New Delhi, Mar. 26 (ANI): A casual glance through the Congress Party’s latest manifesto indicates that it has placed on itself a huge and onerous task of fulfilling 29 promises as part of its nation-building endeavour between 2009 and 2014, should it emerge victorious in this year’s general elections.

The 21-page manifesto starts off with a pledge to ensure a “life of security, dignity and prosperity” for every Indian citizen, and claims “we have delivered on promises made in our manifesto of 2004 in a very substantial measure”.

New Delhi, Mar 22 : The Congress Party has expressed regret over the alleged derogatory remarks of Shiv Sena party chief Uddhav Thackeray on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

According to media reports, Thackeray referred to the Prime Minister and the United Progressive Alliance in a derogatory manner while addressing a public rally in Mumbai on March 20.

Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari has urged the Election Commission to take serious note of the incident.

New Delhi/Hyderabad, Mar 20 : Congress has said it was deeply hurt by the deal cut out by its old ally, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), by offering only three out of 40 parliamentary seats in Bihar.

"There is a deep sense of hurt at offering us a paltry three to four seats. Certainly, we as a party are entitled to assert that we should be given many more seats and certainly we do not accept that figure. I think both those stands are fully compatible," said Abhishek Singhvi, party spokesman.

On Tuesday, the RJD and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) announced a pact with RJD getting 25 seats and LJP 12.

New Delhi, Mar 14 : Congress party launched its advertisement campaign for the upcoming general election on Friday.

Aiming to spice up its election campaign, the Congress party has also bought the rights to "Jai Ho," the Oscar-winning song from "Slumdog Millionaire."

Talking to reporters here Party spokesperson Jayanti Natarajan said that the campaign focuses on the party''s achievement down the years.

New Delhi, Mar 8 : The Samajwadi Party on Sunday declared 10 more candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh taking the number of its nominees to
74.

The SP has left six constituencies, Rae Bareli, Amethi, Ghaziabad, Dharora, Mathura and Kanpur for the Congress.

The Samajwadi Party earlier announced candidates for 65 constituencies, saying his party was ready to reconsider its list of already announced candidates for 65 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh if Congress comes down from its demand.

New Delhi, Mar 8 : Keeping a soft stand on the issue, Samajwadi party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, on Sunday, said that if the Congress agrees, his party is willing to maintain an alliance with the them.

Samajwadi party has declared its list of candidates for Harayana, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh for coming Lok Sabha polls.

Congress General Secretary and incharge of UP affairs Digvijay Singh on Saturday said in Lucknow that the talks with Samajwadi Party are still on.