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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.

NSUI’s DUSU loss punctures Rahul’s ‘chhatron ki goonj’ spectacle. It’s reality check for Congress

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ThePrint view on the most important issues.

UP Congress’ new media head is RSS-trained. Meeting with Rahul changed Kunwar Singh Nishad’s fortunes

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Nishad says he wants to contest an election from Mathura in the future. Rahul Gandhi’s emphasis on social justice will reflect in allocation of election tickets, he adds.

‘Meri Degree Ka Kya’: Congress marks Modi’s birthday with an ultimatum & pan-India campaign

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Indian Youth Congress has threatened to surround Prime Minister’s official residence if all vacant government posts are not filled by Modi’s next birthday (17 September, 2027).

After 3+ years in power, Congress govt looks to revive promise to repeal Karnataka anti-conversion law

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The party had promised to repeal the Act before the 2023 assembly polls, but held back without a majority in the legislative council. It now has the numbers.

‘Why hide India’s culinary diversity?’ Opposition roasts Modi govt’s vegetarian menu at BRICS gala

Esha Mishra -
The dinner hosted Saturday by PM Modi at Delhi’s Bharat Mandapam featured a vegetarian spread, including items like khandvi mille, khumb galouti, paneer lababdar, millet pulao, etc.

Purvanchal ‘bahubali’s’ surprise cameo at a UP Congress meet & a political parody in Telangana

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Why Harish Rawat quit Congress posts after ED found cash, gold and luxury watches at aide’s home

Esha Mishra -
Former Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat stepped down from his Congress organisational posts after the ED recovered cash, gold and luxury watches from former OSD and aide Chandan Singh Jeena’s home.

Feroze Gandhi called Indira a ‘fascist’—and called out Congress for ‘bullying’ people

Vitasta Kaul -
Feroze Gandhi was a journalist in Parliament—and he made MPs answer to the people.

How a BJP-Congress meme war triggered by 80s AI photo trend turned dirty

Esha Mishra -
What began as a trend with politicians recreating their younger selves descended into another chapter of BJP-Congress rivalry. Modi, Shah were targeted & so was Sonia.

After no-women Karnataka cabinet, now state Congress’s new district presidents are all men

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A party leader said the new Congress team is trying to rebuild from the bottom-up which requires a lot of running around that may not be possible for many women. 
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Defence

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National Interest

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India is caught in a trap of its own making. While BJP may find it convenient to play on insecurities, it gives Pakistan and Bangladesh leverage.

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