Monday, 08 Mar 2010

Shri Abhishek Singhvi said that the Women's Reservation Bill is a subject where the only question is when and not if. It is an idea whose time has come and the inevitable cannot be postponed despite all the churlish attempts to the contrary.

Wednesday, 03 Mar 2010

Highlights of the Press Briefing held on 03 Mar 2010.

Thursday, 25 Feb 2010

Highlights of the Press Briefing held on 25 Feb 2010.

Wednesday, 24 Feb 2010

Highlights of the Press Briefing held on 24 Feb 2010.

Monday, 22 Feb 2010

Shri Abhishek Singhvi said that today is the first day of Parliament in this year and of the Parliament's longest session and the first day is the President's address which is the statement by the Government of the day of its various programmes, policies and intention and the Government of the day is a Congress Party led UPA Government and is, therefore, very much a declaration of the Congress Party and the UPA's programmes, policies and intentions.

Friday, 19 Feb 2010

Shri Abhishek Singhvi said that earlier from this podium I had occasion to mention that imitation is the best form of flattery.

Wednesday, 17 Feb 2010

Shri Manish Tewari said that the congress party offers its deep condolences to the family of the bereaved jawan who has laid his life while combating the naxalism and said that we salute such security force personnel who have laid down their lives while fighting naxalism.

Wednesday, 10 Feb 2010

Shri Abhishek Singhvi said that the Congress party appreciates the statement of the Government of Australia, through its Foreign Minister, recognizing and accepting categorically for the first time the serious nature and the frequently racist nature of the violence and the incidents in Australia, especially in Melbourne.

Monday, 08 Feb 2010

Highlights of the Press Briefing held on 08 Feb 2010

Wednesday, 03 Feb 2010

Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan said that there has been a recent trend among some political parties, a pernicious attempt to polarise the country on the lines of regional identities spearheaded by parties like the Shiv Sena.

Monday, 01 Feb 2010

Shri Abhishek Singhvi said that as an example of hypocrisy and political opportunism, this must take the cake.

Friday, 29 Jan 2010

Highlights of the Press Briefing held on 29 Jan 2010.

Monday, 25 Jan 2010

Highlights of the Press Briefing held on 25th Jan 2010.

Friday, 22 Jan 2010

Highlights of the Press Briefing held on 22 Jan 2010.

Wednesday, 20 Jan 2010

Shri Abhishek Singhvi said that we appeal through you to all sections to try their utmost to maintain peace and harmony in Andhra Pradesh on the Telengana issue.

Monday, 18 Jan 2010

Highlights of the Press Briefing held on 18 Jan 2010.

Wednesday, 13 Jan 2010

Shri Manish Tewari conveyed good wishes to the newspersons Happy Lohri and Makar Sankranti.

Monday, 11 Jan 2010

On a question on Shashi Tharoor, Shri Abhishek Singhvi said that after the clarification, the matter stands closed.

Wednesday, 06 Jan 2010

Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan said that we wanted to express our concern over the continuing attacks upon Indians particularly Indian students in Australia.

Monday, 04 Jan 2010

Shri Abhishek Singhvi said that first of all very a Happy New Year at this briefing in the New Year and warm welcome to all of you for your happiness, prosperity and good wishes in this New Year.

Wednesday, 30 Dec 2009

Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan said that we have come to the last briefing for 2009 and I just wanted to mention that 2009 has been an exceptionally important and successful year for the Indian National Congress.

Thursday, 10 Dec 2009

To a question, Shri Abhishek Singhvi said that the Congress party's stand was the most consistent of any party in the country or in the State of Andhra Pradesh on the Telengana issue.

Wednesday, 09 Dec 2009

Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan said that the Congress party would firstly like to place on record their total condemnation for the unruly, undemocratic and unparliamentary behaviour of the BJP MPs during the debate on the Liberhan Report yesterday in the Lok Sabha and today during the first part of the debate in the Rajya Sabha.

Monday, 07 Dec 2009

Shri Manish Tewari said that the Congress party is deeply saddened by the unfortunate incidents that have taken place in Ludhiana (Punjab) over the last three days.

Thursday, 03 Dec 2009

On the question of the dates of discussion over the Liberhan Commission report in both Houses of Parliament, Shri Singhvi said that there are indications that it might be taken up in Lok Sabha on 7th and 8th and in Rajya Sabha on 9th and 10th December 2009.

Wednesday, 02 Dec 2009

Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan said that today we would like to welcome the encouraging signs in the economy by the projected growth rate.

Tuesday, 01 Dec 2009

Shri. Abhishek Singhvi said that the Congress party applauds, welcomes and is extremely happy about the diverse achievements during the recent foreign trip of the Hon'ble Prime Minister to the United States and to CHOGM. We want to emphasize that India's point of view has not only been put forth in a strong and comprehensive manner but has been understood, imbibed and absorbed. This is a unique meeting of the minds, this is a special deepening of the relationship and it is a reaffirmation of our old agreements ncluding e.g 123 agreement and a springboard for several new initiatives.

Wednesday, 25 Nov 2009

A year has passed since terror and tragedy engulfed Mumbai. The siege by terrorists was a brutal and wanton assault on innocent men, women and children.

Tuesday, 24 Nov 2009

Shri Singhvi said that the Liberhan report once again shows the true character, the true identity and the true thinking of the BJP and that is more important than the nitty-gritty of the fact and that character, that identity and that thinking is nasty, brutish and rabid.

Monday, 16 Nov 2009

Shri Manish Tewari said that Shri Bal Thackrey's reaction to Shri Sachin Tendulkar's assertion of his Indian-ness is completely uncalled for, unwarranted and deserves to be condemned in the strongest possible terms.

Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009

Dr. Abhishek Singhvi said that we have received the peoples verdict in the recently concluded Assembly and one Parliamentary election with gratitude and with humility.

Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009

Shri Singhvi said that he has no doubt that as we enter into the second session of Parliament which is significantly new after the general elections, we will continue to try to uphold the highest traditions of parliamentary democracy.

Monday, 09 Nov 2009

Shri Azad said that he has great pleasure in announcing that Shri Thirunnavukkarasar, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) has resigned from BJP and also submitted his resignation to the Chairman of Rajya Sabha and his admission to the Congress party has been approved by the Congress President.

Friday, 30 Oct 2009

Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan said that tomorrow will mark the 25th memorial commemoration day of the assassination of one of India's most distinguished daughters and citizens former Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi.

Wednesday, 28 Oct 2009

Dr. Singhvi said that it is a tragic invocation of the "aam-aadmi" or a common man by the Maoists. The Maoists swear in the name of the common man.

Monday, 19 Oct 2009

On the question whether there was any connection between Malegaon and the recent Goa blast, Dr. Singhvi said that it is not possible to offer any comment at this stage.

Monday, 05 Oct 2009

Dr. Singhvi said that the Congress party expresses deep sympathy and empathy for those afflicted by and suffering in the floods in several parts of the country particularly in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and parts of Maharashtra.

Friday, 18 Sep 2009

Shri Manish Tewari said that the Congress party would like to unequivocally condemn that statement of the UP Chief Minister where she has openly in a manner called for civil war and said that she would ensure that anarchy prevails throughout the country.

Wednesday, 16 Sep 2009

To a question that one of the Ministers said that he will travel "cattle class" to show solidarity with "holy cow".

Monday, 14 Sep 2009

Dr. Abhishek Singhvi said that the Congress party and the UPA, wherever applicable, is gearing up for the elections.

Monday, 07 Sep 2009

Dr. Abhishek Singhvi said that the demand of the BJP for immediate dissolution of the Jharkhand Assembly and threatened action in that connection is unreasonable and perverse. It is nothing but political gimmickry and melodrama. So you know the melodrama starts with a statement that all the BJP MLAs shall resign. Dr. Singhvi said that he wants to only point out 4 or 5 facets which prove that this is nothing but the usual BJP style of gimmickry, melodrama and ignoring the substance.

Monday, 24 Aug 2009

Dr. Singhvi said that ultimately it is not about BJP politics. That is their headache and good luck to them with it. It is about the path of honesty and rectitude which in each of these three cases has been blown to smitherings.

Friday, 21 Aug 2009

To a question on a statement coming in from the party as well as the government that all measures will be taken to control the price but the ground situation seems to be different, Smt. Natarajan said that there is absolutely no question. We are confident that this will not be allowed to spiral out of control.

Monday, 17 Aug 2009

Dr. Abhishek Singhvi said that the government has joined the judiciary in the continuing war upon judicial arrears. The recent address of the Prime Minister and of several others and the on-going Chief Justices' and Chief Ministers' conference reflects one of the most comprehensive strong, clear and unequivocal declarations on the subject of judicial arrears or legal arrears.

Wednesday, 12 Aug 2009

On the question of action taken against two journalists on a sting operation, Shri Manish Tewari said that there are two different legal points before the Court of law involved in this case.

Monday, 10 Aug 2009

In this session we have had clearly a remarkably productive output of bills passed and more important declaration of legislative intent by introducing bills.

Thursday, 6th Aug 2009

On the question of tabling of the Bill, Smt. Natarajan said that Parliamentary Affairs Minister will be in a better position to answer this since she is not aware of the actual procedure behind tabling of the Bill.

Monday, 27 Jul 2009

Dr. Asbhshek Singhvii said that the days of double speak, triple speak and multi speak are back. The days of BJP politics of "masks" and "mukhotas" is back with a bang.

Wednesday, 22 Jul 2009

Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan said that she would like to make a statement about the reports that have already appeared more than a week ago about the mass virginity test conducted by Shadol District Administration in Madhya Pradesh.

Monday, 20 Jul 2009

Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the bell tolls for the UP Chief Minister. The fear, the frustration and the hypocrisy is writ large on the actions and the reactions of the UP Chief Minister and the BSP Government in their daily deeds and statements.

Thursday, 16 Jul 2009

Shri Janardan Dwivedi said that whatever happened in Uttar Pradesh last night was very unfortunate. He said that the Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi has expressed her deep pain and anguish over the events that have taken place.

Wednesday, 15 Jul 2009

Dr. Shakeel Ahmed said that the "anti-Marathi sentiment" of the Shiv Sena and its competitors like MNS seems to be rubbing of on the BJP too.

Tuesday, 14 Jul 2009

Shri Manish Tewari said that the shock of defeat had stung the BJP so badly that it had started reflecting in their language.

Monday, 13 Jul 2009

Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the Left parties in a coalition had always treated themselves a notch above ordinary mortals and rest of humanity as they always put themselves and their principles on a pedestal.

Tuesday, 07 Jul 2009

Shri Manish Tewari said that the BJP and the Left should give a closer look at the budget. Only then would they find that the reforms proposed by the Finance Minister were revolutionary.

Monday, 06 Jul 2009

Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the Budget 2009 was progressive, inclusionary, growth oriented and balanced. It has a lot of things for a lot of sectors and people he said.

Monday, 29 Jun 2009

To a question on Raj Thakeray, Dr. Shakeel Ahmed said that there was no politics involved in Raj Thakeray being granted bail and the Congress party had nothing to do with this and this was a legal issue.

Wednesday, 24 Jun 2009

Shri Manish Tewari said that today they were a number of CP(M)s whether it was Viajayan's CP(M) or Achyutanandan's CP(M) or Biman Bose's CP(M) or even Prakash Karat's CP(M) reflective of the clear divisions in the party.

Monday, 22 Jun 2009

Dr. Shakeel Ahmed said that the Congress party welcomed the decision taken by the Central Government today to declare the CPI Maoists as a terrorist organization.

Friday, 19 Jun 2009

Dr. Shakeel Ahmed further expressed great appreciation for the way in which the Prime Minister had conveyed his message in clear and straightforward terms at the highest level which not only consolidated India's stand in Pakistan but all over the world.

Wednesday, 17 Jun 2009

Shri Manish Tewari said that the Congress Party would like to advise the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh that whenever she makes statements on such personalities whose lives and deeds have found a place in the nation's consciousness, she should exercise restraint on her tone and choice of words.

Friday, 12 Jun 2009

Shri Tewari said that the mandate of the 15th Lok Sabha has been based on the principles set out in the preamble of the Constitution of India and this mandate has further strengthened the faith in such principles.

Friday, 29 May 2009

Shri Janardan Dwivedi said that the previous UPA government had fulfilled all its promises and he hoped that this time too no stone would be left unturned in fulfilling all the promises made to the people of India. He said that those who have been entrusted with party responsibilities would work to strengthen the organization.

Friday, 15 May 2009

To a question on Rajnath Singh meeting Amar Singh, Shri Kapil Sibal said that the Congress party could not stop others from meeting anybody.

Thursday, 14 May 2009

Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that there was really nothing much to say now because the results would speak for themselves on the 16th of May.

Wednesday, 13 May 2009

To a further question on whether Mayawati was acceptable to the Congress party, Shri Mohan Prakash said that it would not be appropriate to comment on this issue at this moment.

Tuesday, 12 May 2009

On a question of Congress party getting a majority of its own, Dr. Abhishek Singhvi, said that as a single party, it may not be possible for any party in the country to get majority by itself.

Monday, 11 May 2009

On the question of TRS joining the NDA rally at Ludhiana yesterday, Shri Ashwani Kumar said that the Congress party had not lost any allies and the TRS was with the Left front before joining the NDA.

Friday, 08 May 2009

Shri Kapil Sibal said that the people of Delhi, Rajasthan and Punjab had proved that they were not 'Pappus' by coming out and casting their vote despite the hot weather.

Thursday, 07 May 2009

Dr. Veerappa Moily said that the 4th phase of the election polling was coming to end and the polling percentage would be around 58% at the end of the day.

Wednesday, 06 May 2009

Shri Ashwani Kumar said that the BJP's blinkered vision of the ground reality of its shrinking political base across the country and its refusal to accept the withering away of the NDA alliance is both comic and ironic. BJP's self congratulating approach is comic for its self evident absurdity and depressing for its obstinate proclivity to deliberately mislead the country.

Monday, 04 May 2009

Dr. Veerappa Moily said that after the 3rd phase of poll, the Congress party is now poised to win and lead the UPA Government once again.

Friday, 01 May 2009

Shri Kapil Sibal said that today Hon'ble Supreme Court passed a historic decision relating to eight cases of the 2002 Gujarat riots namely the Godhra train burning case' Naroda Patya case' Gulbarga society case' British National case' etc.

Thursday, 30 Apr 2009

Shri Kumar said that while Congress seeks popular mandate to combat terror and secure the nation's security, the BJP and its allies cannot think beyond Pilibhit, Ayodhya, Gujarat and Kandhamal.

Wednesday, 29 Apr 2009

Dr. Abhishek Singhvi said that the BJP to hide its inadequacies has been attacking the Congress party on complete non-issues.

Tuesday, 28 Apr 2009

Shri Anand Sharma said that the BJP continues to be selective in their statements and misleading in their inceptions and continue to adopt double speak on every subject, an art which they have mastered.

Monday, 27th Apr 2009

To a question Dr. Abhishek Singhvi said that Mr. Modi should have resigned seven years ago or at least have felt apologetic or regretful.

Saturday, 25 Apr 2009

Smt. Renuka Choudhary said that the BJP-ruled states get grants from the Centre for running such schemes but change its name to showcase them as their own.

Friday, 24 Apr 2009

Shri Kapil Sibal said that BJP is on a sticky wicket and is fast loosing ground in the Lok Sabha elections. This is evident by the recent statements of the party's top leaders.

Thursday, 23 Apr 2009

Direct impact upon Indians of a philosophy of looking ahead, of Intergenerational impact.

Wednesday, 22 Apr 2009

Shri Sharma said that our opponents, as we have said earlier, too lack the coherent vision for a national agenda. Their approach has been reactive and negative.

Tuesday, 21 Apr 2009

Smt. Natarajan said that the Indian National Congress is of the view that this election must be fought on substantial issues of development and inclusive growth.

Monday, 20 Apr 2009

This paper attempts to place a few facts on the table for the people of India in order to separate fact from fiction.

Saturday, 18 Apr 2009

Shri Kapil Sibal explained as to how the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Mr.L.K.Advani, presents a wrong version of history and distorts facts stands exposed in his autobiography "My Country My Life".

Friday, 17 Apr 2009

To the question of people of India being aware of everything, they voted the BJP to power in Gujarat, Shri Kumar said that he has every hope that they will not bring BJP to power again.

Thursday, 16 Apr 2009

Dr. Singhvi said that he has some questions for Shri Advani and his claims of 'Majbooti'. Some of the issues are similar but they are totally on different angle and different passage.

Wednesday, 15 Apr 2009

Smt. Natarajan further said that it is shocking that Advani boycotted the Prime Minister's farewell for the outgoing Speaker Somnath Chatterjee.

Monday, 13th Apr 2009

The BJP seems to have made a virtue of a series of honourable violations of the law committed by its candidates and leaders over the past many years.

Saturday, 11th Apr 2009

Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan said that the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has called the Congress a 125 year old party who 'like an old woman has become a burden to the country'.

Thursday, 09 Apr 2009

We took into account contemporary global realities and the imperative to engage with regional and international organizations, which influence global political and economic affairs.

Wednesday, 08 Apr 2009

Smt. Natarajan said that with every passing day, the BJP party and its isolation are further exposed.

Tuesday, 07 Apr 2009

The leadership of the BJP is indeed exceptional not for its capacity to inspire the nation but for its ability and penchant to express it.

Monday, 06 Apr 2009

Mr. Advani promised to bring out a White Paper on the ISI but forgot about it during NDA's five year rule.

Friday, 03 Apr 2009

Shri Kapil Sibal said that the BJP Party has released their manifesto today. We fail to understand the need of announcing their manifesto as they themselves say that they are not going to form the Government.

Thursday, 02 Apr 2009

Shri Chidambaram said that in the run up to the elections, the decibel level will go up. The decibel level in the debate will go up.

Wednesday, 01 Apr 2009

Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan said that the Indian National Congress strongly condemns the action of senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh, who has been caught red handed on television, distributing cash to voters in Gajaria village, Barmer constituency.

Tuesday, 31 Mar 2009

Shri Ashwani Kumar said that he intends to talk essentially on two or three fundamental points not because they are new or have not been spoken of earlier but because we need to bring back the debate to the core issues that confronts the people of India.

Monday, 30 Mar 2009

Abhishek Singhvi said that the past record of the Congress-led UPA and its manifesto about its achievements and its future programme is path breaking; it reflects a different philosophy, a different thought and a revolutionary approach to governance.

Friday, 27 Mar 2009

Shri Anand Sharma said that there are many issues before the country which are discussed and debated during the elections.

Thursday, 26 Mar 2009

Shri Kapil Sibal said that why does the BJP not talk on the issues and he has been raising this issue in the past also.

Wednesday, 25 Mar 2009

Shri Ashwani Kumar said that this is the formal briefing on the manifesto released yesterday.

Saturday, 21 Mar 2009

Shri Janardan Dwivedi, MP, General Secretary, AICC; Smt. Mohsina Kidwai, MP, General Secretary, AICC; Shri Anand Sharma, Minister of State for External Affairs, Govt. of India were present in the briefing.

Thursday, 19 Mar 2009

Dr. Singhvi introduced the President of UP Congress Committee who in turn introduced Shri Salim Sherwani, Shri Ram Lal Rahi and Shri Dharam Raj Patel who joined the Congress Party today.

Tuesday, 17 Mar 2009

To the question regarding the Congress Party .left out in the cold. by the RJD in Bihar, Smt. Natarajan said that certainly three parliamentary seats are unacceptable to the Congress Party.

Monday, 16 Mar 2009

Dr. Abhishek Singhvi said that the Left parties protest too much and they protest unfairly, hypocritically and dishonestly.

Saturday, 14 Mar 2009

Shri Veerappa Moily said that he has the pleasure to present our External Affairs Minister Shri Pranab Ji for a press brief.

Friday, 13 Mar 2009

Smt. Natarajan said that Indian National Congress has always tried to fight for the rights of the 'Aam-Aadmi' and at every step of the way our efforts have been resisted.

Thursday, 12 Mar 2009

Shri Manish Tewari said that Hon'ble Congress President has approved the nomination of Shri N. Janardan Reddy for Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh.

Thursday, 19 Feb 2009

Shri Moily said that the space provided by the Pakistan Government to Talibans in SWAT valley is the most dangerous threat to the civilization particularly in the Asian Continent. Providing a space or carving out a space for them for Talibanization is absolutely the issue which has threatened the mankind. This can also provide the fundamentalism not only the practice by Talibanism but may also provoke that kind of fundamentalism elsewhere.

Monday, 09 Mar 2009

To another question on the secular group leaving the BJP, Smt. Natarajan said that we do not really have a serious rival at this point of time at the national level.

Thursday, 26 Feb 2009

Dr. Singhvi said that the Congress led UPA is a coalition, a Government of Doers and not of talkers. It is a coalition of solid actions and achievements and not mere slogans.

Tuesday, 03 Feb 2009

Shri Manish Tewari said that Indian National Congress would like to express its deepest sympathies towards the players who were injured in the terrorist attack in Lahore today in the morning.

Monday, 02 Mar 2009

Dr. Singhvi said that the BJP has crossed the limits of hypocrisy to gain political mileage out of the same.

Tuesday, 24 Feb 2009

Shri Manish Tewari said that the Leader of Opposition has announced that the NDA would pursue a 'muscular foreign policy'.

Monday, 23 Feb 2009

Dr. Abhishek Singhvi said that on behalf of the Congress President and the Congress Party, we salute the true heroes of 'Achieving India'. This is 'Achieving India' at its best.

Friday, 20 Feb 2009

Dr. Shakeel Ahmed said that he wants to draw attention of the media to a serious issue. I would like to remind them that in the past there were blasts in Malegaon.

Wednesday, 18 Feb 2009

Shri Manish Tiwari said that the speech of the leader of the opposition on the Presidential address has just concluded.

Tuesday, 17 Feb 2009

Dr. Singhvi said that those who criticized the vote-on account yesterday failed to understand its true letter or indeed its true spirit.

Friday, 13 Feb 2009

Dr. Singhvi said that the response from Pakistan has certainly been positive as far as the terror attack on Mumbai 26/11 is concerned.

Monday, 09 Feb 2009

Dr. Singhvi said that Pakistan must come clean on the degeneration of its Institutions, its organs of the civil society, its symbols of governance; many of which have been shown beyond doubt to be involved in the terrorist activities.

Friday, 06 Feb 2009

The Indian National Congress strongly condemns the blatant move by the Karnataka BJP Government to saffronise and Talibanise the State.

Wednesday, 28 Jan 2009

Congress President and the Congress Party condoles the passing away of Shri Ram Babu Sharma, former President, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee.

Tuesday, 27 Jan 2009

Congress President and the Congress Party deeply condoles the passing away of the former President Shri R. Venkataraman. He most ably piloted the ship of Nation as Head of the State.

Friday, 23 Jan 2009

Shri Manish Tewari referred to the statement of Shri Ishan Mohammad Qureshi, Foreign Affairs Minister of Pakistan published yesterday.

Wednesday, 17 Dec 2008

Shri. Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the Congress led UPA government means business when it comes to the issue of terror.

Friday, 16 Jan 2009

Shri Abhishek Singhvi said that it looks like the BJP and the NDA is bent upon inflicting an endless and infinite list of PMs in-waiting on the country.

Tuesday, 16 Dec 2008

Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan said that today the Hon'ble Speaker had referred the report of the Parliamentary Committee on the "Cash for Votes" scam to the government for necessary action.

Monday, 15 Dec 2008

Shri. Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the Congress Party calls upon Pakistan to show results. He repeated that only action will be accepted as a proof of sincerity and that Pakistan's civil society, press and political leadership needed to introspect.

Monday, 12 Jan 2009

Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan made a statement about the truckers strike. She said Indian National Congress condemns the on-going strike by the truck operators which has resulted in very great hardship for ordinary citizens all over the country.

Friday, 09 Jan 2009

Dr. Shakeel Ahmed read the statement of the Congress Party on the Middle-East crisis and invasion of Gaza by Israel.

Monday, 02 Feb 2009

Without going in to the merits of the petition submitted by the BJP to the Chief Election Commissioner

Monday, 16 Feb 2009

Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan said that the Indian National Congress congratulates Hon'ble Prime Minister and Shri Pranab Mukherjee on the interim budget that has been presented today.

Friday, 12 Dec 2008

Shri Manish Tewari said that if Pakistan wanted evidence of permanent training camps on its soil, it need not look any further than the reports that have been appearing in its own media over the last 8 years.

Thursday, 11 Dec 2008

Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan said that today both houses of Parliament were discussing the important issue of the terror attack in Mumbai.

Wednesday, 10 Dec 2008

Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan said that firstly, the Congress Party would like to officially take note of the election results that have come in from the five states and thanked the people of all the states where the Congress has made a spectacular comeback.

Friday, 05 Dec 2008

Shri. Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that constructive suggestions from all quarters, including the opposition BJP on the "war on terror" are always welcome.

Wednesday, 3 Dec 2008

Shri. Manish Tewari utilized the opportunity to thank Secretary Condoleeza Rice who is visiting India today, President-elect Obama and all of India's friends around the globe, who expressed their solidarity with us, in this hour of grief.

Friday, 28 Nov 2008

Shri. Manish Tewari said that the last forty hours have indeed been difficult for India, but a nation's lifetime are often characterized by such difficulties.

Tuesday 25 Nov 2008

Shri Veerappa Moily criticized Advani and Modi for their double standards in the Modassa blast investigation.

Monday 24 Nov 2008

Shri Manish Tewari first spoke about the 65% turn-out in the second phase of polling in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections.

Monday, 17 Nov 2008

Shri. Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the BJP is guilty of blatant politicization of investigation and blatant communalization of terror.

Friday, 14 Nov 2008

The Double standards of the BJP on the Issues of terror are manifesting themselves repeatedly.

Monday, 10 Nov 2008

Tourism in Madhya Pradesh against Ms Jain, the Returning Officer for he election.

Tuesday, 02 Dec 2008

Shri. Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the Congress Party and the UPA Government has always been completely sensitive, aware and cognizant of public opinion and spirit.

Monday, 01 Dec 2008

Smt. Jayanti Natarajan wished to reiterate the resolutions passed at the Congress Working Committee and after having officially expressed grief at the events of the recent past, moved on to taking questions from the press.

Wednesday, 29 Oct 2008

Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan said that on behalf of the Indian National Congress we strongly condemn the attacks that have been happening against people from different States in Maharashtra. We would like to make an unambiguous assertion that the Indian National Congress, which has taken the lead in the Independence movement and has played the prominent role in the freedom movement of the country, will not tolerate any attack upon the unity and integrity of the country. We will not remain a silent spectator to any attempts at regional chauvinism that will destroy the unity of the country, the peace and brotherhood among all citizens of India and their fundamental rights to decide and work in any part of our country.

Monday, 27 Oct 2008

Singhvi said that the nation is asking the BJP and all its allied organizations to come clean on the recent terror incidents at Malegaon and Modasa as also earlier ones at Nanded and Kanpur. It is officially accepted that the RSS is the mother and the controlling brain of the entire BJP set up and that of its allied organizations. Its top leaders regularly pay obeisance at Nagpur and most have been or are card holding members of the RSS. The Bajrang Dal, the VHP, the ABVP, the Durga Vahini are all official adjuncts of the BJP and the RSS. Some like the Bajrang Dal comprise its youth wing, others like the Durga Vahini comprise its womens' youth wing and still others like the ABVP comprise its student wing.

Thursday 27 Nov 2008

Shri. Singhvi also complimented Vijay Salaskar and Ashok Kamate, a former Commissioner of Solapur for never fearing from being in the thick of battle.

Wednesday, 22 Oct 2008

Shri. Manish Tewari said it is a matter of great pride that India has become the sixth nation to launch a moon mission this morning. He said the Congress party and the Congress President congratulates all the scientists on the success of the Chandrayaan-I lunar mission. It is an epoch making event that reflects our self reliance and success in space research.

Tuesday, 21 Oct 2008

Shri. Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the arrest of Raj Thackeray shows that the Congress and the UPA will not allow the political fringe of India to hijack the basic values of federalism, of secularism, of fraternal behavior, which is the foundation of united India.

Thursday, 15 Oct 2008

The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh addressed a press conference today and claimed that her actions in canceling the rail coach factory project are not dictated by the desire for political revenge. This is absolutely contrary to the truth as reflected in her actions over the past one and half years. In Rae Bareli and Amethi alone there are four developmental projects, which would have contributed to the progress of Uttar Pradesh and the progress of India, which have been stalled because of intransigence of the Mayawati Government.

Friday, 10 Oct 2008

President Bush had said the US will fulfill all its fuel assurance commitments in the agreement. He also specified that the agreement recognizes India's right to reprocess spent fuel.

Wednesday, 08 Oct 2008

Shri. Manish Tewari said the question that is being asked in the country is whether there is enough proof to ban Banjrang Dal.

Friday, 07 Nov 2008

Shri. Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that we are proud of our Army, but we are ashamed of the acts and omissions of those who seek to infiltrate

Monday, 29 Sep 2008

Shri. Manish Tewari expressed party's happiness over the US House of representative passing the Indo-US nuclear deal with two-third majority. Efforts that started three years and three months ago have reached its final lap. The time has come when we need to dispassionately take stock as to what India has achieved out of this Indo-US civil nuclear agreement. Despite nay Sayers, prophets of doom, what India has been able to achieve is probably both unparallel and something which should be regarded as milestone in independent India's history.

Friday, 26 Sep 2008

The Prime Minister also met Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in New York and had good discussion with him. Both of them said they want full normalization of the relationship. And India and Pakistan have decided to trade across LOC which will begin on October 21. With this, the LOC will become Letter of Commerce. This will open up a new era in our relationship.

Wednesday, 24 Sep 2008

Welcoming the leaders, Dr. Shakeel Ahmed said the Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi, and the UP Pradesh Congress Committee had approved the entry of these leaders to the Congress Party.

Wednesday, 23 Sep 2008

The above statement attributed to Shri. Rahul Gandhi. General Secretary, AICC is not correct.

Monday, 22 Sep 2008

Shri Manish Tewari first of all paid respect to the daring Police Inspector M C Sharma, who gave his life fighting terrorists in Delhi.

Monday, 06 Oct 2008

The State Government has been termed as an unfortunate incident and the Maoists have already claimed, several times before and officially once again, responsibility for killing Swami Laxmi Nanda Saraswati.

Friday, 03 Oct 2008

Shri. Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the only words available to describe the historic passage of the 123 agreement and its evident signing are the words Unique, Unprecedented, Standalone, Solitary.

30 Jul 2008

Shri Singhvi said the Congress-led UPA Government has declared a war on inflation. The Congress has always stood for strong economic and monitory measures to combat inflation.

29 Aug 2008

Dr. Shakeel Ahmed said that the AICC is with the people of Bihar in this hour of grief when the floods have caused havoc in the State. He thanked the Central Government, the Prime Minister and the UPA Chairperson for announcing Rs 1,000 crore plus relief package for Bihar. He said more aid would be rushed to Bihar if the need arises.

28 Jul 2008

Shri Manish Tewari said AICC condemns in strong terms the bomb blasts in Ahemdabad that claimed lives of many innocent people. We appeal to the Central and State Governments to ban those organizations that have indulged in such inhuman acts and arrest those behind it and bring them to early and speedy trial.

27 Aug 2008

Shri Abhishek Manu Singhvi said the BJP and all its ancillary organizations -- be it the VHP, Bajrang Dal etc -- deserve the strongest condemnation for yet again following the profess path of spreading mistrust, hatred and disaffection.

25 Jul 2008

Dr. Shakeel Ahmed said that this afternoon between 1.30 and 2 five or six bomb blasts took place in Bangalore.

21 Jul 2008

Shri Singhvi said the contrasts cannot be more striking in the entire sequence of events relating to the 123 and leading up to the trust vote. On the one hand we have the BJP which has exhibited hypocrisy and opportunism and on the other we have the Left which has shown inflexibility and tunnel vision. In the third part, we have regional players like the BSP, the JDS and others which have exhibited nothing but personal avarice and ambition. All have proved their scant regard for national interest and for energy security for India.

19 Sep 2008

It is equally important, it is the need of the hour, for States to ensure that divisive and destructive and negative activities and proclivities, especially targeting minorities, are stopped and curbed with a firm hand.

17 Sep 2008

To a question why the Congress, which had been maintaining that the present laws were enough to deal with terrorism, had suddenly felt the need for new comprehensive anti-terror legislation, she said such a demand was raised in the context of the changing dynamics and evolving situation.

15 Sep 2008

It is but obvious that if a terrorist a commits a) crime in State X and coordinates another similar act in State Y and runs to State Z, an effective central agency is something to be urgently needs to be considered for that we need to have full cooperation of States of other political parties both in Parliament to consider necessary legislative changes and for States' ratification.

Press briefing 21 Aug 2008

Smt. Jayanti Natarajan said that the situation in Jammu & Kashmir is rapidly returning to normal due to the efforts been made at various levels and talks been carried out by the Central Government and by the Governor. First steps towards normalcy have been taken with the relaxation of curfew today and it is our earnest hope that this will develop and peace will spread in the Valley and the situation will return to normal in a very near future.

18 Aug 2008

Shri Manish Tewari said our attention has been drawn to a very disturbing news item of unfortunate demise of 49 infants, less than one year old, while they were being subjected to clinical trials of new drug therapies. It seems that 4,142 infants were put through this testing process at the department of pediatrics in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

16 Jul 2008

Smt. Jayanti Natarajan said that the over the last few days, some very shocking, baseless, unfair and unwarranted allegations have been made in the public domain alleging that horse trading was going on and that MP's were being offered 25 crores for their vote.

09 Jul 2008

Shri Manish Tewari said it would be appropriate that we try and put things into a perspective and it is important to know and the Indian National Congress would like to reiterate and underscore the point as to why the Indo-Us nuclear deal is so important for India and why is it that the government has decided to go ahead with the deal. Its appropriate to first of all review the International energy scene as it stands today and also see as to where India is located in that context.

06 Sep 2008

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and President Bush today spoke to each other on telephone. The Prime Minister thanked President Bush for his role in taking forward the civil nuclear initiative and the decision by the Nuclear Suppliers Group to adjust its guidelines to enable full civil nuclear cooperation between India and the international community. The two leaders expressed their belief that mutually beneficial relations between India and the United States were in the interest of their peoples, and were on a path of steady consolidation and multifaceted expansion, to which both leaders reiterated their commitment.

05 Sep 2008

While India is fighting minimalist but potential international opposition at the international fora by putting its best foot forward, at the same time, he said we have the strange and sorry spectacle of the Left and the BJP working in tandem, uniting to undermine India's case, India's spirited defence globally. Mr Karat and Mr Advani are, therefore, criss crossing India, hand in hand, on this issue.

01 Sep 2008

Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan said Indian National Congress expresses its grave concern over the tense and difficult situation in Orissa as a result of the brutal and vicious attacks by communal forces against Christians and Christian institutions and minorities.

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