New Party Chief for Tripura Congress

With barely one-and-half-year left for the Tripura Assembly polls, All India Congress Committee chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday appointed former MLA Birajit Sinha as new president of the Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee. Sinha replaced senior advocate Pijush Kanti Biswas, who assumed the post in December last year. In a statement issued by AICC, the Congress […]

Row over Cheristerfield encounter rocks Meghalaya Assembly; Cong stages walkout

The row over Cheristerfield Thangkhiew encounter on Wednesday rocked the state Assembly with the Congress staging a walkout from the house. Congress members staged a walkout from the State Legislative Assembly after the speaker refused to allow a short duration discussion on the demand for suspension of SPs for their alleged role in the Cheristerfield […]

Vincent H Pala appointed as Meghalaya Congress chief

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appointed Member of Parliament Vincent H Pala as the president of the party’s Meghalaya unit with immediate effect. “Congress President has also appointed Ampareen Lyngdoh, MLA, Marthon Sangma, MLA, and James Lyngdoh as the working presidents of Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee with immediate effect,” a statement issued by the party […]

Sushmita Dev asks critics to stop speculating about her role in TMC

Former Mahila Congress Chief Sushmita Dev who recently joined the Trinamool Congress on Thursday said the change in the current political scenario prompted her to make the move. Dev arrived at her home constituency in Silchar on Thursday.  She was accorded a warm welcome, following her arrival at the airport.  Speaking to Northeast Live upon […]

Former Congress leader Sushmita Dev joins TMC after quitting party

Former Congress MP Sushmita Dev, who resigned from the party on Monday morning, joined the All India Trinamool Congress today. Dev was the president of the Congress party’s women’s wing and had indicated her resignation from the party with a surprise change of her Twitter bio. Confirming the development, the TMC said in a tweet, “We […]

Assam: Former Congress MLA Rupyjoti Kurmi joins BJP

Former Congress Legislator from Mariani of Jorhat district, Rupjyoti Kurmi joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday at a programme held at Gerukamukh in Dhemaji district in presence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Kurmi had resigned from the Indian National Congress and resigned from the legislative assembly on Friday. Education Minister […]

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma appeals to opposition MLAs to join BJP

A day after four-time Congress MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi announced his plans to join the BJP, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday appealed to all opposition legislators to join the ruling party. Sarma was replying to a question on Kurmi, the Congress’ lone legislator from the tea tribe community, who quit the grand old […]

Assam: Four-time MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi resigns from Congress, to join BJP on June 21

The Congress in Assam received a massive jolt with four-time MLA from Mariani Rupjyoti Kurmi quitting the party on Friday, who now is all set to jump ship to BJP on June 21. The Congress leader tendered his resignation to Assembly speaker Biswajit Daimary, in presence of BJP leader and state Water resource minister Pijush […]

Assam Cong leaders write to AICC State in-charge, urges him to appoint new PCC Chief

Top Assam Congress leaders have written to All India Congress Committee (AICC) state in-charge, Bhanwar Jitendra Singh, urging him to urgently appoint a new Pradesh Congress Committee president so that the party can bounce back to prominence. The leaders also underlined the fact that even after a month of the party’s poll debacle, no review […]