Will restore special category status to Arunachal, other NE states; says Rahul Gandhi in Itanagar

Kick-starting the party’s campaign in Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday, Congress president Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for robbing the Northeast states of special status category and trying to impose the Citizenship Bill on the region. Gandhi also slammed the RSS and BJP for allegedly trying to impose one ideology […]

Assam: Congress releases second list of candidates for LS polls

The Congress in Assam has released its second list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. While in Nagaon the party has fielded former State Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi as its candidate, Anil Borgohain will contest on a Congress ticket from Lakhimpur. In Mangaldoi, the Congress has fielded Rajya Sabha MP Bhubaneshwar Kalita and its […]

LS polls 2019: Congress announces candidates for five seats in Assam

The Congress has declared its candidates for five Lok Sabha seats in Assam that go to poll in the first phase of the elections. The first list of candidates include names of Swarup Das for the Karimganj seat, Sushmita Deb for the Silchar seat, Gaurav Gogoi for Kaliabor seat, Sushanta Borgohain for the Jorhat seat […]

ZPM, Cong announce Lalnghingolva Hmar as their common LS candidate

The opposition Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) and the Congress party today announced common candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and Assembly by-election. Mizoram Football Association General Secretary Lalnghingolva Hmar has been nominated as the common candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Meanwhile, Lalbuanga Sailo has been nominated as the candidate for Aizawl West […]

Assam Cong to announce Lok Sabha candidate list tomorrow

Assam Congress will be declaring the candidates for Phase 1 and Phase 2 polls of Lok Sabha elections on Friday (March 15). This was announced by Assam Pradesh Congress Committee President and Congress leader Ripun Bora. Bora said that the names of the candidates will be declared in New Delhi. The Phase 1 and Phase […]

NPP MLA joins Congress in Arunachal

In a big setback to the NPP in Arunachal Pradesh, party MLA and former Home Minister Tanga Byaling joined the Congress along with his supporters today including former MLA Y Matey. Arunachal congress president Takam Sanjoy welcomed the leaders to the party. It may be mentioned that the number of Congress MLAs in the state […]

Opposition in Arunachal close ranks, stage protest against govt’s handling of PRC issue

The opposition in Arunachal Pradesh has closed ranks and are staging a dharna near the Raj Bhawan in Itanagar to mount pressure on their demand for resignation of CM Pema Khandu for the BJP-led government’s high-handedness while dealing with the protest against the PRC move that had led to the death of three people in […]

Opposition in warpath in Arunachal; demands Pema Khandu’s resignation in the wake of recent unrest

The opposition in Arunachal Pradesh is up in arms against chief minister Pema Khandu. A delegation of the opposition including former chief minister Gegong Apang and state Congress president Takam Sanjoy called on Governor BD Mishra yesterday to demand Khandu’s resignation within 3 days. The opposition asked the Governor to sack Khandu if he refuses […]

Meghalaya: Cong, NPP shines in district council polls

The Congress and the NPP have emerged as front-runners in the district council polls in Khasi and Jaintia hills region of Meghalaya. While the Congress has won 9 of the 29 seats in Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council, the NPP is all set to form the next council in Jaintia Hills winning 11 seats. Meanwhile, […]