Recent Highlights
All Stories for Mumbai Congress
Eknath Gaikwad appointed Mumbai Congress working president; Milind Deora asks party workers to lend support
• 6 years agoSources said Eknath Gaikwad's name was suggested by Milind Deora as part of a panel to lead the Congress Mumbai unit till state Assembly polls slated for the end of 2019.
Congress' Urmila Matondkar regrets 'unfortunate' leak of her letter criticising close aides of Sanjay Nirupam
• 6 years agoActress-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar, who had unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha elections from Mumbai North seat as a Congress candidate.
Milind Deora quits as Mumbai Congress chief, hints at playing a national role to help 'stabilise party'
Fp Staff • 6 years agoMumbai Congress president Milind Deora on Sunday announced his resignation from the post and said he was looking forward to play a role at the national level.
Milind Deora calls for debate on 'one nation, one election', says Centre must continue attempts to build consensus
• 6 years agoMilind Deora called for an inclusive and bipartisan approach to collate perspectives on this issue. "The government should also invite Indian intelligentsia, academics, organisations working on electoral reforms and students to collectively provide their perspectives on this issue," Deora said.
Hardik Patel slams BJP for using Pakistan issue in Lok Sabha poll campaign, says time to send Narendra Modi ‘back to Gujarat’
• 6 years agoPatidar leader from Gujarat, Hardik Patel, who recently joined the Congress, on Sunday mocked the BJP's 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' campaign, saying the ruling dispensation was raising the issues of Kashmir and Pakistan as it had nothing to speak about its performance.
Mumbai Congress chief Milind Deora says party's city unit has sought Lok Sabha ticket for Urmila Matondkar
• 6 years agoMatondkar joined the Congress Wednesday after meeting party president Rahul Gandhi.
Milind Deora replaces Sanjay Nirupam as Mumbai Congress chief: Will this end party's woes in the city?
Fp Staff • 6 years agoHowever, Congress in Mumbai is facing a big challenge of not just ensuring that they at least win a couple of seats after the drubbing received in the last general election, but also in keeping the cadre together with repeated reports of infighting emerging from the camp.
Lok Sabha polls: Mumbai Congress to centre campaign on jobs, promises monthly allowance to the unemployed
• 6 years agoThe Mumbai Congress is set to roll out a campaign aimed at providing employment to youth in the city and a monthly allowance to unemployed people if the party is voted to power in the Lok Sabha polls.
Mumbai Congress can't become cricket pitch for sectarian politics, disappointed with party, says Milind Deora
• 6 years agoSenior Congress leader and former Lok Sabha MP Milind Deora Tuesday said he was "disappointed" with what was happening in the party's Mumbai unit and that he would reconsider fighting the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.
'Narendra Modi doesn't govern like Adolf Hitler, that's Indira Gandhi': Ravi Shankar Prasad slams Mallikarjun Kharge's comment
Fp Staff • 6 years agoSlamming Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge over his comments on Narendra Modi where he compared the prime minister to Adolf Hitler, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that it was Indira Gandhi who governed like Hitler and not Modi. "This is the same Khargeji who can't even move an inch without the permission of the family," he added to make his point.