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Congress releases names of 14 candidates for Puducherry, leaves out ex-CM V Narayanasamy
•The Congress, which heads the Secular Democratic Alliance in the union territory, was allotted 15 of the 30 seats while its ally, the DMK was earmarked 13 constituencies
Sonia Gandhi appoints 3 AICC secretaries for Assam, Kerala in preparation of Assembly polls next year
•A Congress statement said MLAs Anirudh Singh, Vikas Upadhyay, Prithviraj Prabhakar Sathe have been appointed AICC secretaries for Assam, while ex-MP P Viswanathan, ex-MLC Ivan D'Souza, PV Mohan have been appointed for Kerala
Congress to hold 35 press conferences, hold nationwide protests in November to highlight economic woes
•Congress leader KC Venugopal in a statement on 23 October had said that protests would be organised in districts and state capitals, which would be culminating in a massive programme in the national capital.
Congress dissolves Gujarat unit's panel of office-bearers and exec committee; state party president Amit Chavda to remain in charge
•The Congress on Wednesday dissolved its Gujarat unit, but asked the state Congress chief Amit Chavda to continue.
Infighting emerges again in Delhi Congress; 29 leaders write to Rahul Gandhi complaining about 'complete confusion' in state unit
•The leaders in their letter said that by dissolving various Congress units in Delhi, the PCC is literally punishing thousands of dedicated workers and leaders, who worked very hard to resurrect the party in Delhi.
AICC rejects Bengal Congress president's resignation taking responsibility for Lok Sabha poll debacle, asks him to continue
•West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra submitted a letter of resignation from the post taking responsibility for the party's poor show in the Lok Sabha election, sources said on Tuesday.
Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee puts up poster in Bhopal appealing to Rahul Gandhi to appoint Jyotiraditya Scindia as next party leader
•A day after Jyotiraditya Scindia resigned from the post of Congress' general secretary, posters emerged outside the party's state office in Bhopal appealing to Rahul Gandhi to appoint Scindia as the next party president. On Sunday, Scindia announced that he would step down from the post of party general secretary. Scindia had been appointed Congress' general secretary for West Uttar Pradesh ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
Resignation of young leaders indicates Congress in process of reverting to archaic, self-defeating ways
Suhit K Sen •The problem is not just the resignations, but the fact that the state of drift in Congress affairs that the leadership is unconscionably prolonging is having knock-on effects elsewhere
Rahul Gandhi resigns: Congress must go democratic way to pick new chief, handpicked president will be disastrous
Suhit K Sen •Rahul Gandhi's resigns: If the Congress elects a new president through a process that is credible, or seen to be credible, he or she might just have enough firepower to oversee an overhaul of the party
Rahul Gandhi's resignation as Congress chief raises more questions than answers for party, results in power vacuum
Sanjay •Rahul Gandhi has finally made official what has been reported (based on sources) for around a month