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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.

Bengaluru stampede: Union minister Shobha Karandlaje demands resignation of deputy CM Shivakumar

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Karandlaje has urged that an inquiry committee be set up led by a sitting high court judge to probe the matter.

Ex-Congress minister who worked with Indira, Narasimha Rao, heads to RSS HQ to ‘bridge Sangh-tribals gap’

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The ex-Congress leader & key tribal face in Chhattisgarh is attending an RSS event in Nagpur on 5 June. Pranab Mukherjee's decision to attend the same in 2018 had upset the Congress.

Even as INDIA bloc pushes for Parliament session on Pahalgam & Op Sindoor, fault lines evident

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Leaders from 5 INDIA bloc parties, including Congress, TMC & Shiv Sena (UBT), drafted a joint letter to Modi seeking a special Parliament session; 11 others parties are signatories.

Oppn party leaders demand special session of Parliament on Op Sindoor, write to PM Modi

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Leaders from 16 Opposition parties have signed a letter to the prime minister demanding answers related to the recent Operation Sindoor following the Pahalgam terror attack.

Gaurav Gogoi takes charge as Congress President for Assam, to lead party in polls next year

PTI -
Gogoi was handed over reins of party's state unit by outgoing chief Bhupen Kumar Borah. AICC general secretary Jitendra Singh & LoP Debabrata Saikia were present on the occasion.

Congress says Modi govt ‘misled’ nation on Op Sindoor losses, demands Kargil-like review

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After CDS Gen Chauhan admitted to loss of IAF assets during Op Sindoor, Congress president Kharge says Modi on election blitz, hiding behind bravery of armed forces.

Shashi Tharoor’s loyalty keeps colliding with Congress scepticism—while his global stature grows

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The Congress party once championed Shashi Tharoor's bid for the highest seat in global diplomacy. Now it's glum over the Centre making him part of a delegation visiting world capitals on Operation Sindoor.

After Tharoor, Congress now has a Salman Khurshid problem as ex-minister lauds Article 370 abrogation

Sourav Roy Barman -
Khurshid was addressing a gathering of academia and think tanks in Indonesia as part of a multi-party delegation on Operation Sindoor.

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Revanth asks how many Rafale jets ‘shot down’ in Op Sindoor. BJP calls him & Rahul ‘Pakistan ke Babbar’

Prasad Nichenametla -
BJP says Congress never asks how many Pakistani airbases were damaged, how many terrorists were killed and their camps destroyed. ‘Cong’s Jai Hind Yatra looks more like Pakistan's Yatra'.
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