In a letter to Gandhi, Congress Punjab President Sidhu said proposed a 13-point agenda as the poll-bound state's last chance at 'redemption' and 'resurrection'.
The party's newly-appointed election campaign committee chief P L Punia announced the decision on Sunday, saying Priyanka Gandhi is the most popular political figure in UP at present.
The crucial meeting of the Congress working committee on Saturday approved the schedule for organisational polls at various levels.
The Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said the party will hold deliberations over country’s political situation and organisational elections.
The announcement came days after Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi was appointed the Chief Minister of Punjab following the ouster of Captain Amarinder Singh.
Locals spotted Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi taking a stroll and enjoying the cool environment in the backwards of the cottage engulfed in white clouds.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is expected to the joining Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra following the swearing-in ceremony of new Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi.
The Punjab Congress Legislative Party meeting was slated at 11 am on Sunday, however it has been deferred.
The committee will shortlist the party’s candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi said strong Congress organization is equally important for nation building
P Chidambaram's remarks came a day after leaders of 19 opposition parties announced that they would organize joint protests across the country.
Sonia Gandhi Friday held virtual meeting with the leaders of 19 political parties including the chief ministers of some Opposition-ruled states.
Interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi will hold a virtual meeting with senior leaders to firm up a united fight against the ruling BJP. NCP chief Sharad Pawar, chief ministers Mamata Banerjee (Trinamool Congress), MK Stalin (DMK), Uddhav Thackeray (Shiv Sena) and Hemant Soren (JMM) will be attending the virtual meet, as will RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav.
Former Lok Sabha MP Sushmita Dev, who recently quit Congress to join the Trinamool Congress spoke to Outlook on the reasons for the switch, future plans, and opposition unity.
Netta D’Souza has been appointed following resignation of Sushmita Dev, who left the party to join TMC.
Former Congress leader Sushmita Dev resigned from the party, without giving any reason behind her decision.
Sushmita Dev wrote to party chief Sonia Gandhi offering her resignation, saying she was 'beginning a new chapter of public service'
'We are expecting an official invite today. Probably it will be received by his (Chief Minister's) office,' said a senior DMK leader
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.