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(From left ) Former Union Minister, Subodh Kant Sahay, Congress MLA Alamgir Alam, JVM chief Babulal Marandi, JMM chief Shibu Soren, president of the State Congress Ajoy Kumar, and JMM working president Hemant Soren at a press conference after announcing a seat-sharing pact, in Ranchi on March 24.

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At the Kumbh venue on February 4, milling crowds were held up for hours resulting in a stampede-like situation.

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Manish Tewari, Congress leader.

‘Fine-tune the law or repeal it’

Absolutely. The sedition law should have been repealed long ago. We don’t need such a law. It is past its expiry date. The next Parliament must repeal
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At the Kolkata rally on January 19, where opposition leaders from across the country stood together at the invitation of West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee to pledge themselves to a united front against the BJP.

Call from Kolkata

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Priyanka Vadra with her son Raihan at a function in New Delhi in July 2018.

Rahul puts Priyanka in charge of Congress in eastern U.P.

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