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At the meeting of the high level committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to select the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and commissioners, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi submitted a dissent note on the lack of representation in the list from the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC)s.

Tamil Nadu Congress Legislative Party Leader and Killiyoor MLA S. Rajeshkumar has said the party’s MLAs and functionaries would urge the All India Congress Committee leadership to push for a coalition government in Tamil Nadu and seek more seats as a part of the DMK alliance in the 2026 Assembly election. In 2021, the party was allotted 25 seats in the DMK-led alliance.

Without a single Congress legislator in West Bengal Legislative Assembly post 2021 elections hopes of the Grand Old Party making its presence felt in 2026 polls appears slim. A growing rift between the Congress and Trinamool Congress at national level will prevent the Congress of being a power to reckon with in the next year’s election in the state.