Sonia Gandhi said Indira Gandhi had firm belief in the value of education as an instrument of social emancipation and empowerment.

New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): Alleging that the Delhi Police barged into the Congress headquarters and attacked the party leaders in a 'pre-planned' manner, Leader of the Congress party in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday accused the Centre of 'vendetta and violent politics'.

New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): A meeting of the Congress Parliamentary party will be chaired by the party's interim President Sonia Gandhi on April 5 at 9.30 am in the Parliament.

New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): There is no plan to privatize Indian Railways as it belongs to the Government of India, said Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in Lok Sabha after some members expressed concern over it on Wednesday.

New Delhi Jan 28 PTI Top Congress leaders on Friday decided to work closely with like-minded parties during the upcoming budget session of parliament and jointly raise matters of public importance including farmers issues and border dispute with China This was decided at a meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Strategy group chaired by party chief Sonia Gandhi The meeting was held virtually and it was decided to raise the issues of farmers distress border dispute with China and relief package for Covid victims The party has been demanding a compensation package for the families of Covid victims The Congress also decided to raise the issue of sale of Air India to Tata group besides the downturn in the Indian economy and high prices of essential commodities The Congress Parliamentary Strategy group is chaired by Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and includes Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Choudhary senior party leaders A K Antony K C Venugopal Anand Sharma Gaurav Gogoi K Suresh Jairam Ramesh and Manickam Tagore Party MP Manish Tewari also attended the meeting Though former prime minister Manmohan Singh is also a member of the group he did not attend the meet The meeting is called before every parliament session to decide the partys strategy The Budget Session of Parliament starts on January 31 with presidents address to joint sitting of both the houses The Union Budget will be presented on February 1 PTI SKC SRY

New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appointed new office-bearers in Congress Parliamentary Party with Santokh Singh Chaudhary, M K Raghavan and Amee Yajnik made secretaries. DK Suresh, party MP from Bangalore Rural, has been appointed as the treasurer.

New Delhi: On Wednesday Congress president Sonia Gandhi slammed the Modi government during the general body meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP). She slammed the government over price rise and the country’s economic situation. During the speech, she said, “I cannot understand how and why the Narendra Modi government is so insensitive and continues to deny the seriousness of the problem of price rise. It seems impervious to the suffering of the people.” Gandhi also claimed that country’s economy had lost its momentum before Covid 19 pandemic hit India.

New Delhi: On Wednesday Congress president Sonia Gandhi slammed the Modi government during the general body meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP). She slammed the government over price rise and the country’s economic situation. During the speech, she said, “I cannot understand how and why the Narendra Modi government is so insensitive and continues to deny the seriousness of the problem of price rise. It seems impervious to the suffering of the people.” Gandhi also claimed that country’s economy had lost its momentum before Covid 19 pandemic hit India.

New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday slammed the Central government for rising inflation and termed it insensitive towards farmers and common people.

New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi will address a meeting of the party's parliamentary party on Wednesday morning in the Central Hall of the Parliament.