By: Express News Service New Delhi | July 22, 2025 04:46 IST 2 min readRahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders celebrate party chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s birthday at CPP office in Parliament House on Monday (PTI)Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who turned 83 on Monday, was in for a surprise during the cake cutting at the Congress office in the old Parliament House. Party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had baked a sugar-free cake for the veteran leader. Sources said Priyanka’s cake was flavoured with dates as Kharge can’t consume sugar. The Congress president, who was greeted with three different cakes — two ordered from outside — chose to cut Priyanka’s cake first. Sitting next to him, Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi was more curious about the yellow flowers in Congress treasurer Ajay Maken’s bouquet and a matching yellow cake placed on the table. “Is there any significance to the yellow colour,” he asked and was told that it was just a sweet coincidence.All-Woman TeamThe Indian Forest Service Association achieved a unique milestone on Sunday by electing a new national executive body during its General Body Meeting. Notably, all the newly elected members of the executive team are women. Among the 36 civil services associations in the country, the Forest Service Association stands out as the only officers’ body with an all-woman executive committee.Missed CommunicationAs Congress MPs walked out of the Rajya Sabha on Monday morning, demanding a discussion on the Pahalgam attack and related issues, several leaders in the Opposition camp were left surprised. The Congress had not communicated to the INDIA bloc allies its decision to walk out of the House. As a result, leaders from other Opposition parties continued to sit through the proceedings in the House in the first half. In the second half, however, all Opposition parties staged a walkout in the Upper House after collectively deciding to boycott the proceedings for the remainder of the day.© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:Delhi Confidential