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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.

‘My king is very intelligent…,’ Ex-Andhra CM Kiran Reddy’s jibe at Congress after jump to BJP

ThePrint Team -
Reddy said his family had been associated with the Congress for over 60 years, but made it clear the party’s leadership has lost touch with the people.

AIMIM, SDPI, KRPP, AAP — how small parties can queer pitch for BJP & Congress in Karnataka

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Bengaluru: The Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) plans to contest around 25 seats out of the total 224 in the Karnataka election,...

In Congress list for Karnataka, former turncoat who campaigned for Kharge’s defeat in 2019

Sharan Poovanna -
Once considered close to Kharge, Baburao Chinchansur rebelled against the Congress president in 2018 and joined the BJP. Back in the Congress, he will be fielded from Gurmitkal.

‘Hurt, Wrong Move’: AK Antony on son joining BJP

Ishadrita Lahiri -
Anil Antony had quit Congress in January after he was allegedly targeted over a tweet critical of the BBC documentary on Modi.

‘Dynasty, casteism & regionalism’ — Modi takes aim at Congress, other parties on BJP foundation day

Unnati Sharma -
In virtual address to party workers, PM slams Congress for 'feudal mentality' & 'mocking' the poor and downtrodden. He says BJP's culture is to take everyone along.

Congress is on a ‘Hindu push’ in poll-bound MP. It even has ‘pujari cell’ to woo priests

Ishadrita Lahiri -
The ‘pujari prakosht’ or priest cell of the MP Congress is part of its efforts to add to its Hindu constituency and challenge BJP’s allegations of minority appeasement.

‘Is this ideology of Gandhism?’ — Scindia accuses Congress of pressuring judiciary in Rahul case

Unnati Sharma -
Union minister criticises Congress for presenting Rahul Gandhi’s personal legal fight as fight for democracy & says party is doing everything to 'stay politically relevant'.

‘Cost-cutting’ vs ‘insult’ — in Himachal, Congress-BJP spar over scrapped pension to Emergency prisoners

Saurabh Chauhan -
Ex-CM Shanta Kumar called it an insult to those fought against the Emergency. Minister Harshvardhan Chauhan said scheme was started to give pension to 'RSS people'

People accustomed to seeing every problem through lens of religion, says Urdu press on hate speech 

Abantika Ghosh -
ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Why Gehlot is taking a leaf out of BJP book & celebrating ‘Labharthi Utsav’ with govt beneficiaries

Ishadrita Lahiri -
Ahead of polls, CM's outreach & bid to 'rejuvenate' cadre comes at a time when a factional feud is brewing in state Congress. Rajasthan votes alternately for BJP & Congress every 5 yrs.
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