Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) has raised objection to Dr Wilfred de Souza's comment that the NCP shouldmerge with the Congress party.In a press release, NCP spokespersonAvinash Bhonsle said that de Souza had no right to comment on the NCP'sfuture.'The NCP has raised strong objection to the utterance by DrWilfred de Souza with regards to the NCP's merger with the Congress. Thestatement is uncalled...
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Congress and the NCP could well have managed a majority in Maharashtra, but forming the government will clearly not be easy.The Congress, with 20 more MLAs than the NCP, wants a 60-40 sharing of cabinet berths. The NCP wants a 50-50 sharing and is in no mood to give in. Its warning to the Congress is loud and clear - share equally or we stay out of the government."Now the Congress has to take a decision....
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DELHI/MUMBAI: The Congress and NCPappeared set for confrontation over power-sharing arrangement, with the latterrefusing to blink under Congress pressure on a major change in portfolios,saying it would prefer giving outside support to the new government rather thanpart with crucial portfolios on Congress wish list — home andfinance.Sources said NCP boss Sharad Pawar has suggested Unionminister and...
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Youth Congress (YC)leaders today demanded stern action against the Circle Inspector (CI) of police for reportedly attacking Youth Congress leaders.Talking to reporters here today, YC leader Biju Punnathanam alleged that the West Police Station CI had manhandled Youth Congress leaders durng the agitation yesterday, demanding necessary safety measures for the service boats operated by the Water Transport...
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Six-time Kerala legislator M.P.Gangadharan Thursday announced his return to the Congress party.Addressing reporters here, Gangadharan, who served as minister (1982 to 1986) in the then Congress government, said it was a mistake and foolish of him to leave the Congress to join the Democratic Indira Congress-Karunakaran (DIC-K), set up by former chief minister K. Karunakaran."I have now been given the...
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Six-time Kerala legislator M.P.Gangadharan Thursday announced his return to the Congress party.Addressing reporters here, Gangadharan, who served as minister (1982 to 1986) in the then Congress government, said it was a mistake and foolish of him to leave the Congress to join the Democratic Indira Congress-Karunakaran (DIC-K), set up by former chief minister K. Karunakaran.'I have now been given the...
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Results of by polls for assembly constituencies in Kerala and Himachal Pradesh have been declared while counting for the remaining 26 assembly seats spread across five states is on.In Kerala, Congress has won all the three seats in the by-polls held on Saturday. In Kannur assembly seat A.P. Abdullahkutty of the Congress has won by a margin of 12,043 votes.He defeated his nearest rival M.V. Jairajan...
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Dispute between JVM and Congress the aspiring Congress candidates are now shifting focus of their campaign in favour of other Congress candidates contesting from different assembly seats of East Singhbhum.AFTER THE Jamshedpur East seat was allotted to Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM), an alliance of the Congress in Jharkhand, it has given rise to matters of rift and discrepancy in the framework of the...
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Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will begin formal discussions on a power-sharing arrangement for Maharashtra from Wednesday. Indications to this effect were given by Chief Minister-designate Ashok Chavan on Tuesday after meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi.A day after the NCP made it clear that it would not concede the key portfolios of Home and Finance to the Congress, neither...
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Congress candidates were Tuesday leading in all three assembly constituencies in Kerala that saw by-elections Saturday, officials and party leaders said.A.P. Abdulla Kutty led in Kannur, a traditional Congress stronghold. "We are are winning easily," Congress leader Sunny Joseph said in Kannur.In Ernakulam, initial trends showed that Congress' Dominic Presentation had consolidated his position in the...
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