Congress will sweep Delhi, says Moily

August 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily has said on Sunday that the law should not become an instrument of exploitation by authorities, and the government will take action to apprehend the misuse of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against homosexuals in the future. "If it has been misused earlier, it can be misused in future as well.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily has condemned the slapping of a bank manager by the Congress MP M Jagannath, and said it is unfortunate and no MP should indulge in such kind of act. M Jagannath representing Nagarkurnool constituency of Andhra Pradesh in Lok Sabha, caught on camera slapping the manager of rural bank in Uppunu-tala in the limits of his constituency.

May 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With the UPA now needing just 10 more seats to get simple majority in the Lok Sabha, the Congress was Sunday undecided on taking the support of the Samajwadi Party, which has emerged the single largest party in Uttar Pradesh. A little after SP general secretary Amar Singh offered the party's 'constructive support' to the new United Progressive Alliance government, the Congress said it was deliberating on the issue.

May 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress party removed its Media Chairman Veerappa Moily from the post, a day after he made strong remarks against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar - emerging as Indian politics' most-wanted. Moily has been replaced by AICC General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi, who had been holding the charge earlier.

May 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress spokesman Veerappa Moily has been asked to step down from his post as head of Congress media cell, party sources said here Saturday, a day after he criticised Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Moily however said he had relinquished the post long ago to concentrate on the Lok Sabha poll campaign.

May 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress will sweep the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi, state party chief J.P. Agarwal said Thursday at the end of voting in the seven constituencies in the Indian capital.

May 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress spokesperson Veerappa Moily Wednesday said his party will not form any alliance that will upset its poll partner Trinamool Congress in West Bengal. 'We won't do anything which will upset the Trinamool,' Moily told reporters here.

May 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Monday exuded confidence that the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) led by it would come back to power in the 15th Lok Sabha elections. 'With a clean sweep in Delhi, a Congress-led UPA government is certain,' Congress spokesperson Veerappa Moily told the media here.

April 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Sunday sought an apology from Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi after a youth flung a shoe at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during an election rally in Ahmedabad Sunday. 'It is absolutely shocking...

April 2nd, 2009 BANGALORE - Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister, M Veerappa Moily, today filed his nomination for Lok Sabha elections as a Congress candidate from Chikballapur constituency. Earlier in the day, he resigned as the Chairman of the Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC).

March 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Tuesday released a list of eight candidates from Karnataka, Gujarat and Delhi for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, pitting legislator Suresh Patel against the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani from Gandhinagar.

February 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's former cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin has formally joined the Congress party, party leaders confirmed Thursday. Formal membership of the party had been given to the cricketer, who was removed from the team after his alleged involvement in match fixing, Congress leader Veerappa Moily told reporters.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Saturday said that a decision would soon be taken on inducting former Indian cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin into the party. 'Azharuddin met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and other senior party leaders recently and expressed a desire to join the Congress party.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Saturday clarified that there would not be any change in the leadership on account of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's bypass surgery. 'There cannot be two prime ministers and under the constitution, there can only be one prime minister,' Congress general secretary Verappa Moily told reporters at Vigyan Bhavan here.

January 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress will benefit if party president Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Vadra contests the Lok Sabha elections, the party said Tuesday. 'If Priyanka contests election, it would benefit the party.