Anita Katyal

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi may be out on his travels but he continues to call the shots in the party through his band of loyalists.

Chatter about finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman being shifted out refuses to die down

Though the BJP has named Narayan Lal Panchariya as its chief whip in the Rajya Sabha, he has virtually no role during the session.

The party chief felt betrayed as he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had campaigned extensively in Maharashtra but their hard work came to naught.

They maintain that this was an open insult to a democratically elected chief minister and that Mr Singh should have made a noise about it.

There were some reservations about opposing the RCEP as the trade pact was initiated by the Manmohan Singh government.

The Congress is currently abuzz with stories about a showdown between party chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi a few weeks ago.

Little is known about Mr Chauthaiwale, who hails from Nagpur and belongs to an old RSS family.

Consequently, she has been a regular visitor to art events in the capital, making it a point to spend quality time studying the exhibits.

For the Congress, the former finance minister’s incarceration at Tihar could not have come at a worse time.

Today, it is Yogi who is their biggest bugbear while Mr Bansal, they maintain, is helping to keep the chief minister in check.

Pulled out of semi-retirement, Sonia Gandhi is faced with a challenging task ahead.

The current batch of wives and women MPs will have to await their turn for a present.

Instead of addressing these issues, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s elevation will only exacerbate matters.

It is learned that Mr Jaitley is also unhappy with the proposal to raise duties on newsprint and levy higher taxes on the super rich.

The BJP recognised that in order to weaken the Congress, it was essential to weaken the party’s first family.

Congress insiders have been complaining that the attitude of senior party leaders remains unchanged and they are as inaccessible as ever.

It is learned that Ms Swaraj may not be averse to a posting in Chandigarh as the next Punjab governor.

Vijayvargiya had declined to contest in the recent general election so that he could focus on expanding his party’s footprint in West Bengal.

After mulling over its choice for weeks, the BJP picked Malegoan blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Thakur to take on the Congress veteran.