise, Congress will deliver: Rahul Gandhi

Attacking the ruling BRS, Rahul Gandhi said that Telangana was not made to benefit CM Chandrashekhar Rao's family

Women's reservation: What major political leaders have said on the Bill

Since the 1990s, governments have tried to push through legislation to provide reservation to women in the Parliament and state Assemblies

'It is ours', says Congress' Sonia Gandhi on Women's reservation bill

The Congress' parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said the women's reservation bill "is ours", amid speculation that the bill may be tabled in Parliament. The Congress on Monday said it welcomed the reported move as the party has been raising the demand for long. Asked about the bill when she was entering Parliament on Tuesday, Gandhi said, "It is ours, apna hai." In a post on 'X' a day back, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, "We welcome the reported decision of the Union Cabinet and await the details of the Bill." "This could have very well been discussed in the all-party meeting before the Special Session, and consensus could have been built instead of operating under a veil of secrecy," he said. Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said if the government introduces the women's reservation bill on Tuesday, it will be a "victory for the Congress and its allies in the UPA government". It was during the UPA government that the bill was passed in the Rajy

Rahul Gandhi calls BRS 'BJP Rishtedar Samithi' during rally in Telangana

This rally marked the culmination of two days of political events, including the first meeting of the reconstituted Congress Working Committee (CWC) in Hyderabad

Congress leaders call for delaying seat-sharing talks with INDIA bloc

Expressing confidence about the party faring well in the upcoming assembly polls in five states, some Congress leaders on Sunday called for delaying the seat-sharing talks with INDIA bloc partners for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections till November so as to do it from a position of strength, sources said. The call from a section of leaders, particularly those from states where the Congress is directly in contest with some INDIA bloc partners, came while the top party leadership pitched for strengthening the Congress as well as the opposition bloc. Sources said several leaders supported the call to strengthen the Congress organisation and the opposition INDIA alliance during the two-day brainstorming session of the Congress Working Committee, but they asserted that the party should not rush into seat-sharing arrangements with like-minded parties. During the two-day parleys, Sonia Gandhi called for strengthening the INDIA alliance, while Rahul Gandhi said both the Congress party and the ..

My dream to see Cong in Telangana, will work for all sections: Sonia Gandhi

Former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Sunday said it is her dream to see the party's government in Telangana that will work for all sections of society, and appealed to people to support the Congress. Addressing a rally in Tukkuguda near here, Gandhi said that "we are announcing six guarantees and we are committed to fulfil each one of them". "Under Mahalakshmi, Rs 2,500 per month financial assistance will be given to women in Telangana, gas cylinders at Rs 500, and free travel for women in buses across the state," she said explaining some of the guarantees. "I along with my colleagues had the opportunity to be a part of the birth of this great state, Telangana. Now, it is our duty to elevate the state to new heights," Gandhi said. "It is my dream to see a Congress government in Telangana that will work for all sections of the society. Are you going to support us," she said at the rally.

No power in the world..: Rajnath Singh attacks INDIA over Sanatan row

To that, the Defence Minister said on Saturday, "The remarks are very unfortunate. Our Santan Dharma carries the message of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam', which means the world is a family"

Free, open discussions to take place in CWC, Cong hails internal democracy

The Congress on Saturday said "free and open" discussions would take place during the CWC, asserting that its internal democracy is what makes it different from other parties. Addressing a press conference here ahead of the reconstituted Congress Working Committee's (CWC) first meeting, Congress media and publicity department head Pawan Khera also hailed as "historic" the election of Mallikarjun Kharge as the party president last year in internal polls. "No other party in this country has had this kind of an open election. We are very proud of our tradition of electing our president through an open election," he said. That is another "historic milestone" that we achieved in the last year, Khera said. "When we meet today in a few hours from now in the CWC, there will be an open discussion. Everybody is free to voice his or her opinion, suggestion, or criticism. That is the way our party functions, that is the way the blood in the veins of our party stays fresh and boiling," he ...

You are trying to politicise Parl functioning: Pralhad Joshi's to Sonia

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday accused Congress leader Sonia Gandhi of trying to politicise the functioning of Parliament and create unnecessary controversy. Joshi's response came after Gandhi wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to point out that no agenda was listed for the special Parliament session. She also proposed that nine issues, including violence in Manipur and price rise, be listed for discussion during the upcoming session. "It is very unfortunate that you are trying to politicise the functioning of Parliament, our temple of democracy, and create unnecessary controversy," the parliamentary affairs minister stated in his response to Gandhi. He said Parliament session has been convened from September 18 after following all established procedures. Political parties are never consulted in advance, Joshi added. On the issues listed by Gandhi for discussion in her letter to the prime minister, Joshi said they have already been discussed and answer

Why no talk of women's quota bill: Kavitha asks about Sonia Gandhi's letter

BRS MLC K Kavitha on Wednesday questioned why Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not list the long pending demand for the Women's Reservation Bill among issues that the opposition leader wanted the government to take up in the upcoming special session of Parliament. Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday wrote to the PM to point out that no agenda was listed for the special Parliament session and requested that nine issues, including the violence in Manipur and price rise, be raised for discussion. Saddened to see that the urgency for discussing Women's Reservation Bill was completely ignored in Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson and MP Smt. Sonia Gandhi Ji's letter to the Prime Minister. Mrs. Gandhi Ji, the nation awaits your powerful advocacy for gender equality. In your letter to PM Modi, we find 9 crucial issues, but why not the #Women Reservation Bill? Isn't women's representation a national imperative, Kavitha asked in a post on social media ...

In letter to PM, Sonia Gandhi lists issues for debate in special session

Gandhi said that the session has been convened without any consultation with other political parties

After six years, Sonia to write to PM again on Women's Reservation Bill

There is speculation that the government could bring the Bill during the session to reserve one-third of the seats in the Lok Sabha and legislative assemblies

Sonia Gandhi calls Congress Parliamentary Strategy group meeting tomorrow

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge also called a meeting of MPs of the INDIA alliance to discuss the strategy for the special parliamentary session

Sonia Gandhi admitted to hospital in Delhi due to fever, condition stable

Currently, Sonia Gandhi is under doctors' observation and is currently stable, sources said