Janardan Dwivedi
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Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi's son joins BJP, fires salvo at Shaheen Bagh
National | Feb 04, 2020, 09:50 PM ISTSoon after joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here on Tuesday, Samir Dwivedi, the son of senior Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi, lost no time in bashing the Shaheen Bagh blockade.
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'Historical mistake rectified': Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi ditches party line on Article 370
India | Aug 05, 2019, 11:35 PM IST"It is a very old issue. After independence, many freedom fighters did not want Article 370 to remain. I had my political training under Dr Ram Manohar Lohia, who was against this Article. Personally, this is an issue of a matter of satisfaction for the nation.
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Janardan Dwivedi rebuked by party, but appears to have escaped action
National | Jan 22, 2015, 11:18 PM ISTNew Delhi: Senior Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi, who had praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today faced public rebuke by his party but he appeared to have escaped any action with the organisation saying the matter
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Janardan 'absolutely right' on Modi: Nirmala Sitharaman
National | Jan 22, 2015, 08:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: Describing Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi's comment on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP as "absolutely right", a central minister Thursday said the Congress lacks internal democracy and is suffering from "internal
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Senior Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi praises Modi, retracts later
National | Jan 21, 2015, 09:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: Senior Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi today stirred a controversy by appearing to be gushing in his praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an interview which he later claimed quoted him out of
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Congress became 'weak' due to 'some wrongs' of UPA-II: Dwivedi
National | Jan 10, 2015, 09:42 PM ISTLucknow: Congress became “weak” in the country because of “certain wrongs” of the UPA-II leading to its present scenario, senior party leader Janardan Dwivedi today said as he spoke of the need to launch a
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PPP model amounts to privatisation: Congress
National | Jan 07, 2015, 07:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model amounts to privatisation, senior Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi said on Tuesday while opposing it in the context of Land Ordinance."PPP, disinvestment and privatisation are different manifestations of the same
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Age row: Won't take up party posts after turning 65, says Congress RS MP
National | Sep 10, 2014, 09:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: The “age row” was back in focus for Congress today with senior leader Satyavrat Chaturvedi saying he would not like to take up active posts within the party after he turns 65 next
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Former Union minister to head Congress panel on party poll
National | Sep 07, 2014, 11:37 AM ISTNew Delhi: Former Union minister Mullappally Ramachandran was appointed chairman of the Central Election Authority by Congress President Sonia Gandhi tonight, setting in process the party's organisational elections next year. Party leaders Biren Singh Engti,
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Digvijay pitches for 'generational change' in Congress
National | Sep 05, 2014, 12:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: Under attack from the young brigade of AICC secretaries for his remarks on Rahul Gandhi, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh Thursday made a strong pitch for “generational change”.“I support the demand of Secretaries
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'Young Vs Old' chasm deepens in Congress
National | Sep 04, 2014, 10:11 PM ISTNew Delhi/Amethi: Reflecting the deepening chasm between the old guard and Team Rahul, a group of young Congress Secretaries today attacked senior leaders going public with “negative” comments damaging the party's image even as Rahul
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Young leaders attack seniors in Congress
National | Sep 04, 2014, 11:33 AM ISTNew Delhi: Coming out against the old guard and in support of Rahul Gandhi, a group of young Congress leaders have decided to write to senior leaders against damaging the party's image and making controversial
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Congress distances from Manish Tewari's remarks
National | Sep 03, 2014, 06:48 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress today distanced itself from the remarks made by its leader Manish Tewari on the government's move to appoint former Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam as Kerala governor and said it expects
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Congress prefers status quo, distances itself from Janardan's views on retirement age
National | Aug 30, 2014, 07:01 AM ISTNew Delhi: Congress Friday distanced itself from party leader Janardan Dwivedi's remarks that people in politics should not continue in active posts beyond 70 years of age even as another party leader Digvijaya Singh backed
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Vayalar, Digvijay to oversee Andhra CLP leaders' election
National | May 31, 2014, 08:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: Senior Congress leaders Vayalar Ravi and Digvijay Singh will visit Andhra Pradesh as observers for overseeing the election of leaders of Congress Legislature Party in both the state Assembly and the Legislative Council
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Modi hurls "poison" barb again at Congress
National | Feb 09, 2014, 09:57 PM ISTKochi: Narendra Modi today accused Congress of following a divide and rule policy for the last 60 years and recalled the setting up of a Commission on Religious and Linguistic Minorities by its government as
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Dwivedi's quota remarks "trial balloon": BJP
National | Feb 05, 2014, 08:29 PM ISTNew Delhi: BJP today dubbed Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi's pitch against reservation on caste lines as a “trial balloon” and charged the ruling party with deliberately trying to initiate a new debate to sidetrack
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Congress distances itself from Dwivedi's quota remark, uproar in Parliament
National | Feb 05, 2014, 06:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi's suggestion on ending caste-based reservation and go for quota on economic criteria created an uproar in Parliament today with the government clarifying that it was not considering any such
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Congress should not have been in govt after 2009 polls: Janardan Dwivedi
National | Feb 02, 2014, 12:38 PM ISTNew Delhi: Facing one of the most difficult elections ahead, a senior Congress leader has now raised questions over whether it was prudent for the party to have headed the UPA II government after the
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Ramesh ticked off by Congress for AAP praise
National | Jan 09, 2014, 09:41 PM ISTNew Delhi: Union Minister Jairam Ramesh was today ticked off by Congress over his lavish praise for Aam Aadmi Party. In a terse reaction to queries on Ramesh's views, party general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said