House progressives seek to elect another Jayapal to Congress: ‘Double good trouble’
by Washington Examiner
Washington Examiner— The Congressional Progressive Caucus is hoping to grow its presence in the House, with Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) suggesting it would be great to have “double good trouble” in Congress by electing her sister, Susheela, in 2024. Our Revolution, a progressive political action group and outgrowth of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-VT) 2016 presidential campaign, hosted […]
Scroll.in—Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi seeks to ally with Congress for Maharashtra Assembly elections. The Prakash Ambedkar-led party is contesting the Lok Sabha polls in its own.
Scroll.in—Congress accuses BJP leader Anurag Thakur of violating poll code, seeks Election Commission action. The Congress was working with a ‘foreign hand’ to give people’s property to Muslims instead of their children, the Union minister had claimed at a poll rally.
www.thestar.co.uk—Sheffield City Council elections: the leader of the Green Party is seeking re-election. Neither Cllr Tom Hunt, the leader of the council, nor Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, have to stand this year – but Cllr Douglas Johnson from the Green Party does. Cllr Johnson, the leader of his group, was able to win comfortably in 2021 and now he is aiming to do that again, keeping the City ward a Green ward. He told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): “I’m a councillor for City ward, I was elected in 2016 and again in 2021. “I chair the council’s housing...