Amaravati, Jan 3 (IANS) The All India Congress Committee has appointed presidents of District Congress Committees of Andhra Pradesh. AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge approved the proposal for the appointment of presidents of the District Congress Committees of Andhra Pradesh, AICC General Secretary K. C. Venugopal said in a statement on Saturday.The party has named presidents for 25 DCCs and 16 city units.Staka Bullibabu has been appointed as the president of Alluri Sitarama Raju DCC, while Bod…
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Bengaluru, Dec 30 (IANS) Responding to the controversy over the Karnataka government’s announcement of rehabilitation for encroachers in Bengaluru after the intervention of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) and the State BJP unit’s attack on the Congress-led state government, Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President D.K. Shivakumar said on Tuesday that the state government was not prepared to “give gifts” to encroachers and was not indulging in appeasement politics. Shivakumar ma…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Union Minister for Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday strongly criticised the Congress-led Karnataka government over the demolition controversy in Bengaluru’s Kogilu Layout, terming its decision to provide compensation and alternative accommodation to encroachers within two days as “appeasement at breakneck speed”.Addressing the media in Delhi, Joshi said farmers, crop-loss victims and people displaced by natural disasters in Ka…
Bengaluru, Dec 29 (IANS) After the intervention of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), the Congress-led Karnataka government, on Monday, announced alternative houses for those who lost shelter during the demolition drive carried out at the government land in Kogilu Layout in Bengaluru. Addressing a joint press conference, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah along with State Congress President and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, made the announcement in Bengaluru after holding a high-level me…
Bengaluru, Dec 29 (IANS) Even as the All India Congress Committee (AICC) took note of the demolition drive controversy and advised the Congress-led Karnataka government to handle the issue with caution, Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress President D.K. Shivakumar on Monday maintained that the government cannot allow everyone to come and settle in Bengaluru.Speaking to reporters after visiting the Kogilu locality in Bengaluru, where the demolition drive was carried out, Shivakumar said: “…
Bengaluru, Dec 29 (IANS) Responding to the controversy surrounding the removal of unauthorised constructions in the Kogilu locality near Yelahanka in Bengaluru, the Karnataka BJP has chided the Congress-led government, questioning whether the state is being governed by Kannadigas or Keralites. Meanwhile, a delegation from the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC), along with Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, is visiting the site.The issue came into focus after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi …
Bengaluru, Dec 27 (IANS) Taking objection to the Congress-led Karnataka government’s demolition drive against unauthorised constructions in Bengaluru, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Saturday raised serious concerns, stating that such actions should have been undertaken with greater caution and sensitivity.AICC General Secretary and Congress Lok Sabha member K.C. Venugopal made the remarks after speaking to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakuma…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday chaired a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters at Indira Bhawan in New Delhi.The high-level meeting, which is currently underway, is being attended by Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, and several senior leaders of the party.Congress General Secretary K.C. Venugopal, Telangana Chief…
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) The All India Congress Committee (AICC), on Monday, approved the proposal for the constitution of the disciplinary action committee and the manifesto committee of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee. Incidentally, the former West Bengal Congress President and former five-time Lok Sabha MP, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury had not been given any significant position in any of the two committees, except of a special invitee in the manifesto committee.The Chairman and the Vice-C…