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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.

‘Never accepted Constitution,’ Cong slams RSS call to review ‘socialist’, ‘secular’ words in Preamble

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In a post on X, Congress alleged that the thinking of RSS-BJP was 'anti-constitutional' and that the RSS was conspiring to destroy Babasaheb Ambedkar's Constitution.

Congress, TMC oppose EC’s ‘special intensive revision’ of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar

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Both parties object to the documentation process that people will have to go through to prove their eligibility to vote, and have termed it a 'devious, dangerous' idea.

Cong-Tharoor rift deepens with ‘bird’ posts on X, party leader Manickam Tagore calls it ‘war of birds’

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Attacking Tharoor, Kharge said Cong puts 'country first,' unlike those who put 'Modi first', to which Tharoor replied with cryptic post 'wings are yours..sky belongs to no one'.

Kharge’s ‘Modi first’ swipe at Tharoor. Congress MP responds ‘wings are your, sky belongs to no one’

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Though Kharge avoids clear reply to whether Tharoor will face disciplinary action, he makes it clear that ties have soured to an extent that no efforts are being made to mend it.

50 yrs since Emergency, Congress’s journey from justification to admission of ‘mistake’

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Until Rahul Gandhi’s unequivocal admission in 2021 that the Emergency was a mistake, no Congress leader had explicitly apologised for its imposition without qualifiers.

Kharge leads Congress charge against BJP over ‘undeclared Emergency’, ‘puppet’ election commission

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Seeking to push back against the Centre on the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, Mallikarjun Kharge says India was going through an 'undeclared Emergency' under BJP.

How CM Siddaramaiah’s grip on his govt is weakening as dissent within Karnataka Congress grows

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Already dealing with corruption allegations, price hikes to offset cost of welfare guarantees & Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede, the CM seems to be operating under shadow of uncertainty.

‘Undeclared emergency@11’: Jairam Ramesh calls BJP’s rule ‘dangerous’ on 50th anniversary of Emergency

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BJP, last year, announced that 25 June would be observed as 'Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas' to remember the Emergency imposed by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

‘India will never accept dictatorship’—Amit Shah on 50th anniversary of ‘dark chapter’ of Emergency

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Taking jibes at Congress at an event on the eve of the anniversary, the home minister announced 25 June will be observed annually as ‘Samvidhan Hatya Divas’.

Ex-BJP MLA’s ‘second marriage’ puts Uttarakhand BJP on back foot, Congress calls out UCC hypocrisy

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BJP has now issued a show-cause notice to Suresh Rathore, accusing him of 'improper conduct' and actions that have harmed the party’s social and moral image.
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