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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.

‘88 cr to 10,107 cr in 20 yrs’: Maken flags BJP’s 115x bank balance, rues ‘no level playing field’

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In comparison, Congress registered a modest increase from Rs 38 crore to Rs 133 crore in the same period, party treasurer Ajay Maken tells Rajya Sabha.

Delhi court notice to Sonia on plea over her alleged inclusion in voter roll before she became citizen

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The plea alleges that documents were forged to add Sonia Gandhi to the 1980 voter roll, and that her name was later deleted & re-entered in January 1983—both before she became a citizen.

‘Rs 500 crore for Punjab CM’s post’: Navjot Kaur Sidhu rakes up controversy with a startling claim

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Congress MP and former deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa told ThePrint that the Sidhu couple seems to have completed the 'mission' for which they had come to the Congress.

‘Game being played’: Congress bristles at Tharoor invite to Putin banquet while Rahul, Kharge snubbed

Sourav Roy Barman -
'I don't know the basis of the invitation. This is all done by the govt...by Rashtrapati Bhavan. What do I know? All I can say is that I am honoured to have been invited,' Tharoor said.

Rahul said it’s ‘tradition’ for foreign leaders to meet LoPs. Indeed they did, under Manmohan, Vajpayee

Vidhi Bhutra -
Rahul claimed Modi govt is 'insecure' about letting Leader of Oppn meet foreign dignitaries. In 2004, Putin met then LoP Advani during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s term.

Cartier watches add to troubling times for Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, his deputy Shivakumar

Sharan Poovanna -
The glittering watches they wore at a breakfast meeting have triggered a political storm, with the BJP reviving attacks on their wealth declarations and graft allegations.

Political donation windfall: LJP up from 11 lakh to 11 crore, TMC sees 2,766% jump, BJP report pending

Apoorva Mandhani -
Contributions to Congress increased from around Rs 280 cr last year to around Rs 509 cr in 2024-2025, a jump of 81.7%. This is first full year after electoral bonds scheme was struck down by SC.

‘Twisting and turning history’—Congress slams Rajnath Singh’s Nehru-Babri remark

Sourav Roy Barman -
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi calls defence minister's remark about her great-grandfather a distraction, adding that these issues are raised to avoid discussions on important matters.

What is ‘Nati Koli Saaru’? The chicken dish bringing a political patch-up in Karnataka

Udit Hinduja -
In 1900s, the dish gained popularity at the military hotels in Bengaluru, Mysuru. The hotels had come up to serve non-vegetarian dishes to soldiers, police, labourers and traders.

Battered by defeat & ‘lack of coordination’, Congress-RJD alliance unravels in Bihar

Sourav Roy Barman -
While RJD state chief Mangani Mandal says Congress is free to exit alliance, the latter has said tie-up was ‘only for elections’ and that it plans to focus on strengthening itself.
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