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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.

Alliance with AAP will only haemorrhage Congress further. It should learn from BJP’s rise

Shruti Kapila -
Any prospect of a grand alliance will be paid for by the Congress. The lesson of the cynical coalitions of the ’90s is that they empowered the BJP.

In Karnataka, it’s a battle of Congress’s perception management versus BJP’s micro-management

+TFP D.K. Singh -
Congress’s strategy is to expose alleged shortcomings in governance. BJP, meanwhile, is doing what it does best — seat-by-seat micro-management while focussing on the PM’s appeal.

In poll-bound MP, Chouhan’s counter to Congress’s Hindu push — Brahmin & OBC boards, increment for priests

Shanker Arnimesh -
Brahmin outreach seen as counter to Congress's priest cell, 'Dharm Samvad'. Earlier this month, MP CM also announced 4 separate boards for welfare of different OBC communities.

Astrologers predict me becoming CM in Karnataka, even BJP believes this: HD Kumaraswamy

D.K. Singh -
In an interview, former CM Kumaraswamy also asserts that he has no regrets about sharing power with BJP in 2006, and that both Congress & BJP are JD(S)'s rivals in Karnataka.

Rahul promises ‘free public bus travel’ to Karnataka women, ‘already in budget’ says CM Bommai

Sharan Poovanna -
While BJP and Congress are yet to release formal manifesto for 10 May assembly elections in Karnataka, Janata Dal (Secular) released one Thursday. All 3 parties made tall promises.

As Congress slams Kejriwal’s ‘Rs 45 cr home renovation’, party’s Delhi unit in ‘dharam sankat’

Ishadrita Lahiri -
Congress's move comes amid opposition unity efforts, with party chief Kharge having reached out to Kejriwal after ED summons. Pawan Khera says 2 viewpoints can 'co-exist'.

Congress files complaint against Amit Shah over ‘scandalous statements’ at Karnataka rally

Ishadrita Lahiri -
The complaint was filed for Shah's speech on 25 April in Karnataka's Vijayapura, where he said the state would be 'afflicted with riots' if the Congress comes to power.

It’s hard to be optimistic about Congress. Easier to praise leaders like Tejashwi Yadav

Vir Sanghvi -
Narendra Modi wins largely because the Congress does not know how to stop him

Parkash Singh Badal, grand master of Punjab’s politics, leaves behind an unmatched historic legacy

Chitleen K Sethi -
During his lifetime, Badal, who died Tuesday at the age of 95, was not only a witness to but an active participant in the most important events in history of post-partition Punjab.

‘Conflict of interest’: Congress questions donations by govt-owned firms to PM CARES

Ishadrita Lahiri -
Speaking at a press conference, Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi says PM CARES lacks accountability and transparency, and is ‘unconstitutional’.
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