(L-R) Congress leaders Sushil Kumar Shinde, AK Anthony, Pawan Khera, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Salman Khurshid during a press conference, at AICC HQ in New Delhi.
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Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari meets a Congress delegation led by Sushil Kumar Shinde and Prithviraj Chavan, at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai.
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Congress leader Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde arrives at 10 Janpath for a meeting with party leaders, in New Delhi
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Congress leaders address the media outside Sharad Pawar's residence, at Silver Oak, in Mumbai.
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Congress leaders outside Sharad Pawar's residence, at Silver Oak, in Mumbai.
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Congress candidate for Solapur seat Praniti Shinde with her father and former Union minister Sushilkumar Shinde and other leaders during her nomination filing procession, in Solapu...
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Maharashtra Congress President Ashok Chavan and Congress candidate Sushilkumar Shinde during an election campaign rally for Lok Sabha polls, in Sangli
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Congress candidate Sushilkumar Shinde and his family members show their finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote for the second phase of the general elections, at a poll...
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Congress candidate Sushil Kumar Shinde beats a 'dhol' at an election campaign rally for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, in Solapur, Maharashtra.
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Veerashaiva Lingayat community leaders felicitate Congress candidate Sushilkumar Shinde at an election campaign meeting for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, in Solapur, Maharashtra.
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Congress candidate Sushil Kumar Shinde with rival candidate of Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh Prakash Ambedkar at a hotel in Solapur, Maharashtra
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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar during an election campaign for Congress Candidate Sushilkumar Shinde ahead of Lok Sabha polls, in Solapur.
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Former Maharashtra chief minister Sushilkumar Shinde with daughter MLA Praniti Shinde pay tribute to BR Ambedkar on his death anniversary, in Solapur.
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Former President Pratibhatai Patil felicitates former Governor of Tripura D Y Patil on his 84th birthday in Mumbai. Union minister Ramdas Athwale, former ministers Sharad Pawar and...
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Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi with former prime minister Manmohan Singh and others after he files his nomination papers for party presidents post at the party headquarters i...
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Congress Vice President Rahul Ghandhi with Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and state incharge Sushilkumar Shinde Shinde waves at an election rally at Nagrota in Kan...
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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and Congress party's state incharge Sushilkumar Shinde, co-incharge Ranjeet Ranjan and other leaders launching the party's vision do...
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AICC General Secretary Sushilkumar Shinde along with Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh, in Shimla.
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File: From left, Rajan Raheja, Sushil Kumar Shinde and Editor-in-Chief of Outlook Group Vinod Mehta during the launch of Outlook Traveller Guide 'Weekend Breaks from Mumbai'.
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Former Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde takes oath along with MPCC (Maharashtra Congress Committee ) President Manikrao Thackeray during party's 130th foundation Day at Tila...
Shinde also accused Modi of making an "election speech" during the visit to Solapur and alleged that the prime minister shied from talking about important public issues like drought, Dhangar quota and others.
Mr Sushil Kumar Shinde's deeply prejudiced and communal stewardship of the union ministry of home affairs needs to be condemned by all right-thinking persons.
There is palpable anxiety about Mr Sushil Kumar Shinde as home minister. The least the country needs is a competent and energetic minister of state for internal security under him with direct access to the PM.