Vivek Tankha

Anand Sharma says letter to Sonia Gandhi was written with 'best interests of Congress in our hearts'

Several of the 23 Congress leaders who had voiced their concerns in the letter to Gandhi, asserted Tuesday that they were "not dissenters" but "proponents of revival" of the party

INX Media case: CBI seeks five-day custody of P Chidambaram before Delhi court, says ex-finance minister is not cooperating

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing CBI in the case, argued that Chidambaram entered into a criminal conspiracy with others in the scam.

Mass resignations rock Congress: 35 UP office-bearers quit, taking responsibility for poll debacle

As many as 35 office-bearers of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee resigned from their posts on Saturday following its Lok Sabha election debacle.

Several Congress office-bearers quit as MP urges party members to give Rahul Gandhi free hand to restructure party

Office-bearers of the Congress, including Dipak Babaria and Girish Chodankar, resigned after MP Vivek Tankha quit as the chairman of the party's legal and human rights cell.

Congress releases another list of candidates for LS polls; Kamal Nath's son Nakul to contest from Chhindwara

The Congress also announced that Kamal Nath will contest the bypoll for the Chhindwara Assembly constituency.

Congress urges EC to transfer officials with 'dubious track records' ahead of Madhya Pradesh bypolls

A delegation of Congress leaders from Madhya Pradesh met Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat and urged him to take steps to ensure free and fair by-elections in the state, including transfer all officials with "dubious" track record

Vyapam scam: Congress leader Digvijay Singh deposes in his complaint against Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Uma Bharti

In his plea, Digvijay Singh has sought criminal prosecution of Chouhan, Bharti and five others in the Vyapam scam.

Dumper scam: Jolt for Congress as Supreme Court dismisses petition against Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

The alleged dumper scam against Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is one of the major issues like the Vyapam scam that the Opposition Congress has been using as a weapon to attack the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh alleging corruption.

Congress urges EC to stop chief ministers of poll-bound states from using public money for campaign yatras

In his letter to the Election Commission, Congress leader Vivek Tankha said these BJP 'yatras' are party-motivated and have no element of public interest.

Bar Council of India's restrictions on lawyer-parliamentarians show it is abdicating responsibility, kowtowing to powerful

“Without an independent Bar, it would be futile and fanciful to think about an independent judiciary,” said senior advocate Indira Jaising at a recent public talk on the crisis that India’s topmost judiciary is facing. She went on to trenchantly criticise the Supreme Court Bar Association and the Bar Council of India (BCI) for their hostility towards public-interest lawyers Prashant Bhushan and Dushyant Dave, who have been crusading for judicial independence and accountability.