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‘Rahul and Gandhi family’s hunger for power shaking INDIA bloc,’ says BJP | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: BJP leader Sambit Patra on Wednesday attacked the Congress and Rahul Gandhi by accusing the Gandhi family of being power hungry. He also alleged the ambitions of Rahul is "shaking INDIA bloc". Talking about the Emergency, Patra said: "Indira Gandhi imposed the Emergency in 1971 due to her hunger for power, following a corrupt election practice case in the Allahabad High Court."Patra claimed the same ambition is seen in Rahul which is not helping the opposition alliance."This same hunger for power is now seen in Rahul and the Gandhi family, shaking the INDIA alliance. Despite knowing the mistakes made by his grandmother, Rahul is conflicted due to the desire for power ... This is an incredible situation, even as we were saying yesterday that we will proceed together. They were...

Ahead of Lok Sabha Speaker election, Kiren Rijiju appeals for consensus | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the election of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday appealed to the Congress party to reconsider its decision to contest for the Speaker's post."We request the Congress party to give it a thought again, and not to contest on the Speaker's post. We have the numbers, but it's not a question of numbers.The speaker has to run the House impartially. So in this context, it's better for all of us to elect the speaker unanimously. So in this context, it's better for all of us to elect the speaker unanimously. So I think we still have time, and we will make one more appeal to the Congress party. But if we are pushed into the election, we are prepared," Rijiju said."We all are colleagues in the House and we have to work togeth...

Will INDIA bloc attend PM’s swearing-in event? Congress leader Jairam Ramesh replies | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Saturday said that the INDIA bloc will collectively take a call on attending the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minter Narendra Modi and his council of ministers which is scheduled for Sunday evening.After a key meeting of extended Congress Working Committee, party's general secretary K C Venugopal said, "The INDIA bloc will collectively take the decision on attending the ceremony."Meanwhile, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh took a sharp jibe at PM Modi and the Bhartiya Janata Party and added that only international leaders have been invited for the swearing-in-ceremony and the opposition leaders are yet to receive invitations."Only international leaders have been invited for the swearing-in ceremony. Our leaders have not received the invitation yet. ...