New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Following the poll debacle of Congress in five states and a row and accountability over leadership, senior Congress leader and member of the dissident "G-23" group of leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, is likely to meet party chief Sonia Gandhi at 10 Janpath on Thursday.

New Delhi Jan 20 PTI Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will on Friday release the partys youth manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections Both leaders will address a special press conference at the partys headquarters This is one of the rare occasions when both leaders of the Congress Party will be jointly addressing the media The party is going to the polls with youth and women in focus and has announced that it will reserve 40 per cent of tickets for women in Uttar Pradesh PTI SKC RDK RDK

New Delhi Dec 18 PTI In a jibe at Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over their foot march in Amethi Union Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday said the Congress leaders had to get people from Lucknow and Chhattisgarh which speaks volumes about their relationship with her constituencyThe former Congress president and his sister took out a foot march from Jagdishpur to Harimau village where Rahul Gandhi addressed a public meetingThey were taking part in the Jan Jagran Abhiyan-Bhajapa bhagao mehengai hatao pratigya padyatra organised against the policies of the Narendra Modi governmentRahul Gandhi was a Member of Parliament from Amethi for 15 years He is visiting the place for the second time after losing the seat which had been a pocket borough of the Nehru-Gandhi family by 55120 votes to BJPs Smriti Irani in the 2019 Lok Sabha electionsToday the siblings were in Amethi They had to amass crowd from Lucknow Sant Kabir Nagar and Chhattisgarh someone had to burn a lot of fuelThe fact that you Nehru-Gandhi family were in a constituency for 50 years and have to drive 50 people from Lucknow to Amethi speaks volumes about them and their relationship with my constituency That yatra is going nowhere Irani said when asked about the foot march in AmethiResponding to questions about Amethi at the launch of her novel Lal Salaam Irani spoke at length about her association with the constituencyGoing to Amethi to contest elections in 2014 was throwing myself to being devoured I knew that I was opening myself to criticism and there was so much goodwill for that one family in Lutyens Delhi that I would be torn to smithereens she saidThe Union minister said that in 2014 she had requested her seniors to call up her family and seek their permission about her contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Amethi as this decision would not only impact her but all those who love herAbout contesting from the Amethi constituency in 2014 Irani said that she got only three weeks to fight the election from a seat where the BJP had never got more than 30000 votesBut in 21 days we polled three lakh votes Which means there were 27 lakh people waiting for somebody to show up I showed up and it is for them that I stayed back she saidClaiming that some people had tried to threaten her then Irani said it was a turning point for herOne evening in Jagdishpur Assembly constituency four people accosted me my driver and two party workers They were trying to give me some very wise advice that when Sanjay Singh and Ravindra Pratap Singh fought from here then they were shot at and when Maneka Gandhi fought from here her clothes were tornThey told me you too may be shot at I replied that if that happens then Narendra Modi will get 400 seats she said adding It was a revolt against a system that did not function I just became the sutradhar I just became the weapon There are five assembly seats in Amethi parliamentary constituency Out of these Amethi Jagdishpur Salon Tiloi are held by the BJP The Gauriganj seat is with the Samajwadi PartyThe Congress is trying to regain its turf in Amethi and Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming assembly polls PTI JTR NSD

Chandigarh Sep 22 PTI Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday called Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra inexperienced and said he will pit a strong candidate against state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu in the upcoming Assembly polls Amarinder Singh had resigned as the Punjab CM recently amid infighting in the state Congress In a series of interviews he said Priyanka and Rahul are like my children This should not have ended like this I am hurt I would not have taken MLAs on a flight to Goa or some place That is not how I operate I dont do gimmicks and the Gandhi siblings know that is not my way he said in a statement The Gandhi children were quite inexperienced and their advisers were clearly misguiding them the Congress leader asserted Singh said he will fight Sidhus elevation to the Punjab chief ministership tooth and nail adding that he was ready to make any sacrifice to save the country from such a dangerous man He will pit a strong candidate against the PPCC president in the 2022 Assembly polls to ensure his defeat Amarinder Singh said Singh said he had even told Congress president Sonia Gandhi that he was ready to hang his boots and allow someone else to take over as the CM after leading the Congress to another sweeping win in Punjab But that did not happen so I will fight he asserted taking strong exception to his humiliation by calling a Congress Legislative Party in a secretive manner The former CM said he is still keeping his political options open and talking to his friends before deciding on his future course of action You can be old at 40 and young at 80 he said making it clear that he did not see his age as a hurdle PTI CHS VSD RDK RDK

Chandigarh Sep 22 PTI Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday called Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra inexperienced and said he will pit a strong candidate against state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu in the upcoming Assembly polls Amarinder Singh had resigned as the Punjab CM recently amid infighting in the state Congress and had called Sidhu anti-national and dangerous In a series of interviews Singh said he will fight Sidhus elevation to the Punjab chief ministership tooth and nail adding that he was ready to make any sacrifice to save the country from such a dangerous man Amarinder Singh said he will pit a strong candidate against the PPCC president in the 2022 Assembly polls to ensure his defeat according to a statement Singh said he had even told Congress president Sonia Gandhi that he was ready to hang his boots and allow someone else to take over as the CM after leading the Congress to another sweeping win in Punjab But that did not happen so I will fight he asserted PTI CHS VSD RDK RDK RDK