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Congress or the Indian National Congress (INC) is one of two major political parties in India. It was founded in 1885 and played a leading role in India’s Independence movement. It has ruled during most of India’s independent years and gave the country its first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Leadership of the Congress too has been dominated by the Nehru-Gandhi family.

The Congress is a center-left party, and lists on its website democracy, nationalism, secularism, inclusive growth and social justice as its core values. It last ruled India between 2004 and 2014, but has since lost its sway, being reduced to just 52 seats in the 2019 General Elections. INDIA, the alliance headed by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, was an attempt to bring together opposition parties against the BJP government for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Together, the INDIA Alliance secured 238 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. The Congress won 99 of these.

‘Wholesale attack on democracy underway in India, corruption rampant,’ Rahul says in Colombia

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Siddaramaiah junks Oppn prediction about Shivakumar taking over. ‘Will remain CM for next 2.5 yrs’

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Bargaining chip? Rahul’s phone call with Vijay stirs speculation amid strain in DMK-Congress ties

Sourav Roy Barman -
Congress MP from Tamil Nadu says more than the state unit, DMK would be curious about Rahul’s phone call with Vijay to express grief over loss of lives in Karur stampede.

From pre-Emergency to post-Lalu era, the story of Congress’s irreversible decline in Bihar

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Congress’s fall in Bihar was a long process that began well before Emergency & Lalu’s political dominance, including caste realignments & rising regional forces.

Congress in Kerala sees ground shifting as Nair Service Society endorses LDF’s stand on Sabarimala

Aneesa PA -
Opposition calls it issue-based support, analysts say one decision not enough to move the electorally significant Nair Service Society towards the LDF.

Ladakh cops deny direct role of Congress councillor in violence, hunt on for 2 persons of interest

Bismee Taskin -
SSP says Wednesday’s protest and subsequent violence triggered by emotional speeches given by various persons. Over 40 people apprehended so far, including ex-servicemen.

INDIA bloc vows law to protect EBCs in poll-bound Bihar, turns up heat on BJP amid UP caste rallies ban

Sourav Roy Barman -
New Delhi: The INDIA bloc Wednesday pledged to introduce a law to prevent atrocities against Extremely Backward Castes (EBCs) in poll-bound Bihar, even as...

What’s behind Congress reluctance in declaring Tejashwi Yadav as opposition’s CM face in Bihar

Sourav Roy Barman -
Apparent standoff between INDIA bloc allies RJD & Congress over declaration of CM face comes at a time when they are locked in tense seat-sharing talks for Bihar assembly polls.

To tackle ‘Vote Chori’, Congress trains ‘Vote Rakshaks’ in pilot project to monitor electoral rolls

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The party has shortlisted five Lok Sabha seats where it lost by narrow margins. Vote Rakshaks there will detect & report irregularities like wrongful additions or deletions to EC.

‘Only 1 CM opposed GST before 2014’—Jairam Ramesh takes dig at Modi

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Congress Rajya Sabha MP added that the Prime Minister opposed GST from 2006 to 2014 and then 'took a U-turn' and became the 'messiah of GST' in 2017.
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