P C Chacko
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'Like homecoming', says former Congress leader PC Chacko as he joins NCP
India | Mar 16, 2021, 11:54 PM IST"I am happy to be in NCP, it's like a homecoming for me. I had the opportunity to work with Pawar sahab in the most difficult times," PC Chacko said after joining the NCP.
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Former Congress leader PC Chacko to join NCP, meets Sharad Pawar in Delhi
India | Mar 16, 2021, 03:50 PM ISTPC Chacko resigned from the Congress just last week, alleging discrepancies in deciding party candidates for the coming assembly elections in Kerala.
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What PC Chacko's resignation tells us about democracy in Congress?
India | Mar 12, 2021, 12:34 PM ISTThe Congress veteran from Kerala, and a crucial figure in Lutyens’ Delhi, not only called it quits just days ahead of the assembly elections, but also questioned the existence of democracy in the party.
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Big setback for Congress ahead of polls in Kerala, PC Chacko resigns from party
India | Mar 10, 2021, 06:28 PM ISTChacko was reportedly was miffed over ticket distribution in his home state Kerala which is going to polls on April 6.
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Chacko, Maken skip first get-together of DPCC chief
India | Oct 29, 2019, 05:54 PM ISTThe programme, organised at Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) office ostensibly as a Diwali get-together, was aimed at presenting a united face of the party ahead of the Assembly elections to be held in a few months from now.
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Rift widens in Delhi Cong over demand for Chacko's removal
India | Oct 12, 2019, 11:55 PM ISTThe rift within Delhi Congress widened on Saturday with one of the factions demanding disciplinary action against leaders who had demanded the removal of the party's national capital unit in-charge P C Chacko.
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Raja attacks Chacko for his comments on trial proceedings
National | Apr 16, 2015, 06:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: Former Telecom Minister A Raja, an accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case, has attacked Congress spokesman P C Chacko for his comments on the prosecutor's arguments that commenced yesterday. In a statement, he
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Janata Parivar parties merger won't affect our prospects: Congress
National | Apr 15, 2015, 10:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress today suggested that the merger of six erstwhile Janata Dal constituents into a new party was not a development of much significance and was not going to affect its prospects.Significantly, party spokesman
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Ajay Maken targets Sheila, says result extension of 2013 mandate
National | Feb 13, 2015, 11:24 PM ISTNew Delhi: Unfazed by Shiela Dikshit's attack on him, Congress leader Ajay Maken today sought to put the blame on the former Delhi Chief Minister for the poll debacle, remarking that it was just an
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Could not gauge mood of people: Congress
National | Feb 10, 2015, 11:21 PM ISTNew Delhi: Embarrassed by the unprecedented rout in Delhi Assembly polls, Congress today admitted it “could not gauge” the mood of the people.“I am shattered by the disappointing performance of the party. I could not
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Modi becoming dictator: Congress after Home Secretary removal
National | Feb 04, 2015, 11:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of becoming a “dictator” and warned of “beginning of a calamity” after Home Secretary Anil Goswami was asked to step down by the government. Congress spokesperson
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Withdraw from Delhi polls if feel EVMs tampered: Congress to AAP
National | Feb 04, 2015, 05:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress today made light of Arvind Kejriwal's charge of “tampering” of certain EVMs in Delhi to benefit BJP while telling AAP to withdraw from the February 7 Assembly polls if the party has
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Congress promises law on right to housing for slum dwellers
National | Jan 28, 2015, 07:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress today sought to retrieve lost ground in poll-bound Delhi by promising an ambitious law providing right to housing for millions of slum dwellers in the national capital.The Draft of the NCT of
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Sunanda murder case: No question of resigning as MP, says Shashi Tharoor
National | Jan 28, 2015, 12:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has hit out both at media and a section of his own party for demanding his resignation as Member of Parliament. Tharoor was recently quizzed by the Delhi police
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Delhi Polls: Former Congress MPs could be in fray in polls
National | Jan 10, 2015, 09:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: Former Congress MPs from Delhi could be asked to contest assembly elections as the party seeks to put up the best available candidates for the polls after losing ground in several recent state
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Congress adopting new strategy for Delhi polls?
National | Jan 01, 2015, 09:39 PM ISTNew Delhi: With its back to the wall, Congress has decided to declare names of candidates for all 81 assembly seats in Delhi even before the election dates are announced to give them more time
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PC Chacko made Congress in-charge for Delhi
National | Nov 27, 2014, 11:32 PM ISTNew Delhi: Senior Congress leader PC Chacko was today made the in-charge of party affairs in poll-bound Delhi, replacing AICC General Secretary Shakeel Ahmed. The move was necessitated after incumbent Ahmed requested for leave for
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Manmohan Singh: A good man let down by the party
National | Apr 13, 2014, 01:20 PM ISTI have an abiding memory of Manmohan Singh. It goes far back to the days when he was not the prime minister, not even the finance minister, when in the early '90s he took transformational
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Congress appropriates Lokpal bill passage credit to Rahul
National | Dec 17, 2013, 09:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress today sought to appropriate the credit for the passage of the Lokpal bill in Rajya Sabha to its leader Rahul Gandhi's “single-minded” determination” and claimed it has done the maximum on the
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No political meaning should be attached to Jagan release, says Congress
National | Sep 24, 2013, 08:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress today hailed the release of YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy from jail but said no political meaning should be attached to the development."Let him enjoy his freedom. Congress is not