Democratic leaders plan to admonish Wilson for insult if he won't apologize to CongressSeptember 11th, 2009 Dems plan to admonish Wilson for insultWASHINGTON — Democratic leaders are planning to vote early next week to admonish Republican Rep. Joe Wilson if he does not apologize on the House floor for yelling "You lie!" at President Barack Obama.
With Bihar polls in mind, Congress keen to ally with PaswanJuly 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Keen to revive the party's prospects in Bihar ahead of assembly elections in 2010, some Congress leaders from the state are in favour of an alliance with Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan, but only if he parts ways with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) boss Lalu Prasad. "There is a strong feeling among Congress leaders and workers from Bihar that the party should have an alliance with Paswan during the assembly elections, but they want it only if he leaves Lalu Prasad," a senior Congress leader from Bihar told IANS.
President of Indianapolis Motor Speedway announces resignationJuly 20th, 2009 President of Indianapolis Motor Speedway resignsINDIANAPOLIS — The president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway says he'll resign after this weekend's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. Joie Chitwood's last day will be Aug.
Set your own house in order, Mayawati tells Rahul GandhiJuly 18th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Continuing the verbal sparring with the Congress, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Saturday hit out at Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for his comments against her government, saying the Congress should "first set its own house in order before accusing others". On Rahul Gandhi's support for the Congress' state chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who was arrested and sent to judicial custody for her remark against the chief minister, Mayawati said it would have been better if Rahul Gandhi had commented instead on Joshi's book criticising Congress leaders.
Nationalist Congress Party will fight Maharashtra polls along with CongressJuly 8th, 2009 PANAJI - Former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and President of Maharashtra state unit of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) R. R. Patil said that his party is in favor of continuing an alliance with the Congress party in the upcoming elections to the state assembly.
Congress keeps all options open for post-poll alliesMay 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Amid indications of a fractured mandate, the Congress is keeping all options on alliance open, counting out only the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena, party leaders said here Thursday. Asked if the party was talking with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) for a post-poll alliance, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh only said: 'We hold two political parties as entirely communal - BJP and Shiv Sena.'
The BSP, which rules Uttar Pradesh, is aligned with the Third Front, which aims to form a non-BJP-non-Congress government.
Congress minister in Goa terms state party leaders 'dishonest'April 20th, 2009 PANAJI - Goa's Public Works Department minister Churchill Alemao, angry over denial of ticket to his daughter Valanka, turned on his own Congress party and its South Goa candidate terming them 'dishonest'. 'If you cannot honour a written agreement to give ticket to Valanka, how can the party be trusted?' Alemao told a rally at Navelim Sunday evening in the presence of an embarrassed South Goa Congress candidate Francisco Sardinha, Goa Congress unit president Subhash Shirodkar and Chief Minister Digambar Kamat.
Election Commission tells parties to ensure purity of pollsApril 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As political leaders brace for the Lok Sabha polls beginning Thursday, the Election Commission has asked all parties to scrupulously observe the Model Code of Conduct and set high standards of electoral morality. In a written communication sent to all recognised national and state political parties late Sunday, the poll panel said: 'The Election Commission expects that all political parties, their leaders, workers and supporters as well as their candidates shall scrupulously observe the Model Code of Conduct in letter and spirit.'
While expressing unhappiness at the flouting of norms of the Model Code of Conduct, the Election Commission also asked parties to conduct their electoral campaigns in a way that set 'high standards of electoral morality so as to ensure the integrity and purity of the exercise'.
Congress leaders fight for choppers in ChhattisgarhApril 6th, 2009 RAIPUR - Senior Congress leaders in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Chhattisgarh seem to be more keen to take possession of three choppers they got for campaigning than ensuring victory of the party candidates. The party has provided three choppers to the state unit to help campaign for the state's 11 Lok Sabha seats.
Victims of anti-Sikh riots ransack Jalandhar Congress officeApril 4th, 2009 JALANDHAR - A group of protesters claiming to be victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots Saturday ransacked the main office of the Congress in this Punjab city. Congress leaders said the protesters were openly carrying swords and sticks and attacked the party office with the police remaining a mute spectator to the whole incident.
Possibility of alliance with Congress over: Amar SinghMarch 22nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - While the Congress had already indicated that it was not inclined to a poll alliance with the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, the final parting of ways came Saturday when Amar Singh said the 'possibilities of an alliance have been frustrated'. 'From our side, we were always keen on an alliance (with the Congress) and we had agreed to leave as many as 17 of Uttar Pradesh's 80 Lok Sabha seats for them, but still they did not seem to be satisfied,' said Amar Singh, the Samajwadi Party general secretary.
SUCI warns Trinamool against cosying up to CongressFebruary 11th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) here Thursday warned its alliance partner Trinamool Congress against linking up with the Congress for the coming Lok Sabha polls. The SUCI warned the Trinamool Congress not to step into the trap laid by the Congress by withdrawing its candidate for the coming state assembly by-poll in the West Bishnupur constituency.
Mulayam warns Congress not to meddle in his ties with KalyanFebruary 7th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav Sunday warned the Congress not to meddle in the party's new-found ties with former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kalyan Singh. 'My advice to the Congress party is to keep off what is an internal affair of the Samajwadi Party,' Yadav told a press conference here.
Sonia to address national convention of Congress leadersFebruary 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress party president Sonia Gandhi will address a convention of the party's district and block presidents here Sunday, a general secretary of the party said Friday. 'Party president Soniaji will speak first at the convention of district and block presidents of the Congress and then the delegates will speak,' Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi told reporters here.
Amar Singh warns Congress against insulting Samajwadi Party leadersJanuary 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Samajwadi Party Saturday accused the Congress of insulting its leaders and warned the latter against creating further tension between the parties, which are ruling allies at the centre. Party general secretary Amar Singh told reporters here that Congress leaders Digvijay Singh and Satyavrat Chaturvedi were violating the basic principles of a political alliance and had misbehaved with Samajwadi Party leaders, including president Mulayam Singh Yadav and himself.
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