As Congress debates leadership beyond Gandhis, recalling Narasimha Rao’s 1992 organisational polls

In 1992, as Congress president, he decided to hold organisational elections for the first time in two decades.

Sambit Pal

· Aug 25, 2020 · 07:30 am

Ostrich syndrome: It’s time for Congress to face reality, says former party spokesperson Sanjay Jha

‘The BJP is the LeBron James of election management and organisational agility. By comparison, we look like dilly-dallying dilettantes.’

Sanjay Jha

· Jul 07, 2020 · 06:30 am

Congress’s loss in Delhi an ‘unmitigated disaster like coronavirus’: Jairam Ramesh

The former minister claimed the BJP had used the anti-Citizenship Act protests at Shaheen Bagh to polarise voters.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 13, 2020 · 10:00 pm

By picking Sonia Gandhi as its leader, the Congress has spurned its opportunity for redemption

What the Congress needs now is an ideological and social contrast to the BJP, someone who can dismiss RSS mythology with the contempt it deserves.

Mohan Guruswamy

· Aug 13, 2019 · 09:00 am

Do Rahul Gandhi and Congress understand why they received a drubbing – and what to do next?

The Congress is currently riven with infighting, even as it remains unclear whether Rahul Gandhi will step down.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Jun 14, 2019 · 09:00 am

What the Nagpur speech taught us: Congress doesn’t know how to handle Pranab Mukherjee

The former president did not praise the RSS in his speech, but he is not sticking to the Congress line either.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Jun 09, 2018 · 06:30 am

Gujarat elections: Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela says he was suspended 24 hours ago

He said he would leave the party and quit as leader of Opposition in Gujarat, but would not join the BJP.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 21, 2017 · 02:51 pm

Well into 2017, Congress is still discussing when Rahul Gandhi will take over

By the time Rahul eventually becomes Congress president, will it even matter?

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· May 02, 2017 · 10:30 am

Rahul Gandhi seriously tried to claim that Congress is not a 'dictatorial' party

The party vice president also insisted that he doesn't believe in caste.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Sep 21, 2016 · 05:15 pm

How KCR is wiping out both the Congress and Telugu Desam Party from Telangana

While the TDP is down to three legislators, the Congress is left with just 12 after a series of defections to the chief minister's Telangana Rashtra Samithi.

TS Sudhir

· Jun 15, 2016 · 09:00 am

'Why have I been subjected to such humiliation?' Jayanthi Natrajan's letter to Sonia Gandhi

This is the full text of a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi written by former environment minister, asking why she was asked to resign 100 days before the Lok Sabha elections. It appeared in The Hindu.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 30, 2015 · 09:54 am