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Topic: Congress

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.

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Teary Nagendra steps down as Karnataka minister, his 2nd resignation over Valmiki Corporation scam

Sharan Poovanna -
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After Penguin India backs out, Congress claims it sought cuts on ‘Modi, RSS, China’ bits in Sonia memoir

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Congress alleges Modi govt is 'pressuring publishers'. Penguin said earlier that it is 'not the publisher' of Sonia's 'Belonging: A Journey of Love' in India.

Pattern of gatekeeping? After Joe Sacco, Penguin refuses to publish Sonia Gandhi’s ‘Belonging’

Insha Jalil Waziri -
After pulling Joe Sacco’s Muzaffarnagar book over map and legal concerns, Penguin India's exit from Belonging sparks accusations of political caution and narrative control.

3 things that are wrong with BJP’s Vande Mataram politics

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In Modi-Shah’s rejection of the two-stanza version also lies the suggestion that they are bigger nationalists and patriots than Gandhi, Tagore, Bose, Patel and Nehru.

‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’: Rahul calls out ‘Manusmriti mindset’, urges women to challenge patriarchy

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Telangana CM Revanth cancels US visit as MEA denies political clearance. Congress slams ‘petty politics’

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Ministry of External Affairs says Telangana CM Revanth's proposed US visit 'not appropriate'. He was scheduled to meet elected officials in US.

Rahul, Priyanka cheer mother’s memoir. ‘Papa smiling at his beautiful Sonia’

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Sonia Gandhi’s 544-page memoir 'Belonging: A Journey of Love' is set to be released in hardcover on 10 November.

‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ in 800 cities & nationwide protests on ‘chanda chori’, CWC decides in meeting

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CWC also discussed the Haldwani 'shuddhikaran' after Kharge' rally and passed a resolution condemning the incident and demanding apology from PM Modi.
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Defence

India eases defence export rules, cuts procedural burden, expands licence window

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National Interest

Pakistan’s most embarrassing secret is internationalised. Now cricketing world is looking out for Imran

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