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Explained: Have Rahul Gandhi's Savarkar remarks caused an irreparable rift with Uddhav-led Shiv Sena?
Fp Explainers •Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut has said the alliance with the Congress is ‘for the sake of the country’ and raised eyebrows by praising Devendra Fadnavis. The change in attitude comes after Rahul Gandhi's criticism of Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar
Explained: The Congress' many flip-flops on VD Savarkar
Fp Explainers •The BJP on Thursday countered Rahul Gandhi's attacks on VD Savarkar by pointing to remarks made by his grandmother and ex-prime minister Indira Gandhi who praised the Hindutva idealogue's 'daring defiance of the British'. Over the years, Congress has had many conflicting takes on the freedom fighter
Congress leaders offer tributes to Indira Gandhi on her 38th death anniversary
•Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Sonia Gandhi and other senior party leaders offered floral tributes to Indira Gandhi at her Shakti Sthal memorial
Explained: The challenges that await Mallikarjun Kharge as he takes charge of the Congress
Fp Explainers •The easy part of winning the post of Congress president is over. Now, Mallikarjun Kharge has the biggest challenge of his political career — to reinvent the party, infuse energy into its cadre and reassert people’s faith in it again
Congress President Election: Party members choose between Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor for president
•Over 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates form the electoral college to pick the party chief in a secret ballot. The results will be declared on 19 October
Congress President Election: New party chief will decide how to implement leadership vision, says Salman Khurshid
Fp Staff •Congress President Election: Voting began at 10 am at the AICC headquarters here and at party's polling booths in state offices across the country
Congress prezident poll: Jairam Ramesh bats for consensus; upholds "prominence" of Nehru-Gandhi family
•The notification for the election will be issued on September 22, while the filing of nomination would begin on September 24 and continue till September 30
Life on Wheels: Inside the containers where Rahul Gandhi, other Congress leaders sleep during Bharat Jodo Yatra
Fp Explainers •Hundreds of Bharat Yatris including Rahul Gandhi will spend around 150 days on the road. They will spend the night in 60 containers mounted on trucks. The former Congress chief has an AC container with a fridge; for women, these rooms on wheels come with attached bathrooms
The many body blows to the Congress: Ghulam Nabi Azad and other prominent leaders who quit the party this year
Fp Explainers •The year 2022 has been especially hard for the Congress. Multiple leaders have quit, signalling all is not well within the party. This comes as a huge blow to Congress while it prepares for the upcoming Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls as well as the general elections in two years' time
Rahul Gandhi is actually a blessing for BJP: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma hits out at Congress
Fp Staff •Veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday resigned from all posts of the party