Articles about Anand Sharma
Born on January 5, 1953, Anand Sharma is an Indian politician, a former Union Cabinet Minister, and a Rajya Sabha member who is associated with the Indian National Congress. As of 2021, he is serving as the Deputy Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, a position he held since 2014. He completed his education from RKMV College Shimla, and the Faculty of Law, Himachal Pradesh University. He entered politics in his youth and was instrumental in laying the foundation of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), which is a students wing of the Congress. He also served as the president of the Indian Youth Congress and became a Rajya Sabha member from Congress in 1984. During the 10-year Manmohan Singh government, Sharma held various positions including the Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Textiles. As the Minister of Commerce and Industry, he was instrumental in the introduction of India’s first National Manufacturing Policy in 2011, with an aim to increase the contribution of manufacturing in India’s GDP from 16% to 25%. Under his tenure, India received $190 billion as FDI. A lawyer by profession, Sharma has also authored four books.

16 Feb 2022
PoliticsWith the exit of senior Congress leader Ashwani Kumar on Tuesday, the simmering tension within the grand old party came to the fore again.

30 Sep 2021
PoliticsCongress leader Shashi Tharoor today voiced support for his colleague Kapil Sibal, a day after some party workers protested outside the latter's house and damaged his car.

24 Apr 2021
PoliticsNoting that accountability of government is integral to democracy, Congress leader Anand Sharma on Saturday said the Narendra Modi dispensation must be held morally and politically accountable for the death of COVID-19 patients due to shortage of oxygen and medicines.

02 Mar 2021
PoliticsAfter Congress leader Anand Sharma criticized his party's alliance with the Indian Secular Front (ISF) for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, fellow party leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury delivered a stinging response.

19 Dec 2020
PoliticsOn Saturday morning, Congress President Sonia Gandhi met a section of dissenters, whose letter in August had sparked a major leadership crisis within the party.

27 Sep 2020
PoliticsThe conduct of the government, opposition, and Deputy Chairman Harivansh Singh inside the Rajya Sabha last Sunday garnered much attention.

22 Sep 2020
PoliticsThe Opposition has boycotted the Parliament in protest of the farm bills. They on Tuesday staged a walkout of the Lok Sabha after a similar move in the Rajya Sabha.

24 Aug 2020
PoliticsThe seven-hour long meeting of the Congress Working Committee has come to an end. During the meeting, it was decided that Sonia Gandhi will continue to serve as the interim President of the Indian National Congress (INC).

24 Aug 2020
PoliticsAt the crucial Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting today, interim President Sonia Gandhi is likely to offer her resignation, amid a rift that emerged in the party after a letter was sent to her by 23 members demanding an overhaul in the organization.

23 Aug 2020
PoliticsSeveral senior leaders of the Indian National Congress (INC) have written to party chief Sonia Gandhi seeking sweeping changes in the party.

06 Mar 2020
IndiaAmid uproar regarding the National Population Register (NPR), the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has informed a standing committee of Parliament that questions related to parents' birth were asked in the past as well and it's necessary for "back-end data processing".

11 Dec 2019
PoliticsThe Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is all set to become a law, as the Rajya Sabha has passed it.

11 Dec 2019
PoliticsAfter tabling the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Rajya Sabha, Home Minister Amit Shah said Indian Muslims need not fear due to the proposed amendments.

29 Oct 2019
IndiaA European Union delegation, consisting of 27 MPs, left for Jammu and Kashmir from Delhi earlier today to assess the situation in the border state, that has been under lockdown since August.

24 Aug 2019
PoliticsCongress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit Jammu & Kashmir on Saturday along with 11 other leaders from various opposition parties.

22 Aug 2019
PoliticsThe dramatic arrest of P Chidambaram from his residence on Wednesday night forced Congress to reach out to the other Opposition parties.

09 Aug 2019
PoliticsPranab Mukherjee, one of the tallest leaders of Congress, was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor on Thursday, by President Ram Nath Kovind.

18 Jun 2019
PoliticsThe 2019 Lok Sabha elections spelled trouble for Congress as the party failed to improve its previous tally of 44. Despite five years of BJP rule, Congress won only 52 seats, casting doubts on the leadership of Rahul Gandhi.

15 Feb 2019
PoliticsOn Thursday, the Congress called off a meeting of its president Rahul Gandhi and senior leaders with senior diplomats of G20 nations and neighboring countries, in the wake of the Pulwama attack that killed 40 CRPF jawans in Kashmir.

02 Sep 2018
PoliticsPraising Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu's disciplinarian nature, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said these days discipline is branded as autocracy in the country.

23 Jul 2018
PoliticsCongress is likely to move a privilege motion in the Lok Sabha against Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over the Rafale deal.

20 Jul 2018
PoliticsCongress President Rahul Gandhi has reportedly denied France's statement regarding the Rafale Deal and said he stands by his statements.

18 Mar 2018
PoliticsAt the final day of the Congress' plenary session in New Delhi, senior party leaders launched blistering attacks on the ruling BJP, blaming it for mismanagement of the Kashmir issue "like never before," the "big lie" of demonetization and its "greatest disservice" to India: pushing people into poverty.

15 Dec 2017
PoliticsOn the first day of the Parliament's Winter Session, the Lok Sabha was adjourned after obituary references. Proceedings will resume from 11am on December 18.

12 Dec 2017
PoliticsThe usually restrained Manmohan Singh condemned PM Narendra Modi for spreading "falsehoods" and "canards." Condemning him of setting a "dangerous precedent," Singh asked Modi to apologize.

04 Dec 2017
PoliticsRahul Gandhi filed his nomination for Congress president today, amid high drama.

14 Oct 2017
PoliticsBJP President Amit Shah has come to son Jay's defence after The Wire had alleged that the firm, Temple Enterprises Pvt. Ltd., owned by Jay Shah had increased its revenue 16,000 times after PM Narendra Modi came to power.

08 Aug 2017
PoliticsThe "biggest scam of this century" rocked the Parliament today as the opposition alleged that the new Rs. 500 notes were being printed in two sizes, "one for the ruling party and one for the others".

05 Aug 2017
PoliticsYesterday, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's car was attacked by a man in Gujarat's flood-hit Banaskantha district.

02 Aug 2017
PoliticsDay 13 of the Parliament's monsoon session was ruled by this morning's I-T raids at Karnataka Minister DK Shivakumar's residence and a resort where 42 Gujarat Congress MLAs are staying.

28 Jul 2017
PoliticsOn Day 10 of the monsoon session of parliament, the House witnessed noisy protests by the opposition, who claimed the ruling BJP was misusing Gujarat Police.

26 Jul 2017
PoliticsThe eight day of parliament was rocked by debates on Indians missing in Iraq, President Ram Nath Kovind's oath-taking speech and more.

19 Jul 2017
PoliticsDay Three of the Parliament's Monsoon Session was rocked by issues including the spate in mob lynching in the name of 'gau raksha', farmers' suicides and Indian hostages in Mosul, among others.

15 Jul 2017
PoliticsAll opposition parties, including the Congress, TMC and CPM, have offered the Central government their unequivocal support in the ongoing standoff between India and Chinese troops at Doka La, near Sikkim.

02 Apr 2017
IndiaFour youths were detained for reportedly following Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani's car in Delhi.

05 Mar 2017
PoliticsThe BSP's Ayodhya candidate, Bazmi Siddiqui has been booked by police along with 6 of his aides for raping a woman in Faizabad city.

27 Feb 2017
PoliticsThe Delhi High court cancelled MLA Mukhtar Ansari's parole, granted to him by a trial court, allowing him to campaign for the elections.

20 Feb 2017
PoliticsCongress has asked the Election Commission to look into PM Narendra Modi's 'communal' remarks, saying such comments bring 'disrepute' to his post.

09 Feb 2017
PoliticsPolice have arrested Manoj Gautam, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) candidate from Khurja, Bulandshahr district, UP, for allegedly killing his brother Vinod "for electoral gains."

06 Feb 2017
PoliticsSteps have been taken to keep politics clean in polls-bound Uttar Pradesh (UP).